The interview happened in the Covid lockdown period. Couple of telephonic rounds discussion Data Structures, OOP concepts and problem solving.
Then 1 round with PM/VP of the Bangalore office. Followed by a call with HR.
All the rounds went great. Very positive.
But finally the recruiter replied saying they can't match my expected pay. Really!! After all rounds of interview!! I got this reply also only after making multiple calls and mails to know the status. While my current and expected CTC details were shared on my first interaction with the recruiter, getting this reply at the end is really worse.
Simply waste of time. This is a tier 3 company, trying to hire candidates from tier 2 companies at the cost of tier 4 companies.