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← PhonePe

Staff+ Full-stack at PhonePe

Full-stackStaff+Outcome unknown◆ Commonly asked· 2023

5-round staff fullstack process. Pragmatic questions — more real-world than pure puzzles.

The loop · 5 rounds

01

Round 01 · 3 questions

DSA / Coding

Data structures & algorithms on a whiteboard or shared editor.

  • Kth largest element in an array.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #heap#quickselect
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
  • Product of array except self.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #array#prefix-sum
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
  • Subtree of another tree.
    Staff+Easy◆ Commonly asked
    #tree#dfs
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
02

Round 02 · 1 question

Low-Level Design

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

  • Design an in-memory file system.
    Staff+Hard◆ Commonly asked
    #oop#trees
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
03

Round 03 · 2 questions

System Design

High-level architecture of a large-scale system.

  • Design a real-time collaborative editor (client side).
    Staff+Hard◆ Commonly asked
    #frontend#crdt#realtime
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
  • Design a video streaming service like YouTube.
    Staff+Hard◆ Commonly asked
    #cdn#storage#transcoding
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
04

Round 04 · 1 question

Hiring Manager

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

  • What would your first 90 days here look like?
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #planning
05

Round 05 · 2 questions

Behavioral / HR

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

  • Describe something you shipped that you were not proud of.
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #tradeoffs#star
  • How do you handle being blocked for several days?
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #ownership#star

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