Please read part 0 to get an overview of what to expect in this article series. Part 1 lists out the study material required to nail the system design interview. In this article, we will cover the format you should follow during the system design interview.
Typically system design interviews will focus on a narrow part of a larger problem. For e.g. you are way more likely to be asked to design a service for tracking driver locations rather than to “design Uber”. Interviewers do this because it’s much easier to gauge your performance on a problem that is narrow & well…