I applied online for one position on a Thursday and was contacted by a recruiter the following Monday telling me to apply for a different position in the same department. I thought that meant I had a pretty good chance at getting it, and I was well qualified (met all the minimum requirements as well as the "preferred" requirements). Once I applied for the second one, the recruiter contacted me immediately to schedule an interview for the next week. The phone interview with the recruiter was painfully dry. She asked very basic questions about my experience and wrote down my answers. She wasn't able to answer the specific questions I asked about the department and said I could ask those at a later interview. I got an email within the week to schedule a second interview. The Skype interview with the recruiter and the supervisor was two weeks later. I first answered a lot more standard questions with the recruiter ("Tell me about a time when you worked as a team to accomplish a complicated task"). The supervisor was awesome, extremely friendly, and I was very excited about the job after speaking with him. He answered my specific questions and told me I had great experience. He asked me when I could start and spoke to me as if I already had the job! Considering how quickly everything happened and how well the interview with the supervisor went, I was definitely expecting an offer. Unfortunately, I received a generic rejection email the next week.