I was invited for an interview at the Bangalore office after they shortlisted my profile. They sent an invite for a HackerRank programming test, which I took.

In the invite email, they mentioned that there would be 4-5 rounds of interviews. On the interview day, I had to wait for 3 hours before they called me for the first round. This round focused on questions about my projects and my resume and skills, and it lasted about 15 minutes.

I was asked to wait. After half an hour, they called me to inform me that I had not made it through and asked me to leave.

Firstly, the process was disorganized, and the wait time was too long. As I mentioned, I had to wait for 3 hours. Secondly, I still do not understand the basis for my rejection, as I answered all questions correctly. This was very unprofessional.

It seemed as though a candidate might have been pre-selected, and a few people were called for interviews merely for formality. This would be to showcase that a number of candidates were invited, and one pre-selected candidate, possibly related to an employee, made it through. I observed some interviewers speaking casually with candidates and making gestures, which is totally unprofessional.

Most hires appear to be from Infosys, as VISA projects were previously outsourced to Infosys. After VISA was established, Infosys candidates were perhaps offered jobs at VISA without interviews. Those candidates who were part of Infosys likely joined after passing 1-2 easy interview rounds, and their luck got them into VISA. Now, they expect new candidates to go through 4-5 rounds of interviews.

Furthermore, politics is highly rampant. Interviewers from a particular state in India seem to hire only candidates from their state, rejecting others. They likely prefer to hire from their local hometown/state to facilitate easier conversation in their local language during meetings and discussions, as English seems to be a challenge for them. HR is also involved in this, and this is happening in many companies.

If you are not interested in hiring a candidate, please state it directly. Why trouble them by inviting them for namesake and then rejecting them without any reason?

Mainly, the onsite counterparts are so ineffective that they observe all this and yet outsource work here.