10 rounds of interview Even though the candidate had cleared all the rounds, the company did not have the budget, and hence they rejected the candidate at the last round. I had given around three rounds to each manager, so the total number of rounds I gave was ten for the three managers. HR took a lot of interview rounds with me, and at the end, they told me that there was a budget issue. I wondered why they had put me through so many rounds of interviews instead of informing me during the initial introduction round that they didn't have the budget.