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Atlassian system design interview questions

2 questions on this site are reported in Atlassian software engineer interviews. Each is a guided run through requirements, back-of-envelope numbers, an interactive design, user flows and deep dives with interviewer follow-ups. Patterns covered: key-generation, caching, cdn, analytics, algorithms, counters, redis, edge.

Attribution comes from public interview guides and candidate reports, not from Atlassian. It indicates where a question has been asked, nothing more.

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Design a URL Shortener

bit.ly at scale: turn long URLs into short codes, redirect in milliseconds from anywhere, count the clicks.

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13 components5 flows5 deep dives
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Design a Rate Limiter

A distributed service that decides, in under a millisecond, whether a request from a client is allowed under its quota.

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12 components5 flows5 deep dives
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How to prepare for a Atlassian system design interview

Large-company loops run 45 to 60 minutes, expect numbers, and spend most of the time on deep dives. Work each question above in practice mode until you can produce the requirements, the estimates and the flows without looking, then read the interview framework guide for how to structure the hour. The other questions on the site teach patterns that show up in Atlassian interviews under different names.