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title: "System Design Interview Mastery"
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summary: "Ace your system design interviews with real-world scenarios and Sruja modeling."
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# System Design Interview Mastery

**Crack your next system design interview.** This course teaches you how to approach, design, and model systems that impress interviewers at FAANG companies and top tech firms.

## Why This Course?

System design interviews are **the most important** part of senior engineering interviews. This course gives you:
- ✅ **Real interview questions** from top companies
- ✅ **Step-by-step approach** to tackle any design question
- ✅ **Sruja modeling** to visualize your designs
- ✅ **Best practices** that interviewers look for
- ✅ **Common pitfalls** to avoid

## What You'll Learn

- **Interview Strategy**: How to approach system design questions systematically
- **Scaling & Performance**: Handle "design for 1M users" questions confidently
- **Architecture Patterns**: Microservices, caching, load balancing, and more
- **Trade-offs**: Make informed decisions and explain them clearly
- **Modeling with Sruja**: Use Sruja to visualize and communicate your designs

## Who This Course Is For

- Software engineers preparing for senior/staff level interviews
- Candidates targeting FAANG and top tech companies
- Engineers who want to improve their system design skills
- Anyone preparing for architecture/design interviews

## Course Structure

### Module 1: Performance & Scalability Interview Questions
Master the most common interview questions about scaling and performance.

**Interview Questions Covered**:
- "Design a video streaming platform like YouTube"
- "How would you handle 10M concurrent users?"
- "Design a system with < 200ms latency"

### Module 2: Modular Architecture & Microservices
Tackle complex system design questions requiring distributed systems knowledge.

**Interview Questions Covered**:
- "Design an e-commerce platform"
- "Design a ride-sharing service like Uber"
- "Design a social media feed"

### Module 3: Governance & Policies (Senior/Staff Level)
Answer questions about compliance, governance, and architectural standards.

**Interview Questions Covered**:
- "How do you ensure compliance (HIPAA, SOC 2)?"
- "How do you enforce architectural standards?"
- "Design a system that must comply with regulations"

## Prerequisites

- Completed System Design 101 or equivalent
- Familiarity with basic Sruja syntax
- Understanding of basic system design concepts

## Estimated Time

4-5 hours (includes practice exercises)

## Interview Success Framework

Each module follows this proven approach:
1. **Understand the Question** - Clarify requirements and scope
2. **Design the System** - High-level architecture first
3. **Model with Sruja** - Visualize your design
4. **Deep Dive** - Discuss scaling, trade-offs, and edge cases
5. **Optimize** - Improve based on feedback

## Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, you'll be able to:
- ✅ Approach any system design question with confidence
- ✅ Design scalable systems that handle millions of users
- ✅ Explain trade-offs and make informed decisions
- ✅ Use Sruja to communicate your designs clearly
- ✅ Avoid common interview mistakes
- ✅ Impress interviewers with production-ready thinking

## Real Interview Questions You'll Master

- Design a URL shortener (bit.ly)
- Design a video streaming service (YouTube/Netflix)
- Design a ride-sharing service (Uber/Lyft)
- Design a social media feed (Twitter/Instagram)
- Design a chat application (WhatsApp/Slack)
- Design a search engine (Google)
- Design a payment system (Stripe)
- Design a distributed cache (Redis)

**Ready to ace your next interview? Let's get started! 🎯**
