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← FirstCry

Mid Full-stack at FirstCry

Full-stackMidOutcome unknown◆ Commonly asked· 2024

Mid fullstack 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.

  • Merge intervals.
    MidMedium◆ Commonly asked
    #intervals#sorting
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
  • Unique paths.
    MidMedium◆ Commonly asked
    #dp#grid
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
  • Meeting rooms II — minimum rooms required.
    MidMedium◆ Commonly asked
    #heap#intervals
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
02

Round 02 · 2 questions

Machine Coding

Build a working component or service under time pressure.

  • Build a virtualized chat window that loads older messages.
    MidHard◆ Commonly asked
    #react#virtualization
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
  • Implement an LRU + TTL cache library.
    MidHard◆ Commonly asked
    #cache#ttl
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03

Round 03 · 1 question

Low-Level Design

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

  • Design an analytics event-tracking client.
    MidMedium◆ Commonly asked
    #oop#observability
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
04

Round 04 · 3 questions

Tech Deep-Dive

Deep questions on your core stack and fundamentals.

  • Sharding vs partitioning vs replication.
    MidHard◆ Commonly asked
    #databases#scale
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  • How do you prevent and detect N+1 queries?
    MidMedium◆ Commonly asked
    #databases#orm
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  • Explain memoization: useMemo, useCallback and React.memo.
    MidMedium◆ Commonly asked
    #react#perf
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
05

Round 05 · 2 questions

Behavioral / HR

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

  • Describe mentoring or unblocking another engineer.
    Mid◆ Commonly asked
    #mentorship#star
  • Tell me about a time you failed and what you learned.
    Mid◆ Commonly asked
    #growth#star

Practice each round across every company

  • DSA / Coding
  • Machine Coding
  • Low-Level Design
  • Tech Deep-Dive
  • 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.