India, March 16 -- An Ahmedabad-based founder has said that two of his friends, both accomplished software developers with solid work profiles, have been dealing with outdated hiring practices. Pritesh Lakhani, founder and CEO of Pneucons, said his friends both worked in Germany for a few years but returned to India to take care of their parents. While interviewing for roles in India, they were asked to write code on a notepad despite their extensive experience in AI and ML.

"Two of my college friends just moved back to India from Germany," Lakhani said in a post shared on the social media platform X yesterday.

He explained that one friend has worked in the AI and Machine Learning space. The other has focused on cancer research to build...