What is the Blind 22?

The Blind 22 are the 22 most commonly asked system design interview questions at FAANG companies, collected from real interviews in the past 12 months (2025-2026).

Why the Blind 22?

Real Questions

Actual questions asked at Google, Meta, Amazon, Apple, and Netflix. Sourced from Blind and other 3rd party interview platforms.

Recent & Relevant

Updated from interviews in the past 12 months. No outdated questions from 5 years ago.

Company Tagged

Know exactly which companies ask which questions so you can focus your prep.

The 22 Questions

1

Short URL Service (TinyURL/Bit.ly)

MicrosoftOktaZscalerNetflixPaypalAmazonOpenAIAppleServiceTitanMaquarie GroupMetaWhoop
Easy
2

Instagram (Image Sharing, Feed, Stories)

MetaDoordashMicrosoftRobloxOracleUberAmazon
Medium
3

Dropbox / Google Drive (Cloud Storage & Sync)

MetaMiroClioCoinbaseGoldman SachsEpic GamesAmazonPintrest
Hard
4

Twitter (Tweets, Timelines)

CloudflareSnapchatAsanaAmazon
Medium
5

YouTube (Video Hosting & Streaming)

MetaSnapchatOpenAIDataDogAmazon
Medium
6

Twitter Search (Real-Time Indexing)

MetaAmazon
Hard
7

Web Crawler

ZoomInfoAtlassianGoogleMeta
Hard
8

Facebook Newsfeed

AmazonLyftMetaFlex
Hard
9

Yelp (Reviews + Search)

MetaOpenAIApple
Medium
10

Uber Backend (Dispatch & Matching)

AmazonMetaSalesforceLiveRampMicrosoft
Hard
11

Ticketmaster (Seat Reservations)

GoogleMetaNvidiaOscilarAmazonAppleMicrosoft
Hard
12

Booking System (Inventory + Reservations)

JP Morgan ChaseToastMetaAmazonRipplingRevoultCartaOracleZoom
Medium
13

Distributed Key-Value Store (DynamoDB/Bigtable)

DatabricksLinkedinUberAirbnb
Hard
14

Distributed Queue (Kafka/RabbitMQ)

Anchorage DigitalAmazon
Medium
15

Job Scheduler (Distributed Cron)

RobinhoodDoordashLinkedinNvidiaMetaLyftDatabricksMicrosoftSnowflakeAirbnbNetflixGoogleWise
Medium
16

Google Analytics (Clickstream + Dashboard)

StripeOpenAITwitchAmazonGoogleLinkedinMetaDoordash
Hard
17

Distributed Logging & Monitoring

GoogleMeta
Hard
18

Trending Hashtags / Top-K

MetaLinkedinAtlassianGoogleMonzoBloombergUberAmazonOracle
Medium
19

Facebook Likes (Distributed Counter)

Microsoft
Medium
20

Live Comments (FB Live / YouTube Live)

MetaGoogleOracleFigma
Hard
21

Global Notification Service

MetropolisAirbnbMetaLinkedinNavanMicrosoftUberRedditOracle
Medium
22

API Rate Limiter

VisaMicrosoftOpenAIJP Morgan ChaseMetaOracleUber
Easy

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Blind 22?

The Blind 22 are the 22 most commonly asked system design interview questions at FAANG companies (Google, Meta, Amazon, Apple, Netflix). These questions are collected from real interviews conducted in the past 12 months.

Why are they called the Blind 22?

The name comes from the Blind community (teamblind.com), where engineers anonymously share interview experiences. These 22 questions emerged as the most frequently mentioned system design problems across FAANG interviews.

Which companies ask the Blind 22 questions?

The Blind 22 questions are asked at major tech companies including Google, Meta (Facebook), Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Uber, Twitter, Stripe, Airbnb, and more. Each question is tagged with the companies known to ask it.

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