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Prep/Companies/MakeMyTrip

Travel · Gurugram

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MakeMyTrip.

India's largest online travel platform for flights, hotels, holidays, trains, buses and cabs (also runs Goibibo and redBus).

its questions lean on

booking and inventory concurrency
database schema and SQL
object-oriented design and SOLID
caching search results
Java concurrency

The rounds, as candidates describe them

Problem solving / DS (two rounds)About 60 minutes each in your own IDE; working code for sample tests, dry run and complexity.source ↗
LLDAbout 60 minutes on object-oriented design, SOLID principles and extensible code with a working demo.source ↗
HLDAbout 70 minutes, often IRCTC; database schema, the SQL behind each API, and concurrent booking.source ↗

Reported by candidates

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

Design a Train Ticket Booking System like IRCTCSystem design
SQ-11 · IRCTC Tatkal Ticket Booking System →SQ-16 · BookMyShow Seat Booking →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · MakeMyTrip SSE-2, Bangalore, Dec 2024 ↗LeetCode Discuss · MakeMyTrip SSE2, Bangalore (2024) ↗LeetCode Discuss · MakeMyTrip SSE 2, Bangalore, Nov 2023 ↗
Design SplitwiseLow-level design
LLD-06 · Design a Bill-Splitting App (Splitwise) →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · MakeMyTrip SSE2, Bangalore (2024) ↗
Design an LRU CacheLow-level design
LLD-02 · Design an LRU Cache →IP-11 · Design a Distributed Cache →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · MakeMyTrip SSE2, Bangalore (2024) ↗LeetCode Discuss · MakeMyTrip SDE 2, Gurgaon, March 2021 ↗
Design a Parking LotLow-level design
LLD-01 · Design a Parking Lot →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · MakeMyTrip SDE 2, Gurgaon, March 2021 ↗
Design an Elevator SystemLow-level design
LLD-04 · Design an Elevator System →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · MakeMyTrip SDE1, India, May 2022 ↗
Design a URL ShortenerSystem design
IP-01 · Design a URL Shortener →W01 · BOSS · Design a URL Shortener at Scale →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · MakeMyTrip SDE / SSE 2 Interview Experience (2024) ↗
Design a Ride-Hailing ServiceSystem design
SQ-09 · Uber →IP-13 · Design a Proximity Service →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · MakeMyTrip SDE-2, Bengaluru, March 2022 ↗
Design a Fantasy Sports Platform like Dream11System design
IP-14 · Design a Real-Time Leaderboard →W02 · BOSS · The Ultimate System Design Interview →W04 · DAY 03 · Thundering Herd →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · MakeMyTrip SSE2 (2024) ↗
Design an Alerting System (LLD)Low-level design
IP-15 · Design a Metrics Monitoring and Alerting System →LLD-08 · Design a Logging Framework (Pub-Sub) →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · MakeMyTrip SSE, Bangalore (2022) ↗
Design a Real-Time LeaderboardSystem design
IP-14 · Design a Real-Time Leaderboard →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · MakeMyTrip Senior Software Engineer 1, Bangalore (2021) ↗
Design a Customer Support Chatbot for Hotel and Flight BookingsSystem design
W03 · BOSS · Event-Driven Food Delivery Order System →W02 · DAY 03 · Circuit Breakers →reported in:GeeksforGeeks · Make My Trip Interview Experience, SDE-2, 4 Years of Experience (updated 2025) ↗
Design the Database Schema for a Chat SystemLow-level design
IP-08 · Design a Chat System →SQ-02 · WhatsApp Messaging →reported in:LeetCode Discuss · MakeMyTrip SSE-2, Bangalore, Dec 2024 ↗

Likely, from what they build

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

Design a Hotel Reservation SystemSystem design
IP-19 · Design a Hotel Reservation System →W05 · DAY 02 · Distributed Transactions — The Saga Pattern →
Design Flight Search with Cached Fares from Many SuppliersSystem design
W04 · DAY 02 · Invalidation Strategies →W04 · DAY 05 · Multi-Tier Caching →W02 · DAY 01 · Timeout Hell →

Study path

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

01SQ-11IRCTC Tatkal Ticket Booking System
02SQ-16BookMyShow Seat Booking
03LLD-06Design a Bill-Splitting App (Splitwise)
04LLD-02Design an LRU Cache
05IP-11Design a Distributed Cache
06LLD-01Design a Parking Lot
07LLD-04Design an Elevator System
08IP-01Design a URL Shortener
09W01 · BOSSDesign a URL Shortener at Scale
10SQ-09Uber
11IP-13Design a Proximity Service
12IP-14Design a Real-Time Leaderboard
13W02 · BOSSThe Ultimate System Design Interview
14W04 · DAY 03Thundering Herd
15IP-15Design a Metrics Monitoring and Alerting System
16LLD-08Design a Logging Framework (Pub-Sub)
17W03 · BOSSEvent-Driven Food Delivery Order System
18W02 · DAY 03Circuit Breakers
19IP-08Design a Chat System
20SQ-02WhatsApp Messaging
21IP-19Design a Hotel Reservation System
22W05 · DAY 02Distributed Transactions — The Saga Pattern
23W04 · DAY 02Invalidation Strategies
24W04 · DAY 05Multi-Tier Caching
25W02 · DAY 01Timeout Hell

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