Figma interview questions

50 questions28 coding5 system design17 behavioral11 freeUpdated

This is every question in the Figma guide, in one list: 28 coding problems, 5 system designs and 17 behavioral questions, drawn from what candidates report about Figma interviews.

Each row shows the round it comes from and links to the lesson that works through it. 11 are free to read in full. The other 39 are Premium, and here you still see their round, difficulty and topic, so you know what you're walking into.

Figma coding interview questions

28 problems, in the order the guide teaches them. Each lesson gives the full problem, a worked solution and the follow-ups interviewers tend to add.

1Layer Document: Implement apply, get, and undoFreeMediumData-Structure Design
2Transactional Batching: One Atomic History EntryFreeMediumData-Structure Design
3LRU Tile Cache: Eviction With a Pin RuleFreeMediumData-Structure Design
4In-Memory Layer Index: Query by PropertyFreeMediumData-Structure Design
5Font Picker Autocomplete: Prefix Matches From a TrieFreeMediumData-Structure Design
6Command Log to Final State: Reduce an Operation StreamFreeMediumData-Structure Design
7Absolute Positions Down the Scene GraphFreeMediumTrees & Recursion
8Lowest Common Ancestor: The Frame That Holds Both LayersFreeMediumTrees & Recursion
9Topmost Accessible Layers: Permissions Down the TreeFreeMediumTrees & Recursion
10Nested List Weight Sum: Depth-Weighted Nested GroupsFreeMediumTrees & Recursion
11Premium medium problemMediumArrays, Strings & Hashing
12Premium medium problemMediumArrays, Strings & Hashing
13Premium medium problemMediumArrays, Strings & Hashing
14Premium medium problemMediumArrays, Strings & Hashing
15Premium medium problemMediumArrays, Strings & Hashing
16Premium hard problemHardArrays, Strings & Hashing
17Premium medium problemMediumGrids & Graphs
18Premium medium problemMediumGrids & Graphs
19Premium medium problemMediumGrids & Graphs
20Premium medium problemMediumGrids & Graphs
21Premium medium problemMediumHeaps & Intervals
22Premium medium problemMediumHeaps & Intervals
23Premium hard problemHardHeaps & Intervals
24Premium medium problemMediumHeaps & Intervals
25Premium medium problemMediumHeaps & Intervals
26Premium medium problemMediumDynamic Programming
27Premium medium problemMediumDynamic Programming
28Premium medium problemMediumDynamic Programming

Figma system design interview questions

5 designs, each worked end to end in its own lesson, from requirements to the architecture and its trade-offs.

#Question
1Design Real-Time Multiplayer EditingFree
2Design Live Presence & Cursors (Premium)
3Design Comments & Notifications (Premium)
4Design File Storage & Version History (Premium)
5Design the Canvas Rendering Engine (Premium)

A lock means the design is named here and its walkthrough is Premium.

Figma behavioral interview questions

17 questions, grouped by what the interviewer is testing. The lesson explains why each one gets asked and what a strong answer covers.

Why Figma and the mission (3)

All 3 are Premium

Collaboration and the multiplayer default (3)

All 3 are Premium

Design and engineering, in tension (2)

All 2 are Premium

Craft, and knowing what "good enough" means (2)

All 2 are Premium

Customer and user empathy (2)

All 2 are Premium

Feedback, given and taken (2)

All 2 are Premium

Ambiguity, ownership, and receipts (3)

All 3 are Premium

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Premium opens the 39 locked questions on this page, each with the full prompt and a worked answer, and every other lesson in all 100 company guides.

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How many questions are in the Figma interview guide?

50: 28 coding problems, 5 system designs and 17 behavioral questions. The guide was last updated in November 2026.

Which rounds do these Figma interview questions come from?

All 28 coding problems come from the coding rounds. The 5 system designs and 17 behavioral questions come from the system design and behavioral rounds. Every row in the list carries its round, so you can start with the one you have booked.

Which Figma interview questions are free?

11 of the 50 are free to read in full, marked Free in the list. The other 39 come with Premium, which also opens all 100 company guides.