Coupang | L6-1 | Staff | BLR
Summary
I completed five interview rounds at Coupang for a Staff role in Bangalore, covering coding, low‑level design, high‑level design, and behavioral interviews, and received an offer with a total compensation of 1.34 cr.
Full Experience
YOE: 7years
Current: Amazon
Round 1 - Coding - Linked List questions similar to LRU/LFU cache
Round 2 - LLD - Design a Notification system
Round 3 - HLD - Design a product review system for an e‑commerce where customers can also search the reviews in keywords
Round 4 - Hiring Manager round - Only behavioural questions. explain your most complex technical problem . How you handle conflict.
Round 5 - Bar raiser - Only behavioral . Why leaving Amazon, How you handle on call. what did you do is your previous role. Have you ever mentored people
Current Compensation
Base: 56L
Stocks: 34L
Total: 90LPA
Compensation offered
Base: 90L
Cash-in lieu: 26L (1st and 2nd year)
Performance bonus: 9L
Stocks: 90L (10%,20%,30%,40%) vesting
TC: 1.34cr
3 days in office policy
Interview Questions (2)
Design a Notification System
Design a Notification system. Include functional requirements (e.g., sending real‑time notifications via multiple channels), non‑functional requirements (scalability, reliability, low latency), API design, data model, handling fan‑out, deduplication, and how to store and deliver notifications.
Design a Product Review System with Keyword Search
Design a product review system for an e‑commerce platform where customers can write reviews and search the reviews using keywords. Cover requirements such as write/read latency, indexing for keyword search, data storage, scaling read/write traffic, and any trade‑offs.