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← Zepto

Staff+ Backend at Zepto

BackendStaff+Rejected◆ Commonly asked· 2025

A staff backend loop. Coding-heavy early, design and behavioral later.

The loop · 5 rounds

01

Round 01 · 3 questions

DSA / Coding

Data structures & algorithms on a whiteboard or shared editor.

  • Sliding window maximum.
    Staff+Hard◆ Commonly asked
    #deque#sliding-window
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
  • House robber II.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #dp
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
  • Median of two sorted arrays.
    Staff+Hard◆ Commonly asked
    #binary-search
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
02

Round 02 · 1 question

Low-Level Design

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

  • Design a chess game (pieces, moves, board).
    Staff+Hard◆ Commonly asked
    #oop
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
03

Round 03 · 2 questions

System Design

High-level architecture of a large-scale system.

  • Design an event-driven order pipeline with retries.
    Staff+Hard◆ Commonly asked
    #events#queues
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
  • Design an online code judge / evaluator.
    Staff+Hard◆ Commonly asked
    #sandboxing#queues
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
04

Round 04 · 1 question

Hiring Manager

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

  • What does a great engineering culture look like to you?
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #values
05

Round 05 · 2 questions

Behavioral / HR

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

  • Tell me about a time you went above and beyond for a customer.
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #customer#star
  • A time you influenced a decision without authority.
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #influence#star

Practice each round across every company

  • DSA / Coding
  • Low-Level Design
  • System Design
  • Hiring Manager
  • Behavioral / HR

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