[HN Gopher] How to find great practice systems design questions
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       How to find great practice systems design questions
        
       Author : traviskaufman
       Score  : 61 points
       Date   : 2022-06-24 18:43 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | 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."
        
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