System Design Interview Survival Kit – From 1M to 1B Requests

Master the 80/20 of system design interviews: asking the right questions, estimating capacity, and designing scalable systems with clear trade-offs.

Covers real-world case studies including URL shorteners, Twitter feed, real-time chat, and search systems — plus the most common mistakes that eliminate candidates.

Key Features

• 80/20 System Design Framework
• QPS, storage, and bandwidth calculations
• Caching, sharding, and replication patterns
• CAP theorem trade-offs
• Failure scenarios & monitoring principles
• Scaling from 1M → 1B requests/sec