Phonepe Software Engineer interview experience

After I submitted, there was an interview discussion tied to my solution where they checked it against the set of inputs they had.

The second round was a DS/Algo interview. The difficulty felt medium, but it also seemed like the interviewer already had a specific approach in mind. I could see that they were trying to steer toward that expected line of thinking, which made the conversation feel more targeted than purely exploratory.

I didn’t end up with an offer. What stood out to me was that my ability to explain the logic mattered, but alignment with the interviewer’s preferred approach