I had a recruiter screen with a live coding challenge (LeetCode easy level) and an interview with the hiring manager. HM looked bored. He read me three questions, I answered them, and offered, "I also had to solve challenge X while doing Y, we can dive deeper into that if you want". No follow-up questions have been asked. Not even acknowledgment of an answer, like "ok, sounds good". The guy just kept reading. 10 minutes into a 30-minute interview, he said, "If you don't have questions for me, we can end it here".

I had a 45-minute interview scheduled with the recruiter. The first part of the conversation was mostly about my background, experience, and the role I was applying for. The recruiter asked about my previous projects, technical skills, and how my experience aligned with the position. Just when I thought we were wrapping up, they threw in a coding question at the end—definitely a curveball! It wasn’t something I was expecting in a recruiter screen, so it caught me a bit off guard. The problem itself wasn’t too complex but required some quick thinking.