Position: SDE-1 Flipkart
Location: Bangalore, India
Interview Period: Apr 2021
Interview Mode: Virtual
Total rounds: 2 Tech + 1 hiring manager round

Round1(1hr : 30mins):
Machine Coding round, had to Create an online music recommendation system which suggests songs according to user taste.

Features :

1. Add a new song to data store.
2. Add a new user to the system.
3. Create a playlist for the user (Assume single playlist for simplicity)
4. Add songs to the user’s playlist
5. Display user’s playlist
6. Recommend songs based on user preferences

Round2 (1hr):
PSDS(Problem solving and Data Structures round)
Q1: : String Problem (Constructive Algorithm , can't recall the exact problem)

Q2: Given a tree T of N nodes and an integer K, find number of different sub trees of size less than or equal to K. The interviewer slightly tweaked the problem after I sloved the initial version .

Round3 (1hr):
Hiring manager round.

Questions on Devops , general git pipelines , CI/CD , agile and code reviews.
Role play with HM as an Engineering Manager (He was playing role of Product Manager).
(Discussions on Functional Requirements , Non Functional Requirements , Scalablity and evolution of Product (Chat Application taken as an Example))
Discussion on projects, backgorund , and situational questions etc.
In the end, I have also asked them about my role, team structure, tech stack and their expection from me.

I got positive review of this round, both of the interviewer seemed convinced and in the end they said that they really liked the conversation.

Verdict: Selected