I had video interviews with the [hiring manager] SVP, the retiring VP (whom I would be replacing), GM of the business unit, CTO of the business unit, and a VP of HR. Most of the interviews went well - I had highly relevant experience and good rapport with the interviewers. One of the interviews was iffy, where I detected during the interview a mismatch in how the exec expected a specific strategy related to the role to be undertaken versus my initial assumption of a differing approach. I followed up the interview with an email to the exec noting that I understood his differing viewpoint on that tactic and that I'd be willing and capable of following his preferred approach.
After all these interviews I was told by the recruiter that I was one of the final two candidates and, being local to the desired office, was in the lead position. I was called in to do a face-to-face meeting with the hiring manager. During the meeting he asked how I thought the other interviews had gone. I noted the interview which I had detected hadn't gone as well and explained the issue as well as that I had immediately followed with an email addressing that issue.
We paused the interview after an hour for my video conference interview with the HR VP. I expected we would continue the in-person interview after the video conference was over. Instead the SVP abruptly thanked me for coming and walked me out, noting he'd let me know, A few days after the interview I sent a detailed email with my 30- and 90-day plans for the position (which he had asked about during our discussion).
After two weeks with no word I sent him and the recruiter an email asking for status, He responded that they were still working things out and he'd let me know, A week later I sent an email noting that I had another offer and if an offer was forthcoming from FBIN I'd need to know soon so I could make a decision.
And I never heard from them again. No acknowledgement that someone else had been selected, no "thank you for your time and interest". Just utterly ghosted. This is incredibly unprofessional for a VP role at a Fortune 500 company, and is unacceptable. Perhaps it's reflective of a broken corporate culture and maybe I dodged a bullet.