How to Prepare for System Design Interviews w/ Meta Staff Engineer

Here is how I would prepare for a system design interview if I was starting from scratch!

00:00 - What is a system design interview
05:45 - System fundamentals to know
10:56 - Components to know
14:51 - Common problems

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1. I'd understand what is a system design interview? https://www.hellointerview.com/learn/...

2. I'd refresh my fundamentals
Storage
Scalability: https://www.hellointerview.com/learn/...
Networking: https://www.hellointerview.com/learn/...
Latency, Throughout & Performance: https://www.hellointerview.com/learn/...
Fault Tolerance & Redundancy
CAP Theorem: https://www.hellointerview.com/learn/...

3. I'd familiarize myself with the core components
Server
Database
PostgreSQL: https://www.hellointerview.com/learn/...
DynamoDB: https://www.hellointerview.com/learn/...
Cache
Redis: https://www.hellointerview.com/learn/...
Message Queue
Kafka: https://www.hellointerview.com/learn/...
Load Balancer
Blob Storage
CDN

4. I'd practice common problems
Design a URL Shortener (Bitly) - Tests your understanding of hashing, databases, and caching. https://www.hellointerview.com/learn/...
Design Dropbox - Tests file storage, synchronization, and metadata management. https://www.hellointerview.com/learn/...
Design Ticketmaster - Tests concurrency, race conditions, and transactional integrity. https://www.hellointerview.com/learn/...
Design a News Feed - Tests content delivery, personalization, and real-time updates. https://www.hellointerview.com/learn/...
Design WhatsApp - Tests real-time communication, presence detection, and message delivery. https://www.hellointerview.com/learn/...
Design LeetCode - Tests code execution environments, scaling compute, and security. https://www.hellointerview.com/learn/...
Design Uber - Tests geospatial indexing, matching algorithms, and real-time updates. https://www.hellointerview.com/learn/...
Design a Web Crawler - Tests distributed systems, scheduling, and politeness policies. https://www.hellointerview.com/learn/...
Design an Ad Click Aggregator - Tests high-throughput event processing and analytics. https://www.hellointerview.com/learn/...
Design Facebook's Post Search - Tests indexing, ranking, and search optimization. https://www.hellointerview.com/learn/...

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Guided Practice to try problems on your own on an interactive whiteboard: https://www.hellointerview.com/practice

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Good luck with your upcoming interviews!