ShareChat Interview Experience | Offer | Accepted | Bengaluru | SDE-1

Lets start with the application: So I applied for the role of SDE-1(Android) role through a link shared by someone on LinkedIn.

I got a mail from their Head HR some 3-4 days after applying for the role.

That mail contained an OA link and they wanted my consent to be available for on-site interviews (3 Rounds in a day).

I replied to that mail immediatley that I would be available for on-sites on the given date. And later I completed my OA.

OA was simple for me as I had to give interviews for SDE-1 (Android) role.

It consisted of some MCQs based on Android Knowledge and 2 DSA questions. DSA questions were leetcode medium only.

I was given some 1.5 hours of time to solve that OA and I solved that OA in less than an hour.

Later after submitting the OA I was very confident that I will be called for on-site interviews but I got no call from HR for on-site interviews.

I followed with HRs on LinkedIn and email and they replied some 4-5 days after the OA via mail. By that time I had lost my hope for further rounds.

But they replied positively and told me over a call that I had successfully cleared my OA and they are going to conduct further rounds via Google Meet only. Yess they ditched the plan of taking 3 rounds in an on-site setting.

Later my 2nd round was Android Basics: In this round I was asked and grilled on Android basics and all about the basic stuff of kotlin and Jetpack Compose.

The feedback was positive so I was moved to round 2 where I was tested on Advanced Android topics like Android Design Architectures and internal working of various android components like ViewModel and there were couple of complex questions on Android Activity and Fragment lifecycle.

After Round 2 I was called for the last round which was HM round which was scheduled for 1 hour but lasted for 1.5 hours. Yess I thought that this round will be easy but this was the hardest round I faced in ShareChat interview process.

The manager grilled me on the kind of work I have done in my current company i.e. Inmobi-Glance. He asked about my hardest feature that I built and challenges that I faced and how I overcame those challenges. And also told me show all the things via a diagram on "excalidraw". Later on he asked me a puzzle based on hour hand and minute hand of clock and I had to find the angle difference between them which I solved after a small hint from him.

After 1 day I got a call from HR where she told that the feedback is positive and they are willing to provide an offer to me.

Then the negotiation process started and after negotiating a little bit we concluded it with: 27.5 LPA base + 2.75 lakhs performance bonus + 2 lakhs joining bonus + 27.27 lakhs of esops + 50K relocation bonus + 20K WFH setup bonus with other standard employee benefits.

I hope this will be helpful to those who are in interview process with ShareChat or who are looking for a job at ShareChat.

Thanks !