I recently had a screening interview with a recruiter, during which I was asked to solve a problem in TDD style during a screensharing session. I had some trouble with the syntax of a testing library, and the interviewer and I worked together to find a solution. Despite this, the interviewer indicated that they received a positive signal and that a retake was unnecessary. The second interview involved two engineers from the hiring team. It included a coding question focused on transactions and thread safety, followed by a discussion on various topics such as software architecture, scalability, and how databases work under the hood. Although I felt that I performed well during the interviews, I received a rejection email the next day. I never received feedback on my performance, despite explicitly asking for it. Unfortunately, this period in my personal life was not the brightest, and I believe it may have affected my interview process. Reflecting on the interviews, I think the reason for rejection may have been my overly opinionated but not thoroughly explained answers. Despite all of that, I enjoyed the sessions as it felt like a nice tech discussion rather than a question-and-answer torturing interview.