System Design Interview: Design Dropbox or Google Drive w/ a Ex-Meta Staff Engineer
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 Published On Apr 24, 2024

00:00 - Intro
02:03 - The Approach
3:18 - Requirements
8:17 - Core Entities & APIs
15:10 - High Level Design
27:33 - Deep Dives
55:55 - Conclusion

A step-by-step breakdown of the popular FAANG+ system design interview question, Design Dropbox or Google Drive, which is asked at top companies like Meta, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and more.

This question is most commonly asked at Google and Amazon, but shows up a lot at Meta too as well as across all major tech companies.

Evan, a former Meta Staff Engineer and current co-founder of Hello Interview, walks through the problem from the perspective of an interviewer who has asked it well over 50 times.

Resources:
1. Detailed write up of the problem: https://www.hellointerview.com/learn/...
2. System Design In a Hurry: https://www.hellointerview.com/learn/...
3. Excalidraw used in the video: https://link.excalidraw.com/l/56zGeHi...
4. Vote for the question you want us to do next: https://www.hellointerview.com/learn/...

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Connect with me on LinkedIn:   / evan-king-40072280  

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Good luck with your upcoming interviews!

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