HR recruiter first reached out to me mid-July 2025. I applied and had the initial screening with HR mid-August. The process was then put on hold due to many people having summer holidays. I had 1 interview with a hiring manager at the end of August, then did not hear back from HR until 9/23 despite multiple follow-ups. I received a rejection email citing that they had gone with a candidate who was more qualified, but can see that they reposted the job with a target position close date of November 30,2025 instead of July 31, 2025 and that the position was posted for a smaller salary range than the original posting. It leads me to believe that the HR response was disingenuous and that they were not respectful of my time considering the whole process took nearly 3 months.