System Design Interviews That Actually Work

System Design Interviews
That Actually Work

Collaborative visual canvas for architecture discussions. See how candidates structure complex systems—not just talk about them.

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Talking About Architecture Isn't the Same as Designing It

Take-Home Tests
Don't Tell the Whole Story

You need to see how candidates think spatially—not just verbally.

You need to see how candidates think spatially—not just verbally.

Verbal Explanations Miss Details

Verbal Explanations Miss Details

Candidates describe systems but skip critical connections. You can't see what they're really thinking.

Candidates describe systems but skip critical connections. You can't see what they're really thinking.

Screen Share Drawing Is Clunky

Screen Share Drawing Is Clunky

Using a mouse in Google Slides or Figma feels awkward. Candidates fight the tool instead of focusing on design.

Using a mouse in Google Slides or Figma feels awkward. Candidates fight the tool instead of focusing on design.

No Spatial Thinking Visibility

No Spatial Thinking Visibility

How someone organizes boxes and arrows reveals their mental model.
You miss that without a real canvas.

How someone organizes boxes and arrows reveals their mental model. You miss that without a real canvas.

How someone organizes boxes and arrows reveals their mental model.
You miss that without a real canvas.

Trade-Offs Get Lost

Trade-Offs Get Lost

Why SQL over NoSQL? Why this caching strategy?
Verbal interviews don't surface the reasoning.

Why SQL over NoSQL? Why this caching strategy?
Verbal interviews don't surface the reasoning.

A Complete Design Environment

Everything candidates need to show their architecture thinking.

Infinite Canvas

Unlimited space for complex systems

Python, JS, Go, Java, and more

Shape Library

Servers, DBs, queues, and more

Real-Time Collab

AI and candidate draw together

Run code, see output instantly

Annotations

Labels, arrows, grouping

Correctness, efficiency, style

AI Evaluation

Complete, scalability, trade-offs

AI asks follow-up questions

From Prompt to Evaluation

A natural system design conversation.

From Prompt to Evaluation

A natural system design conversation.

Present Challenge

AI presents a system design problem: "Design a URL shortener for 10M users."

Draw Architecture

Candidate builds their design on the canvas, explaining as they go.

AI Probes

AI asks follow-ups: "How does this handle failures? What about 10x scale?"

Get Evaluation

You see their design thinking—not just the final diagram.

See How Engineers Architect Systems

See How Engineers Architect Systems

See Spatial Thinking

How candidates organize components visually reveals their mental model of complex systems.

Evaluate Trade-Offs

AI probes decisions: Why this database? Why this caching layer? Surface the reasoning behind choices.

Natural Collaboration

Feels like a real whiteboard session with a colleague—not a formal test with pressure.

Real System Design Challenges

Real System Design Challenges

Senior Backend

Notification System

Design a notification system for 10M users. Candidate diagrams queues, workers, delivery channels. AI evaluates scalability and failure handling.

Evaluates

Scalability

Failure modes

Async patterns

Infrastructure

CI/CD Pipeline

Design a deployment pipeline. Candidate maps build, test, deploy stages. AI probes for security, rollback, and monitoring.

Evaluates

DevOps

Security

Reliability

Product Engineer

Ride-Sharing Backend

Design the backend for a ride-sharing app. AI assesses both technical architecture and product thinking.

Evaluates

Real-time

Geo-spatial

Product sense

See Architecture Thinking, Not Just Diagrams

See Architecture Thinking,
Not Just Diagrams

Watch how Whiteboarding transforms system design interviews.

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