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Motive Backend Engineer Interview Questions

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

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CodingStart here. 18 questions · ~167 min
Validate Binary Search TreeEasy
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Problem At Dropbox, a service stores ordered values in a binary tree and needs to verify that the structure satisfies binary search tree rules. Given the r...

RecursionSearchingTreesMotive
Longest Subarray With Target SumMedium
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Use prefix sums and a hash table to find the longest continuous subarray with a given sum in O(n) time.

Hash TablesArraysSearchingMotive
Flatten Nested JSON PathsMedium
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Flatten a deeply nested JSON-like object into path-value pairs using recursion and deterministic key construction.

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SQL & Data Manipulation3 questions + 3 drills · ~58 min
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System Design14 questions · ~130 min
Rate-Limiting Service DesignMedium

Assesses ability to design scalable request throttling with correctness and performance in mind.

api designscalabilityrate limitingMotive
SQL vs NoSQL for Fleet ManagementMedium

Assesses your ability to choose data stores based on access patterns and consistency needs.

Trade-offsnosqlsqlMotive
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Behavioral & Leadership14 questions · ~130 min
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More topics1 question · ~9 min
Consistency During Network PartitionsHard

Tests distributed systems knowledge for maintaining correctness and availability under partition in payment flows.

distributed systemsdata consistencyMotive
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