4 rounds (OA, tech, tech+HR, EM HR): toposort, SQL, sharding/load-balancing -- no offer

Gurgaon, HaryanaOct 20250by Anonymous

Application

The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Zomato (Gurgaon, Haryana) in Aug 2025

Interview

Role:SDE(Intern+FTE) Intern stipend: 1 Lakh / Month CTC:56 LPA (24Base+Cash Bonus (5+7+9+11 in 4 years)) Mode:On Campus Round 1: Online Assessment 1 DSU moderate ques,1 hard on dp and 1 hard on queries MCQs on aptitude and cs fundamentals Round 2:Tech round by software engineer (45mins) Intro, resume discussion, project discussion,toposort DSA question, good number of ques on OS and DBMS Round 3:Tech +Hr round by software engineer (45mins) 3-4 SQL queries, project discussion, lld on project, standard behavioural questions Round 4:HR round by Engineering manager (20mins) Intro, resume overview,Situational ques, cultural fit questions

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

Cs fundamentals, - OS / DBMS leetcode medium problems, few HLD questions related to Sharding, Load balancers.

The loop · 4 rounds

Online Assessment

1 moderate DSU, 1 hard DP, 1 hard queries problem; MCQs on aptitude/CS fundamentals

Technical (Software Engineer)

Resume/project discussion, topological sort DSA, OS/DBMS questions

Technical + HR (Software Engineer)

3-4 SQL queries, project discussion, LLD on project, standard behavioral questions

HR (Engineering Manager)

Intro, resume overview, situational and cultural-fit questions

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