Zoho.
A suite of 50+ business apps (CRM, Mail, Books, Desk, People) covering sales, marketing, finance and HR, built and hosted in-house.
its questions lean on
- console-app machine coding
- object-oriented design
- choosing data structures
- booking and reservation flows
- transactions and state
The rounds, as candidates describe them
- Aptitude and technical MCQ90 minutes of aptitude and programming-output questions.source ↗
- Coding assessmentAbout 3 hours of DSA problems of rising difficulty.source ↗
- Advanced programming (LLD)A 3-hour console application with many modules, such as a railway reservation system; output must work for the given inputs.source ↗
- Technical interviewsIn-depth discussion, then an HLD round (an online ticket booking platform) with an algorithm question.source ↗
- HRPersonal and behavioural round, then package discussion.source ↗
Reported by candidates
From public interview write-ups; each links its source.- Design a Railway Ticket Reservation System (LLD)Low-level designSQ-11 · IRCTC Tatkal Ticket Booking System →LLD-05 · Design a Movie Ticket Booking System →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · Zoho Corporation MTS, Chennai (2024) ↗GeeksforGeeks · Zoho Interview Experience for Level 2 Software Developer, On-Campus (2023) ↗
- Design a Ticket Booking SystemSystem designSQ-16 · BookMyShow Seat Booking →LLD-05 · Design a Movie Ticket Booking System →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · Zoho Corporation MTS, Chennai (2024) ↗
- Design a Call Taxi Booking Application (LLD)Low-level designSQ-09 · Uber →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · ZOHO Corporation SDE Full Time (2023) ↗GeeksforGeeks · Zoho Interview Set 3, Off-Campus (2025) ↗
- Design a Parking LotLow-level designLLD-01 · Design a Parking Lot →reported in:GeeksforGeeks · ZOHO Interview Experience for SDE, On-Campus (2023) ↗
- Design an In-Memory File SystemLow-level designno lesson for this one yetreported in:GeeksforGeeks · Zoho Interview Experience, On-Campus (2024) ↗
- Design an In-Memory Key-Value Store with Transactions (LLD)Low-level designIP-03 · Design a Distributed Key-Value Store →W05 · DAY 01 · Consistency Models →reported in:GeeksforGeeks · Zoho Interview Experience, Off Campus, Feb 2024 ↗
- Design a Library Management SystemLow-level designno lesson for this one yetreported in:GeeksforGeeks · ZOHO Interview Experience, On-Campus (2025) ↗
- Design a Task Manager Application (LLD)Low-level designno lesson for this one yetreported in:GeeksforGeeks · ZOHO Interview Experience for Fresher 2025, Off-Campus ↗
- Design a Support Ticket-Raising Application (LLD)Low-level designW09 · BOSS · Design a Multi-Tenant Enterprise SaaS Platform →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · Zoho Software Developer, Off-Campus, Chennai (2023) ↗
- Implement an In-Memory Cache like Redis in Java (LLD)Low-level designLLD-02 · Design an LRU Cache →IP-11 · Design a Distributed Cache →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · Zoho Technical Staff, Off Campus, Chennai (2020) ↗
- Design Browser History (LLD)Low-level designno lesson for this one yetreported in:GeeksforGeeks · Zoho Corporation Interview Experience Software Developer (2024) ↗
Likely, from what they build
Our pick, not a report: questions that fit Zoho's products.- Design an Email Service like Zoho MailSystem designW06 · DAY 01 · Notification Platform — Problem Understanding & High-Level Design →W07 · DAY 02 · Indexing Pipeline →IP-10 · Design a File Sync Service (Dropbox / Google Drive) →
- Design a Multi-Tenant CRM PlatformSystem designW09 · BOSS · Design a Multi-Tenant Enterprise SaaS Platform →W09 · DAY 01 · Tenant Isolation Strategies →W09 · DAY 03 · Data Residency and GDPR →
Study path
Every lesson the questions above point to, once, in order.
- 01SQ-11IRCTC Tatkal Ticket Booking System
- 02LLD-05Design a Movie Ticket Booking System
- 03SQ-16BookMyShow Seat Booking
- 04SQ-09Uber
- 05LLD-01Design a Parking Lot
- 06IP-03Design a Distributed Key-Value Store
- 07W05 · DAY 01Consistency Models
- 08W09 · BOSSDesign a Multi-Tenant Enterprise SaaS Platform
- 09LLD-02Design an LRU Cache
- 10IP-11Design a Distributed Cache
- 11W06 · DAY 01Notification Platform — Problem Understanding & High-Level Design
- 12W07 · DAY 02Indexing Pipeline
- 13IP-10Design a File Sync Service (Dropbox / Google Drive)
- 14W09 · DAY 01Tenant Isolation Strategies
- 15W09 · DAY 03Data Residency and GDPR
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