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Staff+ Backend at 1Password

BackendStaff+Offer◆ Commonly asked· 2024

Staff backend interview. Fast-paced; expect follow-ups that push on depth.

The loop · 5 rounds

01

Round 01 · 3 questions

DSA / Coding

Data structures & algorithms on a whiteboard or shared editor.

  • Longest palindromic substring.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #string#dp
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
  • Best time to buy and sell stock.
    Staff+Easy◆ Commonly asked
    #array#greedy
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
  • Climbing stairs.
    Staff+Easy◆ Commonly asked
    #dp
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
02

Round 02 · 1 question

Low-Level Design

Object-oriented / low-level design of a focused module.

  • Design a movie-ticket booking system (BookMyShow).
    Staff+Hard◆ Commonly asked
    #oop#concurrency
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
03

Round 03 · 2 questions

System Design

High-level architecture of a large-scale system.

  • Design a news feed / timeline.
    Staff+Hard◆ Commonly asked
    #fanout#ranking#cache
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
  • Design a distributed unique ID generator.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #snowflake#distributed
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
04

Round 04 · 1 question

Hiring Manager

Scope, ownership, and role-fit discussion with the manager.

  • What would your first 90 days here look like?
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #planning
05

Round 05 · 2 questions

Behavioral / HR

Values, collaboration, and past-experience (STAR) questions.

  • Tell me about a time you simplified something overly complex.
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #judgment#star
  • Describe mentoring or unblocking another engineer.
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #mentorship#star

◆ This experience is composed from commonly reported questions for this role and level. Real, individually-shared interviews will be layered in over time.