INTERVIEW PREP · INDIA
Flipkart software engineer interview
The rounds at each level, what interviewers score, and the questions candidates report, linked to problems you can solve here with the editor, walkthrough video and solutions in four languages.
Levels
The rounds, in order
Pick your level above to see only your rounds. Each step links to a guide on how that round is scored.
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Online assessment · 90 min
Campus and hiring-drive candidates take a test with about three DSA problems.
SDE 1
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Low-level design / machine coding · 90 min
Machine coding: about 90 minutes to build and submit a working app, then a 30-minute walkthrough of the code, sometimes the next day.
SDE 2, SDE 3
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Coding (DSA) · 45 min
Problem Solving & Data Structures (PSDS): usually two medium problems, often DP, trees, recursion or graphs; some candidates get a second PSDS round.
SDE 1, SDE 2, SDE 3
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System design (HLD) · 60 min
A design round mixing LLD with some HLD for SDE-2; SDE-3 goes deep on both.
SDE 2, SDE 3
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Hiring manager · 45 min
Past projects, the architecture of your current org, and behavioral questions.
SDE 1, SDE 2, SDE 3
ScreeningCodingDesignBehavioralDecision
What interviewers look for
- Working, runnable machine-coding output within the time limit
- Extensible design when a new feature is added
- Concurrency handling (expected at SDE-3)
- Correct, optimal DSA with clear reasoning
- Justifying design choices: why, not just what
Topics to focus on
Weighted by what candidates say comes up and by the reported questions below.
Coding questions candidates report
Each links to the AlgoRung problem: write-up, animated walkthrough, solutions in Java, Python, C++ and JavaScript, and an editor with hidden tests. Shared questions show the other companies that ask them.
- Longest Substring Without Repeating Characters Medium Arrays & Hashing also Amazon, Netflix, Adobe
- Asteroid Collision Medium Stack also Swiggy
- First Missing Positive Hard Arrays & Hashing also Microsoft, Walmart Global Tech
- Word Break Medium Dynamic Programming
- Cheapest Flights Within K Stops Medium Graphs also Google, Airbnb, Swiggy
- House Robber Medium Dynamic Programming also Adobe
- Trapping Rain Water Hard Arrays & Hashing also Amazon, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs +1
- Rotting Oranges Medium Graphs
- 0 - 1 Knapsack Problem Medium Dynamic Programming also Goldman Sachs
- Unique Paths II Medium Dynamic Programming
- Largest Rectangle in Histogram Hard Monotonic Stack
No questions match.
Flipkart coding questions by topic · Flipkart SDE 1 interview · Flipkart SDE 2 interview · Flipkart senior interview
Also reported, not on AlgoRung yet (2)
Valid Mountain Array · Cherry Pickup
Design questions
Machine coding is the first filter for SDE-2 and SDE-3: build a small in-memory app, then defend it. SDE-2 gets an LLD-heavy design round with some HLD; SDE-3 must go deep on both and handle concurrency.
- Reported: Task scheduler assigning tasks to worker threads (machine coding) Job scheduler · walkthrough
- Reported: Food ordering system (machine coding) Food delivery · walkthrough
- Reported: Notification system Notification system · walkthrough
- Reported: Ledger for transactions from many services Payment system · walkthrough
- Reported: Flash-sale inventory at big-sale scale Flash sale · walkthrough
Also reported: Interview slot scheduling system (machine coding)
Flipkart system design questions in detail · How to answer any design question: the LADDER method
Worth knowing
- The DSA round is called PSDS (Problem Solving & Data Structures).
- Machine coding is about 90 minutes of coding plus a 30-minute review.
- A typical SDE-2 loop is four rounds: machine coding, PSDS, design, then hiring manager.
- A January 2026 report mentions an extra round added over suspected AI use in machine coding.
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Sources
Written in our own words from these public pages and candidate reports, checked November 2026. Company names are trademarks of their owners.