Commerce · Mumbai

Nykaa.

An omnichannel beauty, personal-care and fashion retailer (Nykaa, Nykaa Fashion) with its own app, marketplace, warehouses and stores.

its questions lean on

class design with full members and methods
rate limiting and retries
messaging (Kafka vs SNS)
data schema and APIs
sale-day traffic
marketing campaigns

The rounds, as candidates describe them

CodingTwo DSA problems.source ↗
LLDAbout an hour; classes with members and functions, or API implementation and data schema with follow-ups.source ↗
HLD and managerialAbout an hour with a manager; past projects, then an open-ended high-level design.source ↗

Reported by candidates

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

Design a Parking LotLow-level design
LLD-01 · Design a Parking Lot →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · Nykaa SDE 2, Reject (2024) ↗
Design SplitwiseLow-level design
LLD-06 · Design a Bill-Splitting App (Splitwise) →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · Nykaa SDE 2, Reject (2024) ↗
Design a Rate LimiterSystem design
IP-02 · Design a Rate Limiter →W01 · DAY 03 · Rate Limiting at Scale →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · Nykaa SDE 2, India, Aug 2021 ↗LeetCode Discuss · Nykaa SDE 2, Reject (2024) ↗
Design a URL ShortenerSystem design
IP-01 · Design a URL Shortener →W01 · BOSS · Design a URL Shortener at Scale →reported in:GeeksforGeeks · Nykaa Interview Experience for SDE-2 (updated 2025) ↗
Design a File Sync ServiceSystem design
IP-10 · Design a File Sync Service (Dropbox / Google Drive) →SQ-08 · AWS S3 →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · Nykaa Technical Lead, Bangalore, May 2023 ↗
Design the Database for a Social Media App (LLD)Low-level design
IP-07 · Design a News Feed →W08 · DAY 03 · Data Modeling for Analytics →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · Nykaa Technical Lead, Bangalore, May 2023 ↗
Design a Fast-Food Outlet Ordering System like McDonald's (LLD)Low-level design
no lesson for this one yetreported in:GeeksforGeeks · Nykaa Interview Experience (2024) ↗
Design a Targeted Marketing Campaign EngineSystem design
W06 · DAY 01 · Notification Platform — Problem Understanding & High-Level Design →W06 · DAY 03 · Advanced Features →W08 · DAY 02 · Streaming vs Batch Processing →reported in:GeeksforGeeks · Nykaa Interview Experience (2024) ↗
When would you use Kafka versus SNS, and how do you design retries?Concept
W03 · DAY 01 · Queue vs Stream →W03 · DAY 04 · Dead Letters and Poison Pills →W02 · DAY 01 · Timeout Hell →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · Nykaa SDE 2, Reject (2024) ↗

Likely, from what they build

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

Design an E-commerce Flash SaleSystem design
W02 · BOSS · The Ultimate System Design Interview →W04 · DAY 03 · Thundering Herd →
Design a Product Catalog with Search and FiltersSystem design
W04 · BOSS · Design a Global E-Commerce Product Catalog System →W07 · DAY 01 · Search Fundamentals & Architecture →W07 · DAY 04 · Advanced Search Features →
Design Inventory Reservation across Warehouses and StoresSystem design
W05 · DAY 02 · Distributed Transactions — The Saga Pattern →W03 · DAY 02 · Transactional Outbox →SQ-12 · Blinkit Quick Commerce →

Study path

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

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