System design interviews test your ability to solve ambiguous, large-scale problems under pressure.
So much of system design boils down to the Fundamental Theorem of Software Engineering:
"All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of indirection"
-- David Wheeler
Including too much indirection.
So much of system design boils down to the Fundamental Theorem of Software Engineering:
"All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of indirection"
-- David Wheeler
Including too much indirection.