My overall experience of the Adobe interview was poor. The interviewers and HR lacked professionalism.

I have heard most people speak positively about Adobe interviews. However, I was unfortunate to be rejected in my first round of technical interview, as I felt I was interviewed 'to know what I don't know.'

• I received an email informing me that my resume was shortlisted and asking if I could take the written test (Quantitative/Analytical and Testing) on weekends, which was actually the best part.

• I arrived at Adobe 10 minutes before the scheduled time for the written test. Several other people had also come to take the test. However, the HR was late by half an hour.

• The written test was quite easy. The HR told me I would be informed about the result within a week.

• The following weekend, I received a call from HR stating I had cleared the written test and asking if I could come for the technical interview (4 rounds) on a weekday. I agreed and said yes. The HR then mentioned they would send me the interview details via email. However, the confirmation email was sent late in the evening, just before the interview day, after several follow-ups with HR.

• The day of the technical round arrived, and I was at Adobe 10 minutes before the scheduled time. This time, HR was available on time.

• I was waiting for the interviewer in a discussion room. One of the interviewers walked in and asked me to wait a few minutes as another member from his/her team would also join. The interviewer did not introduce himself and was just working on his laptop. After a minute or so, I myself asked him if I could know his name, and he then introduced himself.

• A few minutes later, another interviewer joined, and the same occurred; he/she did not introduce themselves.

• They did not have a hard copy of my resume, so I offered them a copy, as I had a few with me.

Technical Round:

• First question: "Tell me about yourself."

• Second Question: "On a scale of 1 to 10, how much do you rate yourself on the following topics?" (This is a question I personally dislike the most. If this is the approach, then why have an interview at all? A questionnaire would have been sufficient.) Manual Testing - I rated 9. Automation Testing - 8. Writing SQL queries - 4. Security Testing - 4. Security Testing concepts - 4.

• They started asking me all Web and RDBMS-related questions, which are not my areas of expertise and which I had also not mentioned in my resume.

• There were a few questions on testing concepts, but they were all bookish.

• Not a single question was asked about my current projects, and only a few questions were related to the skill sets I have acquired.

• While the entire interview was ongoing, the interviewers were actually working on their laptops.

• Finally, they were in a hurry and left the discussion room, asking me to wait for HR.

• HR arrived and asked me to wait at the reception.

• I waited for more than an hour, and nobody came. Meanwhile, I tried calling the HR who was coordinating my interview on his cell, but I could not reach him.

• After an hour, HR came to me and asked if I had finished all my tech rounds. I said only one round had finished, and I was asked to wait. HR asked me to wait again for a few minutes.

• After 5 minutes, HR returned and said that was all for the day, as the interviewers were in a meeting, and HR would get in touch with me regarding the result.

• Finally, after a few days, I received an email stating that I was not selected.

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