I've only completed the first part of the interview process, which was a 20-30 minute conversation with a recruiter. We discussed my past experience, schooling, and recent projects.

I could tell that the recruiter wasn't well-versed in engineering terminology. For example, I described my experience building web applications in React and developing APIs in Node.js. About 15 minutes into the conversation, I was asked if I had any experience with JavaScript, as the role is primarily JavaScript-focused. I was dumbfounded.

I assumed the recruiter would understand my JavaScript experience from the approximately 10 minutes I spent discussing building with React and Node.js, but apparently not.

I should have quickly recognized that I was speaking with someone less experienced in engineering vocabulary and adjusted my answers to be more easily understood.

I don't believe I'll hear back.

There were also some questions that I thought were a little off-topic, such as the ones I've listed below. Aside from those, expect the general screening questions.

What do you think is a company that is doing a really good job?

What do you think is a security practice that is important?