So i interviewed with SBI Ventures (wholly owned subsidiary of SBI Bank) for the role of FOF Investment Analyst. After cold emailing my way in, completing assignments like a presentation, an excel worksheet, a questionnaire of technical questions and a questionnaire of interpersonal questions, I got my initial interview with a VP. In this round, i clearly explained my background and even my CTC expectations. After this round, i gave another three rounds with Principal (Investments), CIO and then finally with the COO and VP of HR alongside the CIO again. 

All this took up nearly 5 weeks. After the fourth round which was on a Monday, I was told by the Junior HR, who was responsible for coordinating the rounds, to follow up on Thursday and so i did. But to my surprise, the HR who could be reached earlier within the matter of minutes could not be contacted, made a bunch of calls, no answer, follow up over the email thread, no response, just completely ghosted, and after repeated follow up, then by 3 pm, I just received a whatsapp message that the company is going forward with a more "suitable" candidate. 

No valuable feedback, no input on where my profile lacked, no reasoning on what could I do better in the interview. Just a vague and standard reason. And then these are the same people that complain that they cannot get the correct talent and that candidates use their offer as a leverage elsewhere. 

\#SBI #SBIVentures #SBICapVenture #SBICapital

These days it takes companies like SBI 4 rounds of interview, 3 assignments, 1 questionnaire, more than a month's time, getting a candidate's profile screened by 6-7 people and ghosting the candidate for a while, just to decide that the candidate is not the right choice for the role.