Flexport·Software Engineer

Flexport Software Engineer interview experience

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My interview was focused and pretty direct: a coding test followed by a system design interview.

The coding part had two questions tied to the company’s business context—one started easy and then escalated with a medium follow-up, so the pace felt like it was testing whether I could adjust quickly once the constraints got tighter.

For system design, I was asked to design a restaurant reservation system. I didn’t just describe the “big idea” either; I had to think through the APIs, lay out a database schema, and explain how the queries would work end to end. The questions felt practical and grounded in data flow rather than just feature lists.

I walked away feeling like I understood

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