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Coupang Backend Engineer Interview Questions

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SQL vs NoSQL for InventoryMedium

Assesses data model and storage trade-offs for real-time inventory workloads.

Trade-offsdatabase design
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URL Shortening at Scale
Hard

Evaluates system design decisions for high-throughput URL shortening at large scale.

scalabilityhigh availability
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Distributed Rate Limiter
Hard

Evaluates design of distributed throttling with correctness, scalability, and low latency.

distributed systemsscalabilityrate limiting
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Sharding for Order Management
Medium

Assesses data partitioning and sharding strategies for a high-traffic order system.

partitioning
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Memoization for Dynamic ProgrammingMedium

Assesses dynamic programming optimization using memoization to improve time complexity.

Dynamic Programmingoptimization
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Top-K Frequent Elements
Medium

Assesses streaming algorithm design and efficient frequency estimation or selection.

Stream Processingfrequency countAlgorithms
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Thread-Safe LRU Cache
Hard

Tests concurrency-safe data structure design and correctness under multi-threaded access.

Hash TablesLinked Listscaching
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Technical Trade-off Under Deadline
Easy

Tests prioritization and decision-making under pressure, especially how you balance speed, quality, and long-term technical cost.

Decision MakingTrade-offsstar
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