Elsevier interview questions

Very unhappy with the lack of professionalism displayed. I was initially contacted by an in-house recruiter on LinkedIn, we scheduled a call that lasted for 30-45 minutes. The recruiter was very friendly and the phone call was mostly a culture test as well as explaining what Elsevier is about. He did not seem to be overly clued up on the tech stack used etc. but that was not a problem. The phone call seemed to go very well. I was asked to email the recruiter my desired salary along with my reason for pursuing a position with Elsevier. Fast forward 2-3 weeks and I had not heard anything. Not even a reply to my previous email. Out of the blue I received an email from someone I had not been in contact with before, she asked if I would be available for a phone interview with a development manager. I spent a good amount of time preparing for this phone call. Again, I feel that the phone call went very well. I had an answer for every question, I was prepared with my own questions. I had also spent considerable time researching Elsevier. At the end of the phone call, I was told it went very well and that they would like me to come in and meet the team. I was given absolutely no indication that there would be an issue. I never heard from them again. Elsevier, I did not take time out of work to prepare, only for my time to be wasted. Be honest with applicant's and treat them professionally.

One of the worst interview in my career. They shortlisted me for the interview on the basis of my application. Then they scheduled me for the interview. I though it will be a competency/behavioural based but It was just a time-spent activity of the HR. They called 3-4 candidates for the interview to ask 3 questions. - You are for which profile (Then even don't know for which profile they have called you) - Tell me about yourself - Salary Expectation. Then said we will let you know for the next schedule date. My question to the HR is that you could have asked these questions via telephone rather wasting the time of the candidates.