Paytm Software Engineer interview experience

I was asked to design a parking lot, and I spent time thinking through requirements and walking through how the system could work.

The whole thing felt pretty focused and bounded: I discussed the constraints and approach, then started building a design in the same session. It took around half an hour, and once the interviewer was satisfied with my design and the reasoning behind it, the interview ended.

Because this was the only stage I recorded, there wasn’t much more follow-through to describe after that. The format itself was a relief compared to the usual DSA-only rounds I’d seen—more