Applied June 2025, was emailed a couple weeks later to schedule the phone interview. Had said phone interview 7/14. The recruiter(unsolicited) stated I did real well and let me know he will be proceeding with the next step and kind of fumbled and gave me a couple of different days that I could hear back on the scheduling. He first said “Wednesday” then “later this week,” then said “if you don’t hear anything beginning of the following week follow up with me” Perhaps nerves or he’s a poor speaker under pressure? Not too sure. Then didn’t hear for a couple of weeks and thought I was no longer in the running. Then randomly received a call stating they will be scheduling interviews and we agreed to 8/29. I then proceeded with said interview. The hiring manager stated they will be making decisions in 2-3 weeks. Followed up with recruiter and manager on 9/18 to reaffirm my interest then received response from recruiter on 9/19 stating I am still very much in consideration for this position. They will let everyone know when a decision is made. I followed up on 10/6 to inquire on the decision and again reaffirm interest and was then contacted via phone the next day and the recruiter stated there was a budget cut and they had to close the position and he mistakenly thought he sent me the email letting me know but again stated I did well and I was the candidate they were going to choose. In summary it was a very odd and lengthy process and resulted in me no longer wanting to work for you. Thank you for the experience though. Gotta clean some things up over there folks.