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Rejections are by email.
I have received a rejection in person from the hiring manager, but I think that was more from a mutual respect. (I had applied for a job internally at Merck)
I had an interesting experience - I applied to a role once and after literally completing every round and a panel was rejected over the phone by HR - who then asked if I was interested in another role at Merck and made an internal referral for me immediately. In the meantime the HM for the original role reached out to me and said there was another opening, so I ended up accepting that offer. That was also communicated via phone through HR. So, a phone call could go both ways - I will say the tone of the HR when scheduling the phone call via email was v different (somber and short for rejection and upbeat and positive for the offer). Make of this what you will..