Tech(x) Software Engineer interview experience

In one round, the interviewer felt downright dismissive, handed over a tough problem, and didn’t engage with my follow-up questions while they seemed distracted by their own work. In another session, the interviewer showed up late by more than five minutes and never really picked up on clarification—definitions and what I should focus on were basically ignored.

The coding challenge in these rounds wasn’t easy, but the biggest problem was the lack of back-and-forth. When I tried to ask questions to make sure I understood the prompt, there was almost no meaningful help or responsiveness, so I