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my back-of-envelope system design numbers were off by three orders of magnitude and the interviewer didn't care
#interview-prep#system-design
I said 10,000 QPS when the real number for the scenario was closer to 10 million. Panicked for a second, then just said 'let me redo this, I think I'm off' and walked through the math again out loud. Got an offer. I think they were testing whether I'd notice and fix it more than whether I nailed it first try.
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AnonymousAnon Curious how you recovered the composure to redo the math out loud without it reading as panic, did you say anything specific or just slow down?