Razorpay Software Engineer interviews center on a DSA-heavy online assessment, a distinctive time-boxed machine coding round, and system design or LLD/HLD discussions for senior levels, closing with a hiring-manager round on projects and fit.
$67K
Avg. Base Comp
$84K
Avg. Total Comp
3-4 rounds
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Razorpay's Software Engineer interviews often start with a coding-heavy online assessment — typically two to three DSA problems at medium-to-hard difficulty, often paired with MCQs on time complexity, OS, or CS fundamentals, delivered inside a one-to-two-hour window. Candidates who clear the OA report moving into one or two technical rounds built around live coding problems (arrays, strings, trees, DP) where interviewers care as much about how you explain your approach and handle edge cases as whether you land the optimal solution.
A distinctive feature of Razorpay's process is the machine coding round, which shows up across levels: building an in-memory database, a load balancer with round-robin routing, a parking lot or notification system, or a UI component like a Tabs widget — always under a tight time limit with an expectation of clean, extensible code rather than a quick hack. For mid-to-senior roles, system design and LLD/HLD discussions go deeper, with several candidates describing pointed pushback on scalability, failure modes, and trade-offs rather than a single sketch-and-move-on conversation.
The process typically closes with a hiring-manager or behavioral round that digs into past projects, architectural decisions, and team fit, sometimes alongside a separate HR conversation. Scheduling and feedback speed vary by candidate — some describe a smooth few-week process with clear updates, while others report rescheduling delays and little closure after rejection, so following up proactively is worth doing rather than assuming silence means nothing is happening.
Synthesized from 23 candidate reports by our editorial team.
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The process had three stages. The first was an online assessment with 20 MCQs and 2 coding questions. The MCQs were the bulk of it, and the coding questions were the part that actually decided how the assessment went for me. The second round was the AI-assisted coding interview, which was the most unusual part. It runs about 60 minutes and is a practical assessment, not a trivia quiz or an algorithm recitation. The interviewers wanted to see how I planned the work, broke the problem down, and executed while working alongside autonomous AI tools. If you go in expecting a whiteboard exam, you'll be thrown off. The final stage was the technical managerial round, which was the last step before a decision. I received a no offer after that round, and I wasn't given detailed feedback on why, so I can't say which stage carried the most weight.
Prep tip from this candidate
Practice short coding tasks while using an AI assistant, focusing on how you plan the steps, check the AI's output, and course-correct, since the AI-assisted round is judged on process rather than memorized algorithms. Also drill the 2 coding questions in the online assessment under time pressure, because the MCQ section takes up most of the time.
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Synthesized from candidate reports. Individual experiences may vary.
Multiple candidates report Razorpay's process typically opens with an online assessment of two to three DSA problems (arrays, strings, intervals, trees, jump-game or peak-finding variants) at medium-to-hard difficulty, sometimes paired with multiple-choice questions on time complexity, CPU scheduling, or code-output prediction, usually completed within a one-to-two-hour window.
Candidates commonly move into one or two live technical rounds where interviewers give one or two DSA problems similar in difficulty to the OA and ask candidates to talk through their approach, edge cases, and optimizations out loud; several reports note interviewers seem more interested in reasoning and communication than a flawless first pass.
A recurring stage across levels is a time-boxed machine coding round — candidates describe being asked to implement things like an in-memory database, a load balancer with round-robin routing, a parking lot or notification system, an EMI calculator, or a UI component, typically in 45 to 90 minutes with a stated expectation of clean, extensible code rather than just passing test cases.
For mid-to-senior candidates, a separate high-level or low-level design round appears frequently, covering topics such as scalability, sharding, failure points, or designing services like messaging, booking, or notification systems; several candidates describe interviewers pushing back on trade-offs rather than accepting an initial design without follow-up.
The process typically closes with a hiring-manager round focused on past projects, technical decisions, and culture fit, and in some cases a separate HR conversation covering standard behavioral questions; candidates generally describe this stage as more conversational than the earlier coding and design rounds.
