'Endless talk about renting culture fits, but ...': Redditor compares the maintenance process of Indian firms to the US boot

A Reddit user has compiled the ‘SANE interview’ procedure of the US startups and compares it to the average, never-ending ‘process’ in Indian businesses, wondering why the two were so different. In a now-viral post, the Redditor claimed that he recently had the opportunity to interview with a US startup. “Their maintenance process was so refreshing, it felt almost illegal compared to the circus we have in India,” the Techie said. The Redditor shared that he had undergone four rounds under the US rental process, which included paid assignments. “Short intro call, command 1 (pay!) 1: 1 interview, command 2 (paid again!) Group interview.” But what surprised him most was the quick result – ‘result will be’ by Friday ‘, the Redditor noted that the rental process’ was structured, respectful and fair’. “It was structured, reverent of time, and they paid for the work I did. Even if they reject me, it will feel fair because they appreciate my effort. ” He then compared it to the rental process at Indian businesses, which often involve several unpaid commands, multi-level interviews and HR ghost-which emphasizes a clear difference between the two. ‘… The average Indian company’s’ process ‘: 2 rounds of HR Ghosting 5 Random coding rounds with 0 context 2 system design ask for a junior role.’ One last round ‘that never ends. Then … silence for 3 weeks. HR finally replied, “We continued with another candidate,” the Redditor noted. The Techie continued to keep on how Indian firms treated potential candidates such as unpaid interns, and often expected free commands “you spend 2-3 days to build a whole feature, and they just disappear. Some even have the audacity to use your code in production,” he said. “Endless talks about renting cultural fits,” the Redditor said Indian businesses talk endlessly about “rent for cultural pass”, but do not even have the decency to respect people’s time or effort. “Meanwhile, US startups, despite being much smaller, pay you for trial and professional communication.” He has also shared simple adjustments in rental processes that can benefit the Indian labor market: paid candidates for real work samples. Communication kept transparent. Did not rent like a never-ending elimination game filled with cheaters. Here is how Netizens responded: Netizens echoed with the viral reddit post and shared their thoughts on it in the commentary section. ‘Irony is renting for cultural adjustment in India is a page that has been torn out of reverent startups and businesses that actually have culture. Indian origin companies work like a butcher company where there is no culture at all, ‘said a user on social media. ‘Just playing with words like’ work hard, playing harder ‘or a little shit if they actually build another packet of delivery app. Founders in India need to learn a thing or two about culture, ‘added another user. ‘Our people do not have a culture in general; We just like to boast our 1000-year culture. I have found that most companies do not even pretend to respect employees. Bachelors are expected to work extra, interns are unpaid, work has been manipulated, leaves and salary steps are always a struggle with drivers/HR, ‘said a user. ‘Very few companies manage to break this form, and even in these people there are the official people who appreciate being the real end result. What has said with things is getting better, I have been working in this area for ten years and I can see a cultural improvement when we mature, and I suspect that Gen Z drivers will solve many of these issues and improve working conditions, ‘they added. “People in the US and Europe really know how to interview,” call out another user and share their personal experience.