I had applied for the role of AVP - Business Devel...

I had applied for the role of AVP - Business Development (EMEA) and here is my experience. The whole process took exactly 1 and a half months & 5 rounds of interviews and then they stopped responding.

A lady from their HR team responded to my online application via phone and later sent me an email.

The first round was a case study where they give you a scenario and you have to solve give in your thoughts and solve it. It is an interesting step and I completed it the same day and emailed my presentation.

The second round was a telephonic interview with senior staff from the BD team and it was scheduled after 15 days. Upon asking why would it take so many days, I was told the concerned person is not available anytime before that. It was strange but I was okay.
The call happened and it was a typical "take me through your profile" and later some questions on how I would manage objections. The whole session lasted about 20 mins.

The third round was also a telephonic interview with another AVP and this was to determine my logical thinking abilities. Similar to the first round, they give you a live scenario and you have to crack it while on the call. You are judged on the thought process, how much logic you apply to a scenario, situational intelligence, etc. This call lasted for about 30 mins.

The fourth round was also a telephonic interview with one of the presidents of the company. This is what I was told to be the final round and if this round is cleared then they will call for a face to face to discuss salary aspects. The call was to discuss work experience, understand the candidate's seriousness, commitment and understand the stability factor.

After the four rounds, I was called and informed that I have completed the interview process successfully and I was asked to send my previous company's offer letter and last 3 months' payslips.

At this point, any candidate will have high hopes of receiving a call to discuss salary, role, work timing, joining date, etc.. I did get a call but it was not to discuss the above. The gentleman who called me was from the HR team and mentioned that one of the presidents of the company wants to meet face to face, it was not an interview but a formal meeting.

I reached their office in Bangalore and I was greeted by the concerned person and later, the person who took the fourth interview round joined us. This session was a complete recap of my work experience, skills, etc and at no point, I felt it was a formal meeting as mentioned and it was a full-fledged interview round.

After this meeting which lasted a little less than an hour, I was told that someone from the HR team will contact me and advise on the further steps.

There have been no calls or emails after that day.

The idea behind writing this review is to let the future aspirants know how things go around there and hopefully, the company does something to change the process a bit which will help to save a candidate's time and efforts. I had read a lot of negative reviews beforehand but wanted to try this myself to know if things are true. Unfortunately, most of those things mentioned in Google Reviews are true and it is disappointing.

If someone from the company is reading this, please change your order of interview rounds. No company is so incompetent that they need 5 interview rounds and 6 weeks to know if the candidate is the right fit or not. Just like how a candidate respects your interview process it is a good practice from your end to respect a candidate's time and efforts. Instead of making someone go through the whole process and then identifying their worth, start with a face to face meeting to identify a potential candidate first and then go on with the regular rounds.