I spoke with the recruiter and we quickly proceeded to a phone screen.

Someone called me on his way to work using public transportation!

There was a huge amount of noise, and I could barely hear what he said.

He raised a coding question and then muted himself for the remaining session, so there was almost no communication.

Did I mention that the phone call dropped three times?

At the end, I asked him, "Shall we rearrange a time because I did not get a chance to show my best?" He replied, "It is OK."

Two days later, the recruiter told me I received negative feedback and would not be proceeding.

An hard-level question from LeetCode.