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Cracking the System Design Interview: The Ultimate Visual Guide
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- Javed Shaikh
Introduction
System design interviews are often the most daunting part of the technical interview process. They require you to demonstrate not just your coding skills, but your ability to think at scale, make trade-offs, and design robust architectures.
Whether you're aiming for a role at a FAANG company or a high-growth startup, mastering these concepts is crucial. This post presents a curated System Design Interview Preparation deck designed to walk you through the core principles visually.
What You Will Learn
This visual guide covers:
- Scalability Basics: Vertical vs. Horizontal scaling.
- Load Balancing: Distributing traffic effectively.
- Database Strategies: Sharding, replication, and CAP theorem.
- Caching: Optimizing performance with Redis or Memcached.
- Asynchronous Processing: Message queues and event-driven architectures.
Explore the slides below to build your mental model for large-scale systems.
