Phonepe Software Engineer interview experience

The questions were described as LeetCode-style, and they also included some non-standard DP and graph problems. The third round mixed HR with basic system design and a deep look at my resume and previous experience, including cross-questions around my projects.

The last stage felt more conversational but still structured—almost like they wanted to see both how I’d talked about my background and how I thought about designing systems at a basic level. Because the earlier rounds already demanded solid technical depth, that resume/system-design mix made the overall difficulty feel higher, and it