The Tech HR round focuses on assessing a candidate’s grasp of Data Structures and Algorithms (DSA) through hands-on problem-solving, code optimization, and logical reasoning. Interviewers may explore various DSA concepts, analyze time and space complexity, and evaluate how effectively the candidate applies these skills to solve practical, real-world technical problems.

HR started a friendly call and email interview set-up with the hiring team in a week. But from there, everything went downhill. HR asked for my past payslips in the beginning and I wasn't even interviewed yet. It was the first redflag. Then, HR gets quiet after receiving my expected salary. The interview itself was the worst. The interviewer was distracted, kept thinking and mumbling about her meetings. She was not a true software engineer because she couldn't accept that there can be multiple solutions to a problem.