Below is a timeline of my interactions with Adevinta's recruiter and interviewers:
Oct 13th, 2021: Received the ML technical challenge
Oct 16th, 2021: Sent back my attempt to solve the challenge
Oct 18th, 2021: Well received message from the recruiter
Oct 26th, 2021: Success and moving forward to the next stage
Nov 9th, 2021: Machine Learning Fundamentals Interview: go-ahead to the next interview
Nov 17th, 2021: Data Architecture Interview
The recruiter and the interviews were very friendly in writing and in person (video call).
After the Data Architecture interview however, they went radio silent.
Since, I sent 2 messages on LinkedIn and an e-mail to the recruiter asking about the status of my application, I received no replies.
I don't think it takes a lot of time to send a motivated (or unmotivated) "We won't be moving forward" message to the candidate who invested time and effort.
I took this series of interviews seriously and I found it very unprofessional/disrespectful to ghost candidates.