Snapdeal Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process

The interview process includes a shortlisting phase with 20 MCQs on Android components and one problem-solving question on Arrays. Then, there are three technical interviews. The first technical interview (1 hour via Google Meet) covers basics of Android Components, Java, Kotlin, Data Structures, Activity/Fragment Lifecycle, MVVM, LiveData, WorkManager, Services, Broadcast Receivers, and Collections, including Time/Space Complexity. The second technical interview goes deeper into Handler & Loopers, GC, Coroutines, RxJava, Activity/Fragment Lifecycle, LiveData, WorkManager, Services, Broadcast Receivers, Content Providers, Glide inner functionality, and RecyclerView Optimization. Following these, there's an HR Round for a discussion about the company's future goals, environment, and candidate experiences. Finally, a Managerial Round involves a discussion about work management, sprints, Design Patterns, and Git.

So, the interview had 2 technical interviews, a hiring manager chat, and a design discussion with an architect. The first two technical chats were all about data structures and Java coding, and they cared more about how I approached the problems than the final answers. It was interactive, with hints to help me along. The hiring manager mostly wanted to know if I was keen on Snapdeal and how much I knew about it. The technical architect brought up a rate-limiting problem and another design question about multi-threading. Snapdeal seems to really value hiring people with the right attitude. The whole process was pretty smooth.

So the interview for the Java Tech Lead role kicked off with a phone screen. After that, I had 3 in-person rounds on campus, followed by another phone interview with a senior person. Honestly, it was less intense than other product companies, but they really dug into the tech side of things, like how to solve problems with specific technologies. They asked some basic Java questions, design challenges, and a couple of simple data structure problems. The interviewers were super nice and the whole thing felt pretty straightforward. In the end, HR said I passed and they were happy, but then asked for my offer letter and payslips. That was it. Maybe my salary expectations were too high, even though I told them upfront. It's weird how HR wastes candidates' time when they know the budget is limited. Hopefully, they'll realize someday that people's time and effort in interviews have value.