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← Wiz

Staff+ Backend at Wiz

BackendStaff+Offer◆ Commonly asked· 2024

Staff backend interview. 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.

  • Word ladder — shortest transformation sequence.
    Staff+Hard◆ Commonly asked
    #bfs#graph
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
  • Coin change — fewest coins to make an amount.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #dp
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
  • Product of array except self.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #array#prefix-sum
    PracticeLeetCode↗GeeksforGeeks↗
02

Round 02 · 1 question

Low-Level Design

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

  • Design an elevator control system.
    Staff+Medium◆ Commonly asked
    #oop#state-machine
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
03

Round 03 · 2 questions

System Design

High-level architecture of a large-scale system.

  • Design a content delivery network (CDN).
    Staff+Hard◆ Commonly asked
    #cdn#cache#edge
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
  • Design a typeahead / autocomplete service.
    Staff+Hard◆ Commonly asked
    #trie#cache#ranking
    PracticeGeeksforGeeks↗Search↗
04

Round 04 · 1 question

Hiring Manager

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

  • What does a great engineering culture look like to you?
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #values
05

Round 05 · 2 questions

Behavioral / HR

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

  • Tell me about a time you went above and beyond for a customer.
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #customer#star
  • When did you take ownership of something outside your scope?
    Staff+◆ Commonly asked
    #ownership#star

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