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Applied via referral. The recruiter asked for a time to call, then needed me to convert it to her timezone. She then called on a completely different day and time, unannounced.

She seemed very junior and asked questions about my CV mainly. Then she asked me to tell her about a project I was most proud of and why. When I gave her an example of a huge achievement and success, she asked for the timeline. This was 6 years ago.

She then scoffed, saying, 'I would expect an achievement to be in the last 2 years.' This was totally unprofessional and not the original question.

For my tech interview, I was asked an algorithm question with a lot of edge cases. As usual on CoderPad, this was in a scenario that would never come up in the role I was interviewing for.

We got through it, and I asked the interviewer if he had ever had to solve something like this in the 6+ years he had been in the role. He replied, 'Oh, never, we don't do work like this.' This was completely pointless and makes a mockery of having to sit through these hoop-jumping exercises.

Won't apply for another role with Facebook or any of its other companies.

Tell me about a work or project that is your biggest achievement. (I will not tell you that what I actually want is an achievement within the last two years rather than your biggest achievement.)