Cashfree Payments SDE-3 Interview Experience

Hi Everyone.

I am a Software Developer with 7 YOE. Recently I had a chance to interview with Cashfree payments. This is my first post in leetcode , do give your suggestions for improvement.

Current Details:- Role & Company :- Senior Associate at Goldman Sachs (~ SDE3 or Lead) YOE :- 7 Years TC :- ~44 LPA

Mode of Application:- Applied Online in multiple platforms. Position in process:- SDE 3 Contacted by :- Recruiting Agency - Company HRs didn't bother until first round clearing.

Round 0 :- 0 Resume Shortlisting.

Round 1 :- Coding and Code review Round Interviewer was an SDE 4 with 9 years of experience. Asked basic easy-medium level questions common to most other companies. Code review was also done where you are expected to undertsand the code logic , acts as a reviewer and give meaningful comments. Was a breeze.

Round 2 :- Machine Coding Round Was asked to discuss and write tic-tac-toe game logic.Work on improvements and general hows and whys to my approach. Was pretty easy - interviewer was someone with 20 years of experience and extremely knowledgeable.

Round 3 :- High Level Design Round Was asked to design a notification service - I know it's a standard question but I had implemented the entire notification service in my previous startup so I never needed preparation for this anyway.

Round 4 :- Director Round Was asked to come to the office . Had to take a break from current office timings to travel to their office. This part was particulary underwhelming owing to multiple reasons. -> Was asked to wait for 2 hours for the director to be available - time is most valuable currency - also commitment is a commitment. -> The director was sleepy when he barged into the discussion room - kept yawning the whole time when I was extremly focussed trying to answer the questions diligently. -> Technical acumen was lacking when I counter questioned on specific implementation details. -> For every answer given , every achievement spoken about , director was adamant that I couldn't have achieved all this myself. Obviously we need mentors , guidance , good rest , fresh mind to work on anything anyways. -> I explained reason for looking out , Director wasn't impressed. Funny part is he himself has switched 8 times in a 20 years career - from what he mentioned.

Sadly after 3 rounds of gruelling interviews , now that I recollect - I was never in contention.

The recruiting agency HR's were extremely supportive and kind in every step - were following up on updates from day 0 till last round , even after last round they followed up .

Hope it helps fellow engineers .