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Design Slack: System Design Interview Solution (Asked at OpenAI, Meta & Databricks)

This is a high-level outline of a complete system design solution that helped a candidate pass the OpenAI system design interview round. It covers requirements gathering, API design, architecture, and key technical decisions for building a Slack-like messaging platform. There's also a link to a video walkthrough below for those that prefer that format to reading.

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Problem Statement

Design a Slack-like messaging product scoped to a 2-week MVP for corporate teams, focusing on internal company communication with channels, direct messages, threads, file sharing, and real-time delivery.

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Anthropic Coding & System Design Interview Prep Guide

Preparation resource for Anthropic SWE coding interviews, including full problem statements, solutions, and system design insights based on recent candidate reports. This document will evolve over time

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Table of Contents

1. Web Crawler Problem - Full Solution
2. Additional Anthropic Coding Interview Questions