The interview process went okay until the end. The problems arose after the interviews. HR lady called me in the morning to ask me for information regarding background information. Only to have an email later in the day telling me they went in another direction. It was very jerky feeling.
Not to mention that the background company called a number of my contacts and asked their background information. My contacts reached out and told me that they answered questions for them over the period of a couple days after being rejected.