India, March 6 -- A job seeker's harrowing experience at a Pune-based startup has gone viral after he detailed a "toxic" interview process on Reddit. After waiting four hours for the founder to arrive, the candidate was met with a blunt dismissal of his professional background, with the founder allegedly saying, "tune kiya hi kya hai". The situation escalated when the startup allegedly demanded 16-hour shifts from 6 AM to 10 PM, while flatly refusing to discuss the salary package and labelling the desire to know about compensation as the "wrong mentality."

"Hustle Culture = Don't dare to ask about salary," a Reddit user wrote. The individual posted that they recently appeared for an interview at a Pune-based startup.

Recalling the exper...