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Cohesity Software Engineer Interview Questions

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System DesignStart here. 16 questions · ~220 min
Large File Upload StrategiesHard

Design reliable Cohesity large-file upload, deduplication, replication, erasure-coding, and corruption-recovery workflows.

distributed systemsdata ingestionfailure modesCohesity
Design a Distributed Read BufferHard

Design a low-latency component that returns the 10 most recent values in distributed deployments.

low latencydistributed systemsdata streamsCohesity
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Coding17 questions · ~234 min
Shortest Distance to Solar HousesMedium
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Compute each house's nearest powered-house distance with multi-source BFS on an undirected graph.

ArraysbfsAlgorithmsCohesity
Vehicle Scheduling OptimizationMedium
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Use event sorting and location-aware availability to find the minimum vehicles required for two-way city schedules.

ArraysAlgorithmsedge casesCohesity
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Security & Infrastructure5 questions · ~69 min
Secure Data Against RansomwareHard

Explain a layered ransomware defense using Cohesity DataProtect, immutable recovery, identity controls, encryption, and tested incident response.

data securitycybersecurityleast privilegeCohesity
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Technical Fundamentals5 questions · ~69 min
Linux and Storage Fundamentals for This RoleMedium

Tests practical Linux and storage knowledge for building and operating Cohesity data services.

CommunicationOwnershipDealing With AmbiguityCohesity
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Behavioral & Leadership4 questions · ~55 min
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More topics3 questions · ~41 min
External Merge for Large Integer FilesHard

Design a scalable batch pipeline to merge integers from many files under differing ordering, memory, duplicate, and validation constraints.

Data Qualitydata pipelineBatch ProcessingCohesity
Designing a URL ShortenerHard

Tests your end-to-end system design skills for a high-scale web service.

Trade-offsRoadmappingScope ManagementCohesity
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