Groww.
Investing app for stocks, F&O, mutual funds and SIPs, with its own broking, live market data and payments.
its questions lean on
- order matching
- live price ticks and risk triggers
- SIP scheduling
- wallets and ledgers
- leaderboards and aggregation
The rounds, as candidates describe them
Reported by candidates
From public interview write-ups; each links its source.- Design a stock exchange order bookLow-level designSQ-13 · Zerodha Kite Trading Platform →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · Groww SDE-2 interview experience (2026) ↗LeetCode Discuss · Groww SDE-3 interview experience (2025) ↗
- Design an intraday auto square-off risk serviceSystem designSQ-13 · Zerodha Kite Trading Platform →W08 · DAY 01 · Event Ingestion at Scale →W02 · DAY 02 · Idempotency in Practice →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · Groww SDE-2 interview experience (2026) ↗
- Design a Real-Time LeaderboardSystem designIP-14 · Design a Real-Time Leaderboard →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · Groww SDE-II, July 2025 ↗LeetCode Discuss · Groww SDE-2 offer, June 2022 ↗
- Design SplitwiseLow-level designLLD-06 · Design a Bill-Splitting App (Splitwise) →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · Groww SDE-II, July 2025 ↗LeetCode Discuss · Groww SDE-3 (2024) ↗LeetCode Discuss · Groww SDE-2 (2024) ↗
- Design a pipeline that moves stock candle data from cache to SQLSystem designW08 · DAY 02 · Streaming vs Batch Processing →W04 · DAY 01 · Caching Patterns →W08 · DAY 03 · Data Modeling for Analytics →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · Groww SDE-II, July 2025 ↗
- Design API monetisation with subscription plansSystem designW01 · DAY 03 · Rate Limiting at Scale →W09 · DAY 02 · Noisy Neighbor Prevention →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · Groww SDE-3 interview experience (2025) ↗
- Design SIP creation and scheduled transactionsLow-level designIP-17 · Design a Distributed Job Scheduler →W02 · DAY 02 · Idempotency in Practice →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · Groww SDE-3 interview experience (2025) ↗
- Design an in-memory wallet and ledgerLow-level designIP-20 · Design a Payment System →W03 · DAY 05 · Audit Log System →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · Groww SDE-2 interview experience (2026) ↗
- Design a booking aggregator for movies and cabsSystem designSQ-16 · BookMyShow Seat Booking →W10 · DAY 02 · Observability →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · Groww SDE-2 offer, June 2022 ↗
- Design a Notification SystemSystem designIP-06 · Design a Notification System →W06 · DAY 02 · Core Notification Flow →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · Groww SDE-2 offer (2022) ↗
- Design an e-commerce applicationSystem designW04 · BOSS · Design a Global E-Commerce Product Catalog System →W03 · BOSS · Event-Driven Food Delivery Order System →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · Groww SDE-3 (2024) ↗
- Design group chat with admin rulesLow-level designIP-08 · Design a Chat System →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · Groww machine coding round (2024) ↗
- Design a chess move validatorLow-level designno lesson for this one yetreported in:LeetCode Discuss · Groww SDE-I backend machine coding (2022) ↗
Likely, from what they build
Our pick, not a report: questions that fit Groww's products.- Design live market-data streaming to millions of clientsSystem designSQ-13 · Zerodha Kite Trading Platform →W03 · DAY 03 · Backpressure and Flow Control →
Study path
Every lesson the questions above point to, once, in order.
- 01SQ-13Zerodha Kite Trading Platform
- 02W08 · DAY 01Event Ingestion at Scale
- 03W02 · DAY 02Idempotency in Practice
- 04IP-14Design a Real-Time Leaderboard
- 05LLD-06Design a Bill-Splitting App (Splitwise)
- 06W08 · DAY 02Streaming vs Batch Processing
- 07W04 · DAY 01Caching Patterns
- 08W08 · DAY 03Data Modeling for Analytics
- 09W01 · DAY 03Rate Limiting at Scale
- 10W09 · DAY 02Noisy Neighbor Prevention
- 11IP-17Design a Distributed Job Scheduler
- 12IP-20Design a Payment System
- 13W03 · DAY 05Audit Log System
- 14SQ-16BookMyShow Seat Booking
- 15W10 · DAY 02Observability
- 16IP-06Design a Notification System
- 17W06 · DAY 02Core Notification Flow
- 18W04 · BOSSDesign a Global E-Commerce Product Catalog System
- 19W03 · BOSSEvent-Driven Food Delivery Order System
- 20IP-08Design a Chat System
- 21W03 · DAY 03Backpressure and Flow Control
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