I was contacted by a recruiter on LinkedIn, who later called me and informally discussed the position they were looking for and asked about my background. After this phone call, the recruiter scheduled a phone interview with the hiring manager based on my availability, which happened to be about 3 weeks after this initial phone call from the recruiter. First, the interviewer discussed the group and role of the position. He asked about my background and experience working on projects. At the end of the phone interview he said that I should expect a call from the recruiter about scheduling a face to face interview. About 3 weeks after the phone interview I was contacted by email about scheduling a face to face interview. The face to face interview was scheduled and then the day before the interviews the recruiter emailed to cancel stating the reason being "re-purposing headcount".