India, June 9 -- A candidate seeking an internship recently took to social media to call out a startup founder's allegedly shockingly unprofessional behaviour. After researching the business and feeling that "something felt off," the candidate decided to cancel their upcoming interview. The candidate claimed that though the founder initially acknowledged the message politely, he later changed his text reaction to a middle finger emoji.

"I applied for an internship through a LinkedIn post and got a reply from the founder the next day saying they liked my profile and wanted to schedule an interview. He asked me to continue the conversation on WhatsApp," the candidate wrote, adding that thought they applied but the process of application fe...