WARNING for PUNE candidates: DON't ever go to this company . This company literally SUCK's a big time. Do not , I repeat donot waste your valuable time for this fake, unmanaged, non-technical company (especially for Software Engineers).
The process is very unamanaged, tedious & worthless. I will describe this process step-by-step:
1) I got a call from consultancy named SearchQuest, they said there is an opening for S/W developer position for a company called TIAA . He said that the interview will be in Vikhroli (Mumbai) and when I said I am interested , they have arranged a cab.
2) The Consultant guy said that the cab will be coming sharp at 8:30 am but the cab driver came by 10 am , we picked other two guys and started from pune by almost 11 am. (The interview was said to be @ 12:00 noon).
3) We've reached there by 12:45 pm, already huge crowd was there to get interviewed. Hence, we have been asked to take lunch . There was huge que for even lunch :D , we finished with our lunch by 3 pm. ( Note: giving lunch is just to hide the waiting period candidates have to bear for being interviewed).
4) Now, we have been waiting for all day till 7 pm (just for 1st Round) ,major crowd waiting were from Pune, (wtf? why would they keep Pune candidates on hold if they to travel way back to Pune again). Rather the Mumbai Candidates were interviewed first. The candidates already frustrated asked them about their candidature status. These guys were so lame that they interviewed this guys with the panel who don't even have idea about actual coding. Just to "WIND-UP"( this statement was actually said by a women who was co-ordinating the interview).
5) Finally, I got my chance by 7:30 pm for the 1st round , someone told me to sit in a meeting room and said that the interviewer is coming in 2 mins. Here again I have to wait for 30 minutes .
6) The interview finally started with a very ARROGANT lady entering , who actually had no attiquetes to talk with candidates. She started with Data Structures , hasmap internal implementation, their time complexities, multithreading . The funny thing was when I was answering she was busy with her phone and I had to repeat my answers.
7) I expected that atleast the interviewer would be good with some professionalism but even that part was rolled out. When I came out of interview room I ran out of building and called my cab driver (NOT waiting for the result) . Getting into the cab was again a challenge as we have to keep standing for again 30-40 mins for him.
Reached PUNE after 12 midnight.
There should be some organising body who takes complaints about such FRAUD companies.