I recommend revising their interview process to provide better structure. The generic sheet they sent me was irrelevant to the actual coding task (a common complaint on Glassdoor).
The interviewer seemed distracted, asking several irrelevant questions with zero focus on the task (if 4 pm is too late for a focused interview, consider rescheduling). The questions were extremely basic (asking for the complexity of a hashmap? Really?). There wasn't even a HackerRank test; instead, it was a simple copy-paste of several use cases with a poorly described problem statement. I had to seek clarifications multiple times.
Additionally, your initial lowball offer was based on an incorrect calculation of my experience (I started my career in 2017, yet they claimed I had only 5 years of experience is a clear red flag indicator).
HR -> Live coding -> Tech -> System design
Overall the before starting the recruitment process it's worth mastering concurrency, DB(especially PostgresSQL), and transaction management. Company seems to be working mostly with Java, Kotlin and a little with Scala
I got contacted by a recruiter. As a first step, I had a call with another recruiter. He was also asking technical questions, but it felt strange. (A bit like talking to a wall.)
I was rejected with a generic message stating that I was not "aligned with the position". This is weird as it was inbound and based on my profile. No feedback, of course.
Waste of time.
Very kind. The questions weren’t easy, but with knowledge of database configurations, concurrency, locks, and some practical experience, you are able to answer them clearly, confidently, and effectively overall. It was good time.