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Staff+ Backend at Coinbase

BackendStaff+Offer◆ Commonly asked· 2024

Staff backend interview. Coding-heavy early, design and behavioral later.

The loop · 5 rounds

01

Round 01 · 3 questions

DSA / Coding

Data structures & algorithms on a whiteboard or shared editor.

  • Climbing stairs.
    Staff+Easy◆ Commonly asked
    #dp
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
  • Valid Parentheses — check balanced brackets.
    Staff+Easy◆ Commonly asked
    #stack#string
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
  • Combination sum.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #backtracking
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
02

Round 02 · 1 question

Low-Level Design

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

  • Design an elevator control system.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #oop#state-machine
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
03

Round 03 · 2 questions

System Design

High-level architecture of a large-scale system.

  • Design a pastebin with expiring links.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #storage#ttl
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
  • Design an object storage service like S3.
    Staff+Hard◆ Commonly asked
    #storage#scale
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
04

Round 04 · 1 question

Hiring Manager

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

  • What does a great engineering culture look like to you?
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #values
05

Round 05 · 2 questions

Behavioral / HR

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

  • Why this company, and why this role?
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #motivation
  • Describe working with an ambiguous or shifting requirement.
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #ambiguity#star

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