Five rounds, cleared. Rejected for working part-time in college.

An MCA graduate with an 8.03 CGPA sailed through five interview rounds at an unnamed company, disclosing during the technical rounds that he had worked part-time in his first year of college. The work had been a necessity — "All I wanted was to not depend on my parents and pay my fees." The technical interviewers had no issue. At the final HR stage, the recruiter deemed him "non-career focused" and rejected him. The subreddit's response was unanimous: if five rounds couldn't surface a real problem, HR was just looking for an excuse.