Twitter / X
Real-time social platform with petabyte-scale data and ML ranking systems.
4 Rounds
~14 Days
Hard
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Deep dive into domain knowledge, coding, and system design.
Interview Question Bank
Frontend Engineer
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System Design
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hard
Design the Twitter / X Home Timeline. Focus on the frontend architecture, data fetching strategy, and rendering performance for a feed with thousands of tweets containing rich media.
#Virtualization
#Pagination
#State Management
#Performance
Frontend Engineer
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System Design
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hard
Design the Tweet Composer. How would you handle the 280-character limit, rich text highlighting (mentions, hashtags), media uploads, and optimistic UI updates upon submission?
#ContentEditable
#Optimistic UI
#File Uploads
#Regex
Frontend Engineer
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System Design
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medium
Design the Twitter Search Autocomplete dropdown. How do you ensure high performance and prevent race conditions when a user types rapidly?
#Debouncing
#Caching
#Race Conditions
#Accessibility
Frontend Engineer
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System Design
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medium
Design the Notifications dropdown. How would you architect the real-time updates for likes, retweets, and mentions?
#WebSockets
#Server-Sent Events
#State Synchronization
Frontend Engineer
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System Design
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hard
Design the Direct Messaging (DM) interface. Focus on offline support, real-time message delivery, and read receipts.
#WebSockets
#IndexedDB
#Offline First
#Optimistic UI
Frontend Engineer
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System Design
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medium
Design a Poll widget for a Tweet. How do you handle state synchronization across multiple clients and calculate/animate percentages in real-time?
#Component Design
#Animation
#Data Synchronization
Frontend Engineer
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System Design
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medium
Design the 'Trending Topics' sidebar. Discuss your data fetching strategy and how you would keep the list fresh without overwhelming the server.
#Polling
#Caching
#Component Lifecycle
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