submitted application through company's site. was contacted within a few days for a 10 minute phone conversation with a recruiter - was very general and quick. then was contacted by head of recruitment to have another short phone conversation - went well and was told to call the company's founder/owner next week for a longer phone interview. had what seemed to be a strong interview and a good conversation with owner, who told me i was a good fit and didn't see any problems with me moving forward in the interview process, that they were interviewing many other candidates that week but that all candidates would be contacted by the following with a status update...i followed up with owner and recruiter, but never heard back from anyone at the company. i realize that sadly this is "normal" in the current job search situation and economy...but when a company promises (specially when it comes directly from the CEO), they should uphold their promises if not for anything else but at least to keep up a positive reputation in the community, since this company is very community and word of mouth based.