I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Xogene (New York, NY) in Dec 2025
Interview
I had an HR screening and a take-home assignment, then three follow-up interview stages. The take-home assignment was just fixing a slide deck. The first interview stage was a case study with people from the engineering and project teams. The second interview stage was a standard interview with a VP and two software developers.
The third interview stage was with the founder. This is where I had a horrible interview experience. I was working with a recruiter and their HR throughout this process, and before my interview with the founder, I was called by someone from the recruiting firm who knew the founder. This call was last-minute and on a weekend, and it was tips for how to handle the founder, which was an immediate red flag. I've gone through many interview processes and I have never had to have a pre-call to prep an interview with a higher up/founder to make sure I say the right things. Then, I had the actual interview with the founder, and it seemed like he wrote me off from the very start. He was not engaged at all from the very beginning. I started with my typical 30-second pitch, then he proceeded to ask me a question that I already answered during this 30-second pitch.
I did not get the offer and the reason that I was told was because the founder thought I was immature for talking about my sorority, when I only mentioned my sorority once when he asked me what made me want to go into PM as a recent graduate, and I said how I was in a sorority where I held leadership positions that resembled PM.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
One question/series of questions that I thought was interesting during my second stage of interviews with the software development team was a lightning round where they asked me the meaning of certain SLDC/Scrum terminology.
I applied through university. I interviewed at Xogene (Pune) in Feb 2026
Interview
*On campus recruitment - 4 march 2026*
Process started with a resume and introduction video shortlisting (20 dec 2025), followed by a HR TECHNICAL round [16 feb 2026]. This round was comparatively easy as the HR checks your confidence.
The next round was a 90 min assessment which include aptitude, reasoning, verbal, coding ques(easy -> med ) [21 feb 2026].
The next round was conducted via Curatal [26 feb 2026] , which focused on technical fundamentals such as Python, OOP concepts, and project understanding.
The final round was with a senior tech manager [2 march 2026] , where the discussion was more focused on real-world scenarios, system thinking, and in-depth understanding of projects mentioned in the resume.
Tips for Future Candidates:
1. Be very clear about your projects and be ready to explain design decisions.
2. Focus on real-world scenarios and edge cases.
3. Have a strong understanding of OOP, data structures, and basic database concepts.
4. Think from a backend/system perspective rather than just implementation.
I applied through university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Xogene in Mar 2026
Interview
1-Resume screening
2-mettel assessment
3-Curatal interview, Technical interview
4-Techniacal interview-1 with senior developer
5-Technical Interview -US Team Lead
6-Cultural Fit with Company Vice President
worst experience cleared all round still getting rejected waste of time. Entire process is too slow my total February month wasted because of that one company. there are only 3 opening 1 is already hired even if you clear round its not sure they will hire you