Adobe Software Development Engineer (SDE) interview questions
based on 18 ratings - Updated Jun 3, 2026
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Software Development Engineer (SDE) applicants have rated the interview process at Adobe with 3.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 59.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer (SDE) roles take an average of 11 days to get hired, when considering 6 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Adobe overall takes an average of 31 days.
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I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Adobe
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it was overall a good process.1st mcq round and then it had a coding round. once you clear the 1st round you will be sent a mail for attending the second round.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Adobe (Noida) in Aug 2021
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Too hardThis was also a technical round. You must expect some mathematical questions. This is the last round of the process. Most probably, you won’t be asked to code but tell the approach.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Adobe (Jamshedpur) in Feb 2020
Interview
Consists of three sections with each section 1 hour to solve. Hence the written round was for 3 hours. I really liked the written round since it consists of everything starting from writing code(LCA, GCD, Middle of Linked list), Number conversion, Reduction of Boolean functions, Prefix to Infix Expression and evaluation of expression algorithm and finally aptitude.
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Question 1
Serialize and deserialize the object in an optimized way( I gave him the idea of Spill overflow etc).