Code RoomReal-time event aggregation
HardPrep Room Coding #3853

Real-time event aggregation

System designDistributed systemsSenior–Staff~45 min

Design a real-time ad-click (or event) aggregation system that produces accurate per-campaign counts over time windows, tolerant to duplicate and late-arriving events.

What a strong answer looks like

Clarify scale and constraints first. Propose a clean component breakdown, then go deep on the hard parts (data model, bottlenecks, consistency, failure modes) and name the trade-offs you are making.

Clarify5:00 left
Estimate5:00 planned
Design15:00 planned
Deep dive12:00 planned
Failure8:00 planned
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