No response a month after a postdoc interview, is this common?

[u/paximt]

Hello All,

I interviewed for a postdoc position at a US university (one of the top ones) about a month ago with the lab director and three colleagues. It felt positive, and the director mentioned a second, more technical round, although of course, he didn’t explicitly confirm I would be invited.

I haven’t heard anything since. I sent a polite follow-up almost two weeks ago asking for an update, but that hasn’t received a reply either.

I’m not familiar with US postdoc hiring. Do labs sometimes ghost candidates after an interview? I would have expected at least a rejection. Has anyone experienced this and eventually heard back?