4 years ago
As scheduled by a consultancy for the face to face...
As scheduled by a consultancy for the face to face interview on a weekday, I took a day off from my office and reached at 12 o clock ( as scheduled) , and after reaching there the security people were not allowing to park my vehicle there which I was not informed. I have requested them many times, but they were not allowing to enter my vehicle to park inside which is not at all common for other companies where I have given interviews till date.
However, after that I was confused if I should appear for interview or come back home. Then, I called one of my friend who is working in nearby (almost 3 KM away) Tech Park (Kalyani Tech Park) and he asked me to come there and park the vehicle. I went there and parked my vehicle and came back to WNS renting an Auto.
However, after security check, I went inside and saw there are almost 30 people waiting there. I sat and waited for my turn to come. After sitting about 30/45 minutes, the HR Swarup came and took my resume. Again waiting for about 30 minutes, he came and asked to follow him. I went to a room and he unlocked a system and asked to write some SQL queries (which were so complex, even who is working on SQL he/she has to think twice/thrice to answer them. and I am not from SQL background as mentioned on my resume). Though in the interview call letter, it was written that it would be a face to face round.
However, I tried to write some queries, and suddenly the computer got locked. I was looking for Swarup, but he was nowhere. I waited for him for another 10/15 minutes. I asked the receptionist (who is an old lady, doesn't understand English), she told that she doesn't know, even she didn't try to call him or inquire about it. So I came back to the room again and waited for another 5/10 minutes.
And the room was so hot, god knows the AC was running or not and I was not able to sit. Even other 4 people's computer got locked. So I left the place after waiting. I think the other 4 people also left the place by seeing these kind of behavior from the WNS folks. So by spending the time from 10:30 AM (when I start my journey from my home) to 3:30 PM and taking leave from my office, I got nothing, not even a proper interview!
My Company never treats the outsiders or the interview candidates like this.