I did not have an HR screening; I directly went into a phone screen round. The interviewer started by introducing himself. I greeted him back, and then he explained his role. He didn't ask any preliminary questions like, "Is it a good time?", "How will the phone screen proceed?", or "What is the plan?"

After that, he asked the typical "What would you like to work at Quora?" question. He didn't seem to listen to most of my answer. He skipped resume questions and moved directly to a technical question. If you execute it, you proceed to the next round. If you don't, you fail. Your resume, experience, and profile do not seem to matter for the initial rounds.

Many of my friends, including myself, have interviewed here. The questions asked are usually out of the textbook or not typical LeetCode questions – nothing you can find online later. This makes it super difficult to communicate and execute on a phone screen.

Algos, bits