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← Zerodha

Staff+ Full-stack at Zerodha

Full-stackStaff+Rejected◆ Commonly asked· 2025

A staff fullstack loop. 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.

  • Sliding window maximum.
    Staff+Hard◆ Commonly asked
    #deque#sliding-window
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
  • Sort colors.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #two-pointers#array
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
  • Set matrix zeroes.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #matrix
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
02

Round 02 · 1 question

Low-Level Design

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

  • Design a vending machine.
    Staff+Easy◆ Commonly asked
    #oop#state-machine
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
03

Round 03 · 2 questions

System Design

High-level architecture of a large-scale system.

  • Design a Google Docs-style collaborative editor (frontend).
    Staff+Hard◆ Commonly asked
    #frontend#crdt#realtime
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
  • Design an image-heavy gallery with lazy loading and a CDN.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #frontend#perf#cdn
    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.

  • Why this company, and why this role?
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #motivation
  • Tell me about a time you led without a title.
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #leadership#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.