Freshworks Backend Engineer Interview Questions

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CodingStart here. 12 questions · ~141 min

Reverse a linked-list segment between two positions in place using pointer manipulation and O(1) extra space.

Find Duplicate in Sorted ArrayEasy

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Find the single duplicated value in a sorted array using binary search on pair structure.

Hash TablesdeduplicationArrays

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Max Water Collected In PipesHard

Tests dynamic programming or graph reasoning and careful handling of constraints in grid-like flows.

Matrix

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Print Binary Tree CombinationsHard

Evaluates reasoning and implementation skill for complex tree traversal and formatting.

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System Design9 questions · ~105 min

Evaluates large-scale system design, service decomposition, and performance considerations.

Rate Limiter With DB and MQHard

Evaluates system design trade-offs for rate limiting, persistence, and asynchronous processing.

database design

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Multi-Tenant Database Schema DesignMedium

Assesses ability to model multi-tenancy safely and efficiently in a database schema.

schema designdatabase

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Rate Limiting Service DesignHard

Assesses system design skills for protecting Freshworks APIs under load and abuse.

apiscalabilityrate limiting

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