Recently interviewed with Agoda for Senior Software Engineer role. Sharing the interview process and questions asked.

Outcome:
Received rejection before final managerial/culture-fit round despite clearing earlier rounds.

Round 1 — Coding Round (60 mins)

Problem 1: Feasibility of Printing Within Given Days

Given:
Array representing pages in book chapters
Fixed daily printing limit
Number of days D

Constraints:

• Chapters must remain in order
• Chapter cannot be split across days

Task:
Determine whether printing all chapters within D days is possible.

Example:
Pages = [100, 200, 300, 400]
Daily limit = 500
D = 3

Output:
true

Main concepts:

• Greedy simulation
• Binary search feasibility style thinking

Problem 2: Minimum Daily Printing Limit

Given:

Pages array
Number of days D

Task:
Find minimum daily printing limit required to finish printing within D days.

Example:
Pages = [100, 200, 300, 400]
D = 3

Output:
500

Main concepts:

• Binary Search on Answer
• Feasibility function

Round 2 — System Design Round (60 mins)

Design a Flight Booking System

Topics discussed:

• End-to-end service flow
• REST APIs for search and booking
• Scalability
• Load balancing
• Observability/monitoring
• Handling network failures
• CAP theorem tradeoffs
• Different types of testing applicable to this system

Discussion went deep into:

• Booking consistency
• Concurrent seat booking
• Failure scenarios
• Distributed systems concepts

Round 3 — Preliminary HR/Discussion Call (15 mins)

Topics:

• Previous round feedback
• Preferred location: Singapore or Gurugram
• Salary expectations
• Relocation willingness
• Notice period

Round 4 — Techno Managerial / Culture Fit (Scheduled but not reached)

Was informed rejection before this round.

Hope this helps others preparing for Agoda backend/system design interviews.