I received an email from Adobe HR through a job portal regarding a Software Engineer position for White Box Testing. The process included an online round, followed by three technical rounds, and then a Senior Director and HR round.

The online round consisted of seven programming questions and thirteen MCQ questions, all within a one-hour timeframe. It was easy.

After the online round, I received a call from Adobe HR and was invited to the Adobe Bangalore office for the remaining rounds.

I went through three technical rounds, and in each round, they assessed my approach to problem-solving. I was asked two programming questions and two to three puzzles in each round.

Date: 1st May 2016

• 1st F2F: Circular track puzzle, program for ternary search covering all test cases, and give all test cases to form a triangle. It was an easy to moderate level, and the interviewer was helpful.
• 2nd F2F: Program to reverse a linked list, Apple Oranges Puzzle, 100 marbles puzzle, and then some questions about my current project. All test cases of marker pen.
• 3rd F2F: 3 balls weighing puzzle, program to reverse all words in a string but not to reverse the letters of any word, and some questions about my current role and company. This round was taken by a manager of some project. He was specific about the location being Noida only, but I told him that in the Job Description it was mentioned both Noida and Bangalore. However, I was okay with Noida as well. But he insisted that I should be in the city in which I am more comfortable. Then I answered him, Bangalore. He told me to wait outside and that he would let me know about further processes.

A Talent Coordinator came and informed me that I would get a call regarding the next round, i.e., a Senior Director round, within 2-3 days.

I kept waiting for the next two weeks, but still, there was no response from HR. I called HR, but he didn't pick up my call. I emailed him and asked about the further process, but he didn't reply. At least they should have let me know regarding my rejection. After being informed about the next round, I did not get any call. I assume the location might have been the problem, but they could have intimated me the same.

This was so unprofessional from the Adobe hiring team, making a candidate wait for an infinite time.