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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 · Tradeoffs

Design the backend for a marketplace that connects buyers and sellers. How do you handle escrow, dispute resolution, and preventing double-spending of seller inventory?

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