I don't think you can read this as positive or negative.
A phone interview of this sort is just thinning the stack to the ones they want to interview and cross-reference in more detail. A short interview could be good (you made the cut and are clearly qualified) or it could be bad (they already have some top-tier candidate(s) but they have to go through the motions for legal purposes). My guess is its the former, but that's just a wild guess.
Ultimately this is out of your circle of control and there's not reason to overanalyze it. Send a thank-you for the phone interview stating you are looking forward to hearing back. Then keep applying for other positions until you do.
g'luck
Unfortunately the woman I spoke with, as soon as she was done asking the last question, explained the rest of the hiring process without me even getting a chance to ask for her email address! (and I'm not even sure asking for that would be proper)
I've looked all over LinkedIn and the company website for her email address, but am still unable to find it. Any suggestions?
Sounds like if this person wasn’t the one to answer your questions, they are just in a screening position. 10-20 minutes is pretty standard for them to at least make sure you sound like a normal functioning adult who can talk intelligently about the position.
I think I did speak intelligently about the position, although I will admit it wasn't my finest interaction. I was getting a bit nervous with all the rushing.
I'm also job hunting and have experienced this as well. In my experience the first phone screen is usually a recruiter (internal or external) who just has a checklist in front of them and not the person you have an in-depth interview with.
Another thing she did was give slight feedback under her breath i.e. "perfect" "okay great" when I answered the questions. I took it as a good sign, but sometimes people do that automatically without necessarily being sincere.
Meh, y'all are right. Better to just let things happen and not over analyze things. I will post back again with the result!