Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Zinnia with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 22.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Zinnia overall takes an average of 27 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Zinnia as a Software Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
Background check: 17%
Group panel interview: 17%
Drug test: 17%
Other: 17%
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Great interview. 3 rounds of interviews. Technical questions are asked. I would definitely study up on your coding languages and be prepared for anything they throw your way. That is all.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would I query data in SQL without using case statements.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Zinnia (Bengaluru) in Oct 2025
Interview
First Round was an Online HackerRank based Assessment (included 2 Questions ; 1 was Leetcode Medium and the other one was Leetcode hard)(duration - 70 min)
Interview Round - 1 : Technical Interview consisting of
I) OOPS(C++/Python)(Python preferred)
II) DSA - Leetcode easy
III) SQL(until joins)
Interview Round - 2 :
It was an HR Round;
but was also asked about latest AI trends(Agentic AI & MCP's)
and also some Probability
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Do you stay updated about the latest ongoing AI trends?
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Zinnia (Hyderābād) in Sep 2025
Interview
Round 1: 3 coding question in college - medium
Round 2: Technical Interview at zinnia office-Projects, SQL,DSA,JAVA OOPS
Round 3: HR Interview at Zinnia office immediately after Technical Round of Interview
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Zinnia (Hyderābād) in Aug 2025
Interview
It was good, they asked basic questions from my resume
2 DSA questions in first round , one to reverse a set of 10 numbers and in 2nd round 2 sum problem with some modification of leetcode
some DBMS, SQL , OOPs basic questions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They first asked about the projects which was related to sql and DBMS so , they asked so many questions from that
Then OOPs questions and 2 DSA questions , one was reverse of a string and other was palindrome check .
In 2nd round they gave two DSA questions
one was 2 sum problem with all pairs that make the given sum
second was to find how many string in a vector are similar to a given string in cyclic manner.