Scapia Interview experience - ~4 years exp
Summary
I interviewed at Scapia for a software engineering role with nearly 4 years of experience; I cleared machine coding, HLD, HM, and HR rounds but was not proceeded after the design round due to minor gaps.
Full Experience
current exp - 3 years 10 months college - tier 1 company - ecommerce ctc - 48 ( 38 fixed + 10 esops) Applied via linkedIn , then hr reached out and scheduled rounds
1st round - machine coding they asked me to design movie ticket bookinh system, feedback for this round was positive
2nd round - HLD - F2F first the discussion started with the current project and deep dive into it , then they moved to the design. requirement was to build a notification service as a platform , to which clients can onboard and can have priority notifications . notifications can include sms, pn , email, and we might have integration with multiple third party like twilio. asked to implement retries and everything.
HM round - F2F discussion majorly went into the projetcs that i have done , discussion went around for 20 minutes , then some behavioural questions , then questions related to AI.
HR round - F2F behavioural discussion majorly , like why scapia etc.
some other guy also came - and we discussed about the product and how the business works , this discussion went well , it took around 20 minutes
then discussion with DOE he came and told me that feedback was positive in every round , but while discussin the comp he said there are one / two gaps in the design round and so we cant go beyond
base 46 and esops around 10 lakhs. i tried negotiating but max they did was to make base 47. they said they dont give joining bonus to anyone.
am i getting lowballed ?
Interview Questions (2)
Design Movie Ticket Booking System
Design a movie ticket booking system. The candidate was asked to architect the overall system, covering components such as user interface, seat selection, payment processing, inventory management, and scalability considerations.
Design Notification Service Platform
Build a notification service platform where clients can onboard and send priority notifications. The service must support multiple channels (SMS, push notifications, email), integrate with third‑party providers like Twilio, and implement retry mechanisms for failed deliveries.