Paytm·Software Engineer

Paytm Software Engineer interview experience

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Shimla, Himachal PradeshPosted Sep 2021 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through a three-round flow where the rounds felt like they had distinct purposes.

The first round centered on programming basics, then the second round moved firmly into DSA. The third round was the HR-style crossover—more of a tech-plus-managerial conversation tied to Java and puzzles.

In the DSA section, I had to focus on core structures like trees and graphs, and I could feel that the questions weren’t meant to be solved by guesswork. The programming basics round also mattered because the interviewer expected clean fundamentals before moving deeper.

What surprised me was how much the final round blended Java and “puzzle” style questions together rather than staying

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