A recruiter reached out to me after I applied online on their website. I had a phone screen and then an online assessment.

I was moved on to the technical interviews.

The technical interview round consisted of four rounds. However, in one of the rounds, the interviewer was an entry-level software developer, fresh out of college and only a few months into their job at Visa. This, to me, was ridiculous!

This was followed by an interview with a director, and I was offered the position.

They have a ridiculous compensation philosophy when it comes to external experienced hires versus college new grad hires. College hires receive a joining bonus, stock compensation, etc., but external experienced hires don't get anything as part of the compensation package outside of the base salary and an annual bonus.

For such a big company, negotiation didn't yield even a single cent, even with valid reasons and after they gathered all the documentation they wanted to substantiate those reasons.

Overall, a barely professional process with red flags all along the way.

Typical questions you'd expect for this role involve coding out data structures and algorithms, and also questions to test your knowledge of the tech stack you will be working on.