I went through 4 stages: a screening call, a skills interview, a culture interview, and made it to the case study presentation. I was told upfront the process had 3 rounds, and I had already scheduled my case study presentation for Tuesday. I spent my holiday weekend preparing a detailed strategy deck — only to receive an email on Sunday afternoon (less than 24 hours before my due date) informing me that the position was no longer being filled due to internal changes. I was shocked and disappointed. It felt like my time and effort — which included giving up time with my family over Easter — were not valued or respected. What’s worse is the company heavily emphasizes culture and relationships on their website: “At Just Global, because relationships are at the heart of everything we do, community is everything to us.” That messaging didn’t reflect my experience. It’s incredibly disheartening to be asked to go above and beyond and then be left with nothing but a canned response and no path forward. A note to the company: if you’re not ready to hire, don’t ask candidates to spend significant time producing unpaid strategic work.