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The candidate explained that after applying for the role, a recruiter scheduled an interview with the hiring manager, who never showed up.
The post has rekindled conversations concerning workplace toxicity.
A job seeker recently took to Reddit to share a frustrating interview experience for a position based in Bengaluru, highlighting what they described as unprofessional and arrogant behaviour by the hiring manager.
The candidate explained that after applying for the role, a recruiter scheduled an interview with the hiring manager, who never showed up. “No intimation, no explanation,” the post read. After following up, the interview was rescheduled.
The second attempt wasn’t much better. “This time he shows up 15 minutes late. No apology, no acknowledgement of being late—just walks in like it’s normal,” the Reddit user wrote.
According to the candidate, the manager launched into a self-important monologue, insisting on a rigid in-office requirement of 5–6 days a week for a product owner (PO) role. The person described the manager’s attitude as lacking basic courtesy, displaying a rigid mindset, and giving off “power-tripping vibes.”
“Why do Indian hiring managers think they are GOD?” the post questioned, summing up the Redditor’s frustration with what they felt was an increasingly common hiring culture issue.
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The job seeker’s post has rekindled conversations concerning workplace toxicity. It has also generated heated discussions about hiring managers’ and employers’ proper interview conduct.
In the comments section, one user tried to justify the toxic workplace culture and wrote in part, “You know the answer already – population, scarcity, someone will be ready to tolerate the toxicity because they need the money that much, they have EMIs to pay and responsibilities to fulfil. Indian managers excel at exploitation through expendability.”
“It feels like a cycle. Entry-level folks get toxic managers, they grow into manager roles and then show the same toxicity. This culture then normalises up to the point where people think acting like this is expected and normal. How do you break that chain?” commented one user.
“Because they are made managers by the means back licking and not by ability so they assume that since we can back lick good no one can question them hence they feel like they are god but they very well know the place they deserve,” one comment read.
“There’s a saying that ’employees quit managers, not companies’. Couldn’t agree more!!” remarked one.
Workplace toxicity is not a new thing.
A job seeker shared another distressing interview experience in May in which a recruiter asked several “intrusive and inappropriate” questions. The job seeker was reportedly questioned about personal matters like the number of earning members in their family and their plans for marriage.
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