After screening, there was a Codility test with two questions: one easy and one medium difficulty.

Then, I was called by a recruiter to choose a slot for the interview on the weekend.

The interview was conducted at their Singapore headquarters.

The long processing time is a major setback for us fresh grads, since we have to arrange our schedules along the way. Taking more than 1.5 months to even score a personal interview was ridiculous.

(In the rejection letter, they mentioned "did not make it to the next stage" – meaning the process might be even longer.)

The recruiters were genuinely nice: prompt emails, very amicable in general.

However, the interviewers, on the other hand, shocked me. I am aware that this is a Japanese company, but communication in English was so awkward during the interview.

(I can't say for those who managed to interview with interviewers from a different country, though.)

The technical component was easy if you managed to pass the Codility test, and I am pretty confident the interviewer was a good engineer.

The major concern I have come across during the interview was that the interviewers, in general, do not answer questions.

Whenever I asked about the team cultures or how the teams work, they go "Ughh"... "Umm," almost as if this is some sensitive information.

Besides, all other major tech companies that I was interviewing with were more than happy to discuss technical questions (some would even provide detailed feedback on my coding assessment).

When I asked for feedback on my Codility performance (partly just wanted to understand why I did not score a perfect one), the response was "You did well enough to get here." I was so disappointed.

At this point, I did not even want to sit for the remaining duration of the interview. Honestly, I am not sure if I want to join a company where my questions are not answered.

Where do you see yourself in 5 years' time?

Tell me more about yourself.

A coding question whereby I had to come up with an efficient solution to determine whether the given string represented an odd or even number.