J'ai postulé en personne. Le processus a pris 2 mois. J'ai passé un entretien chez Paytm (Bengaluru) en mai 2020
Entretien
Initially told 2 rounds
1) programming
2) Design round
But later added one more design round
3) Desing round 2
Questions were very easy and very basic for this position. Overally not a good experience with the interview process as its not streamline. HR doesnt know how many rounds in total will be there
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Programming round: Deadlock, program on pub sub using blocking queue (only 2 question 45 mins)
Desing round: Desing distributed notification service
Design round2: Same question of design round 1 (design notificaiton service)
J'ai postulé via une autre source. Le processus a pris 3 jours. J'ai passé un entretien chez Paytm (Bengaluru) en avr. 2026
Entretien
3 elimination rounds. Interviewers were respectful and pleasant throughout the process, and the HR was very responsive and supportive. System design discussions were fairly fundamental-focused, covering core concepts and basic architectural reasoning.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
1. Designed a rate limiter and LRU cache, followed by strong follow-up discussions around trade-offs and edge cases.
2. Designed a notification system with thoughtful follow-up questions focused on scalability, reliability, and design decisions. (Scale for OTP and promotional campaigns)
There were 4 rounds that happened:
1. SQL - Asking medium to hard SQL queries
2. Coding - Asking medium to hard SQL queries
3. Design - Designing a data warehouse/datalake
4. Hiring Manager - Team fitment and cultural fit
J'ai postulé via une agence de recrutement. Le processus a pris 1 semaine. J'ai passé un entretien chez Paytm (Bengaluru) en janv. 2022
Entretien
Coding followed by 2 Technical rounds.
1st round. The interviewe came very tired and frustated.
It was 45 minutes interview. First 20 minutes he gave asked about my project in next 25 minutes he asked me to solve two leetcode hard questions .
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
2 Leetcode hard questions. Frustated guy came to take interview who asks 2 Leetcode hard questions in 25 minutes
