How can I even begin to describe it, it sort of looks relaxing but it's not, so many layers of politics underneath each interview processes, they can you but then interviewers select candidates whose relatives have already worked with Adobe and gosh I came to know about this recently when I went to interview at their office. One tree question the interviewer asked , I answered , one puzzle couldn't answer , yes, what can I say about it, they are sitting on the other side, you can't really do much about it, they can ask whatever they want to demoralise you to make you feel bad about yourselves and they are acting like as if they are some kinds of gods. In the end there was a good amount of Java multithreading and I thought it was a good discussion ,got rejected immediately after the 1st round. What will recruiter think ? Didn't the candidate prepare ? Recruiters will never get to know what goes inside the interview rounds, it's a nightmare and horrible process , especially in these India offices, third world mindset people inside Adobe, what you think what's gonna happen if you don't have a godfather in the tech industry, you are screwed my friend, interviews these days are just for name sake.

I had a friend refer me for this position. The HR team did not ask for my availability before scheduling the interviews and directly sent invites for the first two rounds on the same day they were conducting interview drive. I requested a reschedule because the timing did not work for me, but I received a one-line response saying they could not reschedule the interview. I still decided to attend because Adobe is a well-regarded company. Round 1 focused on DS/Algo, coding proficiency, and problem-solving fundamentals. It went quite well. The interviewer was patient, helpful, and asked relevant questions. Round 2 was supposed to focus on frontend concepts, problem solving, deep JavaScript knowledge, browser APIs, UI architecture, and hands-on coding. However, the interviewer instead asked a system design problem. The experience was confusing because the interviewer herself did not seem fully clear on the expectations. During requirement clarification, she initially mentioned that the task was only to build a real-time collaborative text editor. Later, the requirements shifted toward designing a drawing/design tool with real-time collaboration, and several points that were explicitly stated as “out of scope” were suddenly brought back into scope. Overall, it felt like the interviewer already had a specific solution in mind, possibly from a predefined reference, and was only looking to hear that exact approach. It ended up being a frustrating experience because the interview focus kept changing and the expectations were unclear.