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The interview process for the Senior QA Engineer position consisted of 4 rounds and lasted almost 3 weeks.Round 1: Recruiter Screening (30 minutes) The recruiter asked very basic questions about my notice period and current salary. She seemed unprepared and kept mixing up the role with a development position. When I tried to explain my experience in automation, she interrupted me saying “Yeah, yeah, testing stuff” and moved on.Round 2: Technical Screening (45 minutes) The interviewer joined 15 minutes late. He asked me to explain the difference between Smoke and Sanity testing but cut me off after 20 seconds. Most questions were theoretical and outdated (e.g., “Write test cases for a login page” on a shared notepad). When I mentioned API testing with Postman and REST Assured, he asked, “Is that even necessary?” He appeared distracted and was typing on his other laptop throughout the call.Round 3: Automation Round (1 hour) They asked me to write a Selenium script for a dynamic web table live on the shared screen. The interviewer kept arguing that my approach was wrong even though it was correct. He insisted on using Thread.sleep() everywhere and rejected Page Object Model saying “It’s overcomplicating simple things.” When the code had a small syntax error due to nervousness, he made a long face and said, “Even freshers don’t make this mistake.”Round 4: Managerial + HR Round The manager spent most of the time complaining about how the current QA team is “not delivering” and how they expect the new joiner to “fix everything in 2 months.” He showed zero interest in my achievements and only asked about my availability to join early. The HR person asked strange questions like “How do you handle pressure when developers blame QA for their bugs?” and “Will you work on weekends if there is a release?”Overall Experience Multiple rescheduling of interviews with very short notice. Interviewers were rude and dismissive. Questions were not aligned with the job description (JD mentioned Cypress and Playwright, but they only asked about Selenium). No proper feedback was given at the end. The entire process felt chaotic and unprofessional. I felt demotivated after the interviews and decided to reject the offer even though it was selected.