Adobe Weird Interviewer - What should be the next step?
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recently had interview with adobe - a really weird one

the interviewer on joining said that they are not prepared for the interviewer and then took some time to set up the code sharing platform candidate login.

post that they asked about my project and then asked some theory questions and asked them to code as well. all of the discusssion went for about 20-25 min. starting 5 min was wasted in setting up the environment/login by the interviewer.

in the last 30 min they gave a dsa problem to code and asked to give the most optimal solution directly which I could not think of. But the interviewer said that I was very close to the actual answer.

during this process I could feel that the interviewer was not interested in my explanation and was only looking for most optimal solution. i could even hear the google maps navigation voice in the background. like seriously? either you travel or take the interview! or, even if you're on your way and someone else is driving, atleast use headphones and be present in the interview!

anyway, enough ranting. in the last 10 min, they gave a medium (towards hard in terms of implementation) dsa problem. they asked me to guess what the question was demanding!! like seriously? they were in a mood for it in last 10 min, when time was already running out! anyway, after a close guess, they revealed the question. I asked for a minute to think and they were like "just code". i felt it very rude of them to have such an expectation. the candidate themselves are under the pressure and the interviewer instead of making the environment conducive was instead adding fuel to the fire. of course, I had to explain the approach- not for them but for myself! i should be confident that my algo works before i code it. i coded it finally but ran out of time.

got the rejection mail the next day. feeling bad because i would have made a cut if the interviewer themselves was prepared for the interview. their expectation was a bit off- theroy + implementation + 2 dsa coding questions (all in 1 hour)

can someone confirm what if there is a cool of period in adobe. should i apply in another team now?

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