I applied for the position in the morning, and by the afternoon, someone from HR had reached out to me wanting to do a phone interview that same week. We scheduled the interview for Friday. The interview went well. Very well, actually. The person with whom I interviewed with was easy to talk to, and it felt more like a conversation as opposed to an interview. She told me that I would definitely be hearing from the hiring manager that next week, so I felt very positive about the prospect. I sent a follow up email after the phone interviewing thanking her for taking the time to talk to me, and I told her that I looked forward to hearing from her next week. I expected a response to that email, but I didn't get one until Tuesday of the following week simply stating that the hiring manager was going to continue conversations with other applicants. It was very strange.