I applied online and contacted the recruiter on Linkedin, we had a first interview after two days, she was impressed and said she will get me a second one with the hiring manager shortly. she replied same day and booked me a 2nd interview with the hiring manager, who seemed happy and impressed and said he will get back to me same day or max early next week, a week later, no answer, despite my email to him to thank him for the interview, they ghosted me .... I reached out to the recruiter after a week only to tell me that they don't need this position for now, although the job is still posted on their website, not sure if they will contact me again or not, but definitely i would have appreciated more honesty and transparency.

Easy and seamless but you might get ghosted, so don't keep your hopes up. Keep applying and don't let that define you. Be sure to keep an open mind regardless of how friendly they might seem