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← American Express

Staff+ Backend at American Express

BackendStaff+Withdrew◆ Commonly asked· 2024

Staff backend interview. Balanced across coding, design, and collaboration.

The loop · 5 rounds

01

Round 01 · 3 questions

DSA / Coding

Data structures & algorithms on a whiteboard or shared editor.

  • Reverse a linked list.
    Staff+Easy◆ Commonly asked
    #linked-list
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
  • Subtree of another tree.
    Staff+Easy◆ Commonly asked
    #tree#dfs
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
  • Search in a rotated sorted array.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #binary-search
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
02

Round 02 · 1 question

Low-Level Design

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

  • Design a logging library with levels and sinks.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #oop
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
03

Round 03 · 2 questions

System Design

High-level architecture of a large-scale system.

  • Design an event-driven order pipeline with retries.
    Staff+Hard◆ Commonly asked
    #events#queues
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
  • Design a ride-matching backend (riders ↔ nearby drivers).
    Staff+Hard◆ Commonly asked
    #geospatial#matching#realtime
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
04

Round 04 · 1 question

Hiring Manager

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

  • How do you measure the success of a project after launch?
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #metrics
05

Round 05 · 2 questions

Behavioral / HR

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

  • Tell me about the most impactful project of your career.
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #impact#star
  • When did you change your mind after seeing new evidence?
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #judgment#star

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