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Airtel Payments Bank Backend Engineer Interview Questions

The questions to prepare for a Airtel Payments Bank Backend Engineer interview. Questions from real interview reports rank first. Updated daily.

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CodingStart here. 7 questions · ~72 min
Custom LRU Cache ImplementationEasy
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Build an O(1) LRU cache for Airtel Payments Bank session data using a hash map and doubly linked list.

cachingData Structureslru cacheAirtel Payments Bank
Maximum Sum Contiguous SubarrayEasy
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Use Kadane's algorithm to find the contiguous subarray with the largest sum in linear time.

Dynamic ProgrammingArraysGreedyAirtel Payments Bank
Maximum Subarray Sum VariantMedium

Evaluates your ability to adapt classic DP/array techniques to variants.

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System Design4 questions · ~41 min
Service Discovery and Load BalancingHard

Evaluates your approach to resilient routing and scaling across microservices.

service discoveryload balancingmicroservicesAirtel Payments Bank
Sharding for Financial RecordsHard

Assesses your ability to design scalable, partitioned storage for high-volume financial data.

partitioningAirtel Payments Bank
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Technical Fundamentals6 questions · ~61 min
SOAP vs REST APIsMedium

Evaluates your understanding of API styles and when to use each.

Communicationapi designtechnical knowledgeAirtel Payments Bank
Hashing and Efficient Data StructuresMedium

Assesses your grasp of hashing concepts and performance tradeoffs in data structures.

performanceData StructureshashingAirtel Payments Bank
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More topics1 question · ~10 min
Optimize Search Queries at ScaleHard

Tests your ability to improve query performance using indexing, query planning, and data modeling.

database optimizationperformancesqlAirtel Payments Bank
Hands-on SQL practiceWrite and run real queries in the editor. 3 drills · ~30 min
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