The Top Ways People Fail System Design Interviews

Touched on very subtle and key points, which are very valid and commonly in the interviews. Also, liked format of course backed by examples. Highly recommended!!

This course was a refreshing take on system design interviews. Having watched several SD interview videos online, my preparation was on similar lines: following the template, cramming the buzzwords and practicing the transitions. This course offered me a glimpse of what potential mistakes that I was heading into, and I am glad that I chanced upon this gem at the right time. I hope to use a lot of tips that was offered in this course to shape my interview into a successful one. Thanks.

The system design content re-engaged my interest in the craft of software engineering. It made me realize how much more there is to learn.

The series outlined some of the pitfalls a candidate might face when faced with an unfamiliar prompt. It was quite insightful and well articulated with precise examples.

The "Do" and "Don't" mock interviews were very helpful in reinforcing the advice.

Thanks for this series of video. Gave me a different perspective to approach system design interviews.

It was really helpful to see the Do vs Don't versions to actually understand how the interviewee's actions form the perspective, judgement for the interviewer and how the interview consequently progresses and one could get scored on the interview. The key points covered in the case studies provide really valuable pointers to approach the system design interview to be effective and successful in the interview, very helpful content, many thanks to the course author and the interviewer/ interviewee in the videos in helping people review their behaviors and do well on system design problems. Thank you!
Will definitely be reviewing the videos once again to make my notes and solidify understanding of the concepts, liked the outline of the course too, very concise and discusses popular mistakes and how one could do better given the situation.

It was extremely insightful and the mock interview clips clearly demonstrated all the ideas.

Informative!

I'd rate this course 7 stars if there were such a provision. This course shows how easy it is for even highly experienced engineers to fail at System Design Interviews by not focusing on the CORE problem, which might be subtle in most cases, and how to avoid such unseen yet very common pitfalls. The recommendations it gives are applicable in any System Design Interview. The only downside (not related to the advice from the course) is the video player is in fixed resolution which interferes with clarity once the designs get complex and the screen is packed with diagrams and text

I had an Amazon interview before I even started and had no idea what a system design interview was. I felt that I had an easier time learning it with Formation.

Great content

Formation has developed one of the best ways to learn system design that I have seen anywhere.

Excellent. Not only did it highlight some of the pitfalls I’ve personally encountered when I’ve done sys design interviews, it also helped me identify a few key weaknesses of my sys design prep that I will start tackling in the near future.

Definitely addressed some of the pitfalls in my system design prep. Before this, I tended to be a little bit boxy about my approach --> i.e. a little rigid thinking that following a systematic way of fleshing out the interview would allow me to cover all bases. However, after going through this course, I realized that system design interviews should be a lot more dynamic, and more importantly, HOW to be more dynamic in my approach.

An excellent course for those already familiar with system design and its inner workings.

My favorite aspects of this course:

- Clear, straightforward, and easy to understand.

- Highlights common mistakes and immediately follows up with the right approach.

- Excellent examples, lessons, and valuable insights.

- If I ever fail a system design interview, I'll know exactly why, instead of guessing what went wrong or why I was rejected.

Feedback for improvement:

- The video quality could be better. The background was a bit blurry and difficult to read, possibly due to pixel size. If it's an issue on my end, please forgive me! 😅

This is a great supplement to other system design prep materials, highlighting problems and giving examples of poor vs. good performances on each topic. This guide won't give you content (i.e. how to design Uber), but it does provide key guidance on how to avoid pitfalls that might cause an interviewer to reject you.

Insights are valuable, but do vs dont examples should be clearer.

In some of those there aren't too much difference between them - like the one with Kafka.

I think the interviewer expectations can be more clear-cut with real examples (e.g. for positions at Google its really important to understand X problems at Y level)

Unfortunately, I didn't found this much helpful. Also video screen lot of times in clips were not clear and there is no option to change video resolution as well.