Acumen Full Stack Engineer interview experience

I went from an initial recruiter conversation straight into a HackerRank-style assessment. The instructions were confusing enough that I felt like I was second-guessing myself while working through it. After I submitted, I never heard back.

Looking back, the journey followed a pattern I’d seen in other attempts: recruiter touchpoint, a take on a code or data challenge, then additional conversations that were framed as follow-ups. But in my experience, the process ended abruptly after the first assessment, and the lack of feedback left a very unresolved feeling—more like waiting out a silence