The interview was scheduled by a third party. It was a video call interview on MS Teams.

The interviewer asked me to rate myself on the following technologies:

1. Java (3.5/5)
2. Spring (2/5)
3. JSP (0/5)
4. Servlet (0/5)
5. Spring Boot (4/5)
6. Microservices (4/5)
7. JDBC Template (0/5)
8. MySQL (2/5)
9. AWS (3.5/5)
10. Hibernate (2/5)

The interview then took an unexpected turn. The interviewer came with a sheet of questions covering Java, Spring, JSP, Servlet, JDBC Template, MySQL, and Hibernate, but none on Spring Boot, Microservices, or AWS.

When I mentioned I hadn't worked extensively on JDBC, JSP, and Servlets, approximately 90% of the questions were from these three topics. The interviewer persisted without inquiring about my understanding of the technologies I had rated highly, or the logic behind my skills.

I already have offers from two small-scale companies with challenging interviews. It seems the so-called "IT Giants" lack proper guidelines or systems for assessing candidates.

The interviewer, lacking knowledge of Spring Boot, Microservices, and AWS, concluded I wasn't capable of proceeding to the next round because of my limited experience with JSP, Servlet, and JDBC, which were not even listed as required skills for the position. I had applied for a role requiring Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, and AWS experience.

Mid-interview, I decided not to answer questions that wouldn't reflect my actual abilities, not wanting to be dishonest.

If you have no other options, consider Capgemini.

I wish I could get the list the interviewer had with him :)