Myntra

Role: Software Engineer - Frontend (React JS)

College: Not Specified

Interview Date: 2021

Interview Type: Off-Campus

Result: Selected

Difficulty: Medium

Rounds: 4 rounds

Topics Asked: Data Structures, Algorithms, React JS, JavaScript, System Design, Behavioral

Experience:

This candidate applied for the Software Engineer - Frontend (React JS) position at Myntra through a referral. The recruitment process consisted of 4 rounds.

Round 1 (Technical interview - Problem Solving): The interviewer posed 3 coding questions. The emphasis was on discussing all approaches (brute force to efficient), corner/edge cases, and complexity.

• Delete Nth node from the end of a given linked list.
• A program to check if strings are rotations of each other or not.
• Add parenthesis around each number in a string such that it has an exact number of parentheses as the number itself, using an optimized way to minimize parentheses. Example: 213 -> ((2)1((3))).

Round 2 (Technical interview - Data Structures): This round again involved 4 coding questions.

• Delete a Node from the linked list without a head pointer.
• Check for Balanced Brackets in an expression.
• Minimum Number of Platforms Required for a Railway Station.
• Lowest Common Ancestor in a Binary Tree.

Round 3 (Hiring Manager Interview): This round focused on the candidate's current job responsibilities and work, including tech stack, API design, use cases, and implementation. Discussions included designing logic for a chess app and implementing a program that reads a book file to create an audio version. Questions on React JS and JavaScript were also asked, such as:

• Why a page might refresh multiple times?
• Lifecycle methods in React.
• State Management in React.
• Design an API to dynamically position components on a page.

Round 4 (HR Interview): This was a discussion about personal projects and general behavioral questions.

• Strengths & Weaknesses.
• Most challenging experience in any project.
• Best advice received.
• Why are you looking for a new job?
• Why do you want to join Myntra?

Overall Experience: The candidate was selected.