Nykaa·Software Engineer

Nykaa Software Engineer interview experience

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

I interviewed for a Java backend role and ran into a very specific kind of problem in the first technical stage.

The round centered on a DSA question—merging two sorted arrays. I walked through my approach and I offered multiple ways to solve it, explaining different tradeoffs and variations.

The interviewer, though, seemed focused on a single “most optimized” direction and didn’t really follow my reasoning even after I presented several options. I could feel the conversation narrowing rather than evaluating the full set of ideas I was sharing, and that mismatch hurt my confidence in the moment. The end result was a rejection after that round.

What surprised me most was how little my explanations

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