#pricing

8 pricing interview questions, asked at Amazon, Airbnb, Applied Intuition and 3 more companies. Last asked Sep 2026.

Checkout price engine with pluggable discountsOO designBuild the price engine for an e-commerce checkout. A cart holds line items (product id, unit price, quantity) and the customer has a tier, standard or premium. Apply discounts of…
Last asked Sep 2026
Recipe shopping cart with bulk discountsCodingModel a recipe shopping cart that prices ingredients with bulk discounts per ingredient. Reported on 1point3acres' Decagon bank; reconstructed in our own words.
Last asked Jul 2026
Extensible cinema ticket pricing engineOO designDesign a ticket pricing engine for a cinema, built so that new pricing rules can be added later without rewriting the engine.
Last asked May 2026
Shipping cost with tiered pricingCodingAn order names a country and the products and quantities in it, and a pricing table gives the shipping cost of each product for each country. 1. Compute the order's total shipping…
Last asked Jan 2026
Cart and pricing engine for a food delivery orderOO designIn a food delivery marketplace, an order's final price is more than the sum of its menu items: item customizations such as extra toppings and sizes change it, and so do other…
Last asked Jan 2026
Shopping cart pricing with category couponsCodingA shopping cart holds items, each with a category and a price. A coupon names a category and gives a percentage or amount off, and it applies only when the cart meets its…
Last asked Sep 2025
Price rides with fairness and poolingSystem designWrite and design the pricing logic of a ride-hailing service: compute a fare from distance, time and demand, keep prices fair between riders, and price pooled rides where several…
Last asked Sep 2025
Design a listing price suggestion systemML designSuggest a nightly price for each listing and date that hosts will accept and that books, adapting to seasonality, events and local demand.
Last asked Aug 2025