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← Etsy

Staff+ Full-stack at Etsy

Full-stackStaff+Outcome unknown◆ Commonly asked· 2023

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.

  • Word ladder — shortest transformation sequence.
    Staff+Hard◆ Commonly asked
    #bfs#graph
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
  • Pacific Atlantic water flow.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #dfs#grid
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
  • Largest rectangle in histogram.
    Staff+Hard◆ Commonly asked
    #stack#monotonic-stack
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
02

Round 02 · 1 question

Low-Level Design

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

  • Design a toast/notification manager API.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #oop#pub-sub
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
03

Round 03 · 2 questions

System Design

High-level architecture of a large-scale system.

  • Design a video-call UI with grid and speaker views.
    Staff+Hard◆ Commonly asked
    #frontend#webrtc#perf
    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 scope and staff a multi-month project?
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #planning#leadership
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 a disagreement on a code review and how it ended.
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #conflict#star

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