I applied on LinkedIn and received a hackerrank test link.

The test duration was 2 hours.

Post that a 45 mins interview was scheduled which I cleared as well.

After that another technical interview of 45 mins was scheduled.

I realised that the recruiter didn't have any connect with me to understand my expectations.

Hence I asked for this connect before further rounds of interview.

I told her my expectation and she mentioned that money isn't an issue for the org.

The next day I received a mail that the hiring is paused for this role.

Here's my opinion about the process :

Whether a particular role is to be filled up or not has to be decided by the recruiter and the hiring manager before the candidate goes through the interview process as it is a waste of time for both interviewer and interviewee.

I felt there was a budget issue, hence the hiring freeze reason was provided because I can still see that opening on all the platforms.

Recruiter should have this discussion before starting the interview process and should avoid wasting candidate's time.

The HackerRank test contained multiple choice questions related to AWS, Docker, one easy level programming question, and some SQL questions.