Submitted an application and was randomly contacted via phone call by an out-of-state recruiter 5 months later. Called her back and was asked to answer a list of generic questions pertaining to the opening. She was dismissive when I answered the beginning questions in full, saying I only want yes or no answers and grumbled at me. She asked me for my salary expectations, and I immediately asked about the benefits package (in which, surprisingly, she was accurate/truthful). I asked for her range for the role, and she tried low balling me but not by much. There was a specific offered salary published on the advertisement which was higher than her range. She lied over the phone about interviews starting in a week or two weeks for the position (sounding hesitant and uncomfortable when verbally saying “or two weeks”) and to wait for an email about it. The position was removed a week later on Indeed and their corporate sites. My follow up call was ignored and CEVA ghosted me. When logging into their corporate website, it showed I never applied to any positions yet as if it was flushed out of their system, which was a lie because I received a standard email confirmation 5 months ago that my application has been submitted through their system. Her tone sounded staged and mocked in a derogatory fashion like she knew me and wanted to project a negative image towards me, dismissive, cold and sarcastic due to her embedded lies, and generally not interested (with the “I have to do this” mentality). It’s a large French international company, but it seems the specific American recruiter loved to lie and be sinister towards a “targeted American candidate” in a mocked interview – basically it’s US-based corporate hate and carrot dangling on a stick tactics. It sounds like a great company, but this particular employee turned it into an unfair situation.