Got the offerSoftware Engineer 2 at PhonePe
- Difficulty
- Process took
- 2-3 Weeks
- Rounds
- 4
- Format
- Remote
- Applied via
- Company Website
How it went
They asked me to designing a customer complaint management system, customers raise complaints which are assigned to agents based on their expertise
Round by round
- 1
Low Level Design60 min
They asked me to designing a customer complaint management system, customers raise complaints which are assigned to agents based on their expertise
- 2
Coding Round60 min
There were two questions Q1: Find the minimum number of swaps to make a string palindrome I never seen this one before, so I tried a greedy approach, then i share my thought process, wrote the code Q2: Given a binary tree, find the sum of all nodes at the deepest level
- 3
High Level Design60 min
Design an online multiplayer quiz platform I highlight core logic like matching players of similar skill, handling leaderboard updates, and scoring algorithms
- 4
Hiring Manager Round60 min
Interviewer was senior engineering manager, he asked about my projects He asked about leadership- Have I mentored anyone? How do I handle disagreement on a team? What do I do when priorities change? Culture and fit- Why PhonePe? What kind of team did I want to join? Behavioral questions- “Tell me about a time you failed.” “How do you handle feedback?” I tried to be honest, not just give rehearsed answers.
What came up
A candidate-reported account, lightly edited. Interview processes change by team and date.