The process consisted of 4 rounds:

• Round 1 (Hiring Manager): Discussion on current projects, automation experience, Playwright, Java, APIs, CI/CD, and ownership.
• Round 2 (Technical): Deep dive into Playwright framework design, POM, ThreadLocal, BrowserContext, parallel execution, reporting, test data management, and framework implementation.
• Round 3 (Technical): Scenario-based questions on test strategy, debugging, production issues, API/Kafka validation, flaky tests, Jenkins, and risk-based testing.
• Round 4 (Techno-Managerial): Focused on ownership, quality strategy, cross-functional collaboration, AI usage in testing, testing AI/RAG systems, production incidents, quality metrics, and behavioral questions.

Overall, the interview was well-structured and emphasized strong engineering fundamentals, automation framework design, debugging skills, and ownership over rote knowledge.

Difficulty: 8.5/10.

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