A tech professional has sparked an intense debate online after walking out of a job interview for being called out for arriving just three minutes late. The story, shared on Reddit’s r/IndianWorkplace community, has gone viral under the title “Culture at 09:03 is very important for an interviewer.”

In the post, the user described how an Indian hiring manager — who was the Team Lead (IT Operations) — immediately reprimanded them for being late by three minutes.

“An Indian hiring manager, team lead (TL) of IT Operations, bragged because I was late for 3 minutes on my job interview. I apologised, told them I was having logistics issues,” the techie wrote.

Culture at 09:03 is very important for an interviewer

by u/Efficient_Finance935 in IndianWorkplace

However, what followed next made

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