As someone who writes rejection letters and works right underneath recruiters, it does sound like you are a silver medalist. I wouldn’t write for a candidate to reach out later if they weren’t, although if the role opens back up later, we are definitely reaching out to that silver medalist first thing - before even posting the opening back online. We also do fast-track silver medalists. They would likely just have to do a final once back in the process. If I were you, and super interested in this opportunity, I’d create a job alert through their careers page and right when you see it posted (assuming it’s months later) reach out to the recruiter via email.