Flipkart, Swiggy, Razorpay, PhonePe & Zomato

Intermediate · 18 min read · Company Guides, India

Published values, what their interviews probe, and the stories to lead with.

India's product companies interview differently from the classic big-tech loop, but they're just as values-driven. Several publish their values and say they hire against them. Razorpay, for example, says its interview process is "deeply intertwined" with its six values.

The loop at Indian product companies

Candidates commonly report a structure like this. Formats vary by company, team and level, so confirm with your recruiter.

Flipkart

Source: company page (Flipkart's early-careers site; the same five values appear in Flipkart's own stories blog and job postings).

Swiggy

Source: company page (Swiggy's blog, "What We Value at Swiggy", December 2022). Swiggy groups its eleven values into three parts:

Razorpay

Source: company page (Razorpay blog, "Beyond resumes: setting A-teams through values-driven interviews", April 2024). It names six values and says what candidates should be ready to discuss for each:

PhonePe

Source: job postings. PhonePe's careers page doesn't list values. Its own job postings have listed values including:

Zomato / Eternal

Source: press reports. The parent company was renamed from Zomato to Eternal. We didn't find an official, current values list for engineering hiring. Press coverage (People Matters) describes traits the company looks for:

Common threads, and how to prepare

Across these companies, five behaviours come up again and again:

Sources

Key takeaways

  • Indian product companies typically combine coding, design and a hiring-manager or culture round, where stories, motivation and level are decided.
  • Flipkart: five values. Swiggy: eleven values in Heart, Head and Hands. Razorpay: six values with explicit interview guidance.
  • PhonePe's values come from its job postings, and Zomato/Eternal's traits from press reports. Check their current pages.
  • Common threads: customer first, ownership, speed, integrity and transparency, and disagree-and-commit.

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