Figma reached out to me regarding some new roles opening up.

I followed up and scheduled a call with a recruiter. The recruiter didn't show up for the interview on time, so I reached out, and they joined five minutes late. It was a fairly standard recruiter screen, asking about previous experience and sharing some information about the role and process. The recruiter gave the impression I was a good fit and explicitly said they would reach out with next steps. However, I was completely ghosted after this, with no follow-up whatsoever (even after chasing).

All I can conclude from this is that either:

• The recruiter was lying to me during the screen, giving me positive signals when they actually didn't want to proceed.
• The recruitment process is so mismanaged (remember they also turned up late) that they've simply forgotten to follow up.

I'm honestly not sure which is worse.

Standard screening questions, e.g., previous experience.