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System Design Interview: DoorDash

This comprehensive course prepares you for DoorDash software engineer interviews and DoorDash system design interview questions.

Intermediate

8 Lessons

Certificate of Completion

This comprehensive course prepares you for DoorDash software engineer interviews and DoorDash system design interview questions.

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5 Quizzes

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Course Overview

This course prepares you for a system design interview by using a case study of DoorDash (a prepared food delivery system) and familiarizes you with the challenges you will encounter during the interview. You will begin by understanding the theory behind the system design interview to give you an idea of what to expect. Next, you’ll understand how to identify a system’s requirements, handle data, and lay down the architecture of the system. Along the way, diagrams and quizzes will help you solidify your c...Show More

This course prepares you for a system design interview by using a case study of DoorDash (a prepared food delivery system) and f...Show More

TAKEAWAY SKILLS

Prepare for Interview

System Design

What You'll Learn

Brush up on the best practices in system design interview

Practice the system design interview with the DoorDash case study

Brush up on the best practices in system design interview

Course Content

Getting Started

Introduction to DoorDash

Identify Requirements, Goals & Capacity Estimation of the System

Creating Data Model, Managing Data Storage & Data Partitioning

Creating the Component Design & Architecture of the System

Learn Order Fulfilment Workflow, System APIs & Security

Explore How to Handle Failure Points, Load Balancing, & Caching

Conclusion

Course Author

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