Netflix Interview Question

How would you design a hierarchical database for server configuration? Should support both simple lookups for `/foo/bar/baz/key` and overriding values at arbitrary, non-prefix levels like `/*/bar/*/key = 42`

Interview Answer

Anonymous

Jan 23, 2021

The key in these questions is to cover the fundamentals, and be ready for the back-and-forth with the interviewer. Might be worth doing a mock interview with one of the Netflix or ex-Netflix Senior Software Engineer experts on Prepfully? They give real-world practice and guidance, which is pretty helpful. prepfully.com/practice-interviews