A recruiter from Amazon Web Services was really rude and uptight during the initial call. I sensed a bad vibe right away.

Although she was trying to recruit me, it felt as though I was at the unemployment office begging for work. She was trying to rush through the interview, and I had expected a casual conversation to learn more about the role. At one point, she complained that I was using up the interview time by asking questions about the travel policy.

She repeatedly asked, "Are you OK? Still want to go on?"

She asked some basic questions, like which UI frameworks I know and whether or not I'm familiar with backend frameworks.

Regarding the backend technologies, I answered I've worked with:

• Node.js
• Java
• ServiceNow
• AWS

She corrected me, stating that AWS was the wrong answer. I had built a DynamoDB using the AWS platform.