I was contacted by a recruiter on LinkedIn. We scheduled a call, and he described the current openings. After a couple of days, I had a call from one of the tech leads. He described his project, and we scheduled a phone coding screen.

The coding screen was very standard, with a little discussion about my current role and a coding question. The coding question was familiar to me because it's a very standard question. I mentioned it's a standard problem and described the solution in deep detail, writing the most optimal solution in terms of time.

After a week of silence, I sent a message to the recruiter. He replied that he forgot to follow up with me and that the team had decided not to move forward. This was a complete surprise to me since I'm sure I performed the screen very well. I conduct phone screens at work and am currently interviewing with other companies, so I have a pretty good understanding of when an interview went well. As expected, the recruiter was completely useless; he didn't provide me with any details and didn't reply anymore.

I'm not sure what exactly happened, but anyway, it's a pretty unhealthy recruiting process, and it was a complete waste of time.

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