An employee referred me to an Architect level software engineering position within the company. A couple weeks after he forwarded my resume to the hiring manager, I received an initial phone call from the hiring manager. The hiring manager was pleasant and very easy to speak with. We made plans for phone interviews and on-site interviews. The manager sent me an official job description. The job description clearly indicated that the job was an "architect" level position. However, my on-site invitation referred to the position as a "Sr Principal Engineer" role. Later, the recruiter verbally confirmed that Yahoo would offer me a "Principal Engineer" position. Is this a bait-n-switch act. I don't know for sure, but I don't like the initial feelings I have about it. Over the course of a week, the architect job has disappeared and has rematerialized as a job title 2 or 3 levels lower. This simply does not agree with my initial expectations for the job role and title.