There was a programming assignment provided as a first step, which one had to complete in 3 hours and submit back. The question was mainly on reading two files and a reference data store. Based on that, some simple calculations had to be done. The output would be producing a file. The problem statement was long enough to keep one occupied for the 3 hours. I could complete 80% of the assignment's use case. There was a subsequent F2F interview where the programming problem was to be discussed. I am not sure either of the interviewers had seen the assignment I submitted earlier. The questions were very generic to general software development models and nothing specific. To my surprise, the feedback was negative. It is a bit of a disappointment to have gone through the interview. Had some deficiencies in my solution been discussed or some questions asked which I could have not answered, it would have been much easier to understand the process.