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Hi Hyderabad folks!

I am shifting to Hyderabad next week and I’m looking for a PG in Hyderabad and would really appreciate some first-hand recommendations.

If you’re currently staying in a PG (or have stayed in one recently), could you please share the PG name/location and your experience with:

🍱 Food quality and variety

⚡ Electricity/power backup

🧹 Cleanliness & housekeeping

💰 Monthly rent + other charges

🏠 Single/double sharing options

🔐 How independent or strict the PG is

🚿 Water availability

📶 Wi-Fi quality

🏢 Overall experience

I’m especially interested in PGs that are reasonably independent and not overly strict.

Even if you have a good/bad experience with a particular PG, please drop it in the comments. It would really help someone new to Hyderabad avoid making the wrong choice.

Thanks in advance! 🙌

Preference: near Raidurga, Panmaktha, Serilingampally

Hello everyone!

I’m moving to Hyderabad soon to join a new organization, and I honestly have no idea about the city 😅

I’m from the mountain region of Uttarakhand and have never lived anywhere else, so this is a pretty big change for me. My office is near Café Niloufer, HITEC City, so I’m mainly looking for places around that area.

Would really appreciate some advice on:

1. Climate: My natural habitat is -2°C to 18°C 😂. How hard is Hyderabad’s weather to adjust to?

2.Food: Apart from biryani, what local food should I try?

3. Stay: PG with a single room/no food vs 1 BHK — what would you recommend and which areas?

4. Language: Is Hindi/English enough, or should I learn Telugu?

5. Communities: Any good running, cycling, trekking or similar groups?

6. Tech/startups: Are there meetups or communities for people interested in startups, tech and side projects?

If you’ve moved to Hyderabad from another part of India, I’d especially love to hear your experience and any things you wish you knew before moving.

I need to shift soon and, honestly, I’m getting a little anxious about moving to a completely new city where I don’t know anyone. 😅

Any advice would help. 🙏

P.S. I watched youtube videos, and literally got no idea.

Hello everyone,

I recently interviewed with Qualcomm for a Java Full Stack Developer role (~5 years of experience).

The process consisted of 4 rounds:

Round 1: Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, SQL, and core backend concepts.

Round 2: Distributed systems, Kafka, API design, scalability, and real-world production scenarios.

Round 3: Mixed technical + managerial discussion around my projects, design decisions, ownership, and challenges.

Round 4: Architecture, system design, Java, microservices, and scalability with an international interviewer.

The interviews were less about remembering syntax and more about understanding system design, trade-offs, and explaining decisions made in previous projects.

After the 3rd round, HR informed me that the interviews went well and they were planning to schedule the final Hiring Manager/salary discussion round on campus. However, instead, another technical interview was scheduled, which also went well.

Conclusion: Apart from the 2nd interview, I felt the other rounds went really well. But now when I check the Qualcomm portal, the job posting has been removed. I haven’t received a rejection email, and my application status is also not showing “no longer under consideration”.

Interestingly, when I open the original job link from my email, it redirects me to a testing role, even though the role I applied and interviewed for was related to Java, Angular, SQL, and GenAI.

After completing 4 rounds, I tried reaching out to HR through calls, emails, and WhatsApp but haven’t received any response yet. Since there is no update, I’m considering it closed for now and moving ahead.

If anyone has faced something similar, please let me know what usually happens in such cases.

Takeaway: At 5+ YOE, interviewers expect strong fundamentals, real project experience, and the ability to explain why you made certain technical decisions — not just what you built.