Had 8 interviews and spent 2 full days working on the case study. The case was clearly an excuse to get free labor/ideas from external perspectives, as they required that I prepare an internal comms strategy, external comms strategy, CEO comms strategy, a LinkedIn post for a recent launch, and a 90-day personal onboarding plan. I was told that I "killed" the case and am the perfect candidate, both culture and skillset wise, but that they're going with someone else who has more years of experience. I've seen who they hired instead, and looks like they just picked a German speaker even though it wasn't required for the role.