YoE: 3 years 10 months
Current Job: SWE2 at a PBC (FinTech sector) MNC
Tech Stack: Java / Spring Boot Backend
Location: Hyderabad, Hybrid

Applied on Adyen careers portal on 3rd May 2026. It was specific to Java Backend only.
HR contacted on 6th May 2026 shortlisting my profile for interviews.
Location: Bengaluru, Hybrid (3 days wfo + 2 days wfh)

R-0 - HR Screening call and OA

Date: 14th May 2026 30 mins

1. Why looking for a change
2. Current role and responsibilities
3. Best project so far and most challenging work done by me in that
4. Current tech stack and How do I make use of AI in day to day work
5. Discussion on relocation, cctc vs ectc, offered position of swe role
6. Asked to complete an OA with 2 coding questions (in 65 mins), within next 2 days, to be done in Java
   Questions were:

• https://www.numerade.com/ask/question/rest-api-best-tv-shows-in-genre-use-the-http-get-method-to-retrieve-information-about-recent-television-shows-query-httpsjsonhackerrankcomapitvseries-to-find-all-the-shows-in-a-genre-the-que-12434/ or http://www.thejoboverflow.com/p/p1557/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/leetcode/comments/13z4lrq/swap_adjacent_elements_and_maximize_sumof_ai_i/
  Passed.

R-1 - DSA

Date: 22nd May 2026 1hr 15mins duration
2 interviewers panel
Expectation was to solve 2 DSA problems
But could not go to 2nd question in time.
Q1: https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/3796460/oracle-oa-on-campus-by-anonymous_user-8ker/ or
same as https://cses.fi/problemset/task/1750 (with a variation that you start on 1 always)

Result: Rejected
I re-applied on 28th July 2026 and profile got selected this time too, HR scheduled a screening call on 5th August and gave a OA link too.
but later HR got to know the past and said there is a "6 months cool-off" period. Rejected again.