Overall, the process was smooth and straightforward. The first round was a 15-minute HR screening call, followed by a 30-minute conversation with the hiring manager. There were no technical interview questions; the discussion mainly focused on my past experience. Unfortunately, I did not move forward to the next round.

Fairly straightforward interview process. Had one round of talk with the hiring manager and then 3 team matching interviews with senior engineers/ architect. Questions were technical as well as design based and scenario based, what was a big turnoff was that after the whole interview process the recruiter asked me to provide atleast 3 professional references, later they reached back letting me know that they need more references as they were unable to contact the provided references(although checking with the professional refs provided they had already interacted with them and gave their feedback). I gave another few references and the most surprising part is that the hiring manager asking the professional references to apply and consider applying for the same position and explore opportunities in this organization which is a conflict of interest and disheartening to the prospective candidate being considered. Also lack of follow ups from recruiter post the interview, regarding any potential offer is not expected.