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Asked at Microsoft, Meta (Facebook) • a year ago
Design Facebook Messenger.
Engineering Manager
System Design
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58 answers I was asked this
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"Great explanation on each of the components and their use. During the interview would a PM candidate be expected to go in-depth for capacity estimation (e.g. storage estimation, bandwidth estimation etc.?)"
A B. - "Great explanation on each of the components and their use. During the interview would a PM candidate be expected to go in-depth for capacity estimation (e.g. storage estimation, bandwidth estimation etc.?)"See full answer
Engineering Manager
System Design
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Asked at Microsoft, Meta (Facebook) • a year ago
Design Google Drive.
Engineering Manager
System Design
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1 answer I was asked this
"Functional Requirement Upload the file of any type POST v1/drive Upload the another version of file. POST v1/drive/{fileId} Delete the file. DELETE v1/drive/{fileId} Share the file. POST v1/drive/{fileId} Control the access level of the file. Provide the file accessibility following the directory structure. Non Functional Requirement Reliability: The file along with its versions uploaded should be"
Vikash A. - "Functional Requirement Upload the file of any type POST v1/drive Upload the another version of file. POST v1/drive/{fileId} Delete the file. DELETE v1/drive/{fileId} Share the file. POST v1/drive/{fileId} Control the access level of the file. Provide the file accessibility following the directory structure. Non Functional Requirement Reliability: The file along with its versions uploaded should be"See full answer
Engineering Manager
System Design
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Asked at Microsoft, Canva, Google + 2 more • 7 months ago
Design a key-value store.
Engineering Manager
System Design
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2 answers I was asked this
"Simple file system ( Hash Map , LSM trees), and consistent hashing. I failed to discuss about conflicts ( Versioning)"
V V. - "Simple file system ( Hash Map , LSM trees), and consistent hashing. I failed to discuss about conflicts ( Versioning)"See full answer
Engineering Manager
System Design
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