After the initial recruitment/behavioral call, I had a relatively standard 1-hour LeetCode-style live coding video call. That call seemed to go alright; I stumbled on a few details, as one does with algorithmic problems, but clearly showed that I know what I'm doing and how to talk through a problem. A few days later, Patreon emailed, asking me for times to set up the full online interview, which would have taken around 4 hours total for 4 rounds of interviews – again, pretty standard.

Then, about two days before my scheduled interview time, my internet went down, and my ISP could not estimate a time when it would be back online. I emailed Patreon, told them about the situation, and asked if we could reschedule. They agreed seemingly without any problem. The following week, I had scheduled time off from work (again) for the interview, and I logged into my email a few minutes before the scheduled time to pull up the video call link. But then I noticed another email.

An hour earlier, they had apparently decided to go with another candidate and cancelled my interview.

Pretty amazing how a company that's apparently doing so well, that wants to brag about how billions of dollars flow through them, somehow can't afford to hire another software engineer. They can't even do the courtesy of performing the interview and saying, "Well, we're at capacity now, but we'll call you in X weeks/months and fast-track you next time."

I guess my ISP is to blame, right?

1. Do you have 100% reliable internet?

Do you have spare vacation days you'd like to spend?