Background

• Previous Role: Software Development Engineer at an early-stage startup
• Years of Experience: 4.5

Overview

I got this opportunity through a referral. The HR team at Meesho was responsive throughout the interview process, which consisted of three rounds.

Interview Rounds

1. Machine Coding Round (2 hours)

• Platform: HackerRank
• Task: Design an inventory/order management service
• Process:
  • 40-minute discussion on approach and Low-Level Design (LLD)
  • Implementation in Java using preferred IDE
• Focus: Well-written code, handling concurrent users, and thread safety

2. Design Round (1.5 hours)

• Task: Design a custom ad service
• Emphasis: Scalability and microservices architecture
• Note: Interviewer was supportive and helpful

3. Bar Raiser Round (1 hour)

• Content: Follow-up on weaker areas from previous rounds
• Topics: Distributed systems design and algorithms
• Format: Scenario-based questions
• Note: Interviewer was interactive and helpful

Outcome
Selected for the position

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