Rippling | SDE 2 | Offer | India

🔹 Rippling Interview Experience – Software Engineer

Total Exp: 4+ Years

📌 Round 1: Technical Screening (Coding + System Design Flavor)

Problem: Build a delivery cost tracking system
Asked in 3 parts:

1. Cost Calculation
   

   add_driver(driverId)
   add_delivery(driverId, startTime, endTime)
   get_total_cost()

   Discussed approach, data structures, and time complexity before coding.
2. Payment Tracking
   

   pay_up_to_time(upToTime)
   get_cost_to_be_paid()

3. Analytics
   

   get_max_active_drivers_in_last_24_hours(currentTime)

   Didn’t implement fully due to time, but the approach was discussed and accepted.

📌 Onsite Round 1: Coding + System Design

Problem: Music Analytics System

1. Most Played Songs by Unique Users
   

   add_song(songId)
   play_song(userId, songId)
   print_analytics()

2. Recently Played Unique Songs
   

   print_recently_played(userId)
   print_recently_played(userId, k)

📌 Onsite Round 2: Hiring Manager Round

Behavioral + Project discussion
HR shared prep questions. Discussed one main project in detail.

📌 Onsite Round 3: Coding + Rules Engine

Problem: Validate business rules on expenses
Rules like max total amount, seller type limits, expense type restrictions
Discussed how to model rules dynamically and validate them against expenses.

📌 Onsite Round 4: System Design

Problem: Design a Google News-like aggregator
Talked about crawling, indexing, ranking, and scalability.

Final Verdict: Offer (Verbal confirmation from HR after a few days)