Whatnot Interview Experience
- Location
- Seattle
- Posted
- 8 Apr 2026
Summary
I interviewed for a senior full‑stack role at Whatnot in Seattle; I passed the recruiter screen but failed after the coding and React rounds.
How it went
I interviewed for a senior fullstck position in Seattle
Recruiter Screen: Typical stuff. Make sure you have a good answer for "why do you want to work here"
Coding Round: Part 1) write a function to determine if a given string is a palindrome, you are allowed 1 deletion. https://leetcode.com/problems/valid-palindrome-ii/description/
Part 2) Given two sorted arrays, return a merged sorted array containing the sqaure of the elements. Negative numbers make this a bit tricky.
The interviewer literally just gave me the solution, which I did not appreciate. I wanted to solve the problem my own way but he wouldn't let me.
React Round: Build a website that has two tabs, each containing a list of items. Popultate both lists from a network request. Implement "follow/unfollow" for each item.
Result: FAILED. Not sure why.
Questions asked (2)
- 01
Valid Palindrome with One Deletion
Data Structures & Algorithms · Medium
Open the problemWrite a function to determine if a given string is a palindrome, allowing at most one character deletion.
- 02
Merge Sorted Arrays and Return Sorted Squares
Data Structures & Algorithms · Medium
Given two sorted arrays, return a merged sorted array containing the square of each element. Negative numbers make this a bit tricky.