Wtf is the system design round for a frontend developer?
Have a couple final rounds for FAANG this week. The information about system design for frontend online is super inconsistent. Some say you just need to design an application layout etc for the UI. Others say you need to design components, like a typeahead component from a UI perspective (not designing the servers etc, more focusing on renders, state, etc) And then others are saying it’s a full blown system design. Which doesn’t really make sense. So which is it? What kind of questions are asked at FAANG in the system design round for a frontend role? Tc: 135k YOE: 5 #amazon #amazonaws #google #facebook #dropbox #microsoft #apple
I’d prepare detailed component design (layout, logic, async data flow, accessibility, etc) and high level ui-to-api communications (what would you expect from api if you work with b/e eng; endpoints, datstructures, protocols),
My FB product design was basically distributed System Design, just less clear about where to focus so you’re basically on your own unless you get a good interviewer.
E5+ level? You probably had product design and sys design rounds. First will include more of b/e, whereas second is ui-centric. In my case HR was clear about that difference
I was told it was product design but neither the recruiter nor the interviewer could really explain what the difference was in what they’re looking for. Went through the motions thing to explain both the system and API/DB Design with the awful BJ whiteboard tool but no idea what they were actually looking for. The question had no front end or UI portion whatsoever so pretty sure the interview wasn’t really calibrated for someone with FE background.
Api design, component design, caching optimizations, async solutions (you will be given a scenario)
Design a webapp including screens, features, data model, api, state management, data flow.
Frontend system design is literally all backend system design at all the companies I interviewed at (cough cough affirm’s one is especially irrelevant)
^ this guy interviews
Yoe?
Sorry, just updated the post. 4-5 YOE
I have also the same query. Mine yoe is 5.9yrs. Any suggestions?