I applied online in late November and was contacted within a few days to schedule an in-person interview. In early December I met with other program associates, program officers, and higher level managers as well as a recruiter. I was there for several hours. I felt that things went well. They told me they were interviewing other candidates and that I should hear back from them in a few weeks. I sent follow up thank you emails to each person and received additional positive feedback. Several weeks went by, however and I heard nothing. I chalked it up the holidays and then in mid-January I emailed the hiring manager again just asking if I was still being considered. The person responded very quickly and said that yes, the holidays had slowed down the interview process, but yes I was still being considered and I should know something in another week or two. And then nothing. I ended up applying for and accepting another offer. 6 months later I still don't know what happened. No one from HR or the interviewing team ever got back to me. Just a quick "unfortunately, we had many qualified candidates apply and we are sorry to inform you that we selected someone else" email would have been nice. I spent about 4-hours interviewing with them and this is a place where everyone has higher level degrees, so I don't think my expectations for a response are unrealistic.