Pathetic experience, and a clear cut violation of professionalism. The recruiting SPOCs reached out to me for the opening, scheduled my first round of discussion. Later on, they updated me on the positive feedback, and scheduled the next discussions. And finally, they abruptly cancelled the discussions - by saying that the hiring manager has found an applicant who can join within 3/4 days.
Such a waste of time and effort by a highly rated organisation, who have ZERO RESPECT for their applicants. A clear example of the ghosting process by the hiring manager and their team, and fooling the applicants.