Cashfree Software Engineer interview experience

One part of the process felt very hands-on: troubleshooting scenarios that were tied closely to APIs, with a focus on how I’d reason through a specific setup rather than just recite theory. I also remember SQL coming up for basic query understanding.

Later rounds pushed toward system-level thinking. I went through a system design/distributed-systems style conversation that covered scalability and topics like sharding, and the discussion also touched on foundational web/security concepts such as TLS/HTTPS and how those fit into the OSI model. The interviewers were polite and helpful, and they