Design Extensible Undo and Redo for a Spreadsheet

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A software-design interview about extending spreadsheet undo and redo to row deletion, column deletion, recalculation, and non-undoable actions. It tests command-based abstractions, state capture, dependency restoration, transaction boundaries, and extensibility.

Design Extensible Undo and Redo for a Spreadsheet

Company: Airtable

Role: Software Engineer

Category: Software Engineering Fundamentals

Difficulty: medium

Interview Round: Technical Screen

Overview: A software-design interview about extending spreadsheet undo and redo to row deletion, column deletion, recalculation, and non-undoable actions. It tests command-based abstractions, state capture, dependency restoration, transaction boundaries, and extensibility.

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Jul 24, 2026
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