I had a phone screening for the Premedia Production Coordinator position. The recruiter explained that the next step would be a hiring manager review to potentially schedule a Teams interview. Less than 24 hours later, I received a generic "position filled" email. When I followed up, I was told that they had moved forward with another candidate and extended an offer that morning.
The entire phone screen lasted only about 9 minutes. The process felt very rigid and formulaic, leaving little to no room for genuine conversation. When I asked a standard question at the end about what success looks like in the first 30-90 days, I was told that wasn't in their department and would be a question for the next interview stage. Because of that, the call left the impression that the process was moving forward, making the immediate automated rejection feel very contradictory. It was disappointing to go through a screening for a role that was already being closed out.