RejectedTechnical Screen

Failed the Phone Screen on a Malloc Implementation

OpenAISoftware Engineer · Technical Screen · Oct 2026

A recruiter reached out to me. I think my background was a good fit, because they only screened me a little before scheduling the phone interview. I got one question, malloc, with some tests provided. Part 1 was malloc/free. I wrote it by hand, using a list to simulate a linked list, and I couldn't get it to pass in one go. I debugged for a while, then the interviewer gave me a hint, I rewrote a…

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