Very open and personality driven

I received phone call from recruiter about 3 weeks after I applied for position on line. The interview was scheduled for 9 days after my phone call. This was the second position that I had interviewed with Northrop for. I did not get the first position because Northrop did not win contract that the first position was contingent upon. The job was a program manager position that involved modifying sensors on military aircraft. This interview was a sit down interview with 3 people at table: the hiring manager, the chief program manager, and the same HR representative that I had in my first interview. Interview lasted 45 minutes long. Most of the time, they would ask a question and expected a story/example to go with my answer. Overall I thought I did a great job and my skills matched the position very well, but I received a call 3 weeks later saying that they gave the position to an internal hire.