What is Interview Skool?

Interview Skool is an AI-powered mock interview platform that simulates real FAANG-style coding and system design interviews. An AI interviewer named Alex walks you through every stage: problem clarification, approach design, complexity analysis, coding, and hidden test suite evaluation for coding; requirements, architecture, and deep dives on a whiteboard for system design, and issues a hiring signal at the end.

Does Interview Skool support system design interviews?

Yes. Pick a problem (or go random) and a level: SDE-2, SDE-3, or Staff Engineer. You design on an interactive whiteboard while talking through requirements, architecture, and deep dives with Alex, and get a 0–100 score with per-parameter feedback and level readiness.

How does the AI interviewer work?

Alex is an AI interviewer. It asks probing clarifying questions, validates your approach, challenges your complexity analysis, observes your code against hidden test cases in real time, and adapts its follow-up questions based on your answers, just like a real FAANG engineer would.

Which companies does Interview Skool prepare you for?

Interview Skool currently supports Google, Meta, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and many more companies. Problems are sourced from real interviews at those companies and calibrated to the difficulty bar for SDE-1, SDE-2, and SDE-3+ levels.

What programming languages can I use?

You can code in JavaScript, Python, Java, C++, or TypeScript. Pick the language you are most comfortable with.

How is Interview Skool different from LeetCode?

LeetCode is a problem bank, you solve problems alone and get a pass/fail. Interview Skool simulates the actual interview conversation: Alex asks questions, challenges your reasoning, and evaluates how you communicate, not just whether your code passes. You get a hiring signal and 12-dimension feedback, not just test results.

What is a hiring signal?

A hiring signal is the recommendation a real interviewer would make after your session: Strong Yes, Yes, Lean Yes, or No. Interview Skool computes yours from 12 dimensions including code correctness, communication, DSA knowledge, and optimization mindset.

How much does Interview Skool cost?

Interview Skool offers paid plans. Sign in with Google to see current pricing and get started.

Is it Interview School or Interview Skool?

Interview Skool is a distinct AI-powered mock interview platform at interviewskool.com. The brand is written with a space; the domain is unspaced, and it also appears as 'InterviewSkool' — all three refer to this same platform. Interview Skool is NOT Interview School (interviews.school), which is a different career platform. Interview Skool focuses on coding execution and technical system design with real-time voice AI.

Which companies are hiring SDE 2 engineers in India in November 2026?

In our November 2026 count, the companies with the most SDE 2 and SDE 3 openings in India were Amazon, Mastercard, NVIDIA, Okta, MongoDB, Intel, Pure Storage, Rubrik. In total we found 189 openings at 18 companies, using their official job boards.

Which city in India has the most SDE 2 and SDE 3 jobs?

Bengaluru had the most SDE 2 and SDE 3 openings in our November 2026 count, followed by Pune and Hyderabad.

What is the salary for an SDE 2 in India?

Indian job postings rarely show pay. Our salary guides estimate total compensation for SDE 2 at large tech companies at roughly ₹38L-₹75L a year (for example ₹49L-₹75L at Amazon and ₹38L-₹58L at Microsoft). Mid-size companies and startups usually pay less.

What is the difference between SDE 2 and SDE 3?

SDE 2 is a mid-level engineer, usually with 2-5 years of experience, who builds features independently. SDE 3 is a senior engineer, usually with 5-8+ years of experience, who leads projects and makes design decisions for the team.

Why are Google, Microsoft and Meta not in this list?

Their careers sites do not offer a public job feed, so we could not count their openings the same way as other companies. They are still hiring in India, so check their careers pages directly.

Companies Hiring SDE 2 and SDE 3 Engineers in India (November 2026)

Data collected on November 1, 2026. We update this list every month.

Looking for a mid-level or senior software engineering job in India? We pulled every SDE 2 and SDE 3 opening in India from the official job boards of the tech companies we track.

This month we found 189 openings at 18 companies: 87 at SDE 2 level and 102 at SDE 3 (senior) level. Most are in Bengaluru, followed by Pune and Hyderabad.

Key Numbers for November 2026

	SDE 2	SDE 3 / Senior
Open roles	87	102
Companies hiring	9	17
Top city	Bengaluru	Bengaluru

What Do SDE 2 and SDE 3 Mean?

SDE stands for Software Development Engineer. Companies use numbers to show how senior a role is:

SDE 2 is a mid-level engineer, usually with 2–5 years of experience. You build features on your own and help design parts of a system.
SDE 3 is a senior engineer, usually with 5–8+ years of experience. You lead projects, make design decisions for your team and guide other engineers.

Every company names these levels differently. Amazon says "SDE II" and "SDE III", Salesforce says "MTS" and "SMTS", and most others say "Software Engineer" and "Senior Software Engineer". In this list we group them all into SDE 2 and SDE 3. When a job title does not show the level, we use the years of experience the posting asks for.

All 18 Companies Hiring SDE 2 and SDE 3 in India

Sorted by number of openings.

Company	SDE 2 openings	SDE 3 / Senior openings	Cities	Jobs page
Amazon	62	14	Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai +more	Open jobs
Mastercard	11	19	Pune, Mumbai	Open jobs
NVIDIA	2	22	Bengaluru, Pune	Open jobs
Okta	0	14	Bengaluru	Open jobs
MongoDB	0	10	Gurugram, Bengaluru	Open jobs
Intel	4	3	Bengaluru	Open jobs
Pure Storage	4	1	Bengaluru	Open jobs
Rubrik	0	5	Bengaluru, Pune	Open jobs
GitLab	0	3	Bengaluru	Open jobs
Coinbase	1	1	Remote / several	Open jobs
Databricks	1	1	Bengaluru	Open jobs
PayPal	0	2	Chennai, Bengaluru	Open jobs
Stripe	0	2	Bengaluru	Open jobs
Toast	0	2	Bengaluru, Chennai	Open jobs
Zscaler	1	1	Hyderabad, Bengaluru	Open jobs
Elastic	1	0	Bengaluru	Open jobs
Paytm	0	1	Bengaluru	Open jobs
Salesforce	0	1	Bengaluru	Open jobs

Where the Jobs Are

City	Openings	Companies hiring there
Bengaluru	101	Amazon, Databricks, Elastic, GitLab, Intel, MongoDB and more
Pune	36	Amazon, Mastercard, NVIDIA, Rubrik
Hyderabad	28	Amazon, Zscaler
Gurugram	10	Amazon, MongoDB
Chennai	8	Amazon, PayPal, Toast
Mumbai	5	Mastercard

Bengaluru is still India's biggest tech hiring city by far. Hyderabad and Pune are growing fast, mostly because global companies are opening large engineering centers there.

How Much Do SDE 2 and SDE 3 Roles Pay in India?

Indian job postings almost never show a salary. Here are the ranges from our own salary guides. These are estimates of total compensation (salary + bonus + stock), not posted numbers:

Company	SDE 2 (total per year)	SDE 3 / Senior (total per year)
Amazon	₹49L–₹75L (guide)	₹79L–₹1.29Cr (guide)
Microsoft	₹38L–₹58L (guide)	See Microsoft SDE 3 salary
Google	₹42L–₹62L (guide)	₹75L–₹1.3Cr (guide)
Meta	₹47L–₹69L (guide)	₹71L–₹1.15Cr (guide)

Pay at mid-size companies and Indian startups is usually lower than these numbers, but the gap is smaller for strong senior engineers.

A tip on notice periods: many Indian companies prefer people who can join within 30 days. If your notice period is 60–90 days, say so early and ask if they can wait or buy it out.

How We Made This List

We collected openings on November 1, 2026 directly from the public job boards of 18 companies (their official careers pages). We kept software engineering roles at SDE 2 and SDE 3 level, posted in the last 90 days. Indian job postings almost never show pay, so this list has no salary column.

What is not included:

Google, Microsoft, Meta and Apple. Their careers sites do not offer a public job feed, so we could not count their openings the same way. They are hiring. Check their careers pages directly.
Most Indian product companies, like Flipkart, Swiggy, Zomato, PhonePe and Razorpay. They do not publish a job feed we can read, so this list leans towards global companies with offices in India.
Staff, principal, manager, intern and new-grad roles.
Jobs posted only on LinkedIn or recruiter sites.

Openings open and close every day, so treat the numbers as a snapshot. We publish a fresh list every month.

How to Prepare for These Interviews

Most of these companies use the same interview format for SDE 2 and SDE 3 roles in India:

Online coding test: many companies start with a 60–90 minute test on HackerRank or a similar site.
Coding rounds (2–3): data structures and algorithms problems, solved live while you explain your thinking. Start with our free DSA guides.
System design (1–2): you plan a large system, like a food delivery app or a payment service. SDE 3 candidates get harder design rounds. Read What is System Design? and practice with our case studies.
Hiring manager / behavioral round: stories about your past work, using the STAR method.

Company-specific question lists for companies on this list:

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