Interview Questions/System Design/Design a Customer Support Ticketing System
IntermediateSystem-Design
30 min

Design a Customer Support Ticketing System

CRMMessagingSLAWorkflows
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Interview Question

Design a ticketing and support system with multi-channel intake, prioritization, and SLA tracking.

Key Points to Cover
  • Ticket model: states, priorities, assignment rules
  • Multi-channel intake: email, chat, phone integration
  • SLA tracking and escalations
  • Workflow automation, tagging, reporting
  • Search and analytics for tickets
Evaluation Rubric
Solid ticket model with SLAs25% weight
Multi-channel intake design25% weight
Automation and prioritization25% weight
Analytics and reporting25% weight
Hints
  • 💡Think about fair assignment strategies.
Potential Follow-up Questions
  • How do you prioritize VIP customers?
  • How to prevent agent overload?
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