Phonepe Software Engineer interview experience

The focus was on string manipulation.

I remember tackling problems like adding to form a palindrome and working on anagrams. Everything was timed and self-contained, so there wasn’t much interactive back-and-forth—just the coding challenges and my ability to execute quickly and correctly.

I didn’t clear it and didn’t get an offer. What surprised me was how much the string-focused prompts required getting the details right under time pressure, and how unforgiving that automated format can be when you’re trying to juggle correctness and speed at the same time.