A recruiter contacted me via email. We set up an initial phone screen for the following week. During the call, we went over my resume, and the recruiter described the interview process and the job. My resume was shared with hiring managers and other recruiters. Unfortunately, I didn't get an interview with the hiring manager the initial recruiter was targeting, as my C++ background was not strong enough. What's great is that the recruiters collaborate and share your resume with other hiring managers.

I was contacted for another position and had an interview a week later. It was a 45-minute phone screen with a barrage of questions. Two engineers interviewed me, focusing on the skills listed on my resume. They aimed to gauge my proficiency for each skill set. As a junior developer with only 1.5 years of experience in software development, I was surprised they were interested in interviewing me, especially since I didn't know many of the answers.

The questions were asked very rapidly, almost as if I were being drilled. At one point, I heard one of the engineers laughing. I'm unsure if they were laughing at my response or something else, but I found it unprofessional.

The questions primarily covered:

• Big O Notation (asking for the Big O of each data structure)
• Differences between each language listed on my resume
• Operating System knowledge
• A walk-through of how I would solve a problem to remove duplicates from a phone number.

I expected more of a coding exercise, but I didn't write any code at all.

I knew the interview went poorly because I lacked deep knowledge of the skills and languages I had listed on my resume, but it was valuable practice. I still haven't heard back from the interview, so I'm assuming I didn't get the job. I hope this helps you all! Best of luck!