I was called by the recruiter the same day (Wednesday) I applied which I thought was great. It is rare that happens these days. I had the phone screen for about 15-20 minutes to go over the position and next steps. I was then contacted by the recruiter after to set up a 45-minute video interview with the hiring manager on the Friday of the same week. Went through the Friday interview feeling like I thoroughly answered the questions were more on the behavioral with some technical sprinkled in. After the interview, the recruiter contacted me the following week to set up an on-site tour and interview for that Friday. I went did the tour throughout the whole facility. While there we were going to start with going over the resume again but the manager decided to go straight to the tour. I guess he had the same feeling as I had that going over the resume would have been rather redundant since we did just talk about for 45 minutes in the prior week. He may have forgotten what we talked about. We did the walking tour which lasted about 3-3.5 hours instead of the 2 that was allotted. I told the hiring manager I was fine with going over; I wanted to learn as much about working there as possible. In comparison, I did more listening than talking but I did both especially when questions were asked. Overall, I though it went over well. At least that is what I told the recruiter when he followed up with me after the tour. I did not hear any updates for about a week and I reached out to the recruiter and he said they were still interviewing people; understandable. I reached out the following week and the recruiter said I was still in the running and that basically it was between me and another person who was going to do the tour on that following Friday. I said okay, that's fine. I reached out again the following week, and the recruiter said they were still going over the candidates and will make a decision soon. The following Thursday I get a call from the recruiter saying they are going with the guy who interviewed last. Not the news you want to hear on your birthday, but it coincidentally happened. I moved on. It seemed to me the hiring manager would forget what happened previously and just go with the freshest information and in this case, candidate. A totally biased opinion, but my best guess. The following week, the recruiter reached out to me on a Saturday, no less. He said the #1 pick had turned down the offer and that I was back in the running if I was interested. I told him I was, and he said he would reach out to me in the following week. That following Wednesday I reached out to the recruiter to ask about the status, and he said that I was no longer being considered. He said he fought for me but apparently, I wasn't even in consideration. The recruiter gave me false hope and making me think that I missed out on the position by 1 person previously. I guess that was far from the case. And of course, no feedback on what I could have done better. Oh well, I guess if that is how they interview then I can only imagine the workplace environment.