Design a Shopping Search Bar with Autocomplete

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Design a shopping search bar that serves fast autocomplete suggestions and filtered product results through distinct paths. The solution compares weighted tries with Elasticsearch and covers indexing, ranking, availability changes, hot prefixes, caching, pagination, and quality measurement.

Design a Shopping Search Bar with Autocomplete

Company: eBay

Role: Software Engineer

Category: System Design

Difficulty: medium

Interview Round: Onsite

Overview: Design a shopping search bar that serves fast autocomplete suggestions and filtered product results through distinct paths. The solution compares weighted tries with Elasticsearch and covers indexing, ranking, availability changes, hot prefixes, caching, pagination, and quality measurement.

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Aug 19, 2026
mediumSoftware EngineerOnsiteSystem Design
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