Think30s if you want it
Answerabout 240 words
Follow-upsafter you finish
Coachsealed until you stop
Answer shapeCase
Frame 
Segment 
Options 
Recommend 
target 240 words

Four beats: Frame, Segment, Options, Recommend. Nothing is marked until you stop, because underlining a word while you are still speaking changes the next one.

The answerNot started
Frame · Segment · Options · Recommendfills in when you finish
Your coach note lands when you finish. Nothing is marked on your words until then, because reading a correction mid-sentence changes the next sentence.

A question likely to be asked for a Meta Software Engineer role

System-design questions are about the trade-offs you make when no answer is obviously right. Interviewers want to see scope, the bottleneck you pick, and the rejected designs you can articulate.

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