I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Freyr (Hyderābād) in Sept 2024
Interview
The interview process went smooth. There was one basic telephonic round with HR and then 2 rounds with the manager and General Manager. They asked everything mentioned in my Resume and the gave sentence to check grammar.
I applied through other source. I interviewed at Freyr
Interview
The interview process focused heavily on writing basic code in Notepad and explaining textbook concepts such as inheritance, rather than discussing how architectures actually work in real production systems. Architecture is about system thinking, scalability, trade-offs, and real-world problem solving—not manually typing code without context.
For a senior engineering role, the process felt outdated and misaligned with modern expectations. There was little emphasis on system design, architectural decision-making, or practical experience building and operating software at scale. Overall, the interview resembled junior-level screening rather than an evaluation of senior engineering capability.
Advice to Management:
If you are hiring senior engineers, consider structuring interviews around architecture discussions, real-world design problems, and ownership scenarios instead of basic coding exercises in Notepad.
Would Recommend?
No — not for senior roles.
It was easy they asked simple questions and it was pretty standard by introducing yourself and there on continued further the interviewer was very easygoing and helpful and asked good questions