System Design Fundamentals and Interview Framework

Apply a structured approach to system design interview questions including requirements gathering and scope definition

Estimate capacity requirements using back-of-the-envelope calculations for user traffic, storage, and bandwidth

Analyze trade-offs between monolithic, microservices, and serverless architectures for different operational and scaling requirements

Identify and articulate trade-offs between consistency, availability, latency, and scalability for given requirements

Design API contracts for system components using REST or RPC patterns

Create component diagrams that effectively communicate system architecture