Adobe.

The rounds, as candidates describe them

1. Problem solving and data structuresA DSA round.source ↗
2. Low-level designLLD of a past project plus a classic object-design problem.source ↗
3. Managerial and directorA managerial round and a director round, both mixing project deep dives with design questions.source ↗

• Design a Chess GameLow-level design
  no lesson for this one yetreported in:LeetCode Discuss · Adobe Bangalore, offer (2022) ↗LeetCode Discuss · Adobe CS-1 Bangalore, offer (2022) ↗
• Design an Elevator SystemLow-level design
  LLD-04 · Design an Elevator System →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · Adobe MTS-2 interview experience (2025) ↗
• Design a Car Rental SystemLow-level design
  LLD-05 · Design a Movie Ticket Booking System →IP-19 · Design a Hotel Reservation System →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · Adobe MTS 2, selected (2024) ↗
• Design a Notification SystemLow-level design
  IP-06 · Design a Notification System →W06 · DAY 02 · Core Notification Flow →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · Adobe MTS 2 India, rejected (2021) ↗
• Design Top-K Frequent Items in a StreamConcept
  IP-16 · Design an Ad Click Aggregation System →W08 · DAY 02 · Streaming vs Batch Processing →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · Adobe MTS 2 India, top-k frequent strings from a running stream (2021) ↗
• Design an In-Memory Message QueueLow-level design
  LLD-08 · Design a Logging Framework (Pub-Sub) →IP-18 · Design a Distributed Message Queue →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · Adobe CS1 Noida, producer-consumer class (2023) ↗
• Design a Live Cricket Score ClientSystem design
  W02 · DAY 01 · Timeout Hell →W04 · DAY 01 · Caching Patterns →W03 · DAY 03 · Backpressure and Flow Control →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · Adobe CS1 Bangalore, Cricbuzz mobile plugin (2022) ↗
• Design a Secrets VaultSystem design
  W09 · DAY 05 · Security Architecture →W09 · DAY 01 · Tenant Isolation Strategies →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · Adobe MTS-2, director round (2025) ↗
• Design a Memory Management SystemLow-level design
  W00 · PART 5 · Operating System Concepts for System Design →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · Adobe Computer Scientist Bangalore, offer (2020) ↗

• Design a Collaborative EditorSystem design
  SQ-15 · Figma Multiplayer Editing →SQ-20 · Google Docs Collaboration →W05 · DAY 04 · Conflict Resolution →
• Design a File Sync ServiceSystem design
  IP-10 · Design a File Sync Service (Dropbox / Google Drive) →SQ-08 · AWS S3 →
• Design a Multi-Tenant SaaS PlatformSystem design
  W09 · BOSS · Design a Multi-Tenant Enterprise SaaS Platform →W09 · DAY 02 · Noisy Neighbor Prevention →
• Design a Web Analytics PipelineSystem design
  W08 · DAY 01 · Event Ingestion at Scale →W08 · DAY 03 · Data Modeling for Analytics →W08 · DAY 05 · Query Layer and Optimization →

Study path

Every lesson the questions above point to, once, in order.

1. 01LLD-04Design an Elevator System
2. 02LLD-05Design a Movie Ticket Booking System
3. 03IP-19Design a Hotel Reservation System
4. 04IP-06Design a Notification System
5. 05W06 · DAY 02Core Notification Flow
6. 06IP-16Design an Ad Click Aggregation System
7. 07W08 · DAY 02Streaming vs Batch Processing
8. 08LLD-08Design a Logging Framework (Pub-Sub)
9. 09IP-18Design a Distributed Message Queue
10. 10W02 · DAY 01Timeout Hell
11. 11W04 · DAY 01Caching Patterns
12. 12W03 · DAY 03Backpressure and Flow Control
13. 13W09 · DAY 05Security Architecture
14. 14W09 · DAY 01Tenant Isolation Strategies
15. 15W00 · PART 5Operating System Concepts for System Design
16. 16SQ-15Figma Multiplayer Editing
17. 17SQ-20Google Docs Collaboration
18. 18W05 · DAY 04Conflict Resolution
19. 19IP-10Design a File Sync Service (Dropbox / Google Drive)
20. 20SQ-08AWS S3
21. 21W09 · BOSSDesign a Multi-Tenant Enterprise SaaS Platform
22. 22W09 · DAY 02Noisy Neighbor Prevention
23. 23W08 · DAY 01Event Ingestion at Scale
24. 24W08 · DAY 03Data Modeling for Analytics
25. 25W08 · DAY 05Query Layer and Optimization