Grokking Database Fundamentals for Tech Interviews
Master database design, scaling, partitioning, and replicating to ace your tech interviews.
Course Overview
Welcome to **Grokking Database Fundamentals for Tech Interviews**—your gateway to mastering the art of designing, managing, and scaling modern database systems. From understanding the fundamentals of data storage to tackling distributed systems, data partitioning, replication strategies, and fault tolerance, this course equips you with everything you need to build reliable and efficient database solutions. Whether you're a software engineer, data architect, or aspiring backend developer, this course offers clear explanations, real-world examples, and practical insights to help you stand out in interviews. Let's dive in and start building your expertise in database engineering today!
Course Content
Introduction to Database Systems
Data Storage in DBMS
Indexing in DBMS
Transaction Management
Concurrency Control
Distributed Databases, Data Partitioning & Sharding
Data Replication and Consistency Models
Consenus and Leader Election
Recovery and Fault Tolerance in Distributed Databases
NoSQL Databases and New Data Models
Advanced Topics and Emerging Trends
Database Design Case Studies
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About the Author
Arslan Ahmad
Industry Expertise & Leadership
Arslan Ahmad is the lead author of Grokking Database Fundamentals for Tech Interviews. As the founder of Design Gurus and a former FAANG hiring manager, he has worked at industry giants like Facebook (now Meta) and Microsoft.
He has conducted hundreds of system design interviews, giving him unique insight into what top tech companies look for in candidates.
The course also incorporates expertise from senior engineers at Google, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, and Uber, ensuring you learn system design best practices from professionals who have built and scaled real-world systems.
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