A recruiter specifically reached out to me regarding open Software Engineer roles at the New York and Philadelphia locations. I made it clear that given that I am already located in New York that I only wanted to work at their New York office, which the recruiter seemed to understand.

I went through the entire interview process (HR interview, timed take home technical question, review of that question / interview with Software Engineer, and "super day" round of behavioral, programming, and design interviews) only to find out they could "only" give me an offer for their Philadelphia location. It felt like a bait-and-switch to me, because I obviously would not have gone through the entire process if I knew the role was only for their Philadelphia location. I will try to give the recruiter the benefit of the doubt and assume that the final call on my offer was made by someone higher up the command chain.

Design a grocery store checkout system.