# Six Rounds. Two Months. Then an 'Internal Candidate.'

**[TRUE STORY]** — by Candidate · via X

Six rounds over two months. Every one cleared. Then the message arrived: they had found an internal candidate. The process was not a search — it was a formality performed in front of someone who was never going to be chosen.

*Source: [@_jaydeepkarale · X · 1,094 likes](https://x.com/_jaydeepkarale/status/2089204349113377200)*
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