I was contacted via LinkedIn by a recruiter for an initial conversation.

Afterwards, we scheduled a phone screen with one of the engineers.

The phone screen started with a relatively simple coding question, followed by various data structure and algorithm-based questions. The interviewer during this step was very professional and helpful, and did a great job guiding me to the correct answers when it was clear I didn't have an immediate solution.

Next was the onsite interview. The onsite interview bothered me because half of the interviewers were either on their laptops or phones, typing away while I was walking through and explaining my thought process. I'm not sure if they were taking notes about me, but either way, it felt like they weren't engaged, which ended up making the process feel a bit like I was intruding on their time. One interviewer even answered his phone in the middle of the interview, which really irked me.

Additionally, there was a mix-up with room reservations, which cost some time to sort out.

Because the interviewers weren't fully engaged in the conversation, I got the impression they didn't care, so I feel like I didn't give it my all. My advice for interviewers is to at least treat interviewees with some respect and attention. The initial recruiter and the phone screen were amazing, and they are the reason the overall experience rating is not a complete negative.

Coding question on Linked Lists.

System Design question on designing the backend infrastructure of a given service.

Behavioral-based interview with lunch!

Coding question based on OOD.

System troubleshooting question (e.g., this service is slow. What's wrong with it?).