You may be interested to know that in the latest edition of 'The Stable Approach' which is a monthly internal flight ops newletter to pilots there was an interesting little paragraph filler. It said:
"Pilot Recruitment - A plea from the Recruitment Team, they are presently working very hard to clear a backlog of pilot applications and recruiting a lot of Cabin Crew as we continue to expand at a very significant rate. For those of you who have friends or former colleagues waiting to join easyJet, please ask them to be patient - they will get an assessment date eventually but the task remains, as ever, enormous."
That may explain some of the delay and I hope it gives those waiting some hope. For what it is worth, working for easyJet is a great job and is worth waiting for. Best of luck to all those in limbo.