[AdieuToLogic]

My favourite, slathered with a generous amount of sarcasm gravy, is:

  They feel they have candidates who are a bit stronger
  coding wise that fit their needs right now that they
  want to proceed with.

This said twice.

Once before any interaction at all and the same after an initial meeting when the technical interviewer had not bothered to review any of multiple FOSS projects made available beforehand.