Blunt Recruiter Feedback, Then a Canditech OA

I applied 8 months ago, and now I've gone from being a new grad to being an old veteran before I finally got an interview. My first round was a phone call, and I answered pretty confused. The recruiter told me straight up that I answered very poorly, but I said I don't really care about WLB, blah blah, and he said that's exactly the signal they're looking for, so he moved me on to the OA. (Which…

Shared by a candidate · reported Jan 2026. Interview formats change; use it as a guide, not a script.