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Running a Design Interview

A design round is 45 minutes and nobody grades the diagram alone. They grade how you scope, size, sketch, go deep and own your tradeoffs. Here is a sequence I have used and coached, with a full IRCTC Tatkal walk-through and a clock you can actually follow.

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  1. The candidate who drew a perfect database
  2. The simple version
  3. My seven steps
  4. One example all the way through: IRCTC Tatkal
  5. Choosing the deep dive
  6. Break it on purpose (38 to 43 minutes)
  7. The 45 minutes, as a table
  8. What interviewers actually grade
  9. Common mistakes
  10. How to practise