System Design Interview, 2 Volume Set (Full Colour Edition) An Insider’s Guide

Description

These books is fantastic. I strongly recommend it to anyone who is studying for system design interviews. Sunny Patel, Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft

I was a Tech Lead at FAANG, but needed help in getting up to speed with unfamiliar domains. If you put in the work, this book will help you acquire the breadth and depth of knowledge you need for talking about bottlenecks and alternatives, as expected of a Tech Lead. Herbert Degano, Staff Software Engineer at Coinbase

What’s inside?

• An insider’s take on what interviewers really look for and why.
• A 4-step framework for solving any system design interview question.
• 29 real system design interview questions with detailed solutions in both the volumes.
• 491 diagrams to visually explain how different systems work in both the volumes

About the Authors

Alex Xu is an experienced software engineer and entrepreneur. Previously, he worked at Twitter, Apple and Zynga. He can be found online at linkedin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-xu-a8131b11/) and twitter (@alexxubyte)

Sahn Lam is a software engineer with decades of experience in building scalable systems at high-growth companies like Discord, Zynga, and NetApp. He has designed, built, operated, and optimized many interesting distributed systems used by millions of users.