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1. Top 5 System Design Questions Jan 2026


Category: Interval-based system design problem
# Top 5 Recently Asked System Design Questions - Microsoft These are the commonly asked system design questions from Microsoft interviews and some...
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1. [OA] Service Health Monitor – Design a class to monitor service health in Azure

Microsoft needs a robust system to track and manage the health of various services across its cloud environments. You will design a Service Health Monitor to detect and report service disruptions.
Your task is to:
- Create a class that monitors services and returns health status.
- Include methods to log status and send alerts based on predefined thresholds.
Example 1:
Input: monitor = ServiceHealthMonitor(); monitor.check_service('AzureStorage')
Output: Service 'AzureStorage' is healthy.
Explanation: Successfully checks the health status of the specified service and logs it.
Constraints:
- Must check service status every 5 minutes.
- Must handle at least 10 different services concurrently.
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2. [OA] CI/CD Pipeline – Design a scalable Continuous Integration pipeline for Azure DevOps

Continuous Integration (CI) is vital for teams at Microsoft to ensure code quality and rapid delivery. Design a scalable CI pipeline that can handle multiple repositories and parallel builds for high demand.
Your task is to:
- Create a system that can manage build jobs for several repositories at once.
- Include a function to trigger builds based on pull requests.
Example 1:
Input: trigger_build(pr=True, repo='repo1')
Output: Build initiated for repo1 for pull request.
Explanation: Triggers build when a new pull request is made and verifies the main branch.
Constraints:
- Must support at least 50 parallel builds.
- Should allow build configurations for multiple types of applications.

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