After an initial chat with HR, which was very nice all things considered, I had an initial coding interview.

The interviewer was around 30 minutes late without any heads-up or apologies. He seemed very uninterested and was eating throughout the interview – just an overall terrible experience.

After going through the question and writing the code but not finishing all its parts, I was told the feedback was "overall positive but not quite strong enough".

Due to the extreme delay, the recruiter agreed to schedule another interview.

The second interviewer seemed much more knowledgeable and interested, and it went well overall without any notes from the interviewer besides a comment regarding another way of solving the question. He made an offhand remark regarding a questionable edge case, saying it wasn't part of the interview.

After some time, I was given feedback that I did well overall, spotted my own mistakes quickly, explained myself well, and performed well. Yet, I wasn't going to be progressing further since my code apparently fails on that edge case that we didn't even discuss.

Overall, the process took a long time. After doing well and getting good feedback on my performance, I have no idea what they're even looking for besides someone who can perfectly solve the specific question they are given.

LeetCode-style questions without an outright focus on performance.