System Design Interview Prep for Beginners (Full Course)

By KodeKloud

Master system design fundamentals and excel in technical interviews with a proven, reusable framework. Learn to deconstruct open-ended prompts, evaluate architectural trade-offs, and design scalable, high-availability solutions. Through hands-on challenges—including URL shorteners, distributed rate limiters, notification pipelines, and news feeds—you will gain the confidence to ace real-world engineering evaluations.

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System Design Interview Prep for Beginners (Full Course)

Table of Contents

Introduction to System Design Interview Prep

How to prepare for System Design Interview?

What Interviewers Actually Expect?

The Six-Step Framework

The first 5 Minutes - Clarifying Questions

Problem 1: Design a URL Shortener

Interview Questions in URL Shortener

Lab: Build the URL Shortener

Problem 2: Design a Rate Limiter

Interview Questions in Rate Limiter

Lab: Build a Rate Limiter

Problem 3: Design a Notification System

Interview Questions in Notifications System

Lab: Build a Notification System

Problem 4: Design a News Feed

Interview Questions in News Feed

Lab: Feed Fan-Out