Hi.
As the title suggests, I applied for a job at the end of December. The job was the same title as my current position, but they are looking for 5 years of specific experience, and I have one year in this title. I have extremely relevant unpaid internship/college experience though. I received requests from the company/ indeed for skills and aptitude tests but I didn't get around to them because of the holiday. I received another notification that the position was filled/company no longer interested. Today, I received an email for an interview with apologies for the delay. Is this a red flag? It has been over a month and I thought I was already denied.
In my head it sounds like they took someone and they backed out because they hated it, and I am the second option, but I could also be catastrophizing because this is close to my dream job +$15,000 more than what I currently make
Thoughts?
Edit : More specifically, it is a non-executive development role in a not for profit.