I've seen this happen when a recruiting org has some chaos - and it can be completely unrelated to the rest of the company. When recruiters hand off candidates

I've seen this happen when a recruiting org has some chaos - and it can be completely unrelated to the rest of the company. When recruiters hand off candidates or when there is turnover in the recruiting/people org this kind of stuff can happen, also when new processes/procedures are added or changed. I wouldn't read into it too much but you should be able to get clarity from the hiring manager what the situation is - I always try to be really up front about situations like this when there is some organizational change so that candidates don't read into the wrong thing, but at the same time not all hiring managers are tuned into the "top of the funnel" issues that a recruiting org might have, so it should come down to whether you find the role and your direct team interesting/beneficial to your career. I'd chat with whoever your direct manager would be about it and give them feedback so they can understand the frustration these issues cause and give other/future candidates a heads up if the process is going to be rocky. It's been my experience that the larger a startup gets the more common these issues can be and they can also be highly variable depending on which team the recruiting coordinators are working on behalf of.