Pair Programming Interview II
Under the Hood
If you have read this story directly then welcome to the coinbase interview series and this is part 4. I’ve already covered the previous sections in 3 stories and luckily this single series is in demand from the readers. We have covered 3 interviews so far and today’s story is about interview number four.
Pair Programming II
By the virtue of its name, this section is again a coding round section. The interviewer will through the question or a task and your only job is to complete it. More often they are not looking for the right answer as usual conventional companies expectations, the interviewer in coinbase is also looking for an approach, no more rocket science or out of the box thinking.
Questions
I was asked to develop a reusable dropdown select component and I’ve to take care of styling and everything. The choice editor will be selected by the candidate himself. You will have 30–40 minutes to complete it and while addressing the problem it’s better to keep dictating your approach and plan of action.
Backend question from pair programming is more often related to coinbase existing APIs. Such as developing an application interface for all coins with their respective name, and symbols or giving specific user transactions or holding each coin.
Preparation
Don’t go too much-solving geeksforgeeks or leetcode interview questions, coinbase interviewers are more often will through the questions based on reality.
I recommended browsing the coinbase website thoroughly and whatever position you are applying for try to figure out those questions, think as if you will be taking the interview so what sort of question you might want to ask by just looking on the website.
When I saw the website I was sure that the interviewer will ask me something related to coins API, frontend coins list how to improve the list and so on. Literally, he doesn’t have much to ask so if you think more precisely you will reach too close to the question you will be asked🙃✌️.
Followed by preparing for those questions if you believe any type of question will be a bottleneck for you or you might not be able to do it, work on those types of questions and reduce your chances of getting rejected.
Remember, the interview is not about getting 100% correct sometimes it's more often about not getting wrong and eliminating the factors of rejection.
References
If are preparing for the Coinbase here is the list of all stories telling the interview experiences.
Conclusion
Coinbase interview part I
Interview in Coinbase part III - System Design
All the best 😁✌️ and until next time, have a good day.
Stay tuned, the last section of the interview i.e. Engineering manager will be released soon, until next time, have a good day, people.
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Top comments (1)
It was fun to read :). By the way, where is link for last part ?