Rippling Frontend Engineer Interview Questions
& Process
Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.
Based on 14 interview experiences · FREE TO READ
Candidate interview experiences
First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at Rippling.
Rippling
Frontend Developer
Entry Average Positive experience Accept offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Technical screen
Interview formats
Technical Coding
The hiring process is about planning, doing stuff, and checking how things went to meet goals. It kicks off with ideas, then we figure out what we need, build it, test it, and release it. We keep getting feedback, making it better, and coming up with new ideas to grow. Talking and working together, and being flexible, helps us win while keeping customers happy and the business running in a tough market.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Could you explain the distinction between JS and JSX?
Rippling
Senior Frontend Developer
Senior Difficult Negative experience No offer 4 rounds
Interview process
Technical screen Technical screen Technical screen Technical screen
Interview formats
Coding Technical System Design Behavioral
There were 4 rounds in total: coding, DS, system design, and HM. I had a really bad experience with the system design round with Luvkush because it wasn't engaging or helpful. He asked a question super specific to his team's product, and it took forever to even understand the problem. It felt more like a Lower Level Design (LLD) round, which I totally wasn't expecting, especially given it was supposed to be a 1-hour system design (SD) round. It seemed like you'd only be able to crack it if you already knew their product. I was pretty disappointed with how they calibrated the questions; they should be asking a High Level Design (HLD) based question for an SD round. But, thankfully, they gave me another shot at the SD round with a different interviewer. I think I did really well that time, covering all the functional and non-functional requirements we agreed on. But, surprisingly, the interviewer gave negative feedback in the debrief, saying I missed some NFRs. I specifically remember getting sign-off on all the requirements I planned to cover, and they never mentioned needing anything else. It was really disheartening because I was hoping for an offer.
Confirmed questions1 question
- They asked a Lower Level Design (LLD) style question in the System Design (SD) round that was very specific to their team's product. The team really needs to calibrate their questions better and review them before using them in interviews.
Rippling
Frontend Engineer
Entry Difficult Neutral experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen
Interview formats
Coding
Talked to a recruiter first and then got set up for a phone screen. The phone screen involved live coding using a React template. The goal was to incrementally develop a React app by completing given tasks. It started with a simple component and progressed from there. A tricky part was figuring out the existing code, especially some helper functions that were actually mocking API requests.
Confirmed questions4 questions
- Could you create a fundamental React component and implement basic state management for a specific action?
- How would you connect this component to an API endpoint that supports cursor-based pagination?
- Please proceed to incrementally build out the application according to the tasks outlined.
Rippling Frontend Engineer Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from Rippling interview reports.
“Given a configuration, build a form.”
Read reports →“How would you implement a polyfill for Array.isArray?”
Read reports →“How do you center a div inside another div using pure CSS, and what if the child element's size is dynamic?”
Read reports →“Could you write a function to flatten an array to a specified depth?”
Read reports →“Can you create a polyfill for Promise.race?”
Read report →“Could you explain the distinction between JS and JSX?”
Read report →“Can you write a memoized function that tracks the number of times it's called and returns the initial result on subsequent calls?”
Read report →“How would you implement a modal that can be closed by clicking anywhere on the screen?”
Read report →“What strategies can be employed to optimize Javascript performance?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 14 Rippling interview reports.