Freshworks Software Engineer interview experience

The first part was an online coding screen where the questions were generally in the easy-to-medium range, and it was paired with a broader conversation. OS, DBMS, and networking came up, and I also had to talk through personal projects—how I built them and what tradeoffs I made.

As the rounds continued, the format leaned even more toward systems-style breadth and implementation. In one stretch, I hit a set that pulled in computer networks and Linux topics, plus information security-related questions. The overall difficulty felt moderate to difficult depending on the round, and it required