India, July 30 -- A marketing professional from Delhi has sparked a conversation on LinkedIn after claiming that she was rejected for a Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) role, partly due to her having young children.

She also shared a screenshot of her post-interview conversation with one of the company's human resources personnel, who acknowledged that one of the reasons she was rejected was because she had young children.

In a post that has gone viral, Pragya detailed how her 14-minute interview with the promoter of a consumer brand left her surprised and disappointed. According to her LinkedIn post, she spent the first 11 minutes summarising her 11-year-long career - and the only questions she was asked in the remaining three minutes wer...