I usually don't leave reviews and I have talked to recruiters on and off for a couple of decades now, this one was probably the worst phone interview I've ever had. I recently had a phone interview with a recruiter from the company, and unfortunately, the experience was quite disappointing. The interview felt more like a formality or box-checking exercise rather than a meaningful conversation to assess my qualifications. Whenever I asked questions, the responses were extremely brief—often just one sentence—followed by awkward silence, making the entire conversation feel uncomfortable and unengaging. It seemed as though the recruiter was just going through the motions, which left me feeling that my time and effort weren’t valued.

I had a conversation with one of the engineering leaders where we talked about my past experience in similar roles and what I would be able to bring to Lattice. I then had to do a virtual on-site where I went through a coding challenge. My wish is that there was another option for the coding challenge that didn't involve people staring at me while I go through a coding problem. As someone with anxiety this was incredibly difficult, since the entire time I'm trying to solve the problem, all I can think about is "am I taking too long?", "Do they think I should be faster at this?", "I'm pretty sure they think I'm not good at this". I understand some people thrive in those types of high-pressure situations, but some people don't. And since part of the actual job doesn't involve high-pressure coding while superiors watch, it's probably not the best way to get an idea of how well someone can solve a problem.