Flipkart Software Engineer interview experience

I got two prompts in the same session: first, a straightforward merge of two linked lists, and then a backtracking challenge that required implementing a DFS-style exploration to print a path from the top left to the bottom right in a grid while moving in four directions.

The backtracking question stood out because it needed careful recursion and clear reasoning about state, not just a working solution. The coding portion felt like a pure test of whether I could communicate the approach and implement it without getting lost in details.

In the end I didn’t get an offer. The experience still