College - Tier 1 College

Years of Experience: 2 yrs
Prior Experience: EdTech(Noida)
Previous Salary: INR 14 lpa (fixed) + 1 lpa performance Bonus

Date of the Offer: June, 2025
Company: Gojek
Title/Level: Software Engineer L-2
Location: Gurgaon
Fixed Salary: INR 29,30,000
Joining bonus: INR 3,00,000

Total comp (Salary + Bonus) = 34.5 LPA + Joining Bonus(3 Lakh)

Zomato - 40 LPA (32 Base + 8 performance Bonus)
Rejected this offer.

I had given around 15+ interviews. At last I got these 2 offers.
Details about other interviews

1. PhonePe(2 interviews)
   i. 1st interview:- rejected in 1st round because not able to solve DSA problem
   ii. 2nd interview - rejected in 4th managerial round due to not properly explain the System design problem

2. Zomato + Blinkit(3 interviews)
   i. 1st interview - rejected in 2nd round
   ii. 2nd interview - rejected in 1st round
   iii. 3rd interview - selected

3. Adobe Bengaluru - Given total 4 rounds, before giving final decision of the 4th round, they hired someone internally.

4. Swiggy - Rejected in 2nd round(had not got the reason of rejection)

5. INDMoney - (2 interviews)
   i. 1st Interview - Rejected in 1st round
   ii. 2nd Interview - rejected in 3rd Managerial round(able to answered all the questions that interviewers asked but I had taken more time than the time limit in 3rd round so I was rejected).

There are many other companies where I had given interviews and failed to clear all rounds
Other companies:-
i. Ixigo(2 times)(interviewers was not good),
ii. WinZo,
iii. Pocket FM(rejected in 3rd round, total 4 rounds),
iv. Kuku FM,
v. Target,
vi. Grab(rejected in 2nd interview due to not able to design image-cache library),
vii. Playo(rejected in 4th interview round),
viii. Meesho(rejected in 3rd managerial round),
ix. Paytm,
x. Ontic(total 4 rounds, cleared 3rd round but not given 4th round because it was onsite interview)
xi. 5-6 startup companies as well.

Instahyre and LinkedIn - These are the places from where I applied for the above companies.

After each of the rejection from companies I was demotivated for 1-2 days after that I prepared my self again for the next interviews.
By the way, I am from tier 1 college still faced lots of rejection because I am weak in english communation skills, and behavioural question but still tried my best to explain solution of problems which was asked in the interviews.

So guys, dont loose hope. Keep applying, keep giving interviews, and prepare each of the questions that was asked in the interviews for the next one.

Good Luck.