The process began with an HR call to discuss the role and my skills, followed by a hiring manager interview focused on my technical experience. The manager repeatedly questioned my suitability due to a technology I hadn’t used recently, despite having used it in previous roles.

We then scheduled a technical interview, where I successfully solved two LeetCode-style questions. However, the same manager maintained a negative attitude and brought up the same concern again, even though it wasn’t relevant to the questions.

The experience left me with a bad impression and feeling unfairly evaluated.

Number of islands (given a matrix of 0s and 1s)