SoftWear Automation interview questions

Initial screening impressions with recruiter and HR were positive, although in hindsight it seemed odd that they were continually asking for my permission to proceed with interview process. I understand the intention is to be conversational, but as an employer if you are interested in a qualified candidate that could bring on board the skillset you are in need of, then I would think you would be the one steering. Interview itself went well, although I could sense that there were a few misunderstandings despite both parties essentially saying the same thing. From technical standpoint, it was what I expected and wasn't difficult. I expressed my interest in proceeding with the interview process. One week later, no follow up. Recruiter finally reached out asking how interview went and if I had been contacted by employer. I communicated that I had not been contacted, at which the recruiter said she would follow up. From that point forward, both employer and recruiter ghosted me. In my opinion, unprofessional and my impressions of the company were reduced.

Began with a recruiter phone screen, which doesn't amount to much but to tee up next steps. Then 2 c++ assessments on codebunk, one 40 minutes and one 30 minutes. The first one was easy character manipulation (C only, really), and the 2nd one involved 2D vectors from STL, which had some C++14 notation I wasn't immediately familiar with. So I bombed on the 2nd one. (actually, I could do it in one hour no problem, but that was too late). Really, the process is a bit pretentious and heartless. The recruiter seemed like she couldn't care if I proceeded with the assessments or not ("if you want, you can take the 2nd assessment" - if I want ?). Seems like a sweatshop made for kids out of college.