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Meesho employs a highly structured, multi-stage hiring process that typically begins with an Online Assessment (OA) featuring medium-to-hard difficulty coding challenges and core subject MCQs. The interview pipeline emphasizes practical coding, Low-Level Design (LLD) for system components, and in-depth project discussions, often focusing on production-readiness and technical depth.
The candidate underwent three rounds: PS-DS, Machine Coding, and Hiring Manager. They were selected for the SDE-2 role at Meesho.
A 1-hour round consisting of 2 coding questions.
Minimum Steps to Reach Target by a Knight (Coding Ninjas)
Remove All Adjacent Duplicates in String II (LeetCode)
A 1.5-hour round focused on designing a Snake & Ladder game.
Snake & Ladder Game Design
A 1-hour round involving project discussion and behavioral questions.
Project Discussion
Behavioural Questions
The candidate participated in a technical round but was not shortlisted for a second round.
Online Assessment with a duration of 90 minutes. Format: 25 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) and 3 SQL Queries.
The interview began with introductions, followed by a technical round where the interviewer provided a document containing questions. The candidate was required to type answers directly into the document.
A database-related question requiring the use of ROW_NUMBER(), RANK(), and DENSE_RANK() functions. Explanation of the expected output was required.
Write a SQL query for a given database that involved applying a WHERE condition.
A query based on grouping and using the WHERE clause.
A complex SQL query that required the use of subqueries and a WITH statement.
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