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