I was contacted by the recruiter, who held an extremely casual 10 min conversation with me and then told me that he would pass my CV on to the hiring manager and "see what happens". They scheduled a screening interview with the hiring manager, which went well. I was then scheduled to interview with several people in the company via Webex (Covid) over a period of about a week. Some of the ex-US interviews were held during a US holiday. There was some confusion regarding which position I was interviewing for, since there were a few openings in the group. It seemed that the interviews went well so I was surprised when the company "ghosted" me, not even sending the automated "thanks but no thanks" rejection email that is common in industry. The position was reposted about 3 weeks later.

I had an external recruiter introduce opportunity and handle all communication with HR and hiring manager. Communication was slow between rounds. Came in to meet several members of the team. HR and hiring manager went completely dark after in person interview phase. I even sent follow up emails requesting update on status, none were returned