The standard hiring process involved an initial call with an in-house recruiter to discuss the company, the basics of the role, and salary requirements.

This was followed by an hour-long call with a hiring manager. They proceeded to ask questions related to basic data structures (e.g., the difference between an array and a list), networking (e.g., how does TCP/IP work), as well as object-oriented programming.

The third phase involved a HackerRank-like quiz. This required fixing some Java code to get unit tests to pass. Unfortunately, the environment where this was done was buggy and unrepresentative of a real development environment.

The company decided to end the process in spite of the problem being with the coding environment.

What is the difference between an array and a list?