I applied for the role and about a week later, the recruiter reached out about a phone interview. She was very nice and the interview went very well and she gave me availability for a hiring manager interview within 24 hours. I scheduled the hiring manager interview one week later, which was set for 1 hour and I thought it went extremely well. I waited for one long week for the recruiter to call me and say they went with someone else because they were further along in the interview process. I was pretty disappointed because I really wanted this role, and I wished the recruiter told me to schedule the hiring manager interview earlier. Perhaps I was just a backup