Swiggy

SDE-1 Backend Developer Interview Experience - Bengaluru, India

February 1, 2023

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Online exam with Easy - Medium LeetCode questions.
Two rounds of in-person interviews with Easy to Medium LeetCode problems.
General OOP concepts, basic CS concepts.

Questions

LeetCode Medium Questions

Basic OOPs and CS concepts.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Swiggy SDE-1 Backend Developer role in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

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Pass Rate

Swiggy's interview process for their SDE-1 Backend Developer roles in Bengaluru, Karnataka is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

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Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Swiggy's SDE-1 Backend Developer interview process in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

Swiggy Work Experiences

Great work but toxic culture

SDE-1 Backend Developer • Former Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Pros: The company is great, and the policies are great and employee-friendly. However, a few people and teams within the company spoil the work culture and make it toxic.

Cons: Toxic teams and hard deadlines

Great work but toxic culture

SDE-1 Backend Developer • Former Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Pros: The company is great, and the policies are great and employee-friendly. However, a few people and teams within the company spoil the work culture and make it toxic.

Cons: Toxic teams and hard deadlines

The environment has strayed

SDE-1 Backend Developer • Former Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

December 19, 2023

Pros: It was fun. The work is challenging and the hours are multiple. Since you have to toil so hard, you will learn a lot as well.

Cons: It's too much negative, and the pressure is real. Everybody is under pressure/stress. Teams have almost no camaraderie. The culture is worsening, and people, nobody is proud of being at Swiggy anymore, which was the case when I joined. No bonuses.

The environment has strayed

SDE-1 Backend Developer • Former Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

December 19, 2023

Pros: It was fun. The work is challenging and the hours are multiple. Since you have to toil so hard, you will learn a lot as well.

Cons: It's too much negative, and the pressure is real. Everybody is under pressure/stress. Teams have almost no camaraderie. The culture is worsening, and people, nobody is proud of being at Swiggy anymore, which was the case when I joined. No bonuses.

Remote Work, Built Infra

SDE-1 Backend Developer • Former Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Pros: Remote opportunity and high-scale system

Cons: Infra and Framework already built.

Remote Work, Built Infra

SDE-1 Backend Developer • Former Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Pros: Remote opportunity and high-scale system

Cons: Infra and Framework already built.

Great work but toxic culture

SDE-1 Backend Developer • Former Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Pros: The company is great, and the policies are great and employee-friendly. However, a few people and teams within the company spoil the work culture and make it toxic.

Cons: Toxic teams and hard deadlines

4.0
Great work but toxic culture
SDE-1 Backend Developer • Former Employee
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
June 21, 2024
Pros: The company is great, and the policies are great and employee-friendly. However, a few people and teams within the company spoil the work culture and make it toxic.
Cons: Toxic teams and hard deadlines

The environment has strayed

SDE-1 Backend Developer • Former Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

December 19, 2023

Pros: It was fun. The work is challenging and the hours are multiple. Since you have to toil so hard, you will learn a lot as well.

Cons: It's too much negative, and the pressure is real. Everybody is under pressure/stress. Teams have almost no camaraderie. The culture is worsening, and people, nobody is proud of being at Swiggy anymore, which was the case when I joined. No bonuses.

2.0
The environment has strayed
SDE-1 Backend Developer • Former Employee
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
December 19, 2023
Pros: It was fun. The work is challenging and the hours are multiple. Since you have to toil so hard, you will learn a lot as well.
Cons: It's too much negative, and the pressure is real. Everybody is under pressure/stress. Teams have almost no camaraderie. The culture is worsening, and people, nobody is proud of being at Swiggy anymore, which was the case when I joined. No bonuses.

Remote Work, Built Infra

SDE-1 Backend Developer • Former Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Pros: Remote opportunity and high-scale system

Cons: Infra and Framework already built.

5.0
Remote Work, Built Infra
SDE-1 Backend Developer • Former Employee
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
April 15, 2025
Pros: Remote opportunity and high-scale system
Cons: Infra and Framework already built.

Swiggy Interview Questions

Maximize Area of Square Hole in Grid

Imagine a grid with horizontal and vertical bars that can be removed. Find the largest possible square you can cut out by strategically removing some of these bars to create a square-shaped hole.

ArraysTwo PointersSliding Windows

Minimum Value to Get Positive Step by Step Sum

You are given an array of integers. Find the minimum positive starting value so that the step-by-step sum is never less than 1.

Count Good Meals

You're given a list of meals, each with a certain deliciousness value. Determine how many pairs of meals have a combined deliciousness that is a power of two.

ArraysTwo Pointers

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