India, March 10 -- A senior techie shared a frustrating hiring experience after clearing multiple interview rounds at a high-paying company, only to be rejected during the final stage for a surprising reason.

In a post on X, the techie, Pulkit Mittal, who is an IIT graduate, said he successfully cleared all five interview rounds for a role at a Rs.1.5 crore firm.

According to the post, after completing the interviews, he moved to the reference check stage, which is usually one of the last steps before receiving an offer.

However, the process soon became unusual. The company's HR team asked him to share the contact details of his current manager, skip manager, and three teammates. Mittal also said he was asked to prove that graduates fr...