# How to Get a Job at CRED in 2026: Open Roles, Interviews and Tips

- Link: https://100xfounder.com/how-to-get-a-job-at-cred/
- Published: 2026-10-12T16:42:00+05:30
- Author: Ishaan Vardhan

[Careers & Salary](https://100xfounder.com/category/careers-salary/)Ishaan VardhanOct
12, 202612 min read

To get a job at CRED in 2026, apply through its careers site, careers.cred.club,
which pulls every opening from a Lever job board. On 4 October 2026 that board had
just eight roles, all full-time and on-site. Seven were in Bengaluru and one was
in Hyderabad, and none were in engineering. 100Xfounder is an independent site and
is not affiliated with or endorsed by CRED. This guide covers where CRED is hiring,
what its job posts ask for, what candidates report about interviews and how to prepare.

**Key takeaways**

 * CRED’s public Lever board listed eight open roles on 4 October 2026: seven in
   Bengaluru and one in Hyderabad, all full-time and on-site.
 * The openings are in business development, payments, growth, writing and finance.
   There were no engineering, design or data roles on the public board that day.
 * Most posts ask for four or more years of experience, and the senior payments 
   and partnerships roles ask for six to twelve.
 * Founder Kunal Shah left in June 2026 to run WhatsApp at Meta, which invested 
   $900 million in CRED. Miten Sampat is interim CEO.
 * Candidate reports for engineering roles describe a take-home or online coding
   test, problem-solving and design rounds, and a final round with a senior leader.
   These are individual accounts, not an official process.

## What CRED does and what changed in 2026

CRED started in 2018 as a rewards app for paying credit card bills. It now offers
payments, lending, insurance, wealth management and lifestyle services to 17 million
monthly active users, according to [Entrackr](https://entrackr.com/exclusive/exclusive-inside-creds-new-funding-metas-stake-and-esop-expansion-12163561).
The same report says CRED handles more than 40% of India’s credit card bill payments.
Its operating revenue for the year to March 2025 (FY25) rose 16% to ₹2,735 crore,
and its operating loss fell 51% to ₹298 crore. One crore is ₹10 million, so that
revenue is about ₹27.4 billion.

The big change came on 22 June 2026. Meta agreed to invest $900 million in CRED 
at a post-money valuation of about $4.5 billion, and named Kunal Shah as WhatsApp’s
new chief executive, [TechCrunch reported](https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/22/whatsapp-gets-new-chief-as-meta-taps-indias-cred-founder-kunal-shah-and-invests-900m-in-startup/).
Miten Sampat, who joined CRED in 2020, became interim CEO. Shah remains a large 
shareholder but has stepped away from running the company.

For job seekers, the useful detail is what the money is for. In an interview with
[Moneycontrol](https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/startup/we-have-a-highly-talent-dense-company-we-are-in-safe-hands-miten-sampat-on-leading-cred-after-kunal-shah-s-exit-13964976.html)
in July 2026, Sampat said about $450–500 million of the deal would go to CRED’s 
balance sheet. He named three priorities: scaling CRED’s credit card business to
a few million users, using AI more heavily, and running several separate apps, such
as Kuvera and Cash by CRED. He also said CRED had recently reported its first profitable
quarter.

![Kunal Shah wearing a FreeCharge T-shirt, photographed in 2015](https://100xfounder.
com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/kunal-shah-wearing-a-freecharge-t-shirt-photographed-
in-2015-1024x683.jpg)

Kunal Shah, pictured in 2015 when he ran FreeCharge, founded CRED in 2018 and left
in June 2026 to lead WhatsApp. · [Photo: Kaustubha Dahibhate / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kunal_Shah_in_FreeCharge_T-Shirt.jpg)

## Where CRED is hiring right now

CRED’s [openings page](https://careers.cred.club/openings) listed seven roles on
4 October 2026, all in Bengaluru. Its public [Lever job board](https://api.lever.co/v0/postings/cred?mode=json)
had eight, because it also carried a finance role in Hyderabad for Prefr, a lending
business. Here is how the eight roles split by the team named on each posting:

  |  Team (business unit) |  Open roles |  Roles |  
   |  Consumer products (product and growth) |  2 |  Credit card bill payments growth; business development and partnerships |  
 |  Business – CREDpay |  2 |  Lead, on-deck payments; business development and strategic partnerships (D2C) |  
 |  Business (VA Tech) |  1 |  Business development and partnerships, commercial lead |  
 |  Brand strategy (marketing) |  1 |  Copywriter |  
 |  Public relations (corporate and business strategy) |  1 |  Long-form content writer/editor |  
 |  Finance (Prefr) |  1 |  Accounts payable manager, Hyderabad |

All eight were full-time and marked on-site. Six of them were posted after the Meta
deal was announced on 22 June. The oldest, the copywriter role, had been open since
November 2025.

Two of these units are not the main CRED app. VA Tech, formerly Happay, is CRED’s
business-to-business payments infrastructure company, according to its [commercial lead posting](https://jobs.lever.co/cred/b532b595-bc8d-4b51-a2e6-7228ef1cabfc).
Prefr, run by CreditVidya, is a digital lending platform that offers personal loans
of ₹50,000 to ₹5 lakh, according to the [accounts payable posting](https://jobs.lever.co/cred/aa98a938-af3a-45f5-851d-966b2b5bad33).
One lakh is ₹100,000.

### What if you are an engineer?

The public board had no engineering, design or data science openings on 4 October.
That can change quickly, so check the board regularly. You can follow new CRED openings,
refreshed from the official feed, on our [CRED jobs page](https://100xfounder.com/jobs/company/cred/).
For similar roles at other companies, browse [engineering jobs in Bengaluru](https://100xfounder.com/jobs/engineering-jobs-in-bengaluru/).

## What CRED looks for

CRED does not publish a “how we hire” guide, but its values page and job posts make
the bar clear.

### Ownership with numbers attached

The [credit card bill payments growth posting](https://jobs.lever.co/cred/b3fdba2a-802c-4e03-b445-5284c5e3c157)
asks for four to seven years in user growth or category management, or three to 
five years in consulting, banking or strategy. It wants someone who has taken growth
projects from idea to measured result. The role covers funnel metrics, A/B tests
and reward campaigns judged on return on spend. The [on-deck payments lead](https://jobs.lever.co/cred/aa501081-1787-4617-bfa9-9f4ecaf68f30)
needs six to ten years in payments or fintech. It also asks for experience owning
a profit and loss account and working within regulated payment rails.

### Sellers, not relationship managers

The partnership roles are explicit about this. The [D2C partnerships posting](https://jobs.lever.co/cred/a65bef0e-0f4c-40af-b662-9313f255189e)
says it is a builder and seller role that carries a revenue quota. It asks for four
or more years in quota-carrying sales or partnerships, plus an existing network 
among direct-to-consumer (D2C) founders. The [VA Tech commercial lead](https://jobs.lever.co/cred/b532b595-bc8d-4b51-a2e6-7228ef1cabfc)
asks for seven to twelve years. It wants proof that you have run a pipeline from
first contact to signed deal with banks, NBFCs (non-bank lenders) or payment networks.

### A point of view you can defend

The writing roles test judgement as much as craft. The [copywriter posting](https://jobs.lever.co/cred/f846af12-7da9-4737-a0b1-3770c55830fc)
wants someone who brings a point of view, can defend it, and gives direct feedback
regardless of seniority. The [long-form writer posting](https://jobs.lever.co/cred/84aa0489-b7e1-4670-bfa9-7a9654197cc3)
asks for a body of work across formats, experience writing in a founder’s voice,
and fintech, business or lifestyle editorial experience.

### The values behind it

CRED’s [values page](https://careers.cred.club/values) lists seven values, including“
high agency”, “fast & right” and “frugal”. The page sums up high agency as “no passengers,
no excuses”. Sampat told Moneycontrol that former employees often say they miss 
CRED’s talent density, meaning the concentration of strong people. In February 2025,
before he left, Kunal Shah said a team sport or group game often shows cultural 
fit better than a formal interview, [Business Today reported](https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/trends/story/hiring-tips-creds-kunal-shah-says-team-sports-reveal-true-cultural-fit-of-candidates-better-than-interviews-465641-2025-02-23).
That was a personal view, not a description of CRED’s process.

![An open wallet packed with bank, ID and access cards](https://100xfounder.com/
wp-content/uploads/2026/10/an-open-wallet-packed-with-bank-id-and-access-cards-1024x685.
jpg)

CRED began with credit card bill payments, and its growth roles still centre on 
them. · [Photo: Saad Akhtar / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:6._Wallet_-_Flickr_-_Saad.Akhtar.jpg)

## The hiring process: what we know and what candidates report

CRED has not published a standard interview loop, and it almost certainly varies
by team. Here is what is confirmed: you apply through the Lever posting, and every
current role is full-time and on-site in a named city. Everything below comes from**
candidate reports** on GeeksforGeeks. They date from 2022 to 2024 and cover engineering
roles, so treat them as individual experiences, not a guarantee.

 1. **An assignment or online test.** An Android developer who interviewed for an SDE
    role described a take-home assignment with a 24-hour deadline ([GeeksforGeeks, June 2022](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/interview-experiences/cred-interview-experience-for-sde/)).
    A fresher applying for an automation engineer role reported a proctored online 
    test on HackerRank of 105 minutes with three coding problems ([GeeksforGeeks, September 2024](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/interview-experiences/cred-interview-experience-for-automation-engineer-online-coding-round-fresher/)).
 2. **Problem-solving rounds.** The Android candidate described a 90-minute data structures
    round written in a shared document, judged on approach and explanation. A second
    software developer report describes a technical interview on coding and engineering
    principles ([GeeksforGeeks, May 2024](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/interview-experiences/cred-interview-experience-for-a-software-developer/)).
 3. **Domain and design.** The Android candidate had a long round on platform fundamentals
    and app architecture. Both engineering reports include a system design round.
 4. **A senior or culture conversation.** Both reports end with a round on culture 
    fit and career goals. In the Android account it was combined with design and led
    by an engineering head.

The Android candidate said every round had two interviewers. None of the reports
we found give a reliable timeline from application to offer. We found no public 
candidate reports for the business, payments or writing roles that make up the current
board. Glassdoor’s CRED interview pages were not accessible when we checked, so 
we have not used them.

### Interview focus by role

Without an official loop, use each job post as your guide.

 * **Growth and category roles:** bring funnel numbers you owned, experiments you
   ran and campaigns you stopped because the return was poor.
 * **Payments roles:** prepare to discuss regulated payment rails, partner banks
   and networks, and the trade-off between growth and cost to serve.
 * **Partnerships and sales:** bring a list of deals you sourced and closed, with
   sizes where you can share them, and the brands or banks you know well.
 * **Writing roles:** expect your portfolio to be the main test. Pick pieces that
   show range and a clear voice.
 * **Finance (Prefr):** the post asks for a chartered accountant with four to seven
   years of experience and working knowledge of Indian tax and company law (TDS,
   GST, MSME Act, Companies Act).

![People working at desks in a shared office space in HSR Layout, Bengaluru](https://
100xfounder.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/people-working-at-desks-in-a-shared-office-
space-in-hsr-layout-bengalu-1024x682.jpg)

Every CRED opening is on-site, so plan for office work in Bengaluru or Hyderabad.·
[Photo: Coworker2016 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BHIVE_Workspace_-_HSR_Bangalore.jpg)

## How to stand out

 1. **Use the product seriously.** CRED’s careers footer says CRED members make better
    team members. Knowing how bill payments, rewards, UPI payments and the newer apps
    work, and where they fall short, gives you something concrete to talk about.
 2. **Lead with measured outcomes.** Almost every current post asks for a track record
    you can prove: quota delivered, metric moved or deals closed. Put numbers on your
    CV and be ready to explain how you got them.
 3. **Match the experience band honestly.** The current roles ask for three to twelve
    years. There were no internships or graduate roles on the board on 4 October, so
    early-career candidates should watch for new postings rather than stretch into 
    senior ones.
 4. **Know the business unit you are applying to.** A VA Tech or Prefr role is a different
    company from the consumer app. Read the opening paragraph of each post and tailor
    your pitch to it.
 5. **Plan for on-site work.** Every role is on-site in Bengaluru or Hyderabad. CRED’s
    perks page says it helps cover major relocation costs.

## Pay, perks and offers

None of the eight postings show a salary range, and CRED does not publish pay bands.
Figures on job forums and salary sites are not confirmed by the company, so we have
left them out. What CRED does publish is a long list of benefits on its [perks page](https://careers.cred.club/perks):

 * **Equity:** employees receive ESOPs (employee stock options). Under an “accelerated
   wealth program”, staff can take up to 50% of annual cash pay as special ESOP 
   grants that vest fully in one year.
 * **Liquidity:** CRED says it runs ESOP buybacks from time to time. Entrackr reported
   that CRED announced its fifth buyback with the Meta round, after four earlier
   ones worth ₹250 crore in total.
 * **Salary timing:** salaries are paid at the start of each month. Two job posts
   add that new joiners are paid before their joining date.
 * **Insurance:** health cover with top-up options, ₹50 lakh of personal accident
   cover and term life cover of three times annual CTC.
 * **Time and place:** an open leave policy, no tracked working hours, lunch at 
   the office and help with relocation.

Entrackr also reported, from company filings, that CRED expanded its ESOP pool with
the Meta round. It estimated the full pool at about ₹5,000 crore ($526 million),
or about 11.6% of fully diluted shares. ESOPs are worth something only if they can
be sold, so ask how vesting and buybacks would apply to your grant.

Indian offers are usually quoted as yearly CTC (cost to company) in lakhs per annum(
LPA). Before comparing an offer with your current pay, work out the monthly take-
home with our [in-hand salary calculator](https://100xfounder.com/tools/in-hand-salary-calculator/).
If you need to leave a job early, the [notice period buyout calculator](https://100xfounder.com/tools/notice-period-buyout-calculator/)
estimates the cost. Tax rules change, so confirm the details with a qualified tax
professional.

![High-rise towers in Hyderabad's Financial District with construction machinery
in the foreground](https://100xfounder.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/high-rise-
towers-in-hyderabad-s-financial-district-with-construction-m-1024x683.jpg)

The one role outside Bengaluru, a finance post at lending business Prefr, is in 
Hyderabad. · [Photo: iMahesh / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Financial_District,_Hyderabad_-_Skyline_featuring_Aparna_Zenon_and_SAS_iRA_under_construction.jpg)

## Bottom line

CRED is newly funded, under interim leadership and focused on credit cards, payments
and AI. Its public hiring in October 2026 is narrow: eight experienced roles in 
business, payments, writing and finance, with no engineering openings on the board.
If you fit one of those posts and can show measured results, apply directly and 
tailor your pitch to the specific business unit. Engineers and early-career candidates
should watch the board for new roles.

## FAQ

### Does CRED hire freshers?

Not on the current board. On 4 October 2026 every one of the eight roles asked for
experience, mostly four years or more. One 2024 candidate report describes a fresher
test for an automation engineer role, so entry-level hiring has happened before.

### Is CRED hiring software engineers in 2026?

There were no engineering roles on CRED’s public Lever board on 4 October 2026. 
Openings change often, so check the official board or our CRED jobs page.

### Can I work remotely at CRED?

Not in the current openings. All eight roles were marked on-site, seven in Bengaluru
and one in Hyderabad.

### What is CRED’s interview process like?

CRED has not published one. Engineering candidate reports describe an assignment
or online coding test, problem-solving and design rounds, and a final culture round
with a senior leader. Business roles may differ.

### Who runs CRED now?

Miten Sampat has been interim CEO since founder Kunal Shah became WhatsApp’s chief
executive in June 2026, according to TechCrunch.

### Where do I apply?

Apply on CRED’s official [careers page](https://careers.cred.club/openings), which
links to each Lever posting, or browse our [CRED jobs page](https://100xfounder.com/jobs/company/cred/).
Never pay anyone for a referral or interview slot.

## Sources

 1.  CRED (Lever job board API), [“CRED job postings”](https://api.lever.co/v0/postings/cred?mode=json),
     accessed 4 October 2026
 2.  CRED, [“Careers: openings”](https://careers.cred.club/openings), accessed 4 October
     2026
 3.  CRED, [“Careers: perks”](https://careers.cred.club/perks), accessed 4 October 
     2026
 4.  CRED, [“Careers: values”](https://careers.cred.club/values), accessed 4 October
     2026
 5.  CRED (Lever), [“Credit card bill payments growth”](https://jobs.lever.co/cred/b3fdba2a-802c-4e03-b445-5284c5e3c157),
     24 September 2026
 6.  CRED (Lever), [“Lead – on deck payments”](https://jobs.lever.co/cred/aa501081-1787-4617-bfa9-9f4ecaf68f30),
     24 August 2026
 7.  CRED (Lever), [“Business development & strategic partnerships – D2C”](https://jobs.lever.co/cred/a65bef0e-0f4c-40af-b662-9313f255189e),
     21 August 2026
 8.  CRED (Lever), [“Business development & partnerships – commercial lead”](https://jobs.lever.co/cred/b532b595-bc8d-4b51-a2e6-7228ef1cabfc),
     24 July 2026
 9.  CRED (Lever), [“Copywriter”](https://jobs.lever.co/cred/f846af12-7da9-4737-a0b1-3770c55830fc),
     17 November 2025
 10. CRED (Lever), [“Long form content writer/editor”](https://jobs.lever.co/cred/84aa0489-b7e1-4670-bfa9-7a9654197cc3),
     18 August 2026
 11. CRED (Lever), [“Accounts payable manager”](https://jobs.lever.co/cred/aa98a938-af3a-45f5-851d-966b2b5bad33),
     28 September 2026
 12. TechCrunch, [“WhatsApp gets new chief as Meta taps India’s CRED founder Kunal Shah and invests $900M in startup”](https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/22/whatsapp-gets-new-chief-as-meta-taps-indias-cred-founder-kunal-shah-and-invests-900m-in-startup/),
     22 June 2026
 13. Moneycontrol, [“We have a highly talent-dense company. We are in safe hands: Miten Sampat on leading CRED after Kunal Shah’s exit”](https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/startup/we-have-a-highly-talent-dense-company-we-are-in-safe-hands-miten-sampat-on-leading-cred-after-kunal-shah-s-exit-13964976.html),
     3 July 2026
 14. Entrackr, [“Exclusive: Inside CRED’s new funding, Meta’s stake and ESOP expansion”](https://entrackr.com/exclusive/exclusive-inside-creds-new-funding-metas-stake-and-esop-expansion-12163561),
     14 July 2026
 15. Business Today, [“Hiring tips: CRED’s Kunal Shah says team sports reveal true ‘cultural fit’ of candidates better than interviews”](https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/trends/story/hiring-tips-creds-kunal-shah-says-team-sports-reveal-true-cultural-fit-of-candidates-better-than-interviews-465641-2025-02-23),
     23 February 2025
 16. GeeksforGeeks (candidate report), [“CRED interview experience for SDE”](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/interview-experiences/cred-interview-experience-for-sde/),
     23 June 2022 (updated 9 October 2024)
 17. GeeksforGeeks (candidate report), [“Cred interview experience for a software developer”](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/interview-experiences/cred-interview-experience-for-a-software-developer/),
     8 May 2024
 18. GeeksforGeeks (candidate report), [“Cred interview experience for automation engineer: online coding round (fresher)”](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/interview-experiences/cred-interview-experience-for-automation-engineer-online-coding-round-fresher/),
     26 September 2024 (updated 23 July 2025)

Featured image: Seven of CRED's eight open roles in October 2026 were based in Bengaluru.·
[Photo: Ashwin Kumar / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bangalore_Skyline_(UB_City)_(8082053923).jpg)

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## Sources

 1.  [CRED (Lever job board API)](https://api.lever.co/v0/postings/cred?mode=json) 
     4 Oct 20268 open roles: by team (consumer products 2, business-CREDpay 2, business/
     VA Tech 1, brand strategy 1, public relations 1, finance/Prefr 1); 7 Bengaluru,
     1 Hyderabad; all full time and on-site; 6 posted after 22 June 2026; oldest posted
     Nov 2025; no engineering roles; no salary ranges
 2.  [CRED](https://careers.cred.club/openings) 4 Oct 2026Careers site lists 7 Bengaluru
     roles; 'CRED members make better team members'
 3.  [CRED](https://careers.cred.club/perks) 4 Oct 2026ESOPs, accelerated wealth program(
     up to 50% of cash pay as ESOPs vesting in one year), buybacks, salary at start
     of month, insurance (Rs 50 lakh accident, 3x CTC term life), open leave, flexi
     hours, lunch, relocation help
 4.  [CRED](https://careers.cred.club/values) 4 Oct 2026Seven values incl. high agency,
     fast & right, frugal
 5.  [CRED (Lever)](https://jobs.lever.co/cred/b3fdba2a-802c-4e03-b445-5284c5e3c157)
     24 Sep 2026CCBP growth: 4-7 years growth/category or 3-5 years consulting/strategy;
     experiments, ROI-led campaigns
 6.  [CRED (Lever)](https://jobs.lever.co/cred/aa501081-1787-4617-bfa9-9f4ecaf68f30)
     24 Aug 2026On-deck payments lead: 6-10 years payments/fintech, P&L, regulated 
     rails; salaries before joining date
 7.  [CRED (Lever)](https://jobs.lever.co/cred/a65bef0e-0f4c-40af-b662-9313f255189e)
     21 Aug 2026D2C partnerships: builder + seller role, revenue quota, 4+ years, D2C
     founder network
 8.  [CRED (Lever)](https://jobs.lever.co/cred/b532b595-bc8d-4b51-a2e6-7228ef1cabfc)
     24 Jul 2026VA Tech (formerly Happay) is CRED's B2B payments business; commercial
     lead 7-12 years, banks/NBFCs/networks
 9.  [CRED (Lever)](https://jobs.lever.co/cred/f846af12-7da9-4737-a0b1-3770c55830fc)
     17 Nov 2025Copywriter: point of view, decisive feedback; life at CRED: salaries
     before joining date, no work timings
 10. [CRED (Lever)](https://jobs.lever.co/cred/84aa0489-b7e1-4670-bfa9-7a9654197cc3)
     18 Aug 2026Long-form writer: body of work across formats, founder voice, fintech/
     business/lifestyle editorial
 11. [CRED (Lever)](https://jobs.lever.co/cred/aa98a938-af3a-45f5-851d-966b2b5bad33)
     28 Sep 2026Prefr (CreditVidya) lending platform, loans Rs 50,000-5 lakh; AP manager:
     CA, 4-7 years, TDS/GST/MSME/Companies Act; Hyderabad
 12. [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/22/whatsapp-gets-new-chief-as-meta-taps-indias-cred-founder-kunal-shah-and-invests-900m-in-startup/)
     22 Jun 2026Meta invests $900M at ~$4.5B post-money; Kunal Shah named WhatsApp 
     CEO; Miten Sampat interim CEO; Shah keeps shareholding
 13. [Moneycontrol](https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/startup/we-have-a-highly-talent-dense-company-we-are-in-safe-hands-miten-sampat-on-leading-cred-after-kunal-shah-s-exit-13964976.html)
     3 Jul 2026Sampat joined 2020; $450-500M to balance sheet; priorities credit cards,
     AI, multi-app (Kuvera, Cash by CRED); first profitable quarter; talent density
     comment
 14. [Entrackr](https://entrackr.com/exclusive/exclusive-inside-creds-new-funding-metas-stake-and-esop-expansion-12163561)
     14 Jul 2026Founded 2018; 17M MAU; >40% of India's credit card bill payments; FY25
     revenue Rs 2,735 cr (+16%), operating loss Rs 298 cr (-51%); fifth ESOP buyback,
     earlier four Rs 250 cr; ESOP pool ~Rs 5,000 cr ($526M), 11.6% fully diluted
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     23 Jun 2022Android SDE: 24-hour assignment, 90-min DSA round in shared doc, Android/
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