Worst recruitment/interview experience of my career. I was in the process for 2.5 months total, 5 interviews (my final round was 3 back-to-back 30-minute interviews). 6 weeks after my final round of interviews, I was told that there was a hiring freeze at the company so they were no longer looking to fill the role. I was told this not through the recruiter but through a former colleague that works in that department. It was extremely frustrating because a month prior, I was told by the recruiter everyone loved me and wanted to extend an offer a month into the process and that "an offer hopefully be coming later that week"). After that, the recruiter never touched base with me again. It's been days and still, the recruiter never reached out to me to let me know the news. If I didn't have a personal relationship with someone in the department, I wonder if I would have ever been told the news or if I would have just been ghosted.