What it does: Zomato is an Indian multinational restaurant aggregator and food delivery company.
Mission: Zomato's mission statement is “better food for more people.” Since our inception in 2008, we have grown tremendously, both in scope and scale - and emerged as India's most trusted brand during the pandemic, along with being one of the largest hyperlocal delivery networks in the country.
Size and presence: Around 15,000 nationally headquartered in Gurgaon, Haryana.
Best known for: Zomato provides information, menus and user reviews of restaurants as well as food delivery options from partner restaurants in select cities.
The good bits: Good work environment at the company.
The not so good bits: The field activity sometimes goes on for long hours. Senior management is not much supportive. Work-life balance is not there if you are in sales.
Launched in 2010, Our technology platform connects customers, restaurant partners, and delivery partners, serving their multiple needs. Customers use our platform to search and discover restaurants, read and write customer-generated reviews and view and upload photos, order food delivery, book a table and make payments while dining out at restaurants.
On the other hand, we provide restaurant partners with industry-specific marketing tools which enable them to engage and acquire customers to grow their business while also providing a reliable and efficient last-mile delivery service. We also operate a one-stop procurement solution, Hyper pure, which supplies high-quality ingredients and kitchen products to restaurant partners. We also provide our delivery partners with transparent and flexible earning opportunities
Zomato currently provides services to the entire food value chain
Restaurant Ratings & Reviews
Restaurant Search &Discovery
Online Order: Food Delivery
Pick Up: Ordering Take away
Table Reservations
Hyper pure: Ingredients supply to restaurants
Food@Work: Canteens
Gold: Restaurant premium subscription services
So you want to be a Zoman? If you’ve done your homework, you’ve probably read a fair bit about us, our work culture, and how we function as a company. I thought I’d give you a little insight – from a personal perspective – into what it’s really like on the inside. Especially if you’d like to be one of us.
1. We’re still a startup. Sure, we’re over a thousand people strong already, and across 22 countries. But, that doesn’t matter. We’re still a startup because of the way we think and work. We have the same focus and hustle that we did when Zomato was Foodiebay and was functioning out of a living room. More often than not, it means unpredictable work hours, tight deadlines, moving targets, and ambiguity. It also means working weekends, missing out on social commitments, and counting the espresso machine among your close friends. But it’s all about identifying what matters more in the longer term and prioritizing accordingly.
2. You learn how to swim. Back in September 2013, I was moved from the marketing team, the shallow end of the pool, to the product team, the deep end of the pool. The very deep end. It meant being surrounded by, and working with, incredibly gifted engineers and designers. The closest thing to engineering I’d done was building stuff with LEGO, and the first time I heard ‘json’, all I could think of was Friday the 13th. But the choices are simple – you learn to swim, or sink. I’m still a long way from making it to the Olympics, but boy – am I loving swimming!
3. It isn’t always rainbows and unicorns. It might sound fairly obvious, but it’s important to remember that you will routinely be pushed out of your comfort zone. That can be scary, especially when you know there’s a lot depending on you. There might even be the one-off days where it feels like you can’t deal with it. But as Calvin Coolidge said – nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. It might be easier said than done, but you need to stay focused and push on. You’ll come out better prepared for tougher situations, and begin to enjoy life at the edge of your comfort zone. You’ll be surprised by how often you surprise yourself.
4. We get restless when things slow down. If you know anyone who’s already a Zoman, you probably also know how passionate we are about what we do. Even annoyingly so, sometimes (just ask my friends). There’s a good reason for that. We set massive goals for ourselves, then we set out to achieve them, which means we’re running hard most of the time. In fact, we start worrying when there aren’t a million things to do. Read back to the first point – it’s hard work, and it’s the first thing anyone will tell you about life at Zomato. But as Confucius summed it up, choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.
5. You add a new branch to your family tree. “There are no strangers here, only friends you haven’t met” couldn’t possibly be truer than it is for us. You will build long-lasting friendships with some truly amazing people. In fact, we often joke that we live like doctors, in that our social group is more or less the same at work as it is outside. The best part? We love it like that. Not to mention the brilliant people we have spread across the globe. Personally, I think I’ve made enough friends to ensure that I’ll have someone to show me around in at least 21 countries 🙂
6. You get to be yourself. One of the many things we celebrate as an organisation is diversity. Not just the number of countries Zomans represent worldwide, but also what each of us brings to the table. We believe everyone has a unique set of skills, and that people who have the right stuff to be Zoman don’t carry very much baggage. In fact, even your college degree doesn’t strictly define what you do here. You’ll find engineers in our sales team, finance majors in our operations team, and even (ahem) sociologists in marketing. In short, who you are matters waaay more than where you’re from. You just need to have a fire raging in your belly and really want to get shit done.
Zomato conducts multiple rounds to select freshers as Assistant System Engineer in their organisation.
Academic Criteria :
Resume Shortlisting Round :
In resume shortlisting round, they generally shortlist resumes having prior web or mobile application experience. So, if you have any experience in such fields, you should mention that.
Written Round :
The Written round consists 3 or 4 code snippets which you would have to solve in around 45 minutes.
Group Discussion Round :
Sometimes they also conduct Group Discussion Round. In this round, they check your confidence.
Technical Rounds :
The students who clear the written round are called for Technical Interview at their office. They conduct multiple technical rounds mostly 3 rounds. To clear this round you should be clear with your basics. You should be prepared with Data structures and Algorithms, DBMS, Operating System, OOPs concepts and thoroughly go through your projects related to web or mobile application. Students from branches other than CS should prepare for other two subjects related to their branch. CS students will be expected to write codes in the interview. They also ask questions from resume. You may be asked puzzles in this round.
HR Round :
In this round, they ask questions like
1. Tell me about Yourself
2. Why Zomato ?
3. How you see yourself after five years from now ?
4. What are your strengths and weaknesses ?
5. Questions form resume
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Minimum salary at Zomato depends on the role you are applying for. For Delivery Boy the minimum salary is ₹1.5 Lakhs per year, for Senior Executive the minimum salary is ₹3.7 Lakhs per year and so on.
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Zomato landed in a controversy after a customer from Tamil Nadu alleged he was denied a refund for a missing item in his order as he didn't know the "national language" Hindi. Soon, a massive backlash followed on Twitter with many slamming the food delivery app for “imposing Hindi” on its customers.