This was a long and bizarre process for me. I applied early April 2015 and 5 weeks later got an email that I had been short-listed for the position. My phone interview was one week later and I had an enjoyable conversation with the interviewer about the position and how else I might fit in at ARM. At the end of the call, the interviewer told me that despite my lack of semi-conductor experience (which I had previously called out in my application cover letter prior to getting the interview) he thought I'd be a good fit for the position due to my in-depth strong project management expertise. When I asked what the next steps would/should be, he told me to expect HR to get in touch with me a week or so later to schedule a second interview, most likely again on the phone due to my location. I sent my interviewer a Thank You through LinkedIn since I was not given his ARM contact info (he called me for the interview) and then waited eagerly to hear from HR. Two weeks went by and not a word. I sent a follow-up email asking about the status of my candidacy to the HR person who originally contacted me and I took a guess at my interviewer's email to copy him. Still no response. I sent another email to everyone involved 12 days later asking about my status. Still no response. I sent another email to everyone involved again 1 week later asking about my status. I used the recruitmentquery alias on the company web site to ask about my status. Then I tried calling and discovered that the direct line phone number given for my contact on the original email they sent me was a non-working number. There was also a mobile number given, and that worked once I changed the country code to India. The recruiter that answered told me she did not see any feedback for me from my interview, so she would follow up. Two weeks later, still nothing so I sent my 6th follow-up email and this time got a response. After careful consideration of experience found wanting during my phone interview, ARM would be unable to continue with my candidacy. Completely at odds with the feedback from my interviewer but so be it. I'm guessing (hoping) that what happened was that I just got lost between the cracks when very busy people lost track of me so they just used boilerplate language to dismiss me ultimately once the recruitment query alias was used. I know I have the experience for the job and my interviewer thought so too (or else I completely misunderstood his direct feedback to me), so despite the sour taste this time left in my mouth, I'll try again for another ARM position if I see one that fits. That's when I guess I'll find out if what I experienced is typical for ARM candidates these days.