Swiggy's SDE hiring runs on an interview process, not a single written exam — an online assessment, then a loop of technical rounds mixing DSA, low-level design, and a hiring-manager discussion that often blends behavioral and technical questions together. The exact rounds vary by role level and team, but the outline below is the pattern that shows up most consistently across recent (2025) candidate reports.
Typical Swiggy SDE interview process
| Stage | What it tests | Typical length |
|---|---|---|
| Online Assessment | 2–3 DSA questions (LeetCode-medium range), sometimes a live-coding CRUD build instead of pure DSA | 90–180 min |
| Technical Round(s) — DSA | 1–2 rounds of DSA, occasionally paired with language/framework fundamentals (e.g. Java/Spring internals) | 45–60 min each |
| LLD Round | Low-level design of a real product feature (cart, cab booking, expense splitting) — requirements gathering, entities, class design, patterns | 45–60 min |
| Hiring Manager Round | Project deep dives, system-design or architecture discussion, and behavioral/culture-fit questions — often mixed in the same round | 30–60 min |
Some loops fold system-design/architecture discussion into a bar-raiser or hiring-manager round rather than running it as a separate stage — be ready for it even if your invite doesn't name it explicitly.
Process varies by team, level, and requisition. SDE-1 loops lean more heavily on DSA and LLD fundamentals; SDE-2 loops regularly add an architecture-focused bar-raiser round on top. Treat this table as the common pattern, not a guarantee of your exact loop.
Prepare each track on its own terms: DSA, LLD, and Behavioral & Culture-Fit questions.