System designHardsd-p125

Subject Ml system designLevel Senior~45 minCommon in ML systems interviewsIndustries Technology

Question

Design an entity-resolution system that determines when different records (across sources, with typos and variations) refer to the same real-world entity, e.g., for fraud or customer 360.

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.

Learn the concepts

Narrate your design

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Run or narrate your approach, then ask the coach.