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Interview experiences & questions tagged Distributed Systems
Discuss how to handle traffic spikes in a monolithic architecture. What trade-offs would you consider between a monolithic and microservices approach? If you were restricted to using a monolith, how would you scale it? Discuss the design of a retry mechanism in distributed systems and methods to reduce system latency.
Discuss how you would implement a seat-locking mechanism to handle simultaneous bookings for the BookMyShow system. Address preventing double-booking scenarios and ensure scalability and consistency in the booking process.
How do you handle data consistency under network partitions? Discuss your approach and potential issues.
Explain the consistent hashing mechanism for load balancing. Why is it important in distributed systems?
Build a simplified distributed caching system. What are the key components and considerations?
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