Cleared All Rounds but No Offer – Frustrating Hiring Experience (Pune)
I interviewed for a software engineering role in Nov 2025 and completed four rounds:
Round 1: Online cognitive and behavioral assessment (timed MCQ format).
Round 2 (DSA): A task allocation problem where I had to distribute tasks with different time requirements among multiple workers as fairly as possible. I discussed a greedy approach where you track each worker’s current workload and repeatedly assign the next task to the least-loaded worker.
Round 3: System design and scenario discussions with a US-based staff engineer.
Round 4: Scenario-based discussion with an India-based engineering lead.
The technical interviewers were professional, and the conversations were thoughtful and engaging.
From the beginning, I was transparent about my location and willingness to relocate for a hybrid setup. After completing all rounds, I was later informed I was not being moved forward due to concerns about whether I would join — despite my repeated confirmation of interest.
A couple of months later, I was contacted again and asked about my potential joining timeline. After reconfirming interest, I was told I would need to resign from my current role before receiving an offer letter. Given the earlier experience, I requested a formal offer first. Communication stopped after that.
Candidates may want to keep expectations clearly documented and continue interviewing until they have a formal offer in hand and still be ready with a backup offer.
Indian team appears set up mainly for bug fixes and auxiliary work, not core ownership. Strong engineers looking for meaningful work should think twice.
