Zomato (Eternal) SDE hiring runs on an interview process, not a single written exam — typically 1 to 4 rounds mixing DSA, system design, low-level design, and a culture-fit conversation. The exact number and order of rounds varies by role level (SDE-1 vs SDE-2), whether you're applying on-campus, off-campus, or via referral, and sometimes even compresses to a single long round — the outline below is the pattern that shows up most consistently across recent (2025–2026) candidate reports.
Typical Zomato SDE interview process
| Stage | What it tests | Typical length |
|---|---|---|
| Technical Round(s) | DSA (arrays, trees, graphs, sliding window), plus system design or low-level design questions often drawn straight from Zomato's own product surface (menus, orders, delivery tracking) | 45–90 min each |
| Onsite / In-person Round(s) | Resume deep-dive, hands-on machine coding or concurrency exercises, and further HLD/LLD depth for SDE-2 and above | 45–60 min each |
| Managerial / Culture-Fit Round | Motivation, career goals, and behavioral/culture-fit questions — usually the final round | 20–40 min |
Some SDE-1 loops compress everything — DSA, database internals, and a machine-coding exercise — into a single long technical round, so don't assume you'll get separate sessions to recover from a weak start on one topic.
Prepare each track on its own terms: DSA and Behavioral & Culture-Fit questions.