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Master Redis Interviews

Practice Redis data structures, caching strategies, and pub/sub patterns

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What You'll Master in Redis Interviews

Data Structures

Master strings, hashes, lists, sets, sorted sets, and streams

Caching

Learn caching patterns, TTL strategies, and cache invalidation

Advanced Features

Understand pub/sub, transactions, and Lua scripting

How Vibe Interviews Works

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Choose Your Focus

Select Redis as your interview topic and customize the difficulty level

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Practice with AI

Answer realistic Redis interview questions in a simulated environment

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Get Feedback

Receive detailed feedback on your answers, including areas to improve

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Track Progress

Monitor your improvement and identify strengths and weaknesses

Common Redis Interview Topics

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Redis data structures and commands

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Caching strategies and patterns

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Pub/Sub messaging

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Redis transactions and pipelining

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Persistence (RDB and AOF)

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Redis Cluster and Sentinel

Common Redis Interview Questions

Q: What are Redis data structures and their use cases?

A: Strings: counters, cache, session. Lists: queues, activity feeds (LPUSH/RPOP). Sets: unique items, tags, relationships. Sorted Sets: leaderboards, rate limiting. Hashes: objects, user profiles. Bitmaps: analytics, presence. HyperLogLog: cardinality estimation. Streams: event logs, message queues.

Q: Explain Redis persistence: RDB vs AOF

A: RDB: point-in-time snapshots, compact, faster restarts, potential data loss between snapshots. AOF: logs every write, better durability, larger files, slower restarts. Can use both. RDB for backups, AOF for durability. Configure fsync: always (slow, safe), everysec (balanced), no (fast, less safe).

Q: How does Redis achieve high performance?

A: In-memory storage (no disk I/O), single-threaded (no context switching, no locks), efficient data structures, pipelining (batch commands), multiplexing with I/O threads (Redis 6+). Single-threaded handles commands, I/O threads handle network. Simple protocol. Benchmarkable to hundreds of thousands ops/sec.

Q: What is Redis Cluster and how does it work?

A: Redis Cluster enables horizontal scaling and high availability. Data automatically sharded across nodes using hash slots (16384 slots). Each master has replicas for HA. Client-side or proxy-based routing. Supports automatic failover. Trade-offs: no multi-key operations across slots, some complexity vs single instance.

Redis Interview Preparation Tips

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Master common caching patterns: cache-aside, write-through, write-behind

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Understand Redis expiration policies and eviction strategies

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Know how to use Redis for rate limiting and distributed locking

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Practice with pub/sub for real-time messaging

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Understand Redis Sentinel for high availability in non-clustered setups

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