Applied online Recruter reached out for screening Done technical interview with someone from the team and passed it Done panel interview with the HM and someone else form the team (panel): went well Recruiter called me saying: “you did great and passed, but we already had someone interviewing before you and we’ll extend offer to him” Ok. So why would you waste my time if you already have someone else you wanted to hire? You just can create backups? Shame.