Same here, but I required VISA sponsorship (or Canada's equivalent) and received the "had roles filled" before the first interview. I thought that they had pri

Same here, but I required VISA sponsorship (or Canada's equivalent) and received the "had roles filled" before the first interview. I thought that they had prioritized people that didn't need sponsorship. The strange thing is that now they followed up with another offer to join their Rotational SWE Programme. By that time I had already heard about the hiring freeze and figured the recruiters are trying to circumvent the freeze. We'll see how that goes...