System Design Interview: Design a Web Crawler w/ a Ex-Meta Staff Engineer

00:00 - Intro
01:58 - The Approach
4:08 - Requirements
10:31 - System Interface & Data Flow
14:48 - High Level Design
18:20 - Deep Dives
1:04:09 - Conclusion

A step-by-step breakdown of the popular FAANG+ system design interview question, Design a Web Crawler, which is asked at top companies like Meta, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and more.

Evan, a former Meta Staff Engineer and current co-founder of Hello Interview, walks through the problem from the perspective of an interviewer who has asked it well over 50 times.

Resources:
1. Detailed write up of the problem: www.hellointerview.com/learn/system-design/answer-…
2. System Design In a Hurry: www.hellointerview.com/learn/system-design/in-a-hu…
3. Excalidraw used in the video: link.excalidraw.com/l/56zGeHiLyKZ/9hC265dNFoo
4. Vote for the question you want us to do next: www.hellointerview.com/learn/system-design/answer-…

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