That sounds like the sort of broad hiring practice that large corporations sometimes do to select recent graduates: a general filter of candidates, followed by managers picking the nost promising candidates, and a final round of interviews with one or more teams that are interested in you.
Salary is unrealistic to discuss early when they don't know which specific role you will be filling, and how much they want you.
That said, for more experienced people the process tends to be much more personalized, to the point where the very first person you talk to may be the hiring manager or their superior.
I guess I wasn’t expecting this process for a management role, I know that at the level I was interviewing I’d be one of hundreds/thousands in Meta but I would have expected a bit more of a personal touch for a role that required 10-15 years experience.
The actual interviews were actually very well thought out, great no-bs questions focused around my experience in specific scenarios, and my approach to people management. Just very impersonal.
Salary is unrealistic to discuss early when they don't know which specific role you will be filling, and how much they want you.
That said, for more experienced people the process tends to be much more personalized, to the point where the very first person you talk to may be the hiring manager or their superior.