{"podcast":{"title":"Software Engineer Interview Prep Podcast","slug":"software-engineer-interview-prep-podcast-7756520","podcast_index_feed_id":7756520,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10f2c0f8c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/prabuddha-ganegoda","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/45395131/45395131-1771326099446-dba64f511934f.jpg","author":"Prabuddha Ganegoda","episode_count":35,"summary":"Ace your Software Engineer interviews with confidence. This podcast helps you organize your thinking, strengthen problem-solving skills, and prepare effectively for real technical interviews. Topics covered include: Programming (Java & Python) Data Structures & Algorithms System Design AI for Software Engineers Interview strategies & mindset Whether you're targeting Big Tech, startups, or senior engineering roles, each episode helps you think clearly, solve better, and perform at your best.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-09T02:20:02.878789+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/software-engineer-interview-prep-podcast-7756520"},"episode":{"title":"[System Design] The Foundation & The Framework EP01","slug":"system-design-the-foundation-the-framework-ep01","published_at":"2026-03-01T11:00:45+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/software-engineer-interview-prep-podcast-7756520/system-design-the-foundation-the-framework-ep01","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/software-engineer-interview-prep-podcast-7756520","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/prabuddha-ganegoda/episodes/System-Design-The-Foundation--The-Framework-EP01-e3fp34t","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10f2c0f8c/podcast/play/116214365/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-1%2F75b7796d-39b6-8e2e-98c3-62b511090dd8.m4a","summary":"Episode 1 of your 3-part System Design Interview deep-dive podcast series! This episode focuses on how interviewers at FAANG and Tier-1 financial institutions evaluate you—which is how you think, not just what you know. The hosts will cover: The RADIO Framework: The 5-step, 45-minute blueprint for every interview: R equirements, A PI Design, D ata Model, I nfrastructure, and O ptimise & Operate. The #1 Trap for Candidates: Why skipping Non-Functional Requirement (NFR) clarification—like asking about SLAs, active users, and data volume before jumping in—is the main reason senior candidates fail. Scalability & The CAP Theorem: A deep dive into Horizontal vs. Vertical scaling, when to use Sharding, and the core trade-offs of the CAP Theorem (Consistency vs. Availability) when network partitions are inevitable. Episode 2 The Database Decision Matrix: How to clearly articulate when to use an RDBMS (PostgreSQL) for ACID compliance versus a Document Store (MongoDB) or a Wide-Column Store (Cassandra) for massive write scale. Caching Architectures: Explaining the trade-offs between Cache-Aside, Write-Through, and Write-Behind patterns, as well as how to avoid system crashes like Cache Stampedes and Avalanches. Kafka Deep Dive: Unpacking how to confidently discuss Kafka offsets, consumer groups, and the critical difference between "At-least-once" delivery and "Exactly-once" financial settlement semantics. Episode 3 The Estimation Toolkit: The latency numbers you absolutely must memorize (like L1 cache taking ~1 ns, and a cross-region WAN round-trip taking ~150 ms) and the formulae for calculating daily storage and peak QPS. Designing a Fintech Payment System: A walkthrough of designing for extreme correctness (99.999% availability), including the Saga…","meta_description":"Episode 1 of your 3-part System Design Interview deep-dive podcast series! This episode focuses on how interviewers at FAANG and Tier-1 financial institut…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3023,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/software-engineer-interview-prep-podcast-7756520/episodes/system-design-the-foundation-the-framework-ep01/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/software-engineer-interview-prep-podcast-7756520/system-design-the-foundation-the-framework-ep01.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}