A recruiter invited me to complete an online test task. The test was simple, consisting of two easy algorithmic tasks to be completed within one hour. Following this test, there was to be a first interview.

Due to personal reasons, I asked to schedule the interview for two weeks later. The recruiter I had contacted began to ignore me after this request. It took a week or more just to receive a single message, and it was very difficult to finally schedule the interview.

The interview itself was also easy, involving two live-coding tasks: comparing two specific strings and finding the first missing number in a sorted array. The interviewer was friendly and provided some hints.

Unfortunately, I made some minor logical mistakes in the first program. Using my own compiler and debugger was not permitted, and I was inexperienced with GDB. Therefore, I advise taking time to practice using GDB if you wish to avoid repairing your program solely with cout.

The interviewer mentioned that it would take two to three days to assess my skills and decide about a second interview. The recruiter was supposed to notify me of the results.

However, after a week, I wrote to the recruiter asking about the results, and it took another week to get an answer. After being rejected, I asked the recruiter for feedback, but after 1.5 weeks, there is still no response.

The recruitment process is standard overall, but the communication with the recruiter was quite a torture.

Find the first missing number in a sorted array.

Compare two specific strings.