I applied normally and was ghosted. Later, a recruiter reached out based on my LinkedIn profile. She rescheduled the phone screen multiple times, frequently cancelling less than a day in advance. I then took an online assessment in C++.

Following that, I had a phone screen with the recruiter, then a 1x60 technical round. While the recruiter was nice, cancelling multiple times was not a good look.

The actual technical interview involved implementing a multithreaded function or two, which wasn't very relevant to embedded systems. The interviewer also had a thick accent, and we jumped right into the coding problem without much introduction.

It felt like a "rat lab" scenario, focusing on solving that specific problem rather than allowing me to showcase my skills or engage in a broader discussion.

Classic behavioral questions in the phone screen:

• Tell me about yourself
• Why Verkada

Implement a non-blocking API that wraps around a blocking API.