Art of Problem Solving Software Engineer interview experience

I started with a video call where the interviewer walked me through what the company does and how the work functions day to day. Most of what they covered wasn’t really new information, and then I was given a short coding challenge to complete within minutes.

The coding itself was geared toward checking whether I could solve a puzzle correctly, and at least one round was in JavaScript while another was in the language I preferred. It didn’t feel like a deep technical gauntlet so much as an eligibility check. I also noticed that in at least one conversation, the interviewer didn’t seem fully