Received a call from HR for the role after an online test. My current comp was more than the max they were offering. I asked if my expected-CTC could be accommodated, to which HR affirmed.
Interview happened over phone call. Sent a 2019 graduate to interview someone with 5+ YoE. Is this some kind of joke?
Interviewer had no idea what to ask. No preparation of 'list of questions/topics to ask' either. Was just asking me about my projects/work and explain it to him. In between he would sometimes ask me to explain some keywords. Looks like I was narrating a story. Interviewer was nervous as hell. No depth of interview. Just need to give wiki level overview and interviewer moves on to next topic. At-least choose someone competent enough to interview.
Pathetic! Thanks for wasting my 1 hour.
Please review your interview process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What were your favourite subjects in college?
DS basics, oop , multi-threading basics.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Wissen Infotech (Andheri East) in Dec 2025
Interview
Interview Experience – Wissen Technology (Senior Java / Spring Boot)
The interview process was lengthy and inconsistent. Initially, the process involved a HackerRank round followed by multiple technical interviews. I was rejected at the 3rd technical round, even though I was informed there would be up to 5 technical rounds, which felt excessive for a senior-level role.
Later, I was again invited to an offline mass hiring test with around 50 candidates. The task was to write a complete Spring Boot application to read a CSV file, parse it into POJOs, and persist data into an H2 database — without internet access. This felt more like a memory-based elimination test rather than a real-world evaluation of engineering skills.
The setup did not differentiate between experience levels, and senior candidates were assessed using the same process as juniors. The overall experience lacked clarity, respect for candidate time, and alignment with real-world development practices where documentation and tools are normally used.
Suggestion: Streamline the interview process, reduce the number of technical rounds, and design evaluations that focus more on problem-solving and system understanding rather than memorization.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write a complete Spring Boot application to read a CSV file, parse it into POJOs, and persist data into an H2 database — without internet access. This felt more like a memory-based elimination test rather than a real-world evaluation of engineering skills.
1.Coding round
2.Technical round 1
3.Technical round 2
4.Client round
5.Hr Discussion
asked deep questions on oops and java collections and hashmap ,threads,inheritance solve Highest Average Score Among Students problem. again in round 2 was about springboot and microservices asked about dependency injection
Total 5 technical rounds, 1 st round being very basic and easy. Then comes technical rounds check basic knowledge and problem solving.
Round 1 tech, round 2 tech , client round 1 , client round 2, hr round