1. Phone Interview with the Recruiter

The recruiter was very helpful, explained many things, offered tips and tricks, and provided documents. The conversation was smooth.

1. HackerRank Live Coding

An average HackerRank coding question. You are given 1 hour. Ten minutes are spent on introductions and getting to know each other, leaving 50 minutes for coding.

1. System Design Interview

A problem is presented, and you are asked to devise a design.

This was the worst System Design interview I've ever experienced. Two interviewers were scheduled, but one did not show up. We waited for 10 minutes with no outcome, which created time pressure. The other interviewer had poor English, making it difficult to understand, and there was significant office background noise. While I understand that communication skills or perfect English aren't always present, and software professionals can usually communicate effectively, he failed to clearly state the actual problem. I had to ask for clarification and repeat his sentences to ensure I understood correctly. This made for a very uncomfortable interview with many awkward silences due to communication issues. At times, I literally did not understand what the interviewer was trying to convey.

Ultimately, I failed the technical interviews. Despite specifically requesting feedback on the technical interview to improve for future opportunities, I was ghosted.

1. Culture Fit Interview

I don't know, as I did not pass the technical interviews.

1. Live coding on Hackerrank

• They asked you to use a Queue or a similar data structure to solve it. It was a sliding window pattern question.

1. System Design Interview

The question was something like designing a system at scale.