Communication Applied

Senior engineers expect you to defend trade-offs. When they push ("What if that doesn't scale?"), stay calm and reason from constraints.

Defending Under Pressure

Don't retreat. Acknowledge and pivot: "Good point. If we hit that scale, we'd need to shard the write path. Here's how I'd do it..."

Inline Check 1

How should you respond when the interviewer says "That won't scale"?

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