Bose Manager interview questions

I was referral by my friend in BOSE. Hiring manager phone first round interview and two weeks later I have my onsite interview. Overall the process is and experience is quite good and I feel very comfortable and enjoy. They do ask lots of questions but it is very professional way. I talked to 4 persons including my hiring manager. I like the culture very much and it seems quite collaborative way for team to team. Everyone is nice. I found quite empty cubes in the offices and my hiring manager told me they did some layoff recently. That is the only think I do not feel good about. Still waiting for the update from HR and hope I can make it

Initially contacted by an internal Bose recruiter and had a 30-minute interview to discuss my experience, etc. An interview with the hiring manager was set up within the next week, which I thought was great. Had a phone interview with the hiring manager, which I thought went well. The hiring manager informed me that we would speak again for an interview in January. i kept in touch by asking additional questions about the operations, etc, which the manager thought were "great questions" and stated we would discuss as soon as recruitment set up another interview, Contacted the manage an additional time, and was informed that they would be moving forward with another candidate. My problem is, you all but promised me an interview in person in the next few weeks. Had I not contacted you, would you have ever told me that I was no longer in the running? It really is a shame that those interviewing viable candidates don't close the loop on these interviews, and leaves potential candidates hanging. Very bad practice.