System Design Interviews

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I have a few onsite interviews coming in a few days and I was wondering how much of my time should be spent on Algo vs system design. I bought the grokking course and it looks like most of it is  just answers to existing problems. I'm targeting SDE1 or SDE2 so I was wondering if grokking and youtube videos along with https://github.com/donnemartin/system-design-primer#study-guide would be enough. Would appreciate if people can share their system design or other helpful study materials.

lotr87 · Accepted Answer

If you're looking to come in at a higher level, this guide is helpful: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ckl5roGhYkZAEBfaJHZT_-80upmhfzBZWAGmXvPJd3U/edit#

grimace · Answer

Just saw this post on LinkedIn from Alex Xu https://www.linkedin.com/posts/alex-xu-a8131b11_systemdesign-coding-interviewtips-activity-6913142822359486464-Wh0r?utm_source=linkedin_share&utm_medium=ios_app

undertone · Answer

Those are great esp the system design primer, would also recommend this video if you haven’t seen it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUHFg8CZFws

jinyung2 · Answer

not totally sure on the leveling for SDE1 and SDE2 but assuming those are like entry/mid level positions, I've seen far more emphasis on algorithms and less so on system design. I would say they throw you the system design question as sort of a bar raiser to see if you are fit for SDE2 so it might be worth looking into!

System Design Interviews

GitHub - donnemartin/system-design-primer: Learn how to design large-scale systems. Prep for the system design interview. Includes Anki flashcards.

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