The interview process included two rounds.

The first was coding-focused, fair, and relevant.

The second was poorly managed, with delays, unclear, and irrelevant questions. HR coordination required repeated follow-ups for rescheduling.

Round 1 – Coding

This round was fair and good. The interviewer asked standard coding and problem-solving questions:

• Balanced Parenthesis problem.
• Find the second largest element in an array.
• Discussion on time complexity and space complexity of solutions.
• How to improve time and space complexity.

👉 Overall, this was a smooth experience, and I felt it was a fair evaluation of coding skills.

Round 2 – Automation Framework Design & Challenges (Worst Experience)

This was supposed to be an Automation + Framework design round, but it turned into a system design + DevOps/tool-based grilling session.

Problems I faced:

• Interviewer joined 25 minutes late.
• Instead of 2–3 hrs, it dragged to 3 hrs 25 mins, overlapping with my manager meeting at my current job.
• I had to call the HR 30+ times to get it rescheduled, and only when I dialed a different number did she pick up.

Questions asked:

• What do you mean by Redis?
• What is Docker? Write Docker code. If I am a student, how would you explain Docker to me?
• What is Kafka?
• Login API case: username + password with 1 lakh characters → what should be the response code? (I said 400, but they expected 401.)
• What is p90, p95 in performance testing? Steps to implement.
• Apart from p90/p95, what about p50, p75, etc.?
• What is JMeter?
• Write automation code: login to Facebook → go to messages → open latest message of a friend → type and send.
• What is sequential data vs non-sequential data? Which is faster?
• 5 classes running in parallel → add one more class → how to ensure no impact on speed.
• What is asynchronous?
• How do you ensure your code is correct (even mentioned ChatGPT)?
• What are the types of performance testing and the tools?
• If I said “I don’t know”, the interviewer responded rudely with: “You need to know everything. See me, in 4 years I became a Team Lead.” (Honestly, I don’t know how he became TL with that attitude, given he didn’t respect time commitments.)
• What tests can we do in JMeter?
• If 2 laptops send the same request in Postman and one gets a faster response → why? (Answer: cache. But the question was poorly asked.)

My Feedback

The first round was good and relevant.

The second round was the worst experience of my career: unprofessional interviewer (late, dragged too long, unclear questions, rude attitude).

Instead of focusing on automation framework and challenges (as promised), they asked random DevOps + performance testing questions.

Poor HR coordination → had to follow up excessively for rescheduling.

👉 Overall, a very disappointing experience in Round 2.