Is the design degree needed to work at PhonePe as a UX/UI Designer?

Idk but I've always felt that having a design degree provides you with an initial push in the industry. Idk, I might be wrong too.

No.

Many designers do not have a design degree.

Rarely some.

No companies hire UX designers on the basis of degree. They shouldn't be this racist.

I myself have a degree but that doesn't mean we are better (surely foundational skills and conceptual understandings are comparatively better imo) but design isn't Law or Medical.

Can you guide @TechDesigner as well

As you know skills are more imp than a degree, but some HRs are not ready to accept this.

No