FareHarbor Backend Engineer Interview Questions
& Process
Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.
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Candidate interview experiences
First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at FareHarbor.
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Senior Backend Engineer
Senior Easy Negative experience No offer 4 rounds
Interview process
Technical screen Phone screen Technical screen Onsite
Interview formats
Coding Technical System Design
I interviewed for the Senior Backend Engineer role. The process had four stages: a basic programming interview, a chat with the engineering manager, a coding interview, and a system design session. The questions were between easy and medium difficulty, which felt appropriate for a senior position. I got good feedback after each stage and felt good about my answers. But, I was rejected, and they said they found a better candidate. It was frustrating because I heard others had a similar experience. This makes me wonder if the interviews are just for show. It's fine to be rejected if someone is a better fit, but when many people have the same story, it seems like the interviews might be for appearances only. The hiring team should be upfront about why they're interviewing and give real feedback when rejecting someone. Interviews should respect the time candidates put in. Not getting clear reasons for rejection, especially after doing well, left me with a bad feeling. I hope they use this feedback to be more open in their hiring.
Confirmed questions3 questions
- How would you approach flattening objects?
- Could you explain basic graph traversal algorithms like DFS and BFS?
- How would you design a system like Zapier?
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Backend Engineer
Entry Easy Negative experience No offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Technical screen
Interview formats
Coding Coding System Design
Had a recruiter call first, then two technical interviews on the same day. The first was a simple problem-solving question, and the second involved BFS. The entire process went well, and I felt I solved the questions effectively, but I was rejected without a clear reason and got no feedback even after asking. The system design interviewer seemed unprofessional and possibly inexperienced, as I struggled to understand their expectations despite detailing trade-offs.
Confirmed questions3 questions
- Solve a simple problem to parse input and extract information.
- Solve a problem using the BFS algorithm.
- Design a system for a specific feature.
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Backend Developer
Entry Easy Positive experience No offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Technical screen Technical screen Technical screen
Interview formats
Coding Coding System Design
It was an easy interview process. It only took 2 weeks. First was an easy coding interview and then a Round 2 coding and a system design. System design and coding 2 happened on the same day.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Can you flatten a nested JSON structure recursively?
FareHarbor Backend Engineer Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from FareHarbor interview reports.
“Can you merge two web server log files into a single file sorted by date?”
Read reports →“Can you flatten a nested JSON structure recursively?”
Read reports →“How would you implement flood fill for a 2D pixel array?”
Read reports →“Solve a problem using the BFS algorithm.”
Read reports →“Solve a simple problem to parse input and extract information.”
Read report →“Could you explain basic graph traversal algorithms like DFS and BFS?”
Read report →“Design a system for a specific feature.”
Read report →“How would you approach flattening objects?”
Read report →“How would you design a system like Zapier?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 5 FareHarbor interview reports.