Round 1: Online Assessment (OA)

2 Coding Questions (both medium level).

Topics: Arrays, HashMap, Sliding Window.

Solved both within time.

Round 2: Coding Round

In this round total 2 questions were asked to solve on DSA.

• 1 Medium level coding question on longest subsequence from string.
• 1 Hard level graphs question on Finding Shortest path with k Hops

Implemented efficiently and discussed edge cases and possible optimizations.

Round 3: Low-Level Design (LLD)

Question: Design a Cab Booking System

Covered:

Entities: Rider, Driver, Trip, Cab.

Core functionalities: booking, allocation, ride status.

Class diagram + flow + API design.

Follow-up: Scalability considerations & edge cases.

Round 4: Hiring Manager Round

• This round was basically mixed of system design plus techno managerial round.Discussed previous projects.

• Deep dive into Design Patterns used.

• Conversations around Kafka, Redis optimizations, database internals.

• Also checked thought process around scaling systems and handling bottlenecks.

Verdict: ❌ Not Selected

Feedback: Performance was good in all rounds.

Final rejection reason: Switching within 3 months of joining current company.

👉 Overall, good learning experience. Swiggy’s interview process is structured and balanced across DSA, LLD, and system knowledge.