Urban Company Interview Preparation
MediumHome services marketplace · Gurugram
Urban Company is a Home services marketplace company hiring data & analytics interns and freshers in Gurugram.
About Urban Company
Urban Company (formerly UrbanClap) is India's largest home and beauty services marketplace, connecting customers with vetted professionals for salon, cleaning, repair, and appliance services. Headquartered in Gurugram, it operates across major Indian cities and select international markets. The company is publicly listed and a leader in the at-home services category.
Interview Rounds4
2 DSA coding problems (medium difficulty), sometimes a product/analytical case
DSA — arrays, strings, hashing, sorting. May include SQL queries.
Design a system component (cart, search, notification) or improve a product feature
Motivation, past projects, growth mindset, teamwork, company values alignment
Practice Questions8
Key Topics
- Data Structures & Algorithms100q
- Low Level Design (LLD)45q
- Product & Business Thinking30q
- SQL & Databases20q
- System Design Basics25q
Expert Tips
- E-commerce companies value product thinking — understand how their platform works as a user before the interview.
- LLD is frequently asked — practice designing components like rate limiter, order state machine, and notification service.
- SQL joins and aggregation queries often appear — practice GROUP BY, window functions, and subqueries.
- For product rounds, use the CIRCLES framework: Customers, Insights, Revenue, Competitors, List solutions, Evaluate, Summarize.
- Big-sale readiness is a key concern — for system design, discuss how your design handles 10× traffic spikes.