I applied online and was contacted by a recruiter several days later. The recruiter set up a 60 min interview with the hiring manager. The hiring manager showed up 10 min late and at the beginning of the conversation, he told me this is actually NOT an interview but a brief chat because they hope to talk to internal candidates first before talking to external ones like me. The conversation last about 10 min. There may be some disconnection between the recruiter and hiring manager. I think no one ever wants to invest a lot of time preparing for an interview and only to be told they don’t actually want to interview you.