Phone Interview Only.

The interviewer did not introduce herself, which was shocking. From the start, there was negative energy between us.

Her communication was very poor, and it was difficult to understand her English at times.

I solved the first problem. I started with a brute-force solution (O(N^2)), then improved it to O(N) and implemented it. So far, so good.

Next, she tweaked the problem statement, making it more difficult and challenging. Initially, I misunderstood her and went in the wrong direction (even after asking for clarification, she said "yes"). However, after a few minutes, I realized my interpretation was incorrect. Some minutes were lost.

I came up with a brute-force solution and was explaining it when she interrupted, stating I had only two minutes to fully explain and run over a test case.

I started feeling pressure but managed to explain my solution.

She did not say a proper goodbye. When I said, "It was nice to talk to you, I had the real pleasure, and I wish you a good rest of the day," her response was simply "OK."