“Indian interviews look like a circus”: constructing a start -up post. Paid employment process

A viral discussion about Reddit sparked the discussion about the broken recruitment culture in India after one of the users shared an amazing comparison between conducting interviews with a US -based startup.

In this position, Redditor described how a recent experience with an American startup “felt illegally” compared to what they called the Indian employment.

The user detailed an organized and respected employment process that included a short preliminary call, two paid tasks, an individual interview, and a collective discussion-all of which are complete within a specific timetable. “Even if they reject me, they will feel that they are preparing because they appreciate my efforts,” Raditur wrote.

On the contrary, they said that Indian employment is often chaotic and exploitative, which involve multiple technical tours with little context, “endless” interview chains, and weeks of silence. “She spends two days to 3 days to build a full feature, and it only fades,” the user pointed out, claiming that some companies use even the tasks of unpaid candidates in production.

This post struck a tendon with thousands of professionals on the platform, many frustrations that are frequent about inhibiting human resources, free home projects, and lack of respect for the time of the candidates. One commentator wrote: “Indian companies speak indefinitely about” appropriate culture “, but they do not even have decency to communicate properly.”

Adding context, Redditor explained that they did not apply directly to the start of the American operation. Instead, their interaction began when CTO continues to start the X (previously Twitter) after noticing their project during the global Hackath.

The discussion has since sparked wider calls for reform in Indian employment – from payment in exchange for the test to simplify the interview rounds and maintain transparent contact.

“Imagine the best labor market if Indian startups respect the time of candidates,” and Redditor concluded. “But no, they prefer to make people jump through the burning hoops for six weeks for the role of LPA with a value of $ 6 – then give them.”