Coinbase Interview Questions

Rashmi T. - "It depends on how computers are distributed. Are they located within same network (behind same switch or router) or distributed across globally? Also, it depends upon if there are any security related encryption or decryption algorithms being executed. Similarly, there are so many factors involved in it. However, if a system is highly responsive then this time might be less than 1 second. For example, any google search responds in less than 1 sec. It is an interesting question and I am eager t"See full answer

Hems S. - "I will start with clarifications: Q: How do you define "healthy" marketplace? A: When there is a balance in demand and supply Q: If we have balance, is it fair to assume, lot of transactions will happen? A: Sure Q: Also, is it fair to assume well known tokens on the platform already have a healthy marketplace with enough buyers and sellers. The problem is mainly with new tokens that will be introduced? A: Thats a fair assumption Q: Its okay to limit scope for this exercise to the CB retail a"See full answer

Anna H. - "Clarifying questions: How to define “price” in this interview question? Price is defined as the market value of a crypto asset (bitcoin, Ethereum, tether, BNB etc.). Due to the characteristic of crypto assets which is time-sensitive, is this designed for a particular period of time? 1H, 1D, 1W, 1M, 1Y? No Do we know the target customer segment given geographic location or demographic? Not specific. Is it designed across devices? Mobile app. Assumptions: There are 03 cu"See full answer

BePostive - "· How well the team is self-motivated and contributing overall success of the company by releasing high quality bug prone releases · Growth of their team members · Does the manager encouraging and supporting career switch based on the individual desire or passion"See full answer

Robbie A. - "A great answer will: Lay out the mission of facebook and how reactions relate to it (FB mission is to connect people, FB app has posts that make up a feed, reactions enable more engagement with posts Describe the benefits of reactions for users (less friction to engage) and for FB (more user engagement with posts which helps viewer and poster, improve newsfeed algo) Notice that you can evaluate demand for a 7th reaction by looking at posts with a high ratio of comments to reactions, and ma"See full answer

Graig - "I faced twice and it always slows down the career trajectory of engineers with complete context loss of previous hard earned projects"See full answer

Spring C. - "I tried taking a shot at this in 20 mins and typed out a solution. Why? Mission: build communities and bring people closer together Birthdays - help you connect with friends once an year, restart a conversation and bring people together. It also brings your broader friends and family closer to celebrate and builds communities . User: Birthday person Posts their birthday as public info FB reminds friends and family about the day On the day they get posts to"See full answer

Abhishek S. - "Draft: Interview on the Goal of Airbnb Hosts Interviewer: What is the goal of Airbnb hosts? Abhishek: Clarifying question - By goal, what exactly do you mean? Are we talking about the business goal, product roadmap, expansion goal, growth, or marketing? And are we just talking about hosts, not Airbnb as a whole, right? Also, is it the website, mobile app, or the whole hosts business vertical? Interviewer: Good clarifying questions! By "goal," I mean the business goal of Airbnb ho"See full answer