RazorpayEveryone said you have to leave to earn more. I brought data, a competing range, and a calm ask. Got a real bump without the notice-period rollercoaster. Sometimes the grass is greener where you water it, with evidence.
Internal negotiation with a real external offer as leverage is underrated. Well done.
Every time I hear it in an interview I mentally add 20% to the expected chaos and subtract the boundaries. Families do not put you on a PIP. Say "team" and mean it.
Families do not make you reapply for your own job in a reorg. Ice cold accurate.
Tech MahindraAsked, professionally, with data. Got a lecture about passion. Passion does not pay my EMI. The audacity of framing wanting fair pay as a character flaw.
"Is money your only motivation" from the guy whose motivation is definitely money.
Swiggy · rejectedTwo DSA rounds went well. The LLD round asked me to design a food-ordering cart with discounts/coupons as pluggable rules, and I under-modeled it, hardcoded the discount logic instead of a strategy. Rejected there. If you are rusty on LLD, drill the classic ones (parking lot,…
Salesforce · rejectedSigned, resigned my old job, then the offer got pulled in a reorg two weeks before joining. Legal in most places, devastating in all of them. Do not resign until the start date is locked and, if you can, keep a backup warm.
A rescinded offer after you resigned is a nightmare. Never burn the old bridge too early.
You've reached the Mariana Trench. That's everything for now.