LotusFlare Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process

The interview process at LotusFlare had four stages. First, a recruiter screen. Then, a front-end technical interview. After that, a system design round focusing on a Chat System, and also a LeetCode medium problem. The final round was another system design interview, this time on a Notification System. The whole thing was super organized and very technical. The interviewers were cool, professional, and respectful. They focused on practical problem-solving, not random trivia. The system design interviews really dug into scalability, APIs, and event-driven architectures. The recruiter was on top of communication, keeping me in the loop. It's a challenging process, for sure, but felt fair. It's great for engineers who like tackling system design problems and building things that scale. My advice? Be ready for that last interview.

The HR interview was standard. The first technical interview round had two parts: one with a Frontend (FE) person and another with a Backend (BE) person. The BE interview was alright, involving a coding problem and discussion about my past projects and how I'd tackle issues. The FE interview, I felt, had too many detailed questions. The next day, HR told me I'd have another BE interview since my experience leans that way. That one also seemed okay. But then I waited two weeks for HR to get back to me, and I had to reach out myself. They said I didn't make it. I knew the topics and questions, but I guess I didn't go into enough detail.

HR reached out on LinkedIn for an initial chat, which was a standard HR interview. Next, I had a technical interview focusing on my experience and a live coding challenge. Although I didn't nail the coding 100%, the feedback was positive. Then, a second technical interview followed, similar to the first, but this time the live coding was flawless. After that, they went silent for about a month. Eventually, they informed me I wasn't moving forward, citing the second interviewer's negative feedback without clear reasons, despite my improved coding performance. It felt unprofessional and disrespectful of my time.