It was an Aweful experience. ITC Infotech conducted first day of written test and brief technical screening. Written test was composed of few multiple choice questions and then selecting two java programs to code from three. There were about 200 candidates and all of them were invited at same time, 11:00 AM. There were 3-5 ITC employee available for F2F round for selected candidates from written test. Guess what happens after everyone finishes their test? They have to wait for their turn to get called for 2nd round; Hence, most of us waited 6 hours + for our second round.
Second Day. Did they learn from their mistakes? No! All the selected candidates for third round of interview with Verifone were invited at 11:00 AM again! Then we wait for our turn. I had to wait three hours. These were the questions asked by Verifone employee:
i) == vs equls method
ii) Explain socket programming and write down code for socket programming
iii) how do VMs communicate with each other?
iv) Write code for executing shell script from java application
For my curiosity, do people really require to memorize this stuff? For me, I always though employers cared about approach to solve a problem, but not memorizing useless syntax stuff especially for questions they asked me. I usually am a forget bad experience kind of guy, but I just can't get this out of my head.
It was such a waste of time, money, and sanity. Hopefully, they select interviewers and hiring manager properly not just by who is available over weekend. I wish they showed little care for candidates' as well and not waste our time.