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Stage 6Final week

System Design + Mock Loop

Practice full interview loops around finance-grade frontend systems

Close with complete mock loops: product requirements, frontend architecture, state machines, API boundaries, testing strategy, behavior stories, and reverse questions.

Goal

Be able to lead a 45-minute system design interview for a tokenized transfer console from requirements to rollout.

Frontend System Design

Mid-senior frontend system design is about decomposing product workflows into durable client architecture, backend contracts, and team-operable surfaces.

Design a tokenized transfer console

System DesignSenior60m

Cover routes, data ownership, wallet integration, operation state, API contracts, testing, observability, and rollout.

Use this as the master whiteboard drill.

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Design a status-driven finance design system

System DesignStaff-leaning50m

Define primitives, state vocabulary, accessibility rules, token strategy, documentation, and adoption plan.

This shows senior-plus leverage beyond a single screen.

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Capstone Project Framing

A small portfolio project can prove the same skills: React/TS UI, typed API, smart-contract-aware state, testing, and reconciliation.

Scope the tokenized-deposit demo project

ArchitectureSenior45m

Define the smallest credible demo: dashboard, transfer wizard, detail page, pending persistence, mock backend, tests, and Storybook states.

Do not build a giant dapp. Build a focused interview artifact.

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Prepare the first-90-days answer

BehavioralSenior30m

Describe how you would learn domain rules, read code, earn trust, improve tests, and ship safely in a finance frontend team.

This makes the ramp-up story concrete.

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Mock Interview Loop

The final pass converts preparation into interview performance: concise answers, tradeoff language, live coding discipline, and follow-up questions.

Run a 45-minute architecture mock

System DesignSenior45m

Practice requirements, constraints, architecture, edge cases, testing, migration plan, and risks without drifting.

Record or write down where the explanation became vague.

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Run a 35-minute coding + narration mock

CodingSenior35m

Implement a state reducer, amount parser, or merge function while explaining tradeoffs and tests.

Interviewers are listening for judgment while you code.

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