I was approached by Thoughtworks, Bangalore (Diamond District Office) for a senior technical position. After a pleasant chat with a HR lady, I was asked to write code for a small problem that was emailed to me. Two weeks after submitting the code, I got a call from the same HR lady who asked me to come for a face to face interview. The first round of the interview was a discussion with a developer about the code I wrote. This guy seemed very green but I played the part since I wanted to job. For the second round, I was interviewed by two (more mature) guys. This was also OK. What bothered me was one of the guys was taking my picture (with his cell-phone) when I was doing a presentation on the whiteboard. Hey, if you want my picture, just ask; don't take it without my permission. I pretended not to notice but it pissed me off anyway. Then they asked me to have the office lunch. Nothing special here; it's best avoided. This was followed by a funky test that asks to trace the flow of a set of instructions. Then they asked me take another personality test (pop psychology). Anyway, I entertained them. The last interview was conducted by two--very green--interviewers. Honestly, it's offensive to me when kids with only a few years of experience comes to interview me with absolutely no preparation. One kid, did not know the basics and when I corrected him, he smirked. I didn't pursue the rest of the interview wholeheartedly and was just glad to leave.

Series of interviews with various department heads with various focusses on how my engagement could leverage their expertise to win new logos. Each wanted to understand various scenarios and how I'd approach them.