Master checksum data integrity concepts for system design interviews. Covers MD5/SHA algorithms, write/read paths, corruption detection and recovery, and real-world usage in Cassandra, HDFS, and S3.
Master consistent hashing for system design interviews. Covers partitioning vs replication, naive hashing problems, virtual nodes, replication on ring, real-world usage in Cassandra and DynamoDB.
Understand why trade-offs are the heart of system design interviews. Covers FAANG scoring signals, critical thinking patterns, business awareness, and the golden script for presenting trade-offs in any interview.
Master SQL vs NoSQL for system design interviews. Covers data models, scalability, ACID vs BASE, CAP theorem mapping, polyglot persistence, and the top 25 FAANG interview questions with answers.