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