Fintech · New York, New York

Goldman Sachs.

Trading, risk and asset-management platforms, transaction banking and the Marcus consumer bank.

its questions lean on

object-oriented design
transactions and consistency
trading systems
notifications
Java and concurrency

The rounds, as candidates describe them

CoderPad screenA one-hour coding screen, usually two problems.source ↗
Technical roundsThree elimination rounds that can be DSA, LLD or HLD, often with two interviewers.source ↗
Hiring managerA hiring-manager round, which can include a design question.source ↗

Reported by candidates

From public interview write-ups; each links its source.

Design Snake and LadderLow-level design
no lesson for this one yetreported in:LeetCode Discuss · Goldman Sachs VP Bangalore, offer (2024) ↗LeetCode Discuss · Goldman Sachs Associate, rejected, with a distributed follow-up (2024) ↗
Design a Parking LotLow-level design
LLD-01 · Design a Parking Lot →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · Goldman Sachs VP Bangalore, offer (2024) ↗
Design a Vending MachineLow-level design
LLD-07 · Design a Vending Machine →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · Goldman Sachs VP Bengaluru, offer (2022) ↗
Design a Stock Exchange / Trading PlatformLow-level design
SQ-13 · Zerodha Kite Trading Platform →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · Goldman Sachs VP Bengaluru, LLD of a stock exchange (2022) ↗
Design a Restaurant Reservation SystemLow-level design
IP-19 · Design a Hotel Reservation System →LLD-05 · Design a Movie Ticket Booking System →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · Goldman Sachs VP Bangalore, offer (2020) ↗
Design a Notification SystemSystem design
IP-06 · Design a Notification System →W06 · DAY 02 · Core Notification Flow →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · Goldman Sachs VP Bangalore, HM round with offline users (2024) ↗
Design a News FeedSystem design
IP-07 · Design a News Feed →SQ-10 · Twitter/X →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · Goldman Sachs Associate, selected, "Design Twitter" (2024) ↗
Design a News Summary App (Inshorts)System design
IP-07 · Design a News Feed →W04 · DAY 04 · Feed Caching →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · Goldman Sachs VP Bengaluru, interest-based feed (2022) ↗
Design Instagram StoriesSystem design
SQ-21 · Instagram Feed and Stories →W04 · DAY 05 · Multi-Tier Caching →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · Goldman Sachs VP Bengaluru, stories feature (2022) ↗
Design a Payment SystemSystem design
IP-20 · Design a Payment System →W05 · DAY 02 · Distributed Transactions — The Saga Pattern →W05 · DAY 01 · Consistency Models →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · Goldman Sachs Associate Bengaluru, distributed transactions and 2PC (2021) ↗
Design an Order Management SystemSystem design
W03 · BOSS · Event-Driven Food Delivery Order System →W05 · DAY 03 · Saga Orchestration Deep Dive →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · Goldman Sachs VP Bengaluru, e-commerce order and payment service (2022) ↗
Design a Split-and-Merge Task Processing SystemSystem design
W08 · DAY 02 · Streaming vs Batch Processing →IP-17 · Design a Distributed Job Scheduler →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · Goldman Sachs VP Bangalore, split a task across workers and merge (2020) ↗
Design a Course Registration SystemSystem design
SQ-11 · IRCTC Tatkal Ticket Booking System →W01 · DAY 04 · Hot Keys and Skew →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · Goldman Sachs Associate SWE Dallas, offer (2020) ↗

Likely, from what they build

Our pick, not a report: questions that fit Goldman Sachs's products.

Design an Audit Log SystemSystem design
W03 · DAY 05 · Audit Log System →W09 · DAY 05 · Security Architecture →

Study path

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

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