Cred

I interviewed for an SDE-2 role at CRED in December 2025 and was ultimately rejected. The interview process included initial screening, a comprehensive system design and low-level design round with a take-home assignment, and a hiring manager round, where my shallow understanding of fundamental concepts like LSM Trees, SSTables, and AI attention mechanisms led to my rejection.

The candidate had a positive technical interview experience with CRED for an SDE-1 role, but the process ended without a clear outcome due to poor communication from HR.

I successfully landed an SDE1 Backend offer at Cred in Bengaluru, a challenging journey that included an online assessment, an in-depth low-level design round, a problem-solving discussion, and a managerial interview, all completed within a single day.