Paytm Money Interview Experience:
Role: Senior Software Engineer(Backend)
Round 1: Online Assessment (OA)
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Duration: 63 minutes
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Format: 2 coding questions (medium-easy) + 6 MCQs (DSA theory around tree etc)
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Result: Passed ✓
Round 2: DSA Interview
-Duration: 1 hour
-Questions Discussed:
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Unique Paths (Dynamic Programming)
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Search in Rotated Sorted Array(Binary Search)
-Additional Topics:-
1 . Spring Boot: Basics and annotations.
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Garbage Collector: Lifecycle and working principles.
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Stream API: Features and lifecycle
- Result: Passed ✓
Round 3: HM / System Design Interview
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Duration: 1 hour
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Focus Areas:
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In-depth project discussion (impact, trade-offs, architecture, testing, future improvement).
-HTTP Status Codes: Understanding 4xx (client errors) and 3xx (redirection).
-Coding Question:
Find the Kth Node from the End in a Linked List
-Threading Question:
Using two threads, print numbers from two arrays (odd and even) in sequence:
Example: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
- Result: Fail
Unfortunately, i did not receive the offer letter. The overall process took about two weeks (from the OA to the final round).
