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← Anthropic

Staff+ Backend at Anthropic

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.

  • Product of array except self.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #array#prefix-sum
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
  • Meeting rooms II — minimum rooms required.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #heap#intervals
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
  • Regular expression matching.
    Staff+Hard◆ Commonly asked
    #dp#string
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
02

Round 02 · 1 question

Low-Level Design

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

  • Design a ride-hailing dispatch model (classes).
    Staff+Hard◆ Commonly asked
    #oop#matching
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
03

Round 03 · 2 questions

System Design

High-level architecture of a large-scale system.

  • Design an append-only, queryable audit-log service.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #storage#immutability
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
  • Design a metrics/time-series ingestion pipeline.
    Staff+Hard◆ Commonly asked
    #time-series#ingestion
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
04

Round 04 · 1 question

Hiring Manager

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

  • How do you handle disagreement with a product partner?
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #collaboration
05

Round 05 · 2 questions

Behavioral / HR

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

  • Tell me about a time you had to say no to a stakeholder.
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #influence#star
  • When did you take ownership of something outside your scope?
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #ownership#star

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