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← Paytm

Staff+ Full-stack at Paytm

Full-stackStaff+Offer◆ Commonly asked· 2024

5-round staff fullstack process. Fast-paced; expect follow-ups that push on depth.

The loop · 5 rounds

01

Round 01 · 3 questions

DSA / Coding

Data structures & algorithms on a whiteboard or shared editor.

  • Combination sum.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #backtracking
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
  • Validate a binary search tree.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #tree#dfs
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
  • Rotting oranges.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #bfs#grid
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
02

Round 02 · 1 question

Low-Level Design

Object-oriented / low-level design of a focused module.

  • Design a movie-ticket booking system (BookMyShow).
    Staff+Hard◆ Commonly asked
    #oop#concurrency
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
03

Round 03 · 2 questions

System Design

High-level architecture of a large-scale system.

  • Design a ticket booking system (inventory + concurrency).
    Staff+Hard◆ Commonly asked
    #concurrency#transactions
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
  • Design an object storage service like S3.
    Staff+Hard◆ Commonly asked
    #storage#scale
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
04

Round 04 · 1 question

Hiring Manager

Scope, ownership, and role-fit discussion with the manager.

  • How do you handle disagreement with a product partner?
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #collaboration
05

Round 05 · 2 questions

Behavioral / HR

Values, collaboration, and past-experience (STAR) questions.

  • Tell me about a time you had to learn something quickly.
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #learning#star
  • When did you have to make a decision with incomplete data?
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #judgment#star

◆ This experience is composed from commonly reported questions for this role and level. Real, individually-shared interviews will be layered in over time.