I was initially told this position was filled. Then someone reached out to me asking if I was still interested and that they would be opening another product manager position. When I said yes, I was told that they would get back to me with more information 3 different times with a different date each time.
This ended with them - upon being prompted by me again - telling me they’re no longer hiring for that position.
Normally I would be unbothered by this but please don’t reach out and especially don’t give a timeline if you aren’t certain the position is open. A lot of people are out of a job as a result of the pandemic and now is not the time to give false hope.
All that said, the recruiter seems nice enough and I’m certain this was not deliberate.