VMware Staff Engineer interview questions

1. A coding test on HackerRank. It had about 5 multiple choice questions on Java, database, security. @ coding questions for 100 and 50 marks. 2. Called for face to face next week. Gave two rounds. I could answer the questions. The interviewers seemed satisfied with the answers. But were concerned that I don't posses the skills they wanted (Spring, Hibernate). I asked a lot of questions about the company, and they patiently answered. The questions were good, but not very difficult. Overall I was happy with the technical rounds. After the 2 rounds, the HR called me to tell me that since I don't possess the skills they are looking for, they have kept my profile on hold. Following things disappointed me: 1. I had mentioned beforehand that I do not have much experience in Java, leave alone Spring/Hibernate. These are not mentioned on my CV either (But told them that I can learn any skill if required). If these skills were a must have for them, they shouldn't have shortlisted my profile. 2. The HR person did not even show his face. I was escorted to the interview room by the security guy. After the technical rounds, the HR person called me to tell that I can leave, despite being in the same office. That was really disrespectful. I took a leave from my office to appear for the interview on a weekday, and the HR guy can't even meet in person? And mind you, I have 10 years of experience. I don't know how they would handle freshers.

Initial introduction calls with a recruiting agent, technical phone screen, then an onsite interview event. VMware is pretty relaxed: during the interview event they let you have 15 minutes between interviewers and let you kinda ramble unsupervised through their offices. After I got an initial offer, they invited me back to their campus to have lunch with my future bosses/managers. The process was made longer because during the process my recruiting/hiring contact quit VMware so the new person was completely lost. The interview itself was awkward because multiple interviewers asked me how and why I'd possibly put job experience before getting a college degree onto my CV. This is the moment I decided I don't want to work here, no matter how much money I'm offered - ie very early in the interview process this employer went from "want to work here" to "will use them to boost other offers."