Technical Lead applicants have rated the interview process at Photon with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 30.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Technical Lead roles take an average of 7 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Photon overall takes an average of 14 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Photon as a Technical Lead according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 43%
Phone interview: 29%
Background check: 14%
Other: 14%
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I applied through other source. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Photon (Bengaluru) in Aug 2014
Interview
Two Technical rounds, one manager round and one HR round.
smooth experience.
enjoyed the interview process.
got hike and role, what I expected.
most of the questions was related with frameworks.
in manager round asked about project planning.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I don't think so, there was no one question was most difficult
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Photon in Dec 2025
Interview
Hacker rank test with basic core Java and one programming test total of 5 to 6 questions. One of them is you need finish the program with test case coverage
Interview was good, they ask what are the major project you work on what are framework you have exposer of and few days after that I got the review of that particular interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
GenAI use case and how you handle it in product integration and framework which is easier to build in.
I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at Photon (Chennai) in Feb 2024
Interview
There was online test and it was quite tough and Hands on experience is required to clear the test as they will expect us to code a particular functionality and based on the test result we will be allowed to next rounds of interviews
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Test asked to code related to provide Entiy frame work linq query to fetch data