MongoDB interview questions

53 questions31 coding5 system design17 behavioral8 freeUpdated

This is every question in the MongoDB guide, in one list: 31 coding problems, 5 system designs and 17 behavioral questions, drawn from what candidates report about MongoDB interviews.

Each row shows the round it comes from and links to the lesson that works through it. 8 are free to read in full. The other 45 are Premium, and here you still see their round, difficulty and topic, so you know what you're walking into.

MongoDB coding interview questions

31 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.

1Group Anagrams: Bucket by a Canonical KeyFreeMediumArrays, Strings & Hashing
2String Compression: Run-Length in the BufferFreeMediumArrays, Strings & Hashing
3Search in Rotated Sorted Array: Which Half Is SortedFreeMediumArrays, Strings & Hashing
4Intersection of Two Arrays: Hash the Smaller SideFreeEasyArrays, Strings & Hashing
5Text Justification: Greedy Lines, Then PadFreeHardParsing & Sliding Windows
6Parse JSON: A Recursive-Descent ReaderFreeHardParsing & Sliding Windows
7Sliding Window Maximum: Monotonic DequeFreeHardParsing & Sliding Windows
8Premium medium problemMediumTrees & Graphs
9Premium medium problemMediumTrees & Graphs
10Premium medium problemMediumTrees & Graphs
11Premium medium problemMediumTrees & Graphs
12Premium easy problemEasyTrees & Graphs
13Premium medium problemMediumTrees & Graphs
14Premium medium problemMediumHeaps & Intervals
15Premium hard problemHardHeaps & Intervals
16Premium medium problemMediumHeaps & Intervals
17Premium medium problemMediumHeaps & Intervals
18Premium medium problemMediumHeaps & Intervals
19Premium medium problemMediumDynamic Programming
20Premium hard problemHardDynamic Programming
21Premium medium problemMediumDynamic Programming
22Premium medium problemMediumData Structure Design
23Premium medium problemMediumData Structure Design
24Premium medium problemMediumData Structure Design
25Premium medium problemMediumData Structure Design
26Premium medium problemMediumData Structure Design
27Premium medium problemMediumData Structure Design
28Premium medium problemMediumConcurrency & Locks
29Premium medium problemMediumConcurrency & Locks
30Premium medium problemMediumConcurrency & Locks
31Premium medium problemMediumConcurrency & Locks

MongoDB 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 ShardingFree
2Design Replication & Failover (Premium)
3Design Indexes & the Query Engine (Premium)
4Design the Storage Engine (Premium)
5Design Change Streams (Premium)

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

MongoDB 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 MongoDB, why this team (4)

All 4 are Premium

Ownership & impact (3)

All 3 are Premium

Intellectual honesty & learning (3)

All 3 are Premium

Developer empathy & the customer (2)

All 2 are Premium

Collaboration & disagreement (3)

All 3 are Premium

Ambiguity & technical depth (2)

All 2 are Premium

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How many questions are in the MongoDB interview guide?

53: 31 coding problems, 5 system designs and 17 behavioral questions. The guide was last updated in November 2026.

Which rounds do these MongoDB interview questions come from?

All 31 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 MongoDB interview questions are free?

8 of the 53 are free to read in full, marked Free in the list. The other 45 come with Premium, which also opens all 100 company guides.