Coding fluency
Implement an LRU cache. Explain your data structures, test capacity one, and walk through an eviction.
What a strong answer demonstrates
Correctness, edge cases, and time / space complexity.
Prepare for Zapier with a focused mix of coding, design, and communication. Start with your job description and confirm the interview loop with your recruiter.
6 Practice picks
3 Interview reports
5 Levels mapped
01 / MAKE YOUR NEXT SESSION COUNT
Your preparation, made concrete.
System design
Design a notification service. Clarify delivery guarantees, model the data, then handle retries and duplicate events.
What a strong answer demonstrates
Clear requirements, a working baseline, and explicit trade-offs.
Behavioral storytelling
Describe a technical decision you changed after receiving feedback. Explain your contribution and the outcome.
What a strong answer demonstrates
Specific actions, honest reflection, and measurable impact.
BEFORE YOU PRACTICE
Ask your recruiter.
Get the details that a generic company guide cannot know.
- Which team and level is this opening for, and what does success look like?
- What rounds, durations, and evaluation criteria should I prepare for?
- Which languages, tools, and AI assistance are permitted?
- Will design focus on frontend, backend, infrastructure, or another specialty?
- Are there accommodations or preparation materials I should request?
Zapier practice problems
Company-linked challenges and related lessons from our library. Not a prediction of your interview.
Challenge
Difficulty 7/10
Maximum Sum of Absolute Difference of Values and Indices
Challenge
Difficulty 8/10
Course Prerequisites
Challenge
Difficulty 7/10
Pick A Sign
Challenge
Difficulty 5/10
Merge Sorted Linked Lists
Challenge
Difficulty 4/10
Bottom Left Node Value
Challenge
Difficulty 8/10
Merge K (Multiple) Sorted Lists
Real interview experiences
3 reports from candidates who interviewed at Zapier.
What people at Zapier say
Reviews originally posted on Glassdoor.
Great product with a lot of room for improvement - which is good, you have to wear lots of hats.
Further, work life balance is very very strongly encouraged
As desk jobs go, you can't get much better than Zapier. Fully remote, strong culture that promotes being friendly and empathetic, transparency around policy changes and company finances, profit sharing, office set-up budget, impressive talent, successful product, 14 week parental leave, in-person retreats, the list goes on. . .
Zapier is one of the few companies that practices its values every day. With values like Default to Transparency and Growth through Feedback, it really feels like a place that you want to be, where you can enjoy your work, and where you can grow!
Great teams and great service. There's a lot of room to grow here.
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