Interview was okay and since I went in without any preparation or mugging up of "top 100 interview questions", I was at a disadvantage. Anyway, there were good performance based questions on Spring, threading, Transaction etc and design. Interviewer was well versed with concepts and was also telling me what I lacked, which was great. I hoped to have more questions related to full stack profile itself rather than only Java based. HR for talent acquisition though was very incompetent though. Pulled the most common mistake that talent acquisition people do, not able to face the candidate when they are rejected. Just told me to leave and we'll get back to you, which was a great bummer for me.

I don’t believe ADP has any real intention of hiring anyone. They’re pretending to conduct interviews just to maintain the illusion that they’re actively hiring, probably to fulfill some corporate optics or keep the job listing active. That position has been open for three months—clearly not because they can’t find anyone, but because they don’t care to. I’d honestly be shocked if they actually hired anyone. Skip this sham if you can. Here’s my experience: My first interview was over Zoom, and it went well. I genuinely connected with the interviewer—it felt more like a conversation than an interview, which gave me hope. Then the recruiter invited me for an onsite interview, estimating it would take about two hours. I spent $300 on a flight, $150 on a rental car, and $50 on miscellaneous expenses—$500 down the drain—to travel to Parsippany, NJ. When I arrived, the manager greeted me in a friendly way, but the moment the interview began, he morphed into a completely different person. He acted like some sort of feudal lord, while I was supposed to play the role of his obedient servant. Every time I asked a question, he responded with hostility, arrogance, and downright disrespect. That 30-minute "horror show" was some of the worst behavior I’ve seen in a professional setting. After that, two developers came in for their turns, one after the other. They were decent and much more approachable, but it was painfully obvious they were burned out. I could sense their exhaustion—they seemed like they were just going through the motions, possibly dreading the next interview. In the end, the entire experience was a colossal waste of my time, effort, and money. I would warn anyone considering interviewing for that role to think twice—it’s not worth the headache or the expense.