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Senior Software Engineer at PhonePe

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

How it went

  • Be Honest But Confident

What they would tell you

  • Be Honest But Confident

How to prepare

  • SOLID principles
  • Different Patterns
  • DSA

Round by round

  1. 1

    Machine Coding90 min

    Design a Warranty Claim Processing System

    • Accept claims with product ID, purchase proof, and issue description.
    • Route requests to verification, repair, or replacement workflows.
    • Track claim lifecycle and integrate with logistics for replacements.
  2. 2

    LLD60 min

    The second round was discussion-based round combined with LLD questions, first went over my machine coding approach, discussing design choices, and improvements. Then the interviewer asked about SOLID principles, related design concepts, probing my understanding of object-oriented design

  3. 3

    DSA Round60 min

    I could only come up with the brute force solution at that moment, though I couldn’t optimize it further.

What came up

MediumRemote5+ years

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