SREs are expected to do programming, so a coding interview was anticipated. However, the question was odd and challenging to test effectively. It felt pretty obvious that the interviewer didn't want to be there.

The recruiter was non-contact for over a week, then informed me they were not moving forward.

I understand that interviewers can only rate candidates by the time they spend together. However, there was nothing about that interview that helped me showcase what I can bring to the table.

This includes programming, yes, but also much bigger-picture leadership and technical direction.

Pretty frustrating.

Write code that performs rate limiting for a user. Criteria:

• One attempt per user per second.
• Four attempts per user per three seconds.