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← Urban Company

Staff+ Frontend at Urban Company

FrontendStaff+Rejected◆ Commonly asked· 2024

A staff frontend loop. Fast-paced; expect follow-ups that push on depth.

The loop · 5 rounds

01

Round 01 · 3 questions

DSA / Coding

Data structures & algorithms on a whiteboard or shared editor.

  • Decode ways.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #dp#string
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
  • Largest rectangle in histogram.
    Staff+Hard◆ Commonly asked
    #stack#monotonic-stack
    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 the component model for a rich text editor.
    Staff+Hard◆ Commonly asked
    #oop#editor
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
03

Round 03 · 2 questions

System Design

High-level architecture of a large-scale system.

  • Design a ride-sharing service like Uber.
    Staff+Hard◆ Commonly asked
    #geospatial#matching
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
  • Design a rate limiter for a public API.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #token-bucket#redis
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
04

Round 04 · 1 question

Hiring Manager

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

  • How do you run an incident and the postmortem after?
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #reliability#process
05

Round 05 · 2 questions

Behavioral / HR

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

  • Describe mentoring or unblocking another engineer.
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #mentorship#star
  • Describe working with an ambiguous or shifting requirement.
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #ambiguity#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.