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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.

System design · Consistency

Design a simple inventory system for an e-commerce site. When a user adds an item to their cart, do you reserve that inventory immediately or only at checkout? What happens if stock runs out?

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