Big Basket is India’s largest online food and grocery store, with over 10,000 products and over 1000 brands. Big Basket sells products in categories such as fresh fruits and vegetables, grocery and staples, meats, personal care, and home and kitchen products. BigBasket operates in six cities including Bangalore, Mumbai, Hyderabad,Pune, Chennai and Delhi-NCR. In may 2015 BigBasket has received funding of Rs 200 crore in a round led by venture capital firms Helion and Zodius Fund II with Avendus. Existing investors Ascent Capital and LionRock Capital also participated in the round which saw the valuation of the two-year-old startup cross $100 million (Rs 600 crore).
Indicative process.The company does not publish its hiring process, so the steps below are compiled from publicly reported candidate experiences and placement sources. Rounds vary by role, experience level, campus and year – treat this as a guide, not a guarantee, and confirm current details with the company.
BigBasket’s process is generally reported as around four rounds:
Telephonic / HR screen – Why this role, what you know about the company, and relocation willingness.
Role test – Where used: a coding test for engineering, or a functional exercise for operations and category roles.
Manager interview – Driven largely by your resume and past work.
Panel or advanced round – For senior roles, followed by HR close, documentation and background checks.
Applications are commonly routed through the company’s careers portal (run on Darwinbox), campus drives, referrals and walk-ins.
(ESTIMATE, not a company-published figure — typical market range ₹7.8 L – ₹15.6 L/yr for this role in this sector (large employer). Actual pay varies widely by location, skills and individual negotiation)
Technical Lead
Experience: 6 - 10 years yrs
₹ 35.8 Lakhs/year
(ESTIMATE, not a company-published figure — typical market range ₹26 L – ₹45.5 L/yr for this role in this sector (large employer). Actual pay varies widely by location, skills and individual negotiation)
Senior Software Engineer
Experience: 3 - 6 years yrs
₹ 22.1 Lakhs/year
(ESTIMATE, not a company-published figure — typical market range ₹15.6 L – ₹28.6 L/yr for this role in this sector (large employer). Actual pay varies widely by location, skills and individual negotiation)
Software Engineer
Experience: 0 - 2 years yrs
₹ 8.8 Lakhs/year
(ESTIMATE, not a company-published figure — typical market range ₹5.9 L – ₹11.7 L/yr for this role in this sector (large employer). Actual pay varies widely by location, skills and individual negotiation)
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