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Zomato Mid-level (3–5 years) Technical deep dive

#4246

What principles do you follow when designing RESTful APIs? — Zomato interview

Reported in Zomato interview loops. API design question covering resources, HTTP semantics, and versioning.

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Zomato Mid-level (3–5 years) Behavioral

#4247

Tell me about a time you disagreed with a teammate. How did you handle it? — Zomato interview

Reported in Zomato interview loops. Behavioral STAR question assessing collaboration and conflict resolution.

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Zomato Mid-level (3–5 years) System design

#4248

Design a distributed rate limiter for an API gateway — Zomato interview

Reported in Zomato interview loops. System design testing token bucket, sliding window, and Redis coordination.

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Zomato Mid-level (3–5 years) System design

#4249

Design a URL shortening service — Zomato interview

Reported in Zomato interview loops. Foundational system design covering APIs, encoding, storage, and read-heavy scaling.

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Zomato Mid-level (3–5 years) Coding / DSA

#4250

Explain and implement Dijkstra's algorithm for shortest paths — Zomato interview

Reported in Zomato interview loops. Graph algorithm for non-negative edge weights using priority queue.

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Zomato Mid-level (3–5 years) Coding / DSA

#4251

Solve the 0/1 knapsack problem with dynamic programming — Zomato interview

Reported in Zomato interview loops. Classic DP testing tabulation, space optimization, and item selection reconstruction.

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Zomato Mid-level (3–5 years) Coding / DSA

#4252

Design and implement an LRU cache with O(1) get and put — Zomato interview

Reported in Zomato interview loops. Hash map plus doubly linked list problem bridging DSA and system components.

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Zomato Mid-level (3–5 years) Coding / DSA

#4253

How many distinct ways can you climb n stairs taking 1 or 2 steps at a time? — Zomato interview

Reported in Zomato interview loops. Introductory dynamic programming problem isomorphic to Fibonacci.

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Swiggy Mid-level (3–5 years) Coding / DSA

#4254

How do you perform topological sort on a directed acyclic graph? — Swiggy interview

Reported in Swiggy interview loops. Graph algorithm for task scheduling, build systems, and course prerequisites.

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Swiggy Mid-level (3–5 years) Technical deep dive

#4255

What is dependency injection and why is it useful? — Swiggy interview

Reported in Swiggy interview loops. Java/Spring staple connecting OOP design to testable service architecture.

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Swiggy Mid-level (3–5 years) Technical deep dive

#4256

How do you version a public API without breaking clients? — Swiggy interview

Reported in Swiggy interview loops. API evolution question covering compatibility, deprecation, and communication.

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Swiggy Mid-level (3–5 years) Behavioral

#4257

Tell me about a project that failed or missed its deadline. What did you learn? — Swiggy interview

Reported in Swiggy interview loops. Behavioral question testing accountability, retrospectives, and growth.

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Swiggy Mid-level (3–5 years) Technical deep dive

#4258

Compare ACID and BASE consistency models in databases — Swiggy interview

Reported in Swiggy interview loops. Distributed data question bridging SQL transactions and NoSQL eventual consistency.

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Swiggy Mid-level (3–5 years) Technical deep dive

#4259

How does Node.js handle concurrent requests with a single thread? — Swiggy interview

Reported in Swiggy interview loops. Node.js architecture question on libuv, event loop phases, and worker threads.

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Swiggy Mid-level (3–5 years) Technical deep dive

#4260

When would you use useState versus useReducer in React? — Swiggy interview

Reported in Swiggy interview loops. React hooks question on local state complexity and predictable updates.

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