what is your salary requirement - I think may been nail in coffin. He tried to get me to hop on a call after he contacted me on linkedin. Tells me someone from team will go next steps to interview me, and promises me that he will be involved in communication and ghost me and eventually I get an auto email from him "I’ve had a chance to catch up with the hiring team, and while your background is impressive, I’m writing to let you know that we will not be moving forward with your application at this time.
Because we’ve had a high volume of interest in this role, the hiring team is only able to progress a limited number of candidates to the formal interview stage.
This was a difficult decision, as we met many talented individuals during this first phase."