Zoho's reported campus and off-campus processes include written tests, coding rounds, and application-style exercises. The experiences below name different roles and dates; they do not add up to one standard sequence.
Fresher software developer: off-campus, 2024
One candidate described a written aptitude and programming test, then two coding rounds and a system-design round. The first coding round included Pascal's Triangle (source), String Compression (for example, aabbbcdddd becomes a2b3cd4, source), and a shortest path through a grid with blocked cells (source). The second included a missing-number problem (source) and Merge Intervals (source). These prompts are in the Zoho software developer experience (2024).
The third round asked for an asset-management system to track software licenses installed on employee devices. The report lists date-range questions such as expired licenses, installations by software or vendor, and spending by employee. The candidate says they did not proceed after that round.
MTS and SDE-1 reports
An MTS off-campus candidate described a technical interview focused on resume technologies and a console-based food-delivery application in an advanced programming round (source). The report also names HashMap internals, database normalization, login authentication, and clustered versus non-clustered indexes (same source). It does not name the six medium DSA questions, so they are not listed as prompts here: Zoho MTS report on LeetCode Discuss (year not stated in source text).
A separate SDE-1 report lists Rod Cutting (source), Hiker's Problem (minimum-effort path, source), Sudoku Solver (source), Number of Islands (source), and Safe Nodes (source) in a three-hour programming round. The Zoho SDE-1 report identifies these by name but does not publish full constraints (2025).
How to prepare for the Zoho fresher, MTS, and SDE-1 reports
For fresher roles, practice moving between standard algorithms and small product-like requirements. For MTS, expect questions tied closely to the technologies on your resume, based on the cited candidate's experience. Use the sources for the full task wording and constraints. You can compare them with interview questions and answers and the company interview hub.
Frequently asked questions
Which coding questions are named in the Zoho SDE-1 report?
The three-hour programming-round account names Rod Cutting, Hiker’s Problem, Sudoku Solver, Number of Islands, and Safe Nodes. The source does not provide full constraints for each problem.
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