The Ultimate Collection of System Design Resources for Tech Interviews
Updated: 22nd May 2024
Introduction
If you want to land a job at any of the tech companies abbreviated by FAANG, MAANG, or some other in-fashion fancy acronym, you must ace the System Design round(s). In fact, mastery of System Design is the Rubicon that separates seasoned engineers from budding amateurs in the tech industry. We have taken it upon ourselves to maintain a comprehensive and curated list of free and paid resources for candidates to prepare for System Design interviews.
Free vs Paid
Today’s plethora of tech interview-prep classes and System Design courses are reminiscent of the California Gold Rush in the 1840s and 1850s. Back then, the news of gold discovery brought roughly 300,000 people to California, to try their luck at mining gold. The prospectors needed a pick and a shovel to look for gold, and though there was no guarantee that a prospector would find gold but the companies that sold the tools for mining gold made a profit on each sale. Today’s Gold Rush of California is the Big Tech FAANG/MAANG jobs, and the pick and shovels are the interview prep courses. There’s no guarantee that purchasing any of the interview prep paraphernalia can land the candidate a FANG/MAANG job, nevertheless, the digital hawkers…
