Dialpad Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process
Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.
Based on 58 interview experiences · FREE TO READ
Candidate interview experiences
First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at Dialpad.
Dialpad
Software Engineer
Senior Average Neutral experience No offer 7 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Technical screen Technical screen Onsite Panel
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical Coding System Design Behavioral
The interview process included a recruiter call, followed by a behavioral interview. Then there were two technical interviews with coding tests, and a system design interview. Finally, a hiring manager or leadership interview, and potentially an onsite interview. This is a pretty standard process for all candidates.
Confirmed questions1 question
- For the technical interview, calculate the knight move from a starting position S to a target position T.
Dialpad
Software Engineer
Entry Easy Positive experience No offer 1 round
Interview process
Technical screen Technical screen
Interview formats
Coding System Design
I had two back-to-back interviews, lasting about 2 hours total. They were with engineers, and they were really nice and easy to talk to. It was one easy leetcode question and one systems design question.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- Tell me about a leetcode easy question.
- Can you describe a simple design system problem relevant to Dialpad?
Dialpad
Software Engineer
Mid Easy Negative experience No offer 4 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Technical screen
Interview formats
Technical Behavioral
I originally interviewed at Dialpad for SWE for one team, and had a hiring manager call then told me that they routed a different candidate interviewing for a different team into this current role. I was then interviewed for a different team, and had to go through a hiring manager call again, then after two technical interviews and 1HR, which I did very well in, and was able to solve and provide optimal solutions, I did not get any followup after two weeks, even after emailing them. Seems very unorganized and there was no feedback at all.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Can you draw a clock and show the directions?
Dialpad Software Engineer Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from Dialpad interview reports.
“Find contiguous sub-arrays in an array of integers that sum up to a given integer, K.”
Read reports →“Given a 2D grid where each cell has a cost: 1 means you can move right, 2 means you can move down, and 3 means you can move both right and down, what is the maximum cost to reach the destination from the source?”
Read reports →“What is the minimum number of operations to transform a source word into a target word by changing one letter at a time, ensuring each intermediate word is a valid English word?”
Read reports →“Given a map of tasks with dependencies, retrieve them in order where tasks with no dependencies are first.”
Read reports →“How many steps does it take to get from a source string to a destination string if you can only change one character at a time, like going from cat to dog?”
Read report →“How do you find a node in a Binary Search Tree?”
Read report →“Design an API to count and retrieve key counts from the past 10 minutes.”
Read report →“How many ways can you get from a starting point to an end point in a 2D grid, only moving right or down?”
Read report →“Solve a Hard problem from geeksforgeeks: Design a stack that supports getMin in O(1) time and O(1) extra space.”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 58 Dialpad interview reports.