I originally applied for a specific position and team that I thought I'd be good for. However, after talking with one of their recruiters, they deemed that I wouldn't be a good fit because the position requires extensive C++ knowledge. I think they should probably highlight that in the job posting, but whatever. They found another team that I could be a good fit for, and they gave me the Codility coding challenge.

The coding challenge seemed easy enough. They told me that their review would be "binary," so I guess if I didn't get it 100% right, then it was entirely wrong. That's a lot of pressure, but this is probably somewhat normal.

I definitely have a bone to pick with all these tech companies forcing candidates to prove themselves with 45 minutes on a coding problem. We all know Twitch isn't the only company that does this.

It seems pretty easy to fail this interview. Make sure you do at least 100 Leetcode questions. I only went into this interview after doing maybe 25 questions, and my solution was somewhat correct, but I probably forgot some test cases.

After about four days, they sent me a rejection email. I feel that they were consistent and timely with their communication, so overall, it was a positive experience.

Iterate through a sorted list coding question.