• Recruiter message on LinkedIn:

• "We love your profile."

• Made me happy, set a time to call.

• Recruiter call:

• Talked about my background and work.

• Recruiter emailed me:

• "Which teams do you like?"

• Me: "Instagram and more."

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• Interview day - 45-minute call:

• Interviewer called on time.

• "Okay, let's code."

• Me: "Ok."

• Gave a LeetCode easy problem.

• Made me happy - coded in 10 minutes.

• Interviewer: "Okay, good.. it works."

• Interviewer thought, "Let me screw the candidate."

• Gave a LeetCode hard problem.

• Me thinking: "Oh my god, are you serious? Wow."

• Me thinking: "Logic.. think to code.. ok."

• Ok, code.. think.. code..

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• 80% code finished, confirmed logic works.

• Interviewer: "Ok, time's up. Any questions?"

• Me asked about the interviewer's background.

• Ok, bye, thanks, good weekend, etc.

• Recruiter email - reject.

• Me: "Wow, such a broken system, or did they hire good people?"

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