This was my first ever interview at SAP, and I think it would be the last ever job application to this company, and the worst ever interview experience of my life till now.

The job role requirement was mainly with DevOps experience and an understanding of core networking concepts.

There were two people on the call: one guy from SAP Belfast and another "technical" guy from SAP Singapore. However, the technical interviewer's communication was really arrogant and rude. His way of asking questions made the call very uncomfortable.

As per the job description, I was prepared with my DevOps experience, networking knowledge, and some networking experience I had 2.5 years ago. But the "technical" guy started asking day-to-day hands-on experience questions on networking. His way of asking the questions seemed more like showing off his skillsets rather than asking proper questions as described in the job description.

Somehow, indirectly, I tried to explain to this guy that I am currently working in a DevOps role and that the questions he's asking can only be answered by someone who works daily on network troubleshooting. That was the moment this guy sounded really frustrated, stating, "We are the hands-on experience team; we work day in and day out on networking."

I think this was the moment the other guy from Belfast understood the awkward situation on the call. He asked the technical guy to stop and took over the call. He was really gentle and polite, and the interview continued smoothly with behavioral and operations management questions.

I don't think I'll be getting any further calls, but this person ruined the interview experience for me.

These days, I think the most common issue with interviews is that companies set very wrong expectations with candidates by providing very vague and open-ended job descriptions. This creates a lot of problems for candidates who are not from the same job profile.

Second, and the most annoying issue with technical interviews is that the technical interviewer does not understand the intention of the interview process, and they are not even trained for it.

I believe the intention of an interview is to find the right candidates who are capable of doing the required job. However, technical interviewers try to find candidates who already know what the technical interviewer is experiencing daily on their projects.

I hope no one else faces such interviews ever in their life.

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