KKeyValue·Software Engineer

KeyValue Software Engineer interview experience

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CochinPosted Nov 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process started with a coding round where I solved DSA-focused questions, and then I moved straight into a hackathon-style session.

The hackathon was timed to about four hours and required building a working solution from the given topic. I remember being able to ask clarifying doubts during it, and there was flexibility in the tooling, but I still had to be able to explain what I built and how every part worked.

After the hackathon, I went to a technical interview and then an HR round on another day. The technical interview leaned toward system design topics, and it felt more demanding than the initial coding stage—especially because the questions didn’t feel like a straight test of memorization. For me, the biggest

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