System Design Interview – An Insider's Guide: Volume 2

System Design Interview - An Insider's Guide (Volume 2) This book can be seen as a sequel to the book: System Design Interview - An Insider’s Guide. It covers a different set of system design interview questions and solutions. Although reading Volume 1 is helpful, it is not required. This book should be accessible to readers who have a basic understanding of distributed systems. This volume provides a reliable strategy and knowledge base for approaching a broad range of system design questions that you may encounter. It will help you feel confident during this important interview. This book provides a step-by-step framework for how to tackle a system design question. It also includes many real-world examples to illustrate a systematic approach, with detailed and well-explained steps you can follow. What’s inside? - An insider’s take on what interviewers really look for and why. - A 4-step framework for solving any system design interview question. - 13 real system design interview questions with detailed solutions. - 300+ diagrams to visually explain how different systems work. Table of Contents Chapter 1: Proximity Service Chapter 2: Nearby Friends Chapter 3: Google Maps Chapter 4: Distributed Message Queue Chapter 5: Metrics Monitoring Chapter 6: Ad Click Event Aggregation Chapter 7: Hotel Reservation Chapter 8: Distributed Email Service Chapter 9: S3-like Object Storage Chapter 10: Real-time Gaming Leaderboard Chapter 11: Payment System Chapter 12: Digital Wallet Chapter 13: Stock Exchange