Real questions from top companies in System Design/Architecture · hard
What architecture are you following in your current project, and why?
Briefly explain the architecture of Kafka.
Describe the data pipeline architecture you've worked with.
Explain the trade-offs between batch and real-time data processing. Provide examples of when each is appropriate.
Can you explain the trade-offs you made during the design process?
Designing Mixpanel - event-driven analytics platform
How did you ensure scalability and reliability in your design?
How would you design the schema for transactional data storage?
How would you handle massive data ingestion in a cloud environment?
Lakehouse vs. Warehouse
Mapper and Reducer design for solving Two-Sum
What's your approach to data versioning in a data lake?
Architect a solution to handle notifications for millions of users with varying preferences.
Build a banking system architecture from scratch, highlighting critical workflows, scalability, and data management strategies.
Business Role of Data Pipeline
CAP Theorem
CI/CD implementation across environments (DEV, QA, UAT, PreProd, PROD)
Can Schema Evolution lead to data inconsistencies? If so, how do you manage them?
Compare Native vs Cloud Database Systems.
Data Volume in Pipelines and Scalability Solutions
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