I received a challenge from Glider.ai.

It was a standard 90-minute, 2-question coding challenge.

In the second question, the starter code implemented the parsing of the input correctly. I switched tabs to Google something in order to fix the starter code, then I was disqualified because I switched tabs.

I understand that there have to be measures to enforce no cheating occurs, but the quality and clarity of the questions and starter code were pathetic.

The problem was to find a cycle in an undirected graph. The problem specification was vague and inconsistent.

They used the term "loop" in the description and "cycle" in the starter code. The description also implied that two nodes could form a "loop," which is not true.

This coding challenge was poorly designed, and glider.ai needs to improve its offerings.