[MalcolmDiggs]

In my experience:

1. You apply, you do okay. Let's call you applicant A.

2. Company has found someone else they want more, so they start moving forward with that person (applicant B).

3. Recruiter knows that that applicant B might reject their offer or take a different gig, so he doesn't tell you (applicant A) any of this. He waits until things are 100% finalized between the company and applicant B before he gets back to you at all.

4. In some cases, after a month of silence, he comes back and says "they're ready to hire you" (because Applicant B turned them down), or he'll say "they just hired someone else", or he'll forget to respond to you entirely.

Moral of the story: Just keep moving, keep interviewing elsewhere. If they get back to you someday, great. If they don't, no sweat.