I received several unsolicited emails from a hiring manager until I finally replied.

A typical phone screen followed, along with a take-home project. They then followed up with a five-hour on-site interview.

The content of the interview was typical. There were sections on coding, architecture, past projects, and a behavioral/psych section.

Most everyone was pleasant.

I pretty much bombed the section during the latter half of the final hour. The problem itself was simplistic, and I came to a working, functional solution right away. But before I could type out a first pass, I was asked to change it.

While doing this, my interviewer didn't seem to deal with silence very well. Whenever I'd spend a few seconds thinking or typing, I would be interrupted with such helpful advice as, "Next, you need to do something with that loop" and "Think about what to do next." It went on and on.

I tried to speak out what I was doing, to proactively avoid the interruptions, but they kept coming. When I'd get close to something, the interviewer would jump ahead, without giving me an opportunity to finish.

A few times, I tried to engage with the nonsensical ramblings: "Yes, I am aware that I need to do something with that loop. I'm thinking about if I need..." Interrupted by a restating of the basic problem, which was not at all what I was talking about right then.

I was too tired after hours of interviewing to tolerate that nonsense, so I stopped trying after a couple of minutes and sat back to watch the interviewer listen to himself talk.

It ended with a quick goodbye from the internal recruiter.

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