This reminds me of something the CEO of a fortune 500 company I worked for said during a company-wide Q&A. An employee had mentioned that he applied for an opportunity within the company and never heard back from the hiring manager. The CEO didn't miss a beat, responding: "Let me just say to all the managers in the room, if I ever hear of that happening, you won't be managing in this organization."

I had the same experience with a company in Gibraltar, got to the phone interview, went well, was told to expect an email with details of flights over and heard nothing, it's been months now. The CEO didn't come to my rescue, and I haven't heard from them since.

I applied to this too in the past, and got to the point where they said they wanted a second interview, but then they said that they 'moved forward with another candidate.' The position is still open so apparently that candidate went no where too.

I will note that at times during the interview process they would say that I would hear from them 'shortly' but then hear nothing for upwards of 3 weeks.