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Pinterest Software Engineer Interview Questions

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

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CodingStart here. 17 questions · ~183 min
Medium LeetCode-Style Coding ChallengeMedium
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Find the longest substring without repeated characters using a sliding window and hash map.

coding challengeleetcodeperformancePinterest
JSON Validator From SchemaHard
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Validate nested JSON values against a recursive schema with type, required, properties, items, and constraint checks.

Data StructuresAlgorithmsvalidationPinterest
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SQL & Data Manipulation3 questions + 2 drills · ~52 min
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System Design16 questions · ~172 min
Design Pinterest Notification SystemHard
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Design Pinterest's notification system for scalable delivery, low latency, high availability, and personalized notification prioritization.

latencydistributed systemsnotification systemPinterest
S3-Style Storage System DesignHard
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Design an S3-like object storage system that uses ML to predict access patterns and optimize placement, tiering, and retrieval.

system designdistributed systemsFeature DriftPinterest
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Pipelines4 questions · ~43 min
Batch and Real-Time ML PipelineHard
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Evaluates pipeline design for ML signal extraction with both batch and real-time requirements.

Machine LearningBatch ProcessingPinterest
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Execution5 questions · ~54 min
Project DiscussionMedium
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Assesses depth of technical understanding and ability to explain tradeoffs clearly.

PlanningPinterest
Query Billions of PinsHard
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Tests system design for indexing, storage, and low-latency query performance at Pinterest scale.

Trade-offsExecutionScope ManagementPinterest
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Behavioral & Leadership5 questions · ~54 min
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