I recently went to a job interview the general manager said I was the strongest candidate and was talking like I was already hired when he brought up salary what I wanted was higher than they expected though no salary was on the job post he said he will call me Thursday and we would talk numbers then and he never called me in the interview he was acting like I already had the position what gives what should I do why lead me on ?

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There’s a good chance they found someone who is willing to work for less. But regardless, employers often pretend like the person they’re interviewing is the top candidate but they don’t always mean it.

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Have you tried calling them? I might try to call and follow up. Things get busy and it could've just been an oversight.

I don’t have a direct line All communication was through a job app I’ve sent follow up messages on said app but they haven’t been on there since he asked me to come in

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