The interview process was handled poorly. I had two technical interviews, which featured LeetCode-tagged questions, and each of these interviews went well.

I moved on to the system design round, which was much more of a database knowledge test. I was asked about SQL queries, how to make databases perform faster, and how an index works in a database.

It felt like my fate had been decided from the start with this interview, as the lead interviewer just didn't seem to like me. That being said, I think if I had answered everything perfectly, I still would have gotten through.

The process as a whole was a mess, with interviews getting cancelled and being told I wasn't going to interview for the final round. However, when I followed up, I got one.

Disorganization and a final interviewer who had it out for me are why I've said I had a negative experience, although my other five interviewers were all lovely.

LeetCode mostly, and then the system design I described above.