Design a distributed rate limiter for an API gateway — GitLab interview
Reported in GitLab European engineering loops. System design testing token bucket, sliding window, and Redis coordination.
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Reported in GitLab European engineering loops. System design testing token bucket, sliding window, and Redis coordination.
Reported in GitLab European engineering loops. Mid-to-senior design spanning WebSockets, message storage, and presence.
Reported in GitLab European engineering loops. Caching patterns for system design and backend performance tuning.
Reported in GitLab European engineering loops. Infrastructure design question covering L4/L7 balancers and health checks.
Reported in GitLab European engineering loops. Behavioral STAR question assessing collaboration and conflict resolution.
Reported in GitLab European engineering loops. Leadership behavioral question for senior and lead engineering tracks.
Reported in GitLab European engineering loops. Managerial and lead-round question on coaching, feedback, and growth.
Reported in GitLab European engineering loops. HR negotiation question requiring research and flexible framing.
Reported in GitLab European engineering loops. API design question covering resources, HTTP semantics, and versioning.
Reported in GitLab European engineering loops. Architecture trade-off question for mid-level backend and platform roles.
Reported in GitLab European engineering loops. DevOps fundamentals for mid-level engineers discussing automation and quality gates.
Reported in GitLab European engineering loops. Testing strategy question covering pyramid, mocks, and confidence vs speed.
Reported in GitLab European engineering loops. Java-specific collections question on buckets, hashing, and resize behavior.
Reported in GitLab European engineering loops. Core JavaScript concurrency model question for frontend and Node.js roles.
Reported in GitLab European engineering loops. Python-specific question on threading limits and multiprocessing alternatives.
Reported in GitLab European engineering loops. React hooks question on local state complexity and predictable updates.
Reported in GitLab European engineering loops. Node.js architecture question on libuv, event loop phases, and worker threads.
Reported in GitLab European engineering loops. SQL performance question covering B-trees, composite indexes, and trade-offs.
Reported in GitLab European engineering loops. Distributed data question bridging SQL transactions and NoSQL eventual consistency.
Reported in GitLab European engineering loops. Web fundamentals question essential for API and backend interviews.