ClearTax·Software Engineer

ClearTax Software Engineer interview experience

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IndiaPosted Sep 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I got pulled in through a referral and the whole process moved quickly—about two to three weeks—with three rounds total.

The first was LLD machine coding: I was asked to design a BookMyShow-style seat selection and booking flow. I picked my preferred language and the interviewer cared that the code was runnable, though I could also earn points by explaining OOP and design patterns clearly. There were follow-up HLD questions after that, and I had to keep justifying trade-offs.

The second round was still LLD, but presented like a design discussion around a Cricbuzz-style scenario for a specific badminton game. Coding wasn’t the main expectation; I used draw.io to explain entities and relationships, and I had to

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