Different units within the university have different HR points of contact, FYI, so this might not be indicative of the entire university... but for anonymity's sake, I won't name the specific division. I applied to this role about a month before receiving a request to interview from HR. The initial phone screen with HR was very standard - nothing unexpected or out of the ordinary. From there, things got a bit weird. I was invited to move on to the next round (a Zoom call with the hiring manager) but was told that they wanted to move quickly, so they asked for my availability that same week. I told them I couldn't do that and needed to push it to the following week. They agreed and the call was also one that was pretty expected - nothing out of the ordinary. The HM mentioned that that was the first of three rounds with the team not counting the HR rep. After that way, I was invited to move on to the third round, but they again pressed that they wanted to do it that same week - within days of the original - and that it would include a presentation. I pushed back to try and delay to the following week so that I had time to prepare but they pushed back, as well, and we ended up doing it on Friday (the previous round was on that Monday). After the panel interview/presentation, HR scheduled a follow up call in which I asked what the third round would entail. They were confused, so I explained what the HM had said. She said that she would get back to me with clarification but never did. I followed up a week later and didn't receive a reply, so I followed up again the following week and was told after a few more days that they had decided to promote someone internally. It seemed a bit weird to me that HR and the hiring team didn't appear to be on the same page about what the process entailed...