
Top Software Engineer Interview Questions in Dubai (2026)
Silicon Valley asks you to invert a binary tree. Dubai asks you to design a scalable delivery system for Talabat.
Top 3 Questions
1. "Design a Queue System for Flash Sales"
Context: Every e-commerce site crashes during White Friday. Answer: Discuss Redis, Message Brokers (Kafka/RabbitMQ), and rate limiting.
2. "How would you handle Arabic Localization (RTL)?"
Context: Crucial for the region.
Answer: CSS logical properties (margin-inline-start vs margin-left), Unicode direction, and font subsetting.
3. "Explain VAT implementation in a POS system"
Context: Compliance is huge. Answer: Decimal precision handling (never use Floats for money) and immutable audit logs.
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