First I had a screening interview which covered questions like research and data analysis experience. About a week later I was given a take home assignment. A few days later after submitting the assignment, a second interview was scheduled. During the second interview I discussed the assignment with the hiring manager, and was told that there would be a final round with some executives in the upcoming week. I never heard back about this final interview and received a rejection email from the hiring manager about 2 weeks later. In all my years of interviewing I've never been rejected after being told I was moving forward but before I even had a chance to speak to the interviewers. Reading other Glassdoor experiences it seems that being ghosted or abruptly rejected is pretty common practice at Stanford. It's discouraging for potential candidates and frankly pretty unprofessional on Stanford's part, especially if there are take home assignments involved.