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Hi all, Recently i interviewed at Adobe for the post of computer scientist, Noida location. Had 5 technical rounds, but after that i didnt get any further response. One of HR called me and asked me to wait for a day or 2 last week, she gave me the reason that there are some issues going on in company. It's been 2 weeks now and i haven't got any response from them, i have been following up on mail and call, but there is no response either. What could be the reason ?? Any adobe folk out there ??
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"Cultural fit" is the new discrimination loophole and it's becoming more and more common in this brutally harsh job market. With a thousand other candidates to choose from, they're looking for anything they possibly can to disqualify you from the role. And they can pass on you for any reason: skin color, political leaning, sexual orientation, age. They'll never actually say the reason, they'll just file it under "not the right cultural fit".
They might ask some nonsense questions like "what does work/life balance mean to you" or "how do you handle a difficult coworker situation" or "what are your hobbies" or "how do you react under pressure". It's almost like a hazing opportunity for the interviewers. Interviews that aren't primarily focused on role-specific qualifications should be illegal, but they're getting away with it because they can.
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I can share you some past question Doc to read through if that will help
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I think a lot of companies use their leadership principles or core values from the website as a foundation for those questions. Probably best to study up on those. A weird one I got recently was “what keeps you up at night?”
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Culture fit interviews usually seems to be done by smaller companies with loose HR policies. When you’re in a structured organization with boundaries between professional and personal, you can work with almost anyone or HR will handle it.
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It's baked in to Google's interview process for all roles. Up until this experience it has always been up to the interview panel to determine if a person is a good fit through their own line of questioning amd the conversation in general without there being specific guidelines or a specific process to determine "cultural fit."
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Thanks for sharing!