Was ghosted after HM phone screen.
Recruiter reached out for a 30 min chat with HM (which was set up promptly).
We had (what I believe) a great discussion. I have very relevant experience to the platform strategy they were trying to build.
A week went by and I wrote to the recruiter - was told Hiring Manager is on vacation and we should have some updates early next week (have heard this is a very commonly used response by Apple).
Towards the end of "next week", wrote to the recruiter again with no response; and now it's been about 7-8 weeks since the chat with HM.
Believe it is fair to expect, such a big company (with enough staffing manpower) to at least reach back out to people they short-list to close OR move the loop forward. That is the bare minimum professionalism a Company can show to someone they reached out to, and asked to invest time.