I worked for a company once that went through an extended period of "cost controls." The end result was a cycle of hiring and hiring freezes, and many people w

I worked for a company once that went through an extended period of "cost controls." The end result was a cycle of hiring and hiring freezes, and many people would start interviews during a hiring period and then partway through the interview process would get caught in a hiring freeze. Some HR people basically stopped responding to interviewees during these hiring freezes. It was stupid and extremely unprofessional. We had some great candidates who got caught in this. Maybe your recruiter went on vacation and didn't set their out of office properly. Or maybe it is a case of severe stupidity like what I described above. Either way, it's not your fault. I'd wait a week or two and email again. If you really like the job/company I'd try to find somebody who interviewed you on LinkedIn and contact them. Otherwise just forget it.