Swiggy·Software Engineer

Swiggy Software Engineer interview experience

Posted Dec 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My Swiggy SDE-1 Backend interview experience for the LLD round went badly, and it was mostly because I froze when the problem started.

I was asked to design a Notification System, and while I knew the topic in theory, I completely blanked out during the discussion. My communication wasn’t smooth, and I struggled to lay out a coherent design as the interviewer moved through the conversation.

What made it frustrating was that LLD wasn’t just about listing components—it felt like the interviewer wanted me to walk through decisions step by step in a way that sounded confident and structured. Instead, I kept losing my thread, which meant I wasn’t able to explore the design properly or respond fluidly to follow-ups.

I didn’t

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