I was contacted by the internal recruiter on a Wednesday, about 2 weeks after I applied and then completed a phone screen with them the following Monday and was quickly advanced to a Teams interview the next Monday with the hiring manager. The interview went well. And it was clearly communicated that I was one of a 4-5 candidates, including an internal. It was further communicated that I would hear about next steps (an interview with the incumbent who was promoted) by the end of the week as all candidates were interviewing between Monday and Wednesday. I followed up with an email that highlighted a strength that was noted as critical. I further followed up with an additional value added note later in the week and a touch base call to the recruited on Friday afternoon. Hearing nothing back from any of those engagements. I called and emailed the following week to demonstrate my sincere interest and to gain more understanding on where I stood with them. All told, 5 professional touches after the interview over 10 business days. Despite those efforts, their next communication was from the internal recruiter 5 weeks after that Teams interview informing me that they had gone another direction. By then I had moved on. This is highly unprofessional and disappointing.