Ananya Iyer ·
If you do not know something, say so and then say what you would do about it
"I have not used that queue in production. I have used a similar one, and the questions I would want answered before choosing are delivery guarantees and how it behaves under backpressure." That is a strong answer. Bluffing is the only version of this that actually costs you the round, because interviewers ask a follow-up and the follow-up is where it falls apart.
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