Freshworks·Software Engineer

Freshworks Software Engineer interview experience

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Positive

IndiaPosted Dec 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process started with a more DSA-and-coding oriented round, and it quickly shifted into design.

I felt the overall bar was moderate, but the structure still demanded solid fundamentals and clear thinking.

In the coding part, I worked through LeetCode-style problems and was also explicitly expected to cover time complexity when solving. The next stage was low-level design, where they mixed in some DSA and pushed me to reason carefully about implementation details. After that, the interview moved into higher-level design; one round in particular focused on designing a log system, with a higher-level engineer leading the conversation.

What stood out most was the pacing and the “hiring

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