I was referred by a friend at TikTok. It took three weeks to get my first technical interview. This was a standard DSA problem with no formalities or background check, just code. Three weeks later, I had a second interview, which was the same. I received stellar feedback from both interviews but was then ghosted by my recruiter. I sent three emails and messaged a different recruiter from TikTok while my friend pushed their internal contact. My application still says "interviewing," but I've been ghosted.

Code a min heap.

Code a task scheduler.