Zen & Art Interview Questions
& Process

The interview was pretty straightforward, with two technical discussions and one HR call for salary talks. Everything went really smoothly. The people I talked to were super professional. It was a great overall experience.

It's a fake product based company, more like a consultancy that places employees on a client's payroll. I had an interview on a Saturday morning. It's a small company with just one office in Bangalore, opened last year, and they regularly send employees to client sites. There were three rounds. The first was a technical round for an hour covering JavaScript basics, Ecmascript, and simple programs like reverse and palindrome, plus Angular structure. The second technical round lasted 45 minutes where the lead asked about my project experience, ES6 concepts, Nodejs API creation, and MongoDB usage. The third round was an HR discussion about salary. I asked for a 30-40% hike, which they agreed to, but they wanted me to stop interviewing elsewhere. They said they would only generate an offer letter after I confirmed I wouldn't apply to other companies. I received emails to submit previous salary, identity, and other documents, which I did. There's still no offer letter. I emailed HR confirming my interest in joining, but it's been a month, and they haven't issued an offer letter even for selected candidates. So, don't trust them or waste your time interviewing there. After a month, I got a call asking me to attend 2-3 more rounds at their client's office; if selected, they'd offer a position on their payroll, otherwise, I'd be placed on their own projects. Be careful not to fall for their false promises.

The Zen & Art recruiter called me in early March 2024 and laid out the hiring process: 2 technical interviews (one with a client) and an HR chat. My profile was reviewed, and the first interview was set for the following week, with positive feedback received the day after. The next week, another technical interview with Zen & Art happened, which I also cleared. The HR round followed, where my expectations were discussed, and despite initial disagreements on the offered amount, I eventually accepted it, though the recruiter had earlier said the project budget was negotiable. I then waited a month for the offer letter, prompting a call to HR for an update. I was told a client round was still necessary to ensure project assignment before the offer could be issued, around April 18th, 2024. This client round was with Morgan Stanley, and I successfully passed their first technical interview. A second technical interview with another Morgan Stanley representative followed, which I also cleared. By April 28th, 2024, I had completed four technical rounds, but more interviews were unexpectedly scheduled, this time in person at the Morgan Stanley Bangalore office. Meanwhile, the Zen & Art HR had promised an offer if the client shortlisted me after this round. The next Monday, I went to the Morgan Stanley office expecting a general discussion after the two prior technical rounds. However, the interviews resumed with technical questions, lasting about 40-45 minutes. A manager then joined and continued with technical questions about project architecture, Java, Kafka, etc. After these two technical interviews, I left the office. Positive feedback came 2-3 days later, around May 2nd-3rd, 2024. Zen & Art HR then indicated the offer letter would be sent the next day, but it didn't arrive. A follow-up call revealed a pending final approval. With my last day approaching on May 7th, 2024, HR called on May 5th, advising me not to decline other offers yet, and then became unresponsive. My time from early March to May 7th was effectively wasted with six technical interviews and no offer from Zen & Art, a very poor experience overall.

You will get a mail, then they will schedule an interview over WebEx. There are two technical rounds. The first technical round will be about VMware, VxRail, DRS, HA, and upgrading/installing ESXi. The second technical round will cover logical and scenario-based questions on upgrading and installing ESXi. Finally, there is an HR round where they will discuss company policies and compensation.