Scale AI interview questions

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This is every question in the Scale AI guide, in one list: 22 coding problems, 3 system designs and 18 behavioral questions, drawn from what candidates report about Scale AI 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 35 are Premium, and here you still see their round, difficulty and topic, so you know what you're walking into.

Scale AI coding interview questions

22 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.

1Event Records: Quiet Time Per ZoneFreeCodingMediumThe Practical Coding Round
2Inventory: A Stateful Command ProcessorFreeCodingMediumThe Practical Coding Round
3Ledger: Running Balance with an Exact OutputFreeCodingEasyThe Practical Coding Round
4Fix the Batch Planner: Requests Per JobFreeCodingMediumThe Debugging Round
5Fix the Dedup Counter: Billed TokensFreeCodingMediumThe Debugging Round
6Simulate a Four-Player Card GameFreeCodingMediumThe Debugging Round
7Fix Project Assignment: Seats and SavesFreeCodingMediumThe Debugging Round
8Premium medium problemCodingMediumTask Schedulers
9Premium medium problemCodingMediumTask Schedulers
10Premium medium problemCodingMediumTask Schedulers
11Premium medium problemCodingMediumCard Games and Poker Hands
12Premium hard problemCodingHardCard Games and Poker Hands
13Premium medium problemCodingMediumCard Games and Poker Hands
14Premium medium problemCodingMediumThe Algorithm Rounds
15Premium medium problemCodingMediumThe Algorithm Rounds
16Premium medium problemCodingMediumThe Algorithm Rounds
17Premium medium problemCodingMediumThe Algorithm Rounds
18Premium medium problemCodingMediumThe ML Coding Round
19Premium medium problemCodingMediumThe ML Coding Round
20Premium medium problemCodingMediumThe ML Coding Round
21Premium medium problemSystem designMediumDesign a Batch LLM Pipeline
22Premium medium problemSystem designMediumDesign an Agentic RAG Workflow

Scale AI system design interview questions

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

#Question
1Design an LLM Serving SystemFree
2Design a Batch LLM Pipeline (Premium)
3Design an Agentic RAG Workflow (Premium)

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

Scale AI behavioral interview questions

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

Why Scale, and the reliable-AI mission (3)

All 3 are Premium

Earn Customer Love and Quality is Our Cheat Code (3)

All 3 are Premium

Find the 20% and Three Moves Ahead (3)

All 3 are Premium

Team Flow and technical disagreement (3)

All 3 are Premium

Write the Market, ownership, and high agency (3)

All 3 are Premium

Speed, intensity, and working through ambiguity (3)

All 3 are Premium

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Premium opens the 35 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 Scale AI interview guide?

43: 22 coding problems, 3 system designs and 18 behavioral questions. The guide was last updated in November 2026.

Which rounds do these Scale AI interview questions come from?

Of the 22 coding problems, 20 come from the coding rounds and 2 from the system design lessons. The 3 system designs and 18 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 Scale AI interview questions are free?

8 of the 43 are free to read in full, marked Free in the list. The other 35 come with Premium, which also opens all 100 company guides.