I had applied via LinkedIn and the whole process was virtual. Telephonic conversation with HR Managerial round Technical round Managerial round (this time with senior manager as well) HR+Director It started with a call from HR confirming if I was ready to relocate to Pune and my current CTC and those things. Then a following interview was scheduled with manager. In my first round with manager, it was all project related question. What do I do? What tools I work/worked on? The. With few database questions on relationships and many others. Second was my complete SAS technical round. Eg: What is diff between if and where, compress, scan, append, merge, macros. Third technical and kind of behavioral round was with two managers. It had both technical and behavioral questions. Fourth and last was with director and HR. It was mostly strength and weakness. About ourselves and the work we have done till now.

I applied through a recruiter. The interview process included several rounds of technical assessments, all of which I cleared. However, the final HR round — which was face-to-face — was disappointing and felt like a complete waste of time. Instead of focusing on role expectations, cultural fit, or compensation, the HR round involved vague and unrelated questions that had no relevance to the job or my application. After spending hours across multiple rounds, it was frustrating to have the entire process dismissed over something as basic as notice period — which had already been mentioned earlier in the process. Pros: Technical interviewers were knowledgeable and focused Technical rounds were challenging and relevant Cons: Last-minute disqualification due to avoidable issue No respect for candidate’s time and effort