Interview Experiences

A 3-round Zepto loop over about 2 weeks via referral: a deep JavaScript round, a React machine-coding round with real product scenarios and repeated extensions, and a hiring manager round mixing project depth, behavioral, and product thinking. Polyfills are favourites: Promise.all, debounce, throttle, curry. Machine coding is extended two or three times, not just the base feature. Be ready to defend every project on your resume three levels deep. Use the product before the HM round. Talk through your thinking out loud. Role: SDE 2, Frontend. Location: Bangalore. Compensation: 30 to 40 LPA. Process: 2 weeks, via referral. Compiled from publicly reported frontend interview patterns. May vary by team and interviewer.

A depth-first CRED loop: one technical round, two machine-coding rounds (vanilla JS, then React), and a cultural-fit round with the Tech Lead who reads back feedback from every prior round. Vanilla JS carries as much weight as React. State design is the real test in the React round. Know why you want CRED specifically. Role: Frontend Developer. Location: Bangalore. Compensation: 28 LPA. Format: Onsite loop. Compiled from publicly reported frontend interview patterns. May vary by team and interviewer.

A standard product company loop: JavaScript and React depth, a frontend system design discussion, DSA, and a hiring manager round. Questions below are what candidates reported for this loop. Role: Frontend Engineer Location: Chennai Compensation: Senior band 4 interview rounds with real reported questions and study answers. Compiled from publicly reported frontend interview experiences.

The take home assignment carries the most weight, and a later round is build and defend, so every decision in your submission must have a reason. Prototype chain, async JS, web security, and DOM internals come up in senior rounds. Unit tests are non negotiable. Role: Senior Software Engineer Location: Bangalore Compensation: Senior band 3 interview rounds with real reported questions and study answers. Compiled from publicly reported frontend interview experiences.

A focused 3 round loop covering problem solving, React design, and fundamentals. Expect rapid follow ups on every answer. Role: Senior Frontend Engineer Location: Remote / Bangalore Compensation: Senior band 3 interview rounds with real reported questions and study answers. Compiled from publicly reported frontend interview experiences.

5 rounds. Vanilla JavaScript skill is non negotiable and polyfills come up in almost every loop. Machine coding favors structure over speed. The hiring manager round tests seniority, not syntax. Role: Frontend Engineer Location: Bangalore Compensation: ~38 LPA 3 interview rounds with real reported questions and study answers. Compiled from publicly reported frontend interview experiences.

React and real time performance focused. Test cases in the assessment are strict, especially empty states and API failures. Machine coding favors clean structure over raw speed. Role: SDE II Frontend Location: Bangalore Compensation: ~30 LPA 4 interview rounds with real reported questions and study answers. Compiled from publicly reported frontend interview experiences.

Heavy on DSA for a frontend role. The online assessment filters fast, and the in office DSA round goes up to hard level. Practice array and tree problems until they feel automatic. Role: SDE 2 Location: Bangalore Compensation: ~34 LPA 4 interview rounds with real reported questions and study answers. Compiled from publicly reported frontend interview experiences.

DSA is in TypeScript here, so prepare in TS. The take home assignment is reviewed line by line in a later round, and polyfills plus object manipulation matter more than React trivia. Every round is elimination. Role: Frontend Engineer Location: Bangalore Compensation: ~30 LPA 3 interview rounds with real reported questions and study answers. Compiled from publicly reported frontend interview experiences.

The manager round is harder than people expect, and every answer gets a follow up. Use the product before you walk in, because they ask for real opinions on it. Role: SDE 2 Frontend Location: Gurgaon Compensation: ~42 LPA 3 interview rounds with real reported questions and study answers. Compiled from publicly reported frontend interview experiences.

4 rounds, same day, back to back. Fintech, so security and performance are tested together, not separately. Role: UI Engineer II Location: Bangalore Compensation: ~35 LPA 4 interview rounds with real reported questions and study answers. Compiled from publicly reported frontend interview experiences.

PhonePe's SDE-1 loop is structured and fast-moving: an online assessment on HackerRank, a DSA round focused on stacks/queues and strings, a light system design discussion on payment retry logic, and HR. Role: Software Development Engineer (SDE-1) Location: Bangalore Compensation: ~18 LPA band (varies by college and negotiation) Timeline: ~2 weeks from OA to offer Verdict: Selected 4 interview rounds with reported questions, study answers, and references below.