Took over a month and half to interview for a middle management role and had to follow-up numerous times just to get an answer although I had previously worked for the hiring manager

A recruiter reached out to me asking me if i'd be interested in a sales role. He was happy with my experience and suggested next steps would be to meet with the hiring manager. This was almost 6 months ago. Recruiter just ghosts me which I find strange considering they reached out to me first. Eventually after a few follow ups and after I told the recruiter I've been offered another role at a competing company the recruiter eventually replied and said the role has been put on hold (even though it still is being advertised ) but I should hold off on accepting the other offer as the role "might" open up. Since then I havent heard from them. Crowdstrike is a great product and company and I'd love to work there however its disappointing that the recruitment process is so terrible and judging from the other comments on glassdoor it seem's i'm not alone in having a negative experience. What recruiters dont understand is that communication is key in the hiring process and i've declined several offers on the hope of landing the crowdstrike role. Lesson learnt