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Oh, backend interviews can throw all kinds of questions your way—but one really common and important question that almost always pops up is: "How would you design a scalable REST API?" They’ll usually follow up with questions like: How do you handle versioning? How do you secure the API? What status codes do you return? How do you handle errors? What happens when traffic spikes?
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Backend Developer

Interviewed at Softsuave

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Apr 25, 2025

Oh, backend interviews can throw all kinds of questions your way—but one really common and important question that almost always pops up is: "How would you design a scalable REST API?" They’ll usually follow up with questions like: How do you handle versioning? How do you secure the API? What status codes do you return? How do you handle errors? What happens when traffic spikes?

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