4 rounds and a HR discussion.

Round 1: (50 mins). Basic Core Java, Spring, Hibernate, some live coding on screen share. HR called for 2nd round.

Round 2: (1 hour). It was a rapid-fire interview with a VP. Asked Core Java, Kafka, Spring boot, Spring MVC, application design, performance, Microservices etc. Wrote executable code for some of his questions. HR called me for 3rd round.

Round 3: (1Hr 30 mins). Hiring manager, VP. Expected it to be on behavioral or on real-time challenges, but asked the entire skillset again. He then asked me to open an Excel sheet and gave a use case to solve. I gave my best and wrote a 100-line code and executed. He then asked to optimize. I did my best. Felt upset because I took more time.

Round 4: (1 hour). Asked to take a HireVue coding challenge with 1 question and 2 use cases. Could only solve one use case because the HireVue platform is not as good as HackerRank. Ok, I almost decided I lost a good opportunity.

The story: After 2 follow-ups, the HR said another HR will talk to me soon. After a week, received a message from another HR for documents. Shared them immediately. Week 2 passed and no response. I replied to the thread and asked the status. Finally, the HR called and explained the roles, job title as AVP, LoB, leaves, insurance, company policies, and everything for 30 mins. I felt I cracked it. Week 3 with a few more follow-ups for offer status. She said the offer is pending approval. I called again after 2 days, and she said the position is closed and they are planning to fit me in an internal position which may take another week or so. Felt deeply disappointed and upset; I cut the call. Honestly, I know I haven't done good in the 3rd round, given the use case was too big to solve in an hour. But, does it take really 3 weeks and a bunch of confidential documents to reject a candidate? How sad a hiring manager takes 3 weeks to decide on a candidate. If a candidate is in the B-list, you could have told me to wait or reject. I would rather have been happy had you done so, no offense. But why ask all confidential documents when you are uncertain of my profile? I immediately sent an email asking them to drop my candidature because I find them morally corrupt. Shame on you JPMC. You can't boast of your achievements when you are ethically too low. Time to introspect.

Though mine is a one-off case, I am writing this not to vent my anger but to let them know it is time to review their hiring practices. Agree?

Shallow copy, Deep copy, Singleton, Multithreading, Executor framework, Spring MVC, Spring Boot, Architecture, Microservices, Kafka, Live Coding, Design Patterns, etc.