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← Nasdaq

Staff+ Full-stack at Nasdaq

Full-stackStaff+Offer◆ Commonly asked· 2025

5-round staff fullstack process. Fundamentals mattered as much as getting to an answer.

The loop · 5 rounds

01

Round 01 · 3 questions

DSA / Coding

Data structures & algorithms on a whiteboard or shared editor.

  • Lowest common ancestor of a binary tree.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #tree
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
  • Invert a binary tree.
    Staff+Easy◆ Commonly asked
    #tree
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
  • Reverse nodes in k-group.
    Staff+Hard◆ Commonly asked
    #linked-list
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
02

Round 02 · 1 question

Low-Level Design

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

  • Design a reusable form-validation library API.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #oop#api-design
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
03

Round 03 · 2 questions

System Design

High-level architecture of a large-scale system.

  • Design a chat/messaging backend with delivery guarantees.
    Staff+Hard◆ Commonly asked
    #websocket#queues
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
  • Design a file-sharing service with permissions.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #storage#acl
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
04

Round 04 · 1 question

Hiring Manager

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

  • How do you give difficult feedback to a peer?
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #leadership
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
  • Why this company, and why this role?
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #motivation

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.