[calgarygeologist]

Being that this is the government there isn't much that can be done to speed the process up. If it was private sector and company 2 was much slower than company 1 and an offer was made I would tell company 2 that a similar offer has presented and is being considered to see if that would speed things up but that probably doesn't work with the government.

This is probably a big difference between government and private recruitment but any company that drags their feet and has a very slow, convoluted process probably isn't worth working for. My current company has a great process and they don't waste time and make candidates go through multiple rounds. They empower Managers to make hiring decisions quickly and things are usually done in two weeks. A year ago, I had an interview with a company and at the end I asked what their process and timeline looked like. The Manager I was interviewing with told me there would be 5 more interviews with various people across the company. I told him not to bother proceeding with me.

I've even had one company tell me it would be 4 interviews with each one at a higher level of Management. It was a pretty entry level role and the final interview was with the CEO. I don't understand why any CEO would want to be part of the hiring process for entry level people that are way down the chain unless they are a significant micromanager which is obviously a bad sign.