Priya Nair
Senior SDE at Flipkart
📋 Overview
5 rounds including a machine coding round. Flipkart focuses heavily on Java, Spring Boot and system design. The machine coding round was the most challenging.
Rounds
5
Level
3-5 yrs
Difficulty
Hard
Result
Selected
👨💼 Interview Rounds
HackerEarth online test — 3 problems in 2 hours
Questions Asked:
- →Graph BFS/DFS
- →DP problem
- →String manipulation
Core Java + Spring Boot concepts
Questions Asked:
- →Java memory model
- →Spring Boot auto-configuration
- →Microservices patterns
Machine coding round — build a parking lot system in 90 mins
Questions Asked:
- →Design and implement a parking lot system with OOP principles
Design Flipkart's product search system
Questions Asked:
- →Design search with filters, sorting and pagination at scale
Culture fit and compensation discussion
Questions Asked:
- →Why Flipkart?
- →Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
💡 Tips from Priya Nair
Practice machine coding problems — parking lot, library management, etc.
Strong Java OOP and design patterns knowledge is essential
Prepare Kafka, Redis and microservices architecture questions
System design: focus on e-commerce specific problems
🏷️ Topics Covered
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Practice the topics mentioned in this experience.