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Rejected

SSE 2 at MakeMyTrip

Difficulty
Process took
1-2 Weeks
Rounds
3
Format
Remote
Applied via
Email

How it went

Even though I didn’t get the offer, it was a great learning experience

What they would tell you

Even though I didn’t get the offer, it was a great learning experience

How to prepare

To anyone prepping for MakeMyTrip or similar product companies Master mediums level problem in all topics Practice LLD (Uber, Ola, BookMyShow, etc)

Their background

Working as a backend engineer for 4.5 years CTC- 40

Round by round

  1. 1

    Coding Round60 min

  2. 2

    Low Level Design60 min

    Asked LLD of cab/ride booking like rapido

  3. 3

    HM Round60 min

    Started with technical questions most of them Java-specific Java questions

    • What is the difference between HashMap and ConcurrentHashMap?

    • How does synchronized work in Java?

    • What is the volatile keyword used for?

    • Explain thread lifecycle and executor framework. Multithreading & Kafka

    • How do you handle race conditions?

    • What is idempotency, and how do you implement it in a message-driven system?

    • Can you lose messages in Kafka? How do you prevent that? Answered most of these well

    My past experience (project related)

    • How do I analyze production issues?

    • What’s my CI/CD pipeline like?

    • How do I set up dashboards and alerts? Behavioral questions

    • How do you handle disagreement in a team?

    • Describe a time you took ownership of a bug.

    • How do you mentor juniors?

What came up

MediumRemote4 5 years

A candidate-reported account, lightly edited. Interview processes change by team and date.

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