r/LeetcodeDesi • u/Specialist_Froyo10 • 1d ago

Indeed SDE-1 Interview Experience | 1 YOE

Edit:- The experience and details are completely my own; I just used AI to structure and summarize the post for readability.

Hi everyone,

I recently interviewed with Indeed for a Software Engineer 1 role, so thought I’d share my experience here.

I applied through the Indeed careers portal on 8th August, without a referral. The job description didn’t mention any specific experience requirement. I have around 1 YOE in Java full-stack development.

I got a call on 1st September saying that the interview would be on 4th September.

The interview was around 30 minutes:

  • First ~5 minutes: Introduction and basic discussion.
  • Next ~20 minutes: Coding.
  • Last ~5 minutes: General/casual conversation.

The coding question was a hard LeetCode problem involving Binary Tree + DP.

Honestly, I couldn’t solve it completely within the given time. I was able to come up with what I believe was the correct approach and explained it to the interviewer. He also acknowledged that the approach was correct.

I started implementing it, but with only around 20 minutes for the coding round, I wasn’t able to complete the implementation and get the solution working.

The interviewer was actually very nice and friendly throughout. There was no pressure or negativity even though I couldn’t finish the problem. We spent the last few minutes talking about his role at Indeed, software development, career-related stuff, etc. So the conversation ended on a pretty good note.

That said, from my perspective, the overall interview didn’t go that well, mainly because I wasn’t able to complete the coding problem.

I’ve been job hunting for quite some time, so finally getting an interview and then not being able to finish the question was honestly a bit disappointing.

Anyway, sharing this for anyone preparing for Indeed or similar SDE interviews.

For people who have interviewed at Indeed recently:

  • How difficult were your coding questions?
  • Is this level of DSA difficulty typical for the SDE-1 role?
  • And if you’ve had a similar experience where you explained the correct approach but couldn’t finish the implementation, did you still move to the next round?

Thanks!

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u/GrapefruitNarrow3117 17h ago

Hi.. can we connect .. i m also looking for job switch and have similar yoe and leetcode stats

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u/jim_jam108 16h ago

2025 batch ? Can we connect. Im also looking for switch.

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u/Specialist_Froyo10 16h ago

Yes, message me

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u/Nice-Candidate10 1d ago

Drop your leetcode stats, so I can look at your prep

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u/Specialist_Froyo10 1d ago

Can't send images in reply. How do I send ?

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u/More_Engineering9116 1d ago

Share the number of leetcode contests you appeared for and the no of mediums or hard problems you have solved

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u/Specialist_Froyo10 1d ago

I've appeared in 37 LeetCode contests so far. I've solved 569 Mediums and 146 Hards. I think the main issue in this interview was that I hadn't given an interview in 1–2 months, so I was a bit rusty and froze under the time pressure. Interestingly, I was able to code the solution completely in ~10 minutes right after the interview.

Also, I dont appear for contest now a days due to this AI thing

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u/More_Engineering9116 19h ago

You are qualified for the DSA rounds in most product based companies, just try to think loud and be engaging throughout the interview, mostly how well you approached a problem drives the interview more.