I applied through your jobs site and was contacted by a recruiter after two weeks for two interviews.

The recruiters and interviewers were very nice but quite disorganized. I was told my first interview would be technical, but it was actually a standard phone screening for culture/role fit. Then the recruiters changed, and the second interview was scheduled without informing or confirming with me. They apologized and rescheduled, confirming the day of the interview. I was then told by the recruiter that this would be a "high-level" technical interview and didn't need a coderpad link. However, the interviewer (who was filling in for a team member) told me that this wasn't the case and conducted a tough coding challenge that I failed.

I chose a negative experience despite no resentment to anyone involved, but because I ultimately felt like I was set up to fail through a lack of communication between the team and recruiters. I wasted time by first over-preparing for the wrong type of interview and then under-preparing for a technical interview that was tougher than what is standard, especially over the phone.

Build a Tic-Tac-Toe game that accepts two-player input, validates input, and checks for end-of-game conditions. A two-dimensional array is provided for x and y positions.