First Phone Interview. Was really disappointed with the decision. I wrote the most optimal code exactly without any bugs and still was rejected. I have no idea why. This is the worst interview i have ever given. I think the whole interview process is messed up.

I was contacted by a recruiter, who asked me for my resume and a handful of questions about my graduation date and future prospects. (This is probably a small mistake, but there was also clearly a template section of the email the recruiter forgot to remove or fill out. Then I was sent a take-home assessment as well as scheduling for a code interview. The take-home assessment was standard, aside from the number of questions and short time allotted (about 5 questions in 60 minutes). The interview was also similar, though we only went over two questions. However, the interviewer was 10 minutes late, highly unhelpful and unresponsive during the interview, did not stay longer to make up for being late, and was clearly distracted throughout (I could hear Outlook going off periodically). Overall, highly unprofessional. Also of note is that I was contacted a few days after Meta tanked their own stocks.