System Design Interview: Senior/Staff/Architect

Hey!

If you are a senior/staff+ engineer (>8 YOE), and trying to switch for staff+ engineering roles, then this will the right choice for you to go for.

What's expected in this?

• Either you can bring a problem by yourself or I can pick one randomly during our discussion.
• You will design the high-level system just like you are doing an actual interview.
• We will keep the time check in place.
• In the end, I will provide detailed feedback about the strength, weaknesses, and opportunity areas where you can approve yourself.

A few things that I will be checking:

• Requirements (clear and concise)
• APIs
• Core Entities (Required entities to store data)
• Selection of databases and architectural patterns.
• Go deep dive into at least 2 components.
• Handling growth/scale.
• Handling hot-partition/celebrity-problem.
• Handling heavy write/read throughput and how to achieve them.
• In-depth knowledge about selection of tech-choices (e.g. why this database vs that database)

Please note that -

• Only one problem will be discussed.
• Strict time-check will be followed during the interview just like how it's done in real-interview.

Timing:

• First 5 mins: Introduction
• Next 50 mins: Mock Interview
• Last 20 mins: In-depth feedback