Recommended by departing Account Executive, I submitted my resume and cover letter in person. One week later had a face to face interview with the hiring manager. That went well and I was told I'd be moving forward. Four weeks transpired with limited response from the hiring manager. Finally, I was contacted to schedule the next face to face interview. That went well and I was told I was one of 2 or 3 final candidates. A final step may be going to Tempe to meet with other managers and tour the facility, I was told to follow up the following week if I hadn't been contacted yet which I did. I continued attempting to follow up for over a month. No response. Contacted the recruiter to find out if I was still in consideration and was told I was one of the two final candidates and should have heard from the hiring manager by that time. The recruiter said they would contact the hiring manager to get status and try to get him to contact me. Ten days later I received a call from the hiring manager that he had chosen another candidate that had "more software sales experience" than me. He came from a network hardware manufacturer.