Turning taunts into triumph: Bengaluru woman is insulted at start up interview, lands job at Google

Bengaluru software engineer Arpita Das’s story of overcoming interview discouragement went viral. An interviewer at a startup dismissed her abilities, claiming she wouldn’t succeed at big companies like Google or Meta. Undeterred, Arpita used the criticism as motivation. She eventually landed a job at Google, after working at Microsoft and Myntra.