RejectedTechnical Screen

Stuck on Debounce in the Autocomplete Round

CoinbaseSoftware Engineer · Technical Screen · Aug 2025

Technical phone screen (1 round) It was a pure whiteboard-style coding round — I had to implement an autocomplete feature for an input box. Requirements: debounce, async fetch, and rendering the results. Follow-up: support keyboard navigation (up/down arrow keys to switch), highlight the selected item, and submit on Enter. I got stuck right at the debounce part — I couldn't get the event handler…

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