Design
Cab Booking System
Design a ride-hailing platform like Uber (simplified) — users request rides, drivers accept, and the system manages matching and pricing.
01 - Why interviewers ask this
It's a lighter-weight entry point into the ride-sharing problem family — interviewers use it to check driver-matching and trip-lifecycle modeling before escalating to the full Uber-scale version.
02 - Where this system exists in the real world
You interact with this design every day.
Uber / Lyft / Ola ride-hailing platforms
Corporate cab/shuttle booking systems
On-demand delivery driver dispatch
03 - What you'll master
Solve this once. Know it forever.
Match riders to nearby available drivers
Model a trip's full lifecycle and states
Design fare calculation with surge/distance factors
04 - What you'll design
7 functional · 4 non-functional requirements.
Rider requests a ride specifying pickup and drop-off locations
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05 - Companies that ask this
You may face this exact question in your next interview.
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