I was referred by my friend. Initially, I had a technical phone screening by one of the team members, and next, I had one more phone interview with the hiring manager, and then scheduled onsite interviews. Onsite interviews were around 5 rounds of half an hour each. The interviews were good, and I was pretty sure I would get an offer. The hiring manager told me that I would be hearing back from them in 2-3 days.

I did not hear back from them for at least 4 days, and I tried following up with them. I emailed the hiring manager a couple of times but did not get a response back. I was in a bit of a hurry since I already had one offer with me, but I was interested in this position. Then, almost after 2 weeks, a recruiter contacted me and told me that the team was interested in taking me and asked my salary expectations. I also asked her if she can expedite the process since USCIS is about to suspend the premium processing of H1-B and told her that I was interested in this position. As soon as she got to know that I am on H1-B, she started sounding a bit bitter. She told me that as premium processing is about to be suspended, we will see if we have any other top choices and will let you know. I was so pissed off as she sounded like she wanted to select candidates based on immigration status and not based on talent. Again, I did not hear back from her for the next 3 business days, and I tried again to follow up, but no response. After 4 days, she called me and told me that it's better for me to go with the other offer, as their targeted salary is almost 25% less than my existing offer, and also told me that their immigration lawyers are not advising on taking H1-B candidates. I did not expect that Juniper will give me a lowball offer. After a week, the manager called me and told me that they will offer a sign-on of 3% and transfer my H1-B. Even with the sign-on, the offer was not even close to my other offer, and I declined the offer.

Clearly, the recruiter and the hiring manager were not in sync. I didn't want to go to a company that selects candidates based on immigration status and not based on talent.

VERY DISAPPOINTING...!!!

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