30 Pinterest Interview Questions & Answers

01 If hired for this position at Pinterest, what leadership skills would you bring to our team? LEADERSHIP

02 In designing Android software, what is your experience using parcelable versus serializable within an app? EXPERIENCE

03 If you were confronted with a time where you wouldn't be able to meet a deadline here at Pinterest, what steps would you take when you made that realization? SCENARIO BASED

04 What SDLC models are you familiar in working with? EXPERIENCE

05 A huge part of our business here at Pinterest is designing software for iOS. In this role, how would you steer away from retain cycles when using closures in Swift programming language? SCENARIO BASED

06 How would you say that you would help bring sound data governance philosophies to this role at Pinterest? SCENARIO BASED

07 What unique values can you bring to Pinterest in your user experience design skills? EXPERIENCE

08 At Pinterest, we rely on a full team effort to deliver top quality products to our customers. Tell me about a time that you worked well as part of a team. Are you comfortable in a similar role here? TEAMWORK

09 What do you feel is one of the top issues that is faced by data engineers today? DIRECT

10 Do you consider yourself stronger in C++, C#, Java, or Python? EXPERIENCE

11 Do you have experience working with different CASE tools? If so, what do you have experience with? EXPERIENCE

12 If hired here at Pinterest to develop iOS and Android software, when would you use a fragment rather than an activity? DIRECT

13 In SQL, how do you explain the differences between clustered and non-clustered indexes? Can you name a time that you used each? SCENARIO BASED

14 As you reflect back on your career to this point in your search for a new position, what would you say is your ideal work environment or culture? JOB SATISFACTION

15 What data cleaning methods are you familiar with and comfortable using if hired for this role at Pinterest? COMPETENCY

16 As a machine learning engineer, how do you avoid the curse of dimensionality in your designs? DILIGENCE

17 What do you feel are the primary features and benefits of the Java programming language? EXPERIENCE

18 If hired for this position here at Pinterest, would you be comfortable handling overall project manager responsibilities for new software development? TEAMWORK

19 How do you feel cloud computing has positively impacted the software industry? DIRECT

20 What software analysis and design tools do you have familiarity working with? COMPETENCY

21 How would you handle a situation where a colleague was being very difficult to work with? COMMUNICATION

22 What skills do you use to cope with the day to day stress and pressure on the job? STRESS

23 Talk about your previous user interface design experience in detail. Why do you feel that this experience will translate well to this role with Pinterest? EXPERIENCE

24 What programming languages would you consider yourself fluent in? COMPETENCY

25 Do you have experience working with data in a cloud computing environment? EXPERIENCE

26 If hired here at Pinterest and tasked with helping design a UI for a new mobile app, what important factors would you consider in that design? SCENARIO BASED

27 What experience do you have in the different types of software maintenance? EXPERIENCE

28 How would you go about explaining cloud computing to someone that doesn't have a technical background? SOFTWARE ENGINEER

29 How experienced are you with the Agile software development process? SOFTWARE ENGINEER

30 How do you go about organizing CSS files, and why do you prefer this approach? SOFTWARE ENGINEER

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