Equall (LTCV Credit) | SDE | Bangalore | Rejected
March 31, 2026 · 0 reads
Summary
I attended a system design round where I was asked to design a food delivery platform, but was rejected because I did not provide running code.
Full Experience
Status: 2.10 YOE Position: SDE (Loan Management System) Location: Bangalore
Round 1: LLD & System Design
- Started with a deep dive into my resume.
- LLD: Design a Food Delivery Platform. I explained the core entities and relationships. When I started writing the boilerplate and constructors, the interviewer stopped me to save time, mentioning that standard boilerplate is understood.
- Design: Discussed the schema for the platform. We then had a deep dive into idempotency for payments and how to handle webhooks.
Verdict: Rejected. The feedback I received was "Did not have running code." This was incredibly frustrating since the interviewer explicitly told me to skip the implementation of constructors and boilerplate to focus on discussion.
Interview Questions (1)
1.
Design a Food Delivery Platform
System Design
Design a Food Delivery Platform. Explain the core entities and relationships, discuss the database schema, and address concerns such as idempotency for payments and handling webhooks.