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Design Tiny URL services... AWS questions. SQL questions, challanges... lot of stress on strategies on optimizing SQL query executions on very large SQL dbs. They would bring you couple of their project challenges and ask for your thoughts.
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Principal Software Engineer

Interviewed at Kickdrum

3.4
Mar 3, 2018

Design Tiny URL services... AWS questions. SQL questions, challanges... lot of stress on strategies on optimizing SQL query executions on very large SQL dbs. They would bring you couple of their project challenges and ask for your thoughts.

Interview question were based on over all system design using different technologies. Pros and Cons of using different tech stack. Sql vs No Sql and AWS cloud /Concurrency.Data base deep drive and scaling the system. Security aspects and building new system on top of legacy system etc.
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Senior Principal Engineer

Interviewed at Kickdrum

3.4
Jun 5, 2019

Interview question were based on over all system design using different technologies. Pros and Cons of using different tech stack. Sql vs No Sql and AWS cloud /Concurrency.Data base deep drive and scaling the system. Security aspects and building new system on top of legacy system etc.

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