I was contacted on LinkedIn for a Software Engineer position focused on network products.

The first step was an online coding test on Codility.com, which was rather simple. I would even say it was easier than the Codility demo task.

The first phone screen went well. I spoke with a technical person and had a productive discussion involving networking and programming questions. They were able to provide more information about the role.

The second phone interview, conducted via a conference tool, left me with an extremely negative impression. I believe it was with a technical manager, and the person from the first interview may have also been present.

I found it strange and inefficient that we were using a conferencing tool without video, even though video was available. This meant I had no idea who I was speaking to, and communication was suboptimal, relying solely on audio.

The interviewer in the second session seemed to have little interest in conducting the interview. They threw out questions, lacked patience to hear my answers, and pushed me to write code on the screen before I had a chance to fully understand the requests. Consequently, they were surprised I wasn't writing the code they expected.

They constantly ignored my explanations, provided evasive answers to my questions, and quickly moved to new topics, leaving previous discussions unresolved.

Both sessions involved SSHing into a server and using screen to share typed output with the interviewer.

The position itself looked interesting, but that second interview created such a negative impression that I lost interest. I suspect I conducted more interviews than the interviewer on the other side, which might indicate disorganization within the company's talent acquisition process.

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