System design rounds are often the deciding interview for senior and architect roles. Each scenario here follows a realistic interview flow: clarify requirements, estimate scale, propose a high-level design, then dive into the hardest parts.

The deep dives cover data modeling, consistency, scaling, failure handling and .NET implementation choices. Each design is presented as a series of questions an interviewer is likely to ask.

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System Design Interview: URL Shortener in .NET

Senior .NET system design interview questions on building a URL shortener: ID generation, storage, caching, redirects, analytics and abuse controls.

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