I was ghosted after an interview with the Director and after 5 weeks I tried to close the loop and sent “one last follow up” email and the director emailed back

I was ghosted after an interview with the Director (that I think went well and the beginning of the process was full of forward momentum) and after 5 weeks of silence I tried to close the loop and sen

I was ghosted after an interview with the Director (that I think went well and the beginning of the process was full of forward momentum) and after 5 weeks of silence I tried to close the loop and sent “one last follow up” email and the director emailed back: “Sorry for not getting back to you sooner but the process is taking much longer than anticipated. The goal is to have next steps to share by the end of week. Thanks for your patience!” This was sent last Tuesday and still no next steps plans made after the intended next steps timeline goal of end of last week. (It’s Monday now) I don’t know what to think. I had given up hope for this job and then they gave me hope again by talking about next steps. I feel like they wouldn’t say what they said to me if I was already rejected. But I haven’t heard anything by the “goal” timeline she gave me.