How to Design Facebook in Half an Hour or Secrets of the System Design Interview
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A step-by-step walkthrough of how to design a large-scale social system (using Facebook as the running example) within 30–40 minutes for system design interviews. Covers estimates, API design, high-level and detailed architecture, feed generation and storage estimates, scalability, bottlenecks, performance principles, and interview tips for architects, tech leads, and candidates interviewing at top companies.
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chapters (16)
- 0:00Start
- 3:20System Design vs Coding Interview
- 4:55System Design Interview Assessment
- 7:27Interview Plan. Design Facebook
- 14:51Estimates
- 17:03API
- 18:12High-level System Design
- 23:33Detailed Design
- 26:39Performance Mantras
- 32:13Scalability and Bottlenecks
- 37:16Feed Generation
- 40:21Feed DB Estimate
- 43:57Have we built the Facebook? What was the point?
- 45:16Interview Tips
- 48:10Useful Stuff
- 48:52Q&A
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