Coinbase interview notes, page 8 of 21

“Looked like a classic knapsack at first and I started mentally reaching for a heap-based approach.” 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.

“It's a known question if you've been lurking the right prep forums, which I had.” 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.

“This was more involved than I expected for a phone screen.” The rest of the author's notes on Data Scientist 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.

“Java was probably the wrong call here.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Coinbase, Online Assessment (OA) round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The empty state tripped me up more than I expected.” 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 was fine.” The rest of the author's notes on Data Scientist 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 state machine part was actually pretty clear once I drew it out.” 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.

“No input/output examples at the start, which threw me off more than I expected.” 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.

“The open-endedness is the whole point and also the hardest part.” 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.

“This looked manageable at first glance and then I started writing it and realized I had three separate problems duct-taped together.” The rest of the author's notes on Data Scientist 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.