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Specific design questions, yes. The "45 minute to design a system" ones, not so much. The hard part of those is not getting too bogged down in details, and this
by lostcolony 6y ago
Specific design questions, yes. The "45 minute to design a system" ones, not so much. The hard part of those is not getting too bogged down in details, and this just means I have one more, extremely important, likely unappreciated by the interviewer, detail I can get bogged down in: what happens when things fail.
- Osiris 6y agoWhat happens when things fail is an absolutely critical part of design / architecture. It's disappointing that interviewers works consider that an unimportant detail.
- lostcolony 6y agoAgain, 45 minutes for system design interviews. I could go on a long diatribe of why the FAANG interview strategies are flawed, but everyone knows that, FAANG interviewers included. You play the game if you want the role; if you're just, you know, good, and don't want to learn to play the game, then you're an acceptable false negative.