FB onsite system design
I'm interviewing onsite for a SDE role at Facebook in a month's time, mostly for an Android engineering role. I have close to 3 YOE but no experience with system design. How do I start my preparation for a mobile/ front end facing system design interview? I'm familiar with the scaling and other backend based system design questions that are asked but preparing specific to Android / mobile is new to me. Please help. Thanks
Then you don’t have 3 Yoe for the job you’re applying
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What the puck, hsLy13? Can you stick to the topic and not yack about BS?
Glassdoor and r/Android are your best bets. Search there. In general, for a mobile system design interview, no one is going to ask about backend, except for what kind of APIs/endpoints you would need from a backend engineer to support a performant client. So think in terms of user experience - how to cache images, offline mode/database (You'll need to think about it the app is offline and you are persisting on disk, how would you sync with the server once the connection is back up), scrolling performance on long lists, etc. Basically, come up with a high level design/block diagram for the client and then dive into specifics. Good luck!
Thank you very much, Do you know any pointers as to how to go about front-end system design?
Hey qVCD33, did they tell u the name of the interviewer for the tech screen? Please help, thank you!
Tushar Roy YouTube videos might be a good place to start
I don't think he has videos specific to mobile system design