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Question
Design a referral system where users invite others with a unique link and earn rewards when invitees sign up or convert.
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.
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