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Asked at Apple • 2 years ago
Why use a message queue?
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Design a music player application using the MVC (Model-View-Controller) architecture.
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Asked at Nike • 2 years ago
Design a fitness tracker like Nike Training Club.
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Asked at Amazon • 3 years ago
Design Amazon Storage.
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Asked at Meta (Facebook), WhatsApp • 7 months ago
Design an LCU cache.
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Asked at Apple, Workday • 2 years ago
Design a messaging platform.
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Asked at Amazon, Twitter • 9 months ago
Design a Tic Tac Toe game that allows remote play.
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Asked at Robinhood • 3 years ago
Design a restaurant application that gives the expected waiting time based on waiters, tables, and customers.
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Design PasteBin.
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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
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Asked at Amazon • 3 years ago
Design the front page of a newspaper app.
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"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
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