What is Machine Coding?
What is Machine Coding? Learn what a Machine Coding Round is, how it differs from DSA & LLD, and why Flipkart, Uber, Swiggy and more use it onsite.
Machine Coding Round is a practical software engineering interview round where candidates are asked to design and implement a working software system within a limited time.
Unlike a traditional DSA interview, which mainly focuses on algorithms and data structures, a Machine Coding Round evaluates how well you can design, structure, and write real-world software.
Companies such as Flipkart, Myntra, Swiggy, Cred, Razorpay, Uber and more use Machine Coding Interviews to evaluate practical software engineering skills — not just algorithmic speed.
How it differs from DSA & LLD
What interviewers look for
The objective is not simply to make the application work. Your solution should be well-designed, easy to understand, maintainable, and extensible when new requirements are introduced.
Typical Machine Coding Round questions
A Machine Coding Round may ask you to build a system such as:
- Parking Lot
- Elevator
- Movie Booking / Splitwise
- Vending Machine / In-Memory Database
Machine Coding Round is an interview where you turn a real-world problem statement into a working, well-designed piece of software. It tests not just whether you can code, but how you design and write code.