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System DesignStart here. 3 questions · ~25 min
Design API Rate LimiterHard

Design a distributed API rate limiter with reliable enforcement, low latency, adaptive abuse detection, and operational safeguards.

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Monolith to Microservices MigrationHard

Explain the architectural, operational, data, and organizational considerations for safely migrating a monolithic application to microservices.

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Distributed Data ConsistencyHard

Explain consistency guarantees, replication, conflict handling, and recovery for distributed data used by ML serving systems.

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Behavioral & Leadership5 questions · ~41 min
Mentoring Junior EngineersHard

Tests mentorship, knowledge sharing, prioritization, and ownership of team capability.

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Advocating to Fix Technical DebtHard

Tests ownership, prioritization, and influence when making the case to address technical debt.

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What If You Miss the DeadlineMedium

Tests ownership, prioritization, and transparent communication when a software project is at risk of missing its deadline.

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More topics2 questions · ~16 min
Thread-Safe Singleton PatternMedium

Explain how to implement a singleton safely under concurrency and avoid race conditions during initialization.

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Memory Optimization in ConcurrencyHard

Tests how candidates control allocation, queue growth, object lifetimes, and leaks under high concurrency.

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