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VMware Software Engineer Interview Questions

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

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CodingStart here. 13 questions + 3 drills · ~158 min
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System Design13 questions · ~128 min
Design a URL Shortening ServiceHard

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

Feature StoreModel ServingVMware
Design a URL Shortening RecommenderHard

Design a URL shortener that ranks and recommends short links while handling abuse, freshness, and monitoring at scale.

Feature StoreModel ServingVMware
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Pipelines3 questions · ~30 min
Design High-Throughput Event PipelineHard

Design a real-time event pipeline that can handle millions of events per second with sub-second latency.

data pipelineevent processinglatencyVMware
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Security & Infrastructure8 questions · ~79 min
Prevent Deadlocks in Multi-Threaded SystemsEasy

Explain deadlock conditions and how to prevent or detect them in a concurrent application with shared resources.

os internalsdeadlockconcurrencyVMware
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SQL & Data Manipulation4 questions · ~39 min
Optimize Database QueriesMedium

Tests your ability to improve query performance and reason about database execution.

Window FunctionsJoinsAggregationsVMware
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Execution5 questions · ~49 min
Reduce Distributed CRUD LatencyHard

Tests your ability to optimize distributed CRUD performance under high read/write throughput.

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More topics4 questions · ~39 min
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