Applied online, and the recruiter called me the very next day during office hours without any heads-up email. I managed to give her a date and time to set up a technical phone screen.

After the technical phone screen, I got an invite for a virtual onsite interview via HackerRank, which was supposed to be 5-6 individual sessions, with one being the hiring manager. Each interview was 45 minutes at the minimum.

I couldn't speak with the hiring manager since he was busy and had to reschedule. Four to five other sessions were completed on that day.

There was some issue with their connection, and the interviewers got disconnected over a dozen times, which was very frustrating. Except for one cranky lady, other interviewers were polite and professional.

The next day, I was told that the manager wanted to interview me, and the following day was set for it. The manager seemed like a very good guy. The interview was over an hour. In the end, he told me that the interview went very well and that I would definitely hear from the team.

I was once again contacted by the recruiter and told that the director wanted to speak to me. It was set up and then rescheduled since the director was busy and did not show up. He was apologetic about it, though. This was not a technical interview but mostly a "know each other better and set expectations" kind of thing, and it lasted around half an hour.

Now, imagine being through all of this and being ghosted by the recruiter. I never heard back on the outcome, even after writing back to the recruiter. Tells a lot about the recruiter and the company.

I can imagine being ghosted after just the application or initial phone screen. But not hearing back after investing so much time is just unbelievable. Never dealt with a more hopeless recruiter!

Nothing out of the woods. Know your data structures, C, C++, and OS/Embedded concepts right, and you will be fine.