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Design a system like BookMyShow where an end user should be able to search movies & cinema in different cities. He should be able to make seats selection and book tickets. What are different technologies and components will you use to design this and what could be main challenges? What are different caching mechanism and how & why would you use them? What are difference between SQL and NoSQL (Mongo db)? How would you solve concurrency issues? How does Node.js able to take multiple requests from client asynchronously even when it is single threaded? How the db durability is ensured? What is ACID? What is load-balancer and how & why will you use?
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Software Engineering Manager

Interviewed at Paytm

3.2★
Aug 23, 2018

Design a system like BookMyShow where an end user should be able to search movies & cinema in different cities. He should be able to make seats selection and book tickets. What are different technologies and components will you use to design this and what could be main challenges? What are different caching mechanism and how & why would you use them? What are difference between SQL and NoSQL (Mongo db)? How would you solve concurrency issues? How does Node.js able to take multiple requests from client asynchronously even when it is single threaded? How the db durability is ensured? What is ACID? What is load-balancer and how & why will you use?

1) Knowledge of engineering and software (They don't have anything modernized). 2) Six Sigma and Lean - But they don't practice it at all. Many have tried it before. 3) From the Plant Manager - "You can disagree with me in my office, but outside you must carry my flag." "I often like to MicroManage my people, because no one knows what to do."
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Engineering Manager

Interviewed at Associated Materials

2.8★
Sep 24, 2018

1) Knowledge of engineering and software (They don't have anything modernized). 2) Six Sigma and Lean - But they don't practice it at all. Many have tried it before. 3) From the Plant Manager - "You can disagree with me in my office, but outside you must carry my flag." "I often like to MicroManage my people, because no one knows what to do."

Case study producing a PRD for a new cross-device application related to the affinidi core product(s) Most questions based on situational decision making, derived from CV experience. Some awkward "thought pattern" questions - research AWS/Google style thought process questions if you wish.
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Engineering Manager

Interviewed at Affinidi

3.3★
Oct 3, 2024

Case study producing a PRD for a new cross-device application related to the affinidi core product(s) Most questions based on situational decision making, derived from CV experience. Some awkward "thought pattern" questions - research AWS/Google style thought process questions if you wish.

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