Ladder interview questions

Phone Screen: They took my application very quickly and set up the phone screen the next day. Standard introductory call with a recruiter. Got told that they highly value their employee referrals which is how my application got fast-tracked through the system. Went over the job description, resume and the Ladder interview process. Technical Interview: 60 minute online interview with a member of the team. Went through a technical question in my language of choice. The question was specifically designed to be open ended and not just a LeetCode-style exercise to get the "right" answer. Worked through the problem and follow-up questions in the allotted time and then Q&A at the end. Time passes and follow up my emails are ignored. Noticed that the job posting was taken down and I find out that the company had hired someone else already. Not even enough professional courtesy to send a canned rejection email.

Met with the hiring manager twice, a peer, another individual the level of the hiring manager, and an executive. Mix of standard behavioral questions and business cases. Fairly straightforward. Everyone I met with was wonderful. Really truly, an awesome group of people that would be wonderful to work with. 24 hours after they sent me the written offer the recruiter called me and said they were no longer going to hire for the position. It was an incredibly inconsiderate gut punch. Ultimately, it was probably for the best given their layoffs and the red flags I ignored during the hiring process.