PepsiCo·Software Engineer

PepsiCo Software Engineer interview experience

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HyderābādPosted Apr 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process started with a more intensive technical round where I had to work through both an architecture discussion and a coding problem.

The scenario was a simplified air traffic monitoring system: flights had IDs plus 3D position and movement details like latitude/longitude, altitude, speed, and heading. I was asked to simulate movement over a time interval and detect conflicts when two flights came closer than a minimum safe separation distance.

After that, I moved into a system design round, then an onsite face-to-face conversation centered on my earlier project and how I approached it. The last step was a coding round focused on Java Spring Boot—building REST services with the required business logic and adding unit

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