System Design Interviews: 10 Key Principles (with ex-Google EM)

An illuminating conversation about how to take on system design interviews. Mark was an engineering manager at Google for 13 years and is now a coach.
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:07 1. Communicate efficiently
03:17 2. Scope the problem
06:11 3. Start drawing ~15 minutes in
09:18 4. Start with a simple design
14:33 5. Utilize lots of prep resources
15:28 6. Properly understand the problem
19:21 7. Practice, practice, practice!
25:10 8. Explain your thinking
28:03 9. Get comfortable with the Math
35:40 10. Use the drawing tool efficiently
40:45 Outro
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[@DavidWoodMusic]

At this point Mark is carrying my career

[@MarceloDezem]

It's amazing the way Mark makes his point across with such clarity.

[@MarkSimithraaratchy]

Great video -- lot of helpful depth to Mark's explanations!

[@IGotAnOffer-Engineering]

Glad it was helpful!

[@mahakomar8794]

Fantastic points called out. Thank you so much!

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It's very useful video, thanks

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Great video

[@kartik82inn]

Thanks Mark for sharing your experiences. This is very helpful.

[@IGotAnOffer-Engineering]

Glad it was helpful!

[@RickBlaine22]

I have watched Mark designing TikTok and Telegram. Both are great. I feel these are very similar to solution architect interview ?

[@andreiristea1354]

"10. Use the drawing tool efficiently" - this is present in description, but missing in Chapters list

[@teleshyam26]

Really nice video! i was wondering if i could help you edit your videos and make them more engaging as well as create short content out of them.

[@aqumus]

Damn his blue eyes, reminds me of DUNE movie, Amazing video

[@IGotAnOffer-Engineering]

Haha, thank you!

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are freshers get hired for system design role

[@rajendrauppal4165]

audio volume is very low in these videos. or is it just me?

[@IGotAnOffer-Engineering]

It seems ok for me, anyone else having this problem?

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Are you guys son and father?

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No! lol