Disney+HotStar Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Positive

Gurgaon, HaryanaPosted Jan 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through a smaller set of rounds: a coding round and then a system design round.

The coding portion was framed around a medium question from a common practice source, and the format was exactly what I expected for a technical screen.

The system design round ended up being the more interesting part. I was asked to design a video streaming pipeline, and the discussion centered on how the pieces of the pipeline should work together. It felt like a genuine design conversation rather than just naming components.

I was rejected after the second round, so the process stopped there. Even so, the system design discussion was the highlight for me—it made the role feel concrete,

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