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← Tencent

Staff+ Frontend at Tencent

FrontendStaff+Offer◆ Commonly asked· 2023

Staff frontend interview. 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.

  • Word break.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #dp#string
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
  • Best time to buy and sell stock.
    Staff+Easy◆ Commonly asked
    #array#greedy
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
  • Permutations.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #backtracking
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
02

Round 02 · 1 question

Low-Level Design

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

  • Design a design-token theming system.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #design-system
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
03

Round 03 · 2 questions

System Design

High-level architecture of a large-scale system.

  • Design a real-time collaborative editor (client side).
    Staff+Hard◆ Commonly asked
    #frontend#crdt#realtime
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
  • Design a client-side error and telemetry pipeline.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #frontend#observability
    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.

  • Describe a time you disagreed with a teammate. How did it resolve?
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #conflict#star
  • Describe a disagreement on a code review and how it ended.
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #conflict#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.