Circular Services interview questions

I applied for the Assistant General Counsel position in March 2026. Ironically, I had also applied for the Chief Legal Officer position in 2025. The job descriptions for both positions were practically IDENTICAL (i.e. The duties of both positions were the same, but minor differences existed in the job descriptions, such as CLO reports to executive team; AGC reports to CLO). The position was listed as being in either NYC or Austin, TX (this was true for the 2025 CLO position as well). Three (3) days after applying for the position, I received an invitation for an interview. However, the invitation was not from HR, but rather was directly from the CLO, who just joined the company. The interview was a standard video interview with the CLO (Why are you looking for a new position? Tell me about yourself? etc.). However, what was unusual by the interview was that the CLO insisted that while corporate leadership was mostly working from NYC (including herself), this position would have to be located in Austin, not NYC. Further still, the CLO actually described the Assistant General Counsel position as doing the CLO's job for her! After this meeting, the company ghosted me. It seemed like the entire point of the interview was for the CLO to measure herself against someone with similar qualifications, but not actually hire anyone.