I went through 3 rounds of interviewing only for the company to remove the job and ghost me.
I made it to the final round where I was asked to give a 45min presentation, and afterwards, they called me and said they were very impressed but their priorities changed and they no longer had a full-time job. They asked if I could do part-time work to full-time but would not make me an offer with rates, hours, details, timeline, etc.
They asked me for my rate and when I gave them a standard consulting rate, they said it was too high but wouldn't provide what they were willing to pay. They asked if I was flexible but still wouldn't provide an actual offer or timeline to full-time. I just told them that when they had a concrete, full-time offer, I would evaluate it, and they just ghosted me.