Phonepe·Software Engineer

Phonepe Software Engineer interview experience

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BengaluruPosted Nov 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My journey began with an HR debrief covering basic logistics like salary and expectations, along with my past experience and what I was looking for.

Then came the technical rounds. I had a machine coding task where I was given an application to develop in about an hour. I could make code changes offline and submit within the time limit, but the expectation was that what I submitted should be executable. After that, there was a machine coding debrief where the interviewer reviewed my code and asked lots of “why” questions about the decisions I made.

Finally, I had two easy-to-medium DSA problems to solve under an hour. I didn’t clear the process. What stayed with me was how intense the debrief felt—being challenged on the reasoning behind

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