I applied on the GM site. I got an email the next day asking for my availability for a phone interview. The phone interview was then scheduled for the following Friday morning. The phone interview was too laid back, in retrospect. The hiring manager was eager to get me in to meet the team, insisting my experience was not a major factor in learning the role, so on the following Monday I agreed to come in that Friday. 24 hours went by and I got an email asking if I could reschedule my on-site interviews for the following Monday because someone from the team was unexpectedly unavailable, after I had already requested my time off for Friday. I insisted I needed to stick to the original plan for that Friday. I was not going to create suspicion by rescheduling my PTO for a Monday. I came in for the on-site interviews that Friday. The interview questions became increasingly technical, during which I had to explain my lack of experience on certain types of work - all the while maintaining that I was a quick learner and still a hard worker and skilled communicator. I met with 4 team members and 2 HR representatives. Not once did I get the vibe that they were not interested in what I could bring to the role from the outside. The language the hiring manager was using while touring me around the building indicated he was interested in me joining the team: "This is where you'll see so and so," "This is where we'll probably be doing xyz," "You'd be coming in from the outside," etc. I'm no idiot - you don't use that language when you're not seriously considering someone as a new team member. Classic case of Minnesota nice - everyone I met was over the top accommodating and nice to my face, then once they ship you out the door with a bag of cereal and Gushers, I thought I stood a good chance of receiving an offer. So, cut to the following Monday morning, I received a terse "we cannot offer employment to you at this time" rejection email before I could finish my morning coffee. I sat there wildly confused, so I responded to the email asking if there was any type of feedback they could offer me. The HR rep responded the next day, saying it's not company policy to provide feedback to interviewees. The hiring manager definitely led me on with his inclusive, excitable language and going above and beyond to walk me through the working spaces throughout the building. If it became clear to the hiring manager that I was not a proper fit at any point of the interview, I would have MUCH rather preferred being escorted back to the HR room, grabbed my keys and got the hell out of there.