Spoke with a recruiter who was very professional.

Scheduled me for a 1-hour coding interview, which I did not do great at, and figured it was over then.

I designed an algorithm that the interviewer accepted, but struggled with some of the basic math behind the implementation. Classic interview nerves.

Surprisingly, they wanted to do another interview, which I felt I did much better at. Got a solution with time to spare, and didn’t need any major hints from the interviewer.

However, the second interviewer started the interview from his car, never turned on the camera, and I felt like he had not seen my resume nor knew anything about me.

It just felt very unprofessional, and all the weight was put on the coding problems. No questions about my leadership positions or other software skills and expertise.

Ultimately, I didn’t get an offer, which was okay because I was iffy on the role to begin with. It was great practice for other interviews at other large tech firms where I was able to pass.

Just wanted to share my experience so those more interested know what to look out for.

If you really want to work here, spend all your time on DS & algos to pass the first round. Your other skills won’t matter. It’s just the game we have to play…

Design a maze-solving algorithm.