System requirements

Functional:

Allow users to park, allocate them a parking space according to vehicle and accessibility tag.

Authenticate the users if they have a parking card

Charge the Users to their card, or using a payment processor, according to the time spent in the parking

Storing the Parking Data in a data Structure like HashMap, or a database

Non-Functional:

Consistent, No Collisions

Low Latency

Capacity estimation

Estimate the scale of the system you are going to design...

API design

/allocate (CarType, User) returns a unique parkingId, parkingSlot

/checkout (User)

Database design

UserTable with list of Users, with their Car Types, Status like if they require accessibilty needs

High-level design

You should identify enough components that are needed to solve the actual problem from end to end. Also remember to draw a block diagram using the diagramming tool to augment your design. If you are unfamiliar with the tool, you can simply describe your design to the chat bot and ask it to generate a starter diagram for you to modify...

Request flows

Explain how the request flows from end to end in your high level design. Also you could draw a sequence diagram using the diagramming tool to enhance your explanation...

Detailed component design

Dig deeper into 2-3 components and explain in detail how they work. For example, how well does each component scale? Any relevant algorithm or data structure you like to use for a component? Also you could draw a diagram using the diagramming tool to enhance your design...

Trade offs/Tech choices

Explain any trade offs you have made and why you made certain tech choices...

Failure scenarios/bottlenecks

Try to discuss as many failure scenarios/bottlenecks as possible.

Future improvements

What are some future improvements you would make? How would you mitigate the failure scenario(s) you described above?