The wait is killing me!

completed a very long interview process for a big company (80 billion dollar valuation). I did 6 interviews a long written assignment and the interviews went really well.

I connected with everyone and hiring manager liked it so much that she suggested we do an extra session which we did. In that extra session, I took the initiative to create another presentation which showed what I had learned during the interview process and he really liked that. He kept saying how awesome I am and how other candidates would just take the task as it is but I showed original thinking and asked great questions.

he ended by saying that I should be proud of myself irrespective of the outcome. That he has never seen a candidate put in so much effort during the process. And now I hear that he is confused between me and another candidate - taking extra time to think. And the wait is just painful.

I heard nothing but praises. I haven't heard today so shall I assume that I have been rejected?

Like they will obviously reach out the selected person first before sending rejection emails, right? The recruiter said that she would decide today and today is now over where I live.

Also, to make myself feel better, I can probably think that in a 10k person team, I would have been a small number and more subjected to layoff. Whereas I work for a small company now which is super nice.

I don't know why I feel so hurt 😭