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Etsy Software Engineer Interview Questions

The questions to prepare for a Etsy Software Engineer interview. Questions from real interview reports rank first. Updated weekly.

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CodingStart here. 21 questions · ~226 min
Check Binary Tree BalanceEasy
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Use postorder recursion to determine whether a binary tree is height-balanced in O(n) time.

RecursionSearchingTreesEtsy
Reverse a String in PythonEasy
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Reverse a string in Python using character traversal and return the reversed result.

StringsfunctionspythonEtsy
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System Design12 questions · ~129 min
Design a URL Shortening ServiceHard

Design a URL shortening service that routes, ranks, and monitors links at scale.

Feature StoreModel ServingEtsy
Design Personalized Marketplace Search RankingHard

Design a personalized marketplace search ranker for 180M products at 420K peak QPS with tight latency and freshness constraints.

Trade-offsRoadmappingRisk AssessmentEtsy
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SQL & Data Manipulation3 questions + 3 drills · ~62 min
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Execution6 questions · ~65 min
Production Debugging ApproachHard

Tests your incident debugging workflow, observability mindset, and risk-aware troubleshooting.

Trade-offsRisk AssessmentScope ManagementEtsy
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Behavioral & Leadership6 questions · ~65 min
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More topics2 questions · ~22 min
Scalable File Storage ArchitectureHard

Tests system design skills for scalability, durability, performance, and secure access patterns.

Infrastructurecloud architecturedistributed systemsEtsy
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