Most Commonly Asked System Design Interview Problems/Questions

Last Updated : 05 Feb, 2024

This System Design Interview Guide will provide the most commonly asked system design interview questions and equip you with the knowledge and techniques needed to design, build, and scale your robust applications, for professionals and newbies

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Below are a list of most commonly asked interview problems/case studies/questions in System Design interviews:

System Design Interview Problems\Questions	Solutions
Design URL Shortener like TinyURL	Read
Design Text Storage Service like Pastebin	Read
Design Netflix	Read
Design Youtube	Read
Design Instagram	Read
Design Twitter	Read
Design E-commerce Store like Amazon	Read
Design WhatsApp	Read
Design Facebook	Read
Design File Sharing System like Dropbox	Read
Design Autocomplete for Search Engines	Read
Design Google Search	Read
Design Airbnb	Read
Design Tinder	Read
Design Stock Exchange system	Read
Design Google Maps	Read
Design Distributed Web Crawler	Read
Design Location Based Service like Yelp	Read
Design Uber	Read
Design Ticket Booking System like BookMyShow	Read
Design Spotify	Read
Design Food Delivery App like Doordash	Read
Design Zoom	Read
Design Shopify	Read
Design Google Docs	Read
Design TikTok	Read
Design Reddit	Read
Design Code Deployment System	Read
Design Distributed Message Queue like Kafka	Read
Design Distributed Cloud Storage like S3	Read
Design Distributed Job Scheduler	Read
Design Rate Limiter	Read
Design Distributed Locking Service	Read
Design Distributed key-value store	Read
Design Distributed Cache	Read
Design Notification Service	Read
Design Metrics & Logging Service	Read
Design Content Delivery Network (CDN)	Read
Design Parking Garage	Read
Design Flight Booking System	Read
Design Online Code Editor	Read
Design Vending Machine	Read
Design Authentication System	Read
Design Payment System	Read
Design UPI	Read

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