I am posting this review after a few months as I was working in Europe for many years and wasn’t in India. Due to some family issues, I started exploring opportunities back home. Even though it was a startup, I convinced myself to attend the interview because I had a personal emergency and was eager to move back to India after years abroad. I cleared all four rounds and reached the final discussion with CEO Sapan Parikh. Unfortunately, this was the most unprofessional experience I have ever had. He started the interview holding his laptop in his hand, roaming around in his backyard. While on earphones, he was collecting delivery packages at his door and still asking me to answer his questions. At one point, while holding and shaking his laptop, I could clearly see in the reflection of his glasses that he was Googling software programming terms he had just asked me about. He would then immediately demand answers to those questions. I was genuinely surprised. His attitude was as if he were Tim Cook or perhaps thought of himself as someone even more important. The whole experience showed a high level of unprofessionalism and a show off mentality, reflecting poorly on the company’s culture. In my entire career, having worked with several CEOs and CTOs in both Europe and India, I have never encountered such behavior.

The interview process itself was smooth and pleasant, although it took quite a long time, which I was okay with. What was completely unacceptable is that the offer was revoked after I had already completed all interview rounds, including HR. I was told everything was good to go, and we were even about to discuss compensation, only to be informed later that the role had been closed. This would have been disappointing but understandable if it had happened once. Unfortunately, this has happened to me twice, both times with Incubyte. The first time, my interview was scheduled and then canceled on the same day with the reason that my experience wasn’t sufficient. This time, I cleared all rounds and still faced the same outcome. This kind of handling is extremely unprofessional. If I had resigned from my current company based on this process, I could have ended up unemployed through no fault of my own. Overall, a very frustrating experience.