Interview to Job Offer - Time frame

Any time length of interview is normal, depends on the person or people doing the interview and the department.

You can keep in touch with your recruiter every 2 - 4 weeks by email or phone call. Does not mean you will get a reply by email and if you contact by phone, you will probably leave a message and you may not get a call back until they have something to tell you. This is normal.

I had a phone interview with a Department in Jazan in which I was told (by a recruiter from the Houston office) that they'll schedule me for a face-to-face interview if my phone interview is successful. Well, it was successful. I was contacted by the recruiter in about 2 week's time that the Department would like to schedule a face-to-face interview with me in Houston.The interview date was confirmed and just a couple of days to the interview date, I was told the face-to-face interview has been cancelled but they'll schedule an online 'Hirevue' interview. A couple of days later, I was told they needed my skype ID which I provided and was told the interview was confirmed with date provided. interestingly, on the day of the interview no one called. I sent an email to the recruiter (after waiting for 20 minutes) to check if the Department was having issues contacting me via skype. Did't get any feedback for a while so I called the recruiter and was told 'I'm trying to contact them.' After an hours time, i sent an email to the recruiter inquiring if I should continue to wait or if the interview could be rescheduled. I was told not wait. I know that patience is required in this whole hiring process but my question is - what could be going on? has anyone experienced something like this before? Will appreciate any feedback