received an email today :
Thank you for your application to join the 2012 John Lewis Retail Management Graduate Scheme (internal).
We are aware that you have not received any recent communication from us regarding your application and we apologise for the delay.
We have had over 14,000 applications for our graduate schemes and are currently manually screening applications in chronological order. Once your application has been screened by a member of our recruitment team, you will be informed of the outcome within 48 hours.
We anticipate that all applications will be screened by early December 2011.
We appreciate the time you have taken to complete your application and thank you in advance for your patience.
48 hours - fingers crossed