Written MCQ conducted by Merit Track

Technical Interview HR Discussion

Took whole day; got there at 9:30 AM as per schedule and left at 6:30 PM. Friendly SPOCs. They had made arrangements for lunch.

Written test was fine, but a few questions were from SVN and other specific tools required in the development environment. I have used others there, so I was lost on a few questions.

Very good technical interview, starting from core Java, moving to Servlet, JSP, and then frameworks like Struts and Spring. Quality questions for the experience band of 2.5 years.

Very short HR discussion. Told my expectations very clearly and got a positive response.

Now, the worst part. It has been 18 days, and they are still to decide what they want to offer me. Got a few calls but no offer letter till date.

They need to exercise some transparency in the process and let the candidate know the exact picture. I have got two other offers, but I'm not able to decide because of their unexpected delay.

After spending 8 hours in the process, I expect them to be honest and give the exact picture. Was not expecting this from HSBC. Anyways, have made up my mind to wait for one more week; after that, it will be a waste of time. This attitude is not done by any means.

A question from Spring Web Flow. I told them I haven't used it in my project, but they still kept getting deep into it, making me uncomfortable, lol.