Coinbase interview notes, page 2 of 21

“I jumped straight into revenue vs cost breakdown and started listing possible causes before really thinking about what a 10% month-over-month swing even means for a crypto company.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Coinbase, Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I went straight to user personas and probably spent too long there.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Coinbase, Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The base add_user part was fine, just bookkeeping.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Coinbase, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Seemed simple enough and it mostly was.” The rest of the author's notes on Frontend Engineer interview at Coinbase, Take-home Assignment round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This one is way more surface area than it sounds.” The rest of the author's notes on Frontend Engineer interview at Coinbase, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The aggregation part was fine, filter on the year, group by product_id, sum quantity times unit_price.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning Engineer interview at Coinbase, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This one sprawled in every direction.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Coinbase, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I went with a crypto trading app because, well, Coinbase.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Coinbase, Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The TTL piece is what tripped me up first.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Coinbase, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The scope you pick makes or breaks this.” The rest of the author's notes on Frontend Engineer interview at Coinbase, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.