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> The classic one I've seen like 5 times is "how would you design a social media feed?" I still do not know the "correct" answer to this question. There is no
by shagie 4y ago
> The classic one I've seen like 5 times is "how would you design a social media feed?" I still do not know the "correct" answer to this question.
There is no "correct" answer to it. It is an investigation into how you break the problem down and approach it. When presented with a challenge to it, how do you then look at it and consider how to solve it.
The Codeless Code - Case 83
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- chucksmash 4y agoThere sort of is though, right? At a meta level, making sure you touch on the points they want you to touch on ("is this workload read heavy or write heavy?", "fan out vs fan in", "eventual consistency") is a right answer that you phrase in the form of a series of questions designed to look as if you've never been asked the question before, yeah?
- hgsgm 4y agoI'd the interviewers are competent (rare), then there are a dozen or more right answers, and getting 2 or 3 of them is passing.