Paytm Software Engineer interview experience

Both of those technical rounds leaned on DSA, with medium-to-hard expectations overall. The questions weren’t just about getting to an answer—they were framed so the interviewer could see whether I was thinking toward an optimal solution.

During the calls, I remember feeling that the interviewers were looking for my approach and reasoning as much as correctness. When I got stuck, they didn’t just stop at silence; they would steer me with hints so the discussion could continue and I could show how I was thinking.

It felt like a tougher technical track than a simple fundamentals check, and it