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Standing Out in Staff Level System Design Interviews

Standing Out in Staff Level System Design Interviews

There is a lot of mystery that surrounds the Staff level System Design interview at top tech companies. This makes sense. The majority of online resources target mid-level or senior talent. There are also far fewer staff-level interviewers, which means the pool of insiders sharing insider knowledge is noticeably smaller.

🤖 I Built a Customizable Chat-GPT Bot. Here’s How to Build Your Own (with screenshots)

🤖 I Built a Customizable Chat-GPT Bot. Here’s How to Build Your Own (with screenshots)

I’ve been working on a side project lately. It’s a Chat-GPT bot that you can train to answer questions by uploading PDF documents with custom context. Recent conversations I’ve had with clients inspired this project. In the last few weeks, three different people asked me about building

Software Engineer Interview Guide - System Design

Software Engineer Interview Guide - System Design

Congratulations, you are now proficient with both algorithms and behavioral questions and are at the final step: System design questions. System design questions are scary and tricky, because they have no right answer, similar to behavioral questions. This is why these questions are crucial for passing your software engineering interview: