Flipkart SDE-2 Interview Experience | June 2024

Overview

I recently interviewed with Flipkart for an SDE-2 role in June 2024. The process involved several technical rounds, and I felt confident about my performance in each. However, the subsequent HR communication (or lack thereof) left me in an ambiguous situation.

Machine Coding Round

This round was quite extensive, lasting about 2.5 to 3 hours. My task was to design a movie review system with specific functionalities. I believe this round went exceptionally well as I was not only able to meet the core requirements but also implemented some optional features, which seemed to impress the interviewer.

Following this, I received a call the very next morning, inviting me to the subsequent round.

Problem Solving / Data Structures & Algorithms Round

Scheduled for June 10th, this round focused on standard Data Structures and Algorithms questions. While I don't recall both problems asked, one of them was a classic LeetCode problem, Path Sum II. I felt confident about my approach and solution.

Once again, I received a call the next morning to proceed to the Design Round.

Design Round

In this round, I was challenged to design Spotify. The discussion covered both Low-Level Design (LLD) and High-Level Design (HLD) aspects, along with comprehensive scalability discussions. I managed to address almost all the questions effectively, though I did momentarily forget to mention Elasticsearch as a potential solution for the search implementation. Despite that minor slip, based on my answers and the interviewer's reactions, I felt this round also went very positively.

Post-Interview Experience

This is where the process took an unexpected turn. Unlike the previous rounds, I did not receive a call the next day. I initially assumed there might be a delay, perhaps due to scheduling for the next stage with a Hiring Manager. However, weeks passed, and I received no further communication whatsoever—no invitation for another interview, no formal rejection, nor any update on the job status.

I have made numerous attempts to contact the recruiters via calls, emails, and texts over the past two weeks, but all my efforts have been met with silence. I even tried reaching out to my Design Round interviewer on LinkedIn for some insight, but unfortunately, I was ghosted there as well. This has been my first experience of this nature, and I'm quite perplexed and disappointed by the lack of closure.