The recruiter touted a unique tech screen experience that mimicked the real world. That meant I got to use my own editor and tool chain, which was cool.

The interviewer said I should focus on getting something working, so I banged something out quickly that worked, intending to go back and fix things. However, we ran out of time, which left my code a mess. I also asked a lot of questions and looked up docs so he could evaluate my "real-world" workflow, but I think he took those actions as a lack of knowledge.

It was frustrating because the multi-part problem was relatively easy, and something I could do if it weren't for the interview pressure and confusion about how I should perform.

Pretty sure I failed, but I wouldn't know because the recruiter never got back to me with results!

They were actually up-front about what to expect: "You will be asked to build a small, self-contained JavaScript component, the kind you might find in a component library." This was accurate.