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← Fastly

Staff+ Backend at Fastly

BackendStaff+No offer◆ Commonly asked· 2023

5-round staff backend process. 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.

  • Maximum depth of a binary tree.
    Staff+Easy◆ Commonly asked
    #tree#dfs
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
  • Same tree.
    Staff+Easy◆ Commonly asked
    #tree
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
  • Maximum product subarray.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #array#dp
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
02

Round 02 · 1 question

Low-Level Design

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

  • Design a notification service (channels + templates).
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #oop
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
03

Round 03 · 2 questions

System Design

High-level architecture of a large-scale system.

  • Design an online code judge / evaluator.
    Staff+Hard◆ Commonly asked
    #sandboxing#queues
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
  • Design a job scheduler / cron service.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #queues#scheduling
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
04

Round 04 · 1 question

Hiring Manager

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

  • How do you handle an underperforming teammate?
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #leadership
05

Round 05 · 2 questions

Behavioral / HR

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

  • How do you handle competing priorities from two managers?
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #prioritization#star
  • Describe handling a tight deadline with competing priorities.
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #prioritization#star

Practice each round across every company

  • DSA / Coding
  • Low-Level Design
  • System Design
  • Hiring Manager
  • Behavioral / HR

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