The recruiter called and then scheduled a HackerRank test. After that, I had one interview with the hiring manager, followed by two technical interviews with senior team members. The interviews went well, and the interviewers were quite nice and supportive. I also learned a lot during the process.

However, the recruiter, who had been proactive until the last interview, called and mentioned that the hiring team thought I would be more suitable for an SDET role instead of a Senior SDET. They asked me to think it through and let them know my decision and suggest time slots to discuss next steps.

I emailed the recruiter stating I was okay with the offered position and wanted to know more about the different benefits and compensation components apart from the base salary they had initially mentioned. Based on that information, I could make a decision to proceed.

The recruiter completely ignored my emails and I received no response. My application status also did not change online. It has been one month now, and I assume they have found another candidate. However, this ghosting by the recruiter, who does not have the decency to respond after asking for my time slots and availability, does not reflect well on the organization's culture and image to a candidate.

I hope Workday is not what I got an impression of after my first interview experience. I had expected it to have a rich culture where people are treated with courtesy and respect. I was expecting a response or acknowledgement to my emails, even if it was a rejection. You cannot let a candidate know they are still being considered and then suddenly ghost them without any information.

Simple HackerRank coding questions on Java classes and SQL.

Technical rounds had coding questions on Java strings, collections, SQL commands, and Selenium TestNG.