I applied online. I interviewed at TartanHQ (Gurgaon, Haryana) in Apr 2026
Interview
The process was unprofessional, rude and disrespectful. I applied online, the HR reached me over Whatsapp, had two rounds of interviews. Had the first round with COO and Second with CTO. The CTO was very very rude, came in 15 minutes late, unapologetic, infact was majorly showing attitude. Questions asked were lame, not related. One of the incident happened during the interview was when the camera angle of the CTO was not right and when I pointed he particularly mentioned "Does the Camera angle matter" I mean like don't show this kind of attitude atleast, you're not a Google or something.
The process was exhaustive, disorganized, and ultimately unprofessional. It spanned 5 rounds over several weeks. I have never ever met so many unprofessional interviewers in my life before this. The interviewers were rude and especially the CBO who was total jerk, not to mention incompetent. I withdrew my candidacy after I got another offer thankfully.
But there was total lack of respect and professionalism for candidates' time.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explicitly asked why I lacked 'local context' and aggressively grilled me on niche API architecture details that were outside the scope of the role, treating the interview more like an ego-driven interrogation than a skills assessment.
The interviewer asked questions from my resume, assigned me a task based on it, and concluded with an easy DSA question. Overall, it was a smooth and positive interview experience.