I applied and a recruiter reached out to set up a phone screen. It went very well and she told me I had really relevant experience to the role and went as far as to say it would be a "really easy decision" for them. Really sold the company to me and walked me through the entire interview process and timeline they were looking at. I was super excited for next steps and she made me think I could've gotten hired right then and there. I ended up getting ghosted for 2-3 weeks and did not even progress to the next round. After a third follow up asking her to just close the loop at that point, she got back saying they moved forward with another candidate.

Recruiter called me to set up a phone screen and when I called back, they had a meeting going on in the background and then asked me if I applied or if they sourced me because they had been settting up tons of calls that day. Had the phone screen a couple days later and they mistaked me for another candidate they had spoken to so the very beginning of the call was super awkward. Felt like the recruiter was negging me at times and the position ended up being a contract position anyways and not employee which was not clear in the ad.