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← Thoughtworks

Staff+ Full-stack at Thoughtworks

Full-stackStaff+Withdrew◆ Commonly asked· 2023

Staff 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.

  • Word ladder — shortest transformation sequence.
    Staff+Hard◆ Commonly asked
    #bfs#graph
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
  • LRU cache with O(1) get and put.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #hashmap#linked-list
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
  • Set matrix zeroes.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #matrix
    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 a file-sharing service with permissions.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #storage#acl
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
  • Design a distributed cache.
    Staff+Hard◆ Commonly asked
    #cache#consistency
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
04

Round 04 · 1 question

Hiring Manager

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

  • What would your first 90 days here look like?
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #planning
05

Round 05 · 2 questions

Behavioral / HR

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

  • Tell me about a time you simplified something overly complex.
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #judgment#star
  • Tell me about the hardest bug you have debugged.
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #debugging#star

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  • 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.