[HN Gopher] How to find great practice systems design questions ___________________________________________________________________ How to find great practice systems design questions Author : traviskaufman Score : 61 points Date : 2022-06-24 18:43 UTC (4 hours ago) (HTM) web link (www.hackpack.io) (TXT) w3m dump (www.hackpack.io) | random42_ wrote: | Systems design questions are the only part of interviews that I | actually like and find useful for evaluating actual knowledge - I | mean, I think it's harder to fake it than memorizing a bunch of | problems and their solutions on Leetcode. | danielgh7 wrote: | I feel like senior engineers are doing more system design and | managing communication among team members than anything else | Kinrany wrote: | The problem seems to be that "practice questions" imply having an | accurate (if not completely formal) model of the world, and | systems design is not enough of a science for that. Instead of a | coherent model it's a disjoint collection of patterns, or perhaps | many different coherent but small disciplines mushed together. | | Perhaps I just don't know system design though. | bcrosby95 wrote: | My problem with practice questions is they ignore practical | realities. Instead of shrinking the problem they artificially | shrink the solution space by telling you to ignore those | problems (sometimes explicitly). | jakemcgraw wrote: | Great write up about a critical part of most interview processes | without a chance to practice if you've never worked at an org | that regularly implement complex systems. | danielgh7 wrote: | Solid writeup. The infrastructure for system design practice is | so crappy compared to traditional DSA questions. | Figgy24 wrote: | Super helpful | Melatonic wrote: | Based on the title I expected a lot more specifics - the whole | article is basically just "come up with a real world scenario | where systems design might be new or challenging" and then ask | that. | mathgeek wrote: | I came away with the same impression. The advice is good, but | the answer to the title is still "you won't find good | questions, so go find inspiration for your own." ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-06-24 23:00 UTC)