Grokking the Modern System Design Interview*

Everything you need for Grokking the System Design Interview, developed by FAANG engineers. Master distributed system fundamentals & practice real-world interview questions.

Intermediate

521 Lessons

50h

Certificate of Completion

Everything you need for Grokking the System Design Interview, developed by FAANG engineers. Master distributed system fundamentals & practice real-world interview questions.

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Course Overview

System Design Interviews decide your level and compensation at top tech companies. To succeed, you must design scalable systems, justify trade-offs, and explain decisions under time pressure. Most candidates struggle because they lack a repeatable method. Built by FAANG engineers, this is the definitive System Design Interview course. You will master distributed systems building blocks: databases, caches, load balancers, messaging, microservices, sharding, replication, and consistency, and learn the patter...Show More

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Eric Downs

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