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Interviewers often ask: "How would this scale to x traffic?" Structure your answer:
Identify bottlenecks (database, single server, network)
Propose solutions (sharding, caching, CDN)
Discuss trade-offs (consistency, complexity, cost)
Show you understand that scaling isn't free. Every solution introduces new challenges.
