Design a distributed rate limiter for an API gateway — Samsung interview
Reported in Samsung interview loops. System design testing token bucket, sliding window, and Redis coordination.
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Consumer electronics — mobile, systems programming, and global R&D.
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100
Reported in Samsung interview loops. System design testing token bucket, sliding window, and Redis coordination.
Reported in Samsung interview loops. Mid-to-senior design spanning WebSockets, message storage, and presence.
Reported in Samsung interview loops. Caching patterns for system design and backend performance tuning.
Reported in Samsung interview loops. Infrastructure design question covering L4/L7 balancers and health checks.
Reported in Samsung interview loops. Behavioral STAR question assessing collaboration and conflict resolution.
Reported in Samsung interview loops. Leadership behavioral question for senior and lead engineering tracks.
Reported in Samsung interview loops. Managerial and lead-round question on coaching, feedback, and growth.
Reported in Samsung interview loops. HR negotiation question requiring research and flexible framing.
Reported in Samsung interview loops. API design question covering resources, HTTP semantics, and versioning.
Reported in Samsung interview loops. Architecture trade-off question for mid-level backend and platform roles.
Reported in Samsung interview loops. DevOps fundamentals for mid-level engineers discussing automation and quality gates.
Reported in Samsung interview loops. Testing strategy question covering pyramid, mocks, and confidence vs speed.
Reported in Samsung interview loops. Java-specific collections question on buckets, hashing, and resize behavior.
Reported in Samsung interview loops. Core JavaScript concurrency model question for frontend and Node.js roles.
Reported in Samsung interview loops. Python-specific question on threading limits and multiprocessing alternatives.
Reported in Samsung interview loops. React hooks question on local state complexity and predictable updates.
Reported in Samsung interview loops. Node.js architecture question on libuv, event loop phases, and worker threads.
Reported in Samsung interview loops. SQL performance question covering B-trees, composite indexes, and trade-offs.
Reported in Samsung interview loops. Distributed data question bridging SQL transactions and NoSQL eventual consistency.
Reported in Samsung interview loops. Web fundamentals question essential for API and backend interviews.