Interview Process: BAH: In the Fall of ’22, a junior HR staffer responded to my resume submission with a call to check my qualifications, review my readiness and willingness to work in the DC area and at client sites. Me: Yes, I’m a US citizen, with excellent credit, a PhD in physics, 20-years’ industry experience directly related to the requisition’s requirements, and former holder of TS project-level clearances -and, “yes,” I’d relocate to DC for the position. BAH: Great! I’m passing you to Sr HR, and scheduling a technical interview via MS Teams! Me: Easy Friday afternoon 1-hr interview (seemed to go well, with the clock 30 min past the scheduled time). Engaged and interesting SME talked about semiconductor manufacturing. BAH Sr HR: The following Monday: we offer you the position! Me: Verbally accepted offer. Subsequently, verified that my background check passed with all ‘green’ checkmarks. Then, received a written offer letter, with typical contingencies like passing their back check, and also some weas-words about having funding in-place. I signed the offer and was told I’d start soon, working from home for a good salary. Post ‘Hire’ Ghosting: BAH never moved forward after months of friendly status queries from me. My Workaday page still shows “post offer activities” underway (I wrote them off months ago). It is my impression that HR was too disinterested and disconnected to send a formal withdraw of their offer to me (I did get an email with HR mentioning that expected funding didn’t come through). Although I think that there was misrepresentation, and possible bad-faith negotiating by BAH, I believe that their offer’s contingencies on funding would give them legal cover for ghosting me as an exit. But, what a waste of all of our (and the US government’s) time! Was I ‘rolled?’ Maybe. After the first few weeks of post ‘hire’ inactivity on BAH’s part, I wondered if I’d been duped in a fishing op masquerading as a gov. contractor…. I guess that my resume may have padded some capability checkbox as long as it was needed, but now they’re off trying for some other DARPA contract.