Design Ride Sharing (Ober) System Design Interview

1. Problem Statement

2. Architecture Discussion Map

Use this as one discussion aid, not a single correct answer. Your design should follow from the requirements, scale, and trade-offs you establish.

graph LR
    A["Design Ride Sharing Ober"]
    A --> F1["Geospatial Indexing QuadTrees / Geohash"]
    A --> F2["Real-time Location Updates WebSockets vs Polling"]
    A --> F3["Matching Algorithms Proximity + Availability"]
    A --> F4["State Management Driver State Machines"]
    A --> F5["Consistency Trip State"]

3. Key Focus Areas

• 1
  Geospatial Indexing (QuadTrees / Geohash)
• 2
  Real-time Location Updates (WebSockets vs Polling)
• 3
  Matching Algorithms (Proximity + Availability)
• 4
  State Management (Driver State Machines)
• 5
  Consistency (Trip State)