ServiceNow·Software Engineer

ServiceNow Software Engineer interview experience

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HyderābādPosted Mar 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through a four-round process that started with a proctored coding interview.

The first round ran on Hackearth and had three coding questions covering graphs and array manipulation, plus an advanced SQL query, a prompting question, and two system design questions. It felt packed, like they were testing both breadth and the ability to stay organized.

The next round was more like a technical HR discussion, heavily leaning into database management systems. I was asked to reason about the right queries and to design a database structure for an application, so it wasn’t just definitions—it was applied design.

I kept seeing the “high bar” pattern in the way decisions were

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