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Staff+ Full-stack at Cursor

Full-stackStaff+Offer◆ Commonly asked· 2025

A staff fullstack loop. Pragmatic questions — more real-world than pure puzzles.

The loop · 5 rounds

01

Round 01 · 3 questions

DSA / Coding

Data structures & algorithms on a whiteboard or shared editor.

  • Reverse nodes in k-group.
    Staff+Hard◆ Commonly asked
    #linked-list
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
  • 3Sum.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #two-pointers#array
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
  • Rotting oranges.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #bfs#grid
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
02

Round 02 · 1 question

Low-Level Design

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

  • Design a hotel-reservation system core.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #oop#concurrency
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
03

Round 03 · 2 questions

System Design

High-level architecture of a large-scale system.

  • Design a web crawler.
    Staff+Hard◆ Commonly asked
    #queues#dedup#scale
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
  • Design client-side state and data-fetching for a large SPA.
    Staff+Hard◆ Commonly asked
    #frontend#state#caching
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
04

Round 04 · 1 question

Hiring Manager

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

  • What is the biggest system you have designed, and why those choices?
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #architecture
05

Round 05 · 2 questions

Behavioral / HR

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

  • How do you handle being blocked for several days?
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #ownership#star
  • Tell me about the most impactful project of your career.
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #impact#star

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