I cleared the first round, which was a live coding session. The interviewer was very supportive, and I was able to solve the problems successfully. In the second round with a Ukrainian interviewer, out of 90 minutes, around 60 minutes were spent on theoretical questions. I used the remaining 30 minutes to explain my system design thoroughly. Despite this, the HR feedback was disheartening. The reason mentioned for rejection was that I had “zero production experience in GoLang.” I had actually shared my 6 months of GoLang experience during the interview, and I successfully explained a saga design pattern. In my system design, I chose a graph database for storing user data, but I forgot the exact name (Neo4j) when asked. It felt frustrating that after 1.5 hours of discussion, the focus seemed to be only on a few minor points rather than the overall performance and understanding demonstrated throughout the interview.

Interview process is straight forward but recruiters are not proffessional. They dont even care to respond even after you message them tons of time after the interview to know the status