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← Toast

Staff+ Backend at Toast

BackendStaff+Offer◆ Commonly asked· 2024

A staff backend loop. Balanced across coding, design, and collaboration.

The loop · 5 rounds

01

Round 01 · 3 questions

DSA / Coding

Data structures & algorithms on a whiteboard or shared editor.

  • Same tree.
    Staff+Easy◆ Commonly asked
    #tree
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
  • 3Sum.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #two-pointers#array
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
  • Pacific Atlantic water flow.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #dfs#grid
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
02

Round 02 · 1 question

Low-Level Design

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

  • Design a hotel-reservation system core.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #oop#concurrency
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
03

Round 03 · 2 questions

System Design

High-level architecture of a large-scale system.

  • Design a rate-limited, multi-tenant public API gateway.
    Staff+Hard◆ Commonly asked
    #gateway#rate-limit
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
  • Design an analytics / metrics dashboard backend.
    Staff+Hard◆ Commonly asked
    #time-series#aggregation
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
04

Round 04 · 1 question

Hiring Manager

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

  • How do you keep a team unblocked and shipping?
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #leadership
05

Round 05 · 2 questions

Behavioral / HR

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

  • A time you influenced a decision without authority.
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #influence#star
  • When did you change your mind after seeing new evidence?
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #judgment#star

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