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So many companies, so many customs

In the beginning we all get the feeling that System Design is a huge subject to comprehend, which pretty much is true. The secret for this type of intreviews is to understand as much as possible what are the expectations of your recruiter and what will be the structure of the interview.

Being such a vast subject, there are a lot of approaches for this type of interviews. As a matter of fact, I already had 3 of them and each one was different from the rest. By far. And none of them matched with that the online sources were covering. This is why is important to understand their expectations.

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