I had never ever thought that I could have such a bad experience with fidelity. It started like this. I was looking for job change and I had been following Fidelity for a very long time. In fact, I had applied for some vacant positions through their online job portal also but got no feedback. This time I came to know about one of my colleagues getting shortlisted by Fidelity. I was thinking why I was not called up for the interview though we both had uploaded our updated CVs on the most searched job portals and she only got a call. Anyways I talked to her and she passed me the Fidelity HR's personal no. to set up a discussion. I had a very small conversation with her and she asked me to send my CV. Next day she called me up and asked about many things and also scheduled the interview. Then, she called me up again after 10-15 mins and told me that she doubted about me joining fidelity (bangalore office) as I am not a native of that place and could decline that offer in case I get another offer from my native place. I don't understand what made her think that way. When she said 'it would be risky for us to take your case forward' I got shocked absolutely and just couldn't believe what had happened in 10-15 mins because she had just scheduled the interview. I called her up and tried to convince her saying that she must have misinterpreted something and she should rethink and give me a chance. That lady had got so much attitude about her position that she was like a stone which couldn't be turned. I requested her again and again but she was saying only one thing, 'even if you clear all the rounds and it comes to my decision I wouldn't let it go further'. Then after requesting again and being sorry for anything wrong that I might have said unknowingly she scheduled my interview and sent me a short mail mentioning the time and the name of the interviewer. I was still wondering how could she conclude about me in that 5 mins conversation and just stick to her decision inspite of countless no. of apologies. The whole day I kept feeling very bad and little just because of that lady. I had some feeling that she would make sure this interview becomes the toughest possible and probably hint the interview as well. But anyways I prepared myself up to the best of my efforts, not to give the interviewer also any chance. I basically come from mathematical optimization background and have studied a course in statistics during my masters about 5-6 years back. I had been with my current organization for last two years which I joined after my doctorate. I am very confident about my skill set and experience. All my colleagues are proud of me and my knowledge. Then came the time of interview and it started with information on my current CTC. The interviewer sounded so bloody serious, and in a very bad mood. He then asked general questions like why looking for a Change etc. After that he showered on me a series of questions in core statistics with increasing level of difficulty. The intention was quite evident. He was asking all unexpected and theory based questions most of which would not be required to know in day to day work. This guy didn't even touch upon my projects that I had worked upon in my current organization. He just didn't ask the questions on the tools and techniques which i had mostly used in my work and highlighted in my CV. Though I answered most of questions and feel content at my end yet I had not expected such question as 'Baye's Theorem', 'Critical Region in Hypothesis Testing', 'Hypothesis of Unit Root Test for Stationarity'. I wonder in my occassions in our day to day modeling work we would be coming across such theoretical things. The other thing is that we would be using many things of which we just require working knowledge and don't have to bother much about their theoretical proofs or definitions. Those things can't be part of the interview, doesn't make any sense. I have never heard from anybody having faced this kind of interview. It looked he was not interview me for a statistical analyst role but probably he was interviewing me for a academic position or his intention was not to interview me but to rape me with his questions. He finished by saying 'somebody will reach out to you'