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Re:Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers after earlier cuts by ShroudedNight on Monday March 20, 2023 @02:42PM (#35236518)
Out of curiosity, for this

> Experts of distribute system couldn't design a simple stateful system or articulate any distributed algorithm.

What do you picture as an acceptable answer? Leader election via broadcast? Simple link-state routing? Something more complex?

It almost sounds like part of the problem is convincing competent people that the bar is lower than they perceive it to be.

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Re:Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers after earlier cuts by hintymad on Monday March 20, 2023 @03:43PM (#35237488)
I actually don't expect the candidate to know any particular algorithm or design. Instead, I'd ask the candidate to dive deep into their most familiar project or design something that's closely related to what they have done. During the discussion, I'd ask the candidate to explain the algorithm(s) they used or the algorithm they propose.
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