System Design Interview Questions

G. D. - "It's possible the Onboarding Flow is fine as it is - but I would do some initial hands-on exploring. I would go through the boarding steps myself. Re-Visit the flow with a clean perspective. Take notes on Pros & Cons. Things I liked. Things I didn't like. Create a table. Brainstrorm some UI / UX / Flow features that could use some improvement. If my simple analysis warranted some more exploration - I would do an informal survey with my immediate internal colleagues - and possibly even my tight"See full answer

Akshai V. - "Google Assistant is the Voice AI which converts Natural Language to Queries/Instruction , processes it and get the results and again converts it back to Meaningful Results to the User Currently Google Assistant is Integrated in Multiple End Points. Phone Google Home Chrome Cast Google Chrome Books Some of the Use Cases Google Assistant is used is Making Phone Calls/Texting Asking General Queries/Searching for Information Integration with Devices and Turning them O"See full answer

Arnab S. - "clarifying questions why are we building this? is there a particular reason we are building this or is there a metric/group of metrics that shall be activated that eventually drives an organisational metric or is it just an attempt of creating another super app? am i safe to assume that i am a part of the team that can actually drive the marketplace experience? and by shopping, we mean a marketplace like an amazon? can i safely set the overarching organisational goal, then the indi"See full answer

Dheeraj S. - "I said dockerizing the application and taking them in the Kubernetes cluster will help, I created a diagram of all the API they had."See full answer

nikilukman - "Clarifying questions #1: What does "investment" mean? #2: Verification badge already exists or not? #3: A verification badge is a special symbol (like a checkmark), usually displayed next to the username to identify/verify that an account with this badge is an authentic public figure or brand. It is NOT a way for Instagram to endorse the "importance" of verified accounts. Is this accurate? Anything else I should know of as a PM regarding the definition? **Assumption: Verification badge alre"See full answer

Anonymous Kingfisher - "The interviewer focused on the data models and steered the conversation there from the beginning. He had a specific design in mind and I just wasn't hitting it. He also wanted details on how I would implement the logic for splitting users into variants. I would recommend reading the LinkedIn blog on their AB Test system design."See full answer

Garrett M. - "Do they ask these kinds of rapid fire questions?"See full answer

Kavya C. - "MTBF is Mean time between failures. This is measured to figure out how reliable a system is by what is the gap between 2 failures. (Total time elapsed- Down time)/No of failures"See full answer

Adesegun K. - "While all branches should ideally be tested, some are more critical than others based on the following factors: A. High-Risk or Business-Critical Logic Branches that handle authentication & authorization (e.g., login, role-based access control) Financial transactions or payment processing logic (e.g., tax calculations, refunds, invoice generation) Security-related branches (e.g., encryption/decryption, token verification) B. Error Handling & Exception Paths Branches that deal with error conditi"See full answer

Anonymous Hyena - "A load balancer accepts requests from clients (e.g. web browsers on the Internet) and backend services (e.g. a web server). Load balancers are useful for replicating backend services onto multiple machines to meet increased demand. The design of a load balancer should address the following questions: What protocols should be supported? IP allows computers to communicate using packets, similarly to how people send letters. IP packets are addressed using an IP address and port number. "See full answer

Chirag C. - "was this techincal phone screen round or panel discussion round?"See full answer

Faraz A. - "Describe basics of web browser and http request. Then go into Google's search engine. For follow-up questions, talked about http vs https (encryption), sql vs nosql data store, s3 blob storage, encryption policies, retention policies."See full answer

Anonymous Stork - "You are working on a SaaS product that currently uses Basic Authentication (username/password) for API and application access. The security and compliance teams have mandated moving to a more secure, modern authentication mechanism — OIDC (OpenID Connect). Design the authentication system migration from Basic Authentication to OIDC. Discuss the architecture changes, the migration approach, and the rollout strategy. What are the technical challenges, impacts on customers, backward compatibility"See full answer

Abdurhman M. - "Graphic design is the process of visual communication and problem-solving through the use of typography, photography"See full answer