The communication was really messy, as half of it had to go through LinkedIn, while the other half was via email.

I had a screening call and a coding interview. From my point of view, both went okay, and the coding part was pretty easy. The only surprising aspect was that it had nothing in common with the preparation material I was given.

Video calls had a terrible lag, making the dialogue quite awkward as participants had to interrupt each other frequently.

At last, I received two emails: one stating the company would like to proceed with a skilled engineer like myself, and a bit later, another indicating I didn't quite meet the bar.

To be honest, I felt like a test subject for some new hiring process rather than an actual candidate.

A general real-life technical problem; no algorithms involved.