System Design Interview Questions

Review this list of 369 system design interview questions and answers verified by hiring managers and candidates.
  • "To determine what predictions to show, our systems look for common queries that match what someone starts to enter into the search box but also consider:"

    Abdurhman M. - "To determine what predictions to show, our systems look for common queries that match what someone starts to enter into the search box but also consider:"See full answer

    System Design
    Technical
  • "Clarified with interviewer: How it is used ? user will give facebook page of school as input What is the criteria for declaring school as duplicate ? same name and location used exposed APIs of parent service to create and maintain a inverted index [msg queue+spark]. Duplicate matching service will use elastic search [and filter out input school page]. Elastic will search and return results of school name and geospatial matching ."

    A S. - "Clarified with interviewer: How it is used ? user will give facebook page of school as input What is the criteria for declaring school as duplicate ? same name and location used exposed APIs of parent service to create and maintain a inverted index [msg queue+spark]. Duplicate matching service will use elastic search [and filter out input school page]. Elastic will search and return results of school name and geospatial matching ."See full answer

    System Design
  • Microsoft logoAsked at Microsoft 
    Product Manager
    System Design
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  • " Broke down the problem in this: Features scope API design Pseudo code for specific components Data model/schema Back-of-the-envelope calculations Reference links Link to whiteboard or diagram such as https://sketchboard.me/new Good luck! Considerations: Content could be potential large Older content should clean from the server URL: Pastebin.com/2324234 Features Scope: user can paste any text content .TXT, .HTML Limit on the amount content compress data and send over"

    Ayo A. - " Broke down the problem in this: Features scope API design Pseudo code for specific components Data model/schema Back-of-the-envelope calculations Reference links Link to whiteboard or diagram such as https://sketchboard.me/new Good luck! Considerations: Content could be potential large Older content should clean from the server URL: Pastebin.com/2324234 Features Scope: user can paste any text content .TXT, .HTML Limit on the amount content compress data and send over"See full answer

    Software Engineer
    System Design
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  • "Clarification Questions Do we need to calculate what we are seeing and processing or we want to process our unconscious thoughts in the memory as well? [You can have ] And we need to calculate the amount of storage for a person in single day? [Yes] For more product management interview experience https://technomanagers101.blogspot.com/ High Level Formula = (24 hours - 6 hours of sleep(assuming no processing))([(4 hours of Concentration)(3.5 GB/hr analogous to movie playing at 108"

    Anonymous Muskox - "Clarification Questions Do we need to calculate what we are seeing and processing or we want to process our unconscious thoughts in the memory as well? [You can have ] And we need to calculate the amount of storage for a person in single day? [Yes] For more product management interview experience https://technomanagers101.blogspot.com/ High Level Formula = (24 hours - 6 hours of sleep(assuming no processing))([(4 hours of Concentration)(3.5 GB/hr analogous to movie playing at 108"See full answer

    System Design
    Estimation
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    "Great question! I think it's very important to teach kids about investment. Couple that with the trend of kids becoming tech savvy at a younger age, there's a big opportunity to design a useful product. I'd like to start by breaking down the customer segment of "kids." I will assume that kids who will use this product come from more affluent backgrounds and their parents have investment accounts. We certainly could target kids from a lower socioeconomic background, but I think the barriers for"

    Rika S. - "Great question! I think it's very important to teach kids about investment. Couple that with the trend of kids becoming tech savvy at a younger age, there's a big opportunity to design a useful product. I'd like to start by breaking down the customer segment of "kids." I will assume that kids who will use this product come from more affluent backgrounds and their parents have investment accounts. We certainly could target kids from a lower socioeconomic background, but I think the barriers for"See full answer

    System Design
    Product Design
  • "We should define automated Scheduled Updates for deployment to keep the application up to date."

    Rahul M. - "We should define automated Scheduled Updates for deployment to keep the application up to date."See full answer

    System Design
    Machine Learning
  • Yelp logoAsked at Yelp 

    "You should identify this type of interview question as an Expansion problem, since we're expanding to a new market. This is similar to a growth problem, with a few additional components. This is the formula you should use when tackling these types of interview questions: Ask clarifying questions Perform user analysis Market risk analysis State goals Perform channel analysis Prioritize growth channels Strategy Summarize Without further"

    Exponent - "You should identify this type of interview question as an Expansion problem, since we're expanding to a new market. This is similar to a growth problem, with a few additional components. This is the formula you should use when tackling these types of interview questions: Ask clarifying questions Perform user analysis Market risk analysis State goals Perform channel analysis Prioritize growth channels Strategy Summarize Without further"See full answer

    Product Manager
    System Design
  • Asana logoAsked at Asana 

    "Summary of the Situation We'll design a video streaming app for toddlers, focusing primarily on creating a safe, engaging, and educational environment. The goal is to foster early learning and provide entertainment that's appropriate for this age group. This will be a brand-new app, designed to use existing hardware like tablets and smartphones that are common in households with young children. Identify Users Primary Users: Toddlers (ages 1-4): direct consumers of the content. Seco"

    Vishwanshi J. - "Summary of the Situation We'll design a video streaming app for toddlers, focusing primarily on creating a safe, engaging, and educational environment. The goal is to foster early learning and provide entertainment that's appropriate for this age group. This will be a brand-new app, designed to use existing hardware like tablets and smartphones that are common in households with young children. Identify Users Primary Users: Toddlers (ages 1-4): direct consumers of the content. Seco"See full answer

    Engineering Manager
    System Design
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  • Walmart Labs logoAsked at Walmart Labs 

    "We've identified the problem as a Design a Product question. Use the following framework for tackling these types of questions: Ask Clarifying Questions Identify users, behaviors, and pain points State product goal Identify current solutions Brainstorm new solutions Evaluate solutions Measure success Summarize We'll go through each of these step by step. Ask Clarifying Questions The PM interview isn't about your ability to come up w"

    Exponent - "We've identified the problem as a Design a Product question. Use the following framework for tackling these types of questions: Ask Clarifying Questions Identify users, behaviors, and pain points State product goal Identify current solutions Brainstorm new solutions Evaluate solutions Measure success Summarize We'll go through each of these step by step. Ask Clarifying Questions The PM interview isn't about your ability to come up w"See full answer

    Product Manager
    System Design
  • Lyft logoAsked at Lyft 
    System Design
    Product Design
  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 

    "Front Page Layout Design for Newspaper App Header Section Logo: Displays at the top left. App Name: Displays alongside, so very prominent. Search Bar: Centered with search to find articles within the application. Navigation Menu: The links to the respective sections, World, Politics, Sports, Entertainment, and Opinion, etc Main Content Area Top Stories Carousel: It is a rotating banner that displays the top 3-5 news stories with images along with their headlines. Each story should be cl"

    Midde V. - "Front Page Layout Design for Newspaper App Header Section Logo: Displays at the top left. App Name: Displays alongside, so very prominent. Search Bar: Centered with search to find articles within the application. Navigation Menu: The links to the respective sections, World, Politics, Sports, Entertainment, and Opinion, etc Main Content Area Top Stories Carousel: It is a rotating banner that displays the top 3-5 news stories with images along with their headlines. Each story should be cl"See full answer

    Software Engineer
    System Design
    +1 more
  • Meta (Facebook) logoAsked at Meta (Facebook) 
    System Design
    Product Design
  • Product Manager
    System Design
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  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    System Design
    Technical
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