I applied through a recruiter, and the process took 3 weeks.

A recruiter contacted me for a senior developer position. I specified that my level was rather mid-level (2.5 years of experience). He told me that they adapted the recruitment process according to the level of the candidate. That was great. The seniors have a home project to do, and the most junior level has a live-coding session. I received an email intended for seniors by mistake. I took the test anyway and notified the recruiter. He was going on vacation, so he handed me over to another recruiter before booking an appointment with a backend developer. The developer didn't show up even though I had booked time for it. I was offered another date with another person. As I provided the Git project link, I thought the interview was going to be about that, but I got a live-coding session instead, so I was super stressed. In the end, I received negative feedback and no feedback on the test I did to show my dedication.

I wanted to apply again almost 6 months later because I had seen new adverts. I got back in contact with the recruiter again, but he didn't say they were on a hiring freeze even though there were new adverts posted. Overall, I felt kindness even though there were problems in the recruitment process. There are no trick questions.

Question about my backend developer job:

How to avoid N+1 in queries?