Rejected by the founder in the final HR round after clearing all technicals for AI Engineer role (3 interviews+ Take home assignment). I am exhausted. (2026 Grad)
I am a 2026 grad from a tier 2/2.5 college. I have internship experience at Amazon and a Tier 1 research institute.
The job market is brutal for freshers at the moment. After a lot of difficulty I landed an interview offer at a startup. I cleared all techincal rounds (including a take home assignment).
Then came the final round: a HR round with the founder. I thought the hard part was over. Instead, I just got the rejection email for some completely unknown reason.
It is incredibly frustrating. It feels like all my hard work and time invested in interview prep and assignment was wasted.
If anyone has leads for fresher roles in the field of AI/ML or Data Analyst/science, please let me know. Would greatly appreciate it
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u/Guppu3105 — 4 days ago