Amura Health Interview Experience: The Most Unexpected Rejection Came After the Call
June 5, 2026
Amura Health Interview Experience: The Most Unexpected Rejection Came After the Call
Recently, I received a call regarding a Senior Engineer opportunity at Amura Health, a company based in Chennai.
The conversation itself wasn't particularly unusual at first. In fact, it started exactly the way most recruiter calls do.
What made the experience memorable was how unexpectedly it ended.
The Spam Call That Wasn't Spam
When my phone rang, I almost ignored it.
The caller ID on my phone had actually marked the number as spam.
Normally, that's not the best first impression when you're trying to recruit someone.
Fortunately, I picked up.
The caller introduced herself and explained that she was reaching out regarding a Senior Engineer position at Amura Health.
The Usual Career Conversation
The first part of the discussion was fairly standard.
She asked me to introduce myself and walk through my professional journey.
I spoke about my background as a Full Stack Engineer, the products I had worked on, and the progression of my career across different companies and projects.
As the conversation continued, I got the feeling that she wasn't particularly technical, which is completely normal for many HR and recruiting roles.
Most of the discussion revolved around experience, responsibilities, and previous work.
Then Came the Surprise
The next part caught my attention.
She explained that the role was completely work from office.
Not hybrid.
Not flexible.
Not occasionally in office.
Completely work from office.
Then came another detail.
It was a six-day work week.
That definitely wasn't something I hear very often anymore.
The company also expected relocation to Chennai if selected.
Naturally, I asked about relocation assistance.
The answer surprised me again.
There wasn't a relocation package or bonus. Instead, they would provide contacts and references for people who could help find accommodation nearby.
I appreciated the honesty, even though it wasn't exactly what I expected to hear.
We also discussed my current compensation and expected compensation, and the conversation moved forward.
HR Asking Technical Questions?
Then something unexpected happened.
The recruiter started asking technical questions.
Over the years, I've noticed that recruiters are becoming increasingly comfortable asking basic technical screening questions before forwarding candidates to engineering teams.
Still, I wasn't expecting system design style questions during an HR screening call.
Why is the application opening slowly?
Her first question was straightforward.
"Suppose an application is opening slowly. How would you debug it?"
I explained that the first step would be identifying where the bottleneck exists.
If API responses are slow, that immediately impacts the user experience.
Depending on the situation, introducing a caching layer could significantly reduce response times and decrease load on backend services.
If the slowdown originates from the database, I would investigate query performance, indexing strategies, execution plans, and data access patterns.
The goal is always to identify the actual bottleneck before attempting a solution.
How do you prevent the database from crashing under heavy traffic?
The second question was even more interesting.
"What would you do if too many requests were causing the database to crash?"
I explained that one approach is to control how traffic reaches the database rather than allowing unlimited requests to hit it directly.
Message queues can help absorb traffic spikes and smooth out workloads.
Connection pooling ensures applications reuse database connections efficiently instead of creating excessive connections under load.
Combined with rate limiting, caching, and proper architecture, these approaches help protect databases from becoming overwhelmed.
The answer seemed to satisfy her.
The Next Round Sounded Unusual
Toward the end of the conversation, she informed me that the next round would be technical.
That sounded normal.
Then she mentioned something that felt a little unusual.
The technical round would also happen over a regular phone call.
Not a video meeting.
Not a coding platform.
Not a screen-sharing session.
Just another phone call.
At that point I remember thinking, "That's interesting."
Still, I agreed.
Every company has its own hiring process, and I was curious to see where this would lead.
The Rejection That Arrived Before the Next Round
A while later, I received an email.
The message was brief.
The company had decided not to move forward with my profile at this time.
And just like that, the process ended.
No technical round.
No follow-up discussion.
No additional evaluation.
Just a rejection email after a conversation that had sounded reasonably positive.
My Takeaway
What made this experience memorable wasn't the rejection itself.
Rejections are part of every engineer's career.
What stood out was how quickly the direction changed.
One moment we were discussing future interview rounds, and the next moment the process was over.
Perhaps another candidate was a stronger fit.
Perhaps the compensation expectations didn't align.
Perhaps they were looking for a different background entirely.
The reality is that candidates rarely get complete visibility into hiring decisions.
What I took away from the experience was a reminder that interview outcomes are not always predictable.
A conversation can feel positive and still end with a rejection.
A difficult interview can sometimes result in an offer.
The best approach is to treat every interview as an opportunity to learn, communicate clearly, and move on to the next opportunity regardless of the outcome.
Sometimes the most interesting interview stories are not the ones that lead to offers—they're the ones that leave you wondering what happened.