The interview process was basic but it was draining. 5 hours of virtual interviews back-to-back. I spoke a lot with all of the people involved in the hiring process. They all seemed very interested in offering me the role. I ended up getting ghosted for a week, then got an automated email that the role had been filled. I contacted the team about their unprofessionalism and only then was I told that they went with a local candidate just because they were local. I delayed an apartment lease and it created a lot of drama in my life because they were so misleading. I learned my lesson.