Backend Software Engineer Interview Questions

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Can you explain the Node.js event loop and how it handles non-blocking I/O? Describe a time you had to optimize a slow database query. What was your approach? How would you design a rate-limiter for an API gateway? How would you ensure data consistency in a microservices architecture? Tell me about a time a project you were on failed. What did you learn? How do you handle error logging and monitoring in a distributed system?

Backend Developer

Interviewed at Keus

4
Aug 25, 2025

Can you explain the Node.js event loop and how it handles non-blocking I/O? Describe a time you had to optimize a slow database query. What was your approach? How would you design a rate-limiter for an API gateway? How would you ensure data consistency in a microservices architecture? Tell me about a time a project you were on failed. What did you learn? How do you handle error logging and monitoring in a distributed system?

Where does a cache fit in this picture (of a server/application layout) Given unknown number of Transactions coming into your website, how do you derive statistics on the total for the 'last' 30 minute period using constant memory (the answering is bucketing) Draw a java 8 lambda that returns the sum of a collection of objects where total is greater than x ( a ridiculous question, I dont see how this relates to any particular job skill )
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Backend Developer

Interviewed at N26

3.5
Mar 17, 2016

Where does a cache fit in this picture (of a server/application layout) Given unknown number of Transactions coming into your website, how do you derive statistics on the total for the 'last' 30 minute period using constant memory (the answering is bucketing) Draw a java 8 lambda that returns the sum of a collection of objects where total is greater than x ( a ridiculous question, I dont see how this relates to any particular job skill )

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