User-qhnj1Aug 29, 2026
Meta HC reject after mostly good feedback
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HC reject after good round feedback happens more than people think, seen it mentioned a couple times now.
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Did you have any signal at all it was headed to HC before the call, or totally blindsided?
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Recruiter didn't hint at anything, felt pretty positive walking out honestly. That's part of why it stung.
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AI coding rounds are rough, had one too and the context switching between reasoning out loud and actually debugging really throws off your pacing.
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Same, feels like a completely different skill from just solving the problem on your own.
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Curious if the celebrity post edge case in the SD round is something they ask a lot or just what you got.
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Sorry man that's rough. The compress tree one sounds like a fun problem at least.
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