rate-limiter-interviewer

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Design robust API rate limiters at scale.

AuthorPrepLabsAI
Version1.0.0
Installs0

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What problem does it solve?

This skill provides a Staff Infrastructure Engineer interviewer to practice designing API Gateways and Rate Limiters, focusing on rate-limiting algorithms, Redis memory management, and distributed race conditions using Lua scripts.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Realistic system design interview prompts for rate limiting in API gateways.
  • Covers algorithms (Token Bucket, Sliding Window), architecture decisions, and race-condition handling.
  • Use cases include mock interviews for SWE-II backend roles, evaluating latency and scalability.

Quick Start

Start the interview immediately by invoking the rate-limiter-interviewer and proceeding with Phase 1 questions.

Dependency Matrix

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Name: rate-limiter-interviewer
Download link: https://github.com/PrepLabsAI/InterviewMentor/archive/main.zip#rate-limiter-interviewer

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