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Razorpay Interview Experience 2025-2026 | Real Candidate Stories & Tips
Read authentic Razorpay interview experiences from recent candidates 2025-2026. Round-by-round breakdown, questions asked, preparation tips, and strategies for Razorpay placement.
Razorpay is India’s leading fintech (payment gateway, business banking). Interviews stress DSA, system design for payment systems, and problem-solving approach. Below are authentic experiences and the typical Razorpay placement process (2–3 weeks; 70% or 7.0+ CGPA; ~10–15% OA pass rate).
Interview Process
Section titled “Interview Process”| Round | Duration | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| Online Assessment | 90 min | 2–3 medium–hard coding (arrays, strings, DP, graphs); HackerRank or internal |
| Technical Interview 1 | 45 min | DSA, coding, approach and optimization |
| Technical Interview 2 | 45 min | System design (payment gateway, transactions, distributed systems), project deep dive |
| Managerial Round | 45 min | Behavioral, problem-solving, impact |
| HR Round | 30 min | Why Razorpay, compensation, role |
Languages: Python, Java, C++, Go. Bar: 7.0+ CGPA.
Experience 1: SDE-1 – Selected ✅
Section titled “Experience 1: SDE-1 – Selected ✅”Profile: Final year CS, 7.8 CGPA. Offer: ₹21 LPA (total).
OA (90 min)
Section titled “OA (90 min)”- 2–3 problems: array/string, DP, graph. Solved 2 with optimal solutions; focused on edge cases and clean code.
Technical Round 1 (45 min)
Section titled “Technical Round 1 (45 min)”- Questions: Subarray problems (two-pointer/sliding window); LRU cache implementation; string/pattern matching. Brief project discussion.
- Discussed time/space complexity and optimization.
Technical Round 2 (45 min)
Section titled “Technical Round 2 (45 min)”- System design: Design payment gateway (flows, idempotency, retries); design transaction processing system; discuss scalability, DB, and APIs.
- Deep dive into a backend or payments-related project from resume.
Managerial & HR
Section titled “Managerial & HR”- Why Razorpay? Interest in fintech and B2B. STAR for problem-solving and impact. Compensation discussed.
Tips: Razorpay values DSA and payment-system design. Practice payment gateway, transaction processing, and trade-offs (consistency, availability).
Experience 2: Backend Engineer – Selected ✅
Section titled “Experience 2: Backend Engineer – Selected ✅”Profile: 1 year experience. Offer: ₹26 LPA.
- 2–3 medium–hard problems; solved 2 fully with optimal approaches.
Technical Rounds
Section titled “Technical Rounds”- Round 1: Tree/graph problem; design data structure for get/min with updates. Round 2: Design wallet or fraud detection (high level); discuss scalability and security. Project deep dive.
Common themes
Section titled “Common themes”- Medium–hard DSA, payment-system design, and clear explanation of trade-offs.
Common Questions (Razorpay)
Section titled “Common Questions (Razorpay)”Coding
Section titled “Coding”- Two Sum, LRU Cache, Merge Intervals
- Arrays: subarray, two-pointer, sliding window
- Strings: pattern matching, manipulation
- DP: knapsack, LCS, edit distance
- Graphs: BFS/DFS, shortest path, topological sort
System Design
Section titled “System Design”- Payment gateway
- Transaction processing system
- Wallet system
- Fraud detection (high level)
HR / Behavioral
Section titled “HR / Behavioral”- Why Razorpay? B2B payments?
- Describe a tough technical problem you solved
- How do you handle ambiguity?
Related Resources
Section titled “Related Resources”Coding Questions
DSA and coding problems.
Preparation Guide
Complete placement strategy.
2024 & 2025 Papers
Previous year papers.
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Last updated: February 2026