Had an interview yesterday where the guy was seemingly more nervous than I was, and he seemed to mask that nervousness with anger/being rude. I would answer his questions, and he would act like I wasn't understanding the question. In reality, it turns out I wasn't answering his questions using the _exact_ buzzwords he was looking for. I realized this when I happened to mention a buzzword after minutes of tense back-and-forth and he immediately perked up and we could suddenly move on. Went into the next interview feeling like shit because of this.

This whole process is so broken. Great devs get passed up on for terrible devs who know how to grind Leetcode and the like. I hate having to grind leetcode for weeks just to end up getting asked obscure algorithm puzzle questions that I could never prepare for. And all for a 100% React job? Jesus.