I received a call from a recruiter for a job opportunity. The recruitment process included a take-home test that required me to create a PR, followed by technical and system design rounds. The recruiter informed me that the test would be graded within 48 hours and that I would receive an update. I followed up with the recruiter four times, but she only replied once after a bank holiday. Unfortunately, she stopped responding to my subsequent messages, leaving me in the dark about my progress. The test was supposed to be completed within five days, and I managed to complete it in three days, including test cases, documentation, and inline code explanations. However, due to the lack of communication from the recruiter, I wasted a lot of time on this test and could not prioritize other interviews.

A very negative experience. It all started when the company tried to hire me through an outsourcing firm, which took me two calls (screening and technical) and I never received any feedback on them. Then I received an invitation directly, but the engineer didn’t show up for the call (they contacted me the next day). After that, they quickly scheduled four more calls for me (experience, live coding, architectural, and behavioral) and tried to lower my grade during the process. I want to note that I was impressed by the level of the questions and the technical interviewers; however, at the same time, HR made a mistake twice and sent the wrong time for the call, and the manager was 10 minutes late for the final call even after I warned them. In the end, I was rejected without receiving detailed feedback while the actual interview went well. I liked the technical staff, but there are issues on the management side—most likely related to budgets and planning.