I applied through a referral. The process was simple; one recruiter call and 1 round of 2 interviews with an AD and Director. The interviews were simple and easy. However what went wrong was that about a week after, the recruiter called me to tell me there was great feedback but they wanted to interview more people. I followed up a few weeks later for an update and the recruiter stated they would have an update within the next 1-2 weeks. 2 weeks pass and I get an automated rejection email. This was completely unprofessionally to not receive a personal rejection email from the recruiter considering I was called and given good feedback, but essentially was their backup candidate.

Over the phone and thorough. Recruiter was super nice and informative. The whole phone call was about half an hour and I was able to ask all the questions I wanted and the recruiter was great at giving answers to them.