Design a movie ticket booking system
Design a movie ticket booking system similar to BookMyShow that allows users to browse movies, select theaters and showtimes, book tickets, and manage reservations.
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Nextiva
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Late February, 2026
Nextiva
Senior
Interviewer asked me to draw an LLD for RedBus or similar to bookmyshow platform where User can book their bus tickets. In Depth 1. User should able to book the ticket. It could be partial booking or full booking 2. If its partial then other user should be able to book the ticket for rest remaining distance. 3. Also asked about the concurrency. though he didn't asked me write any code as such but just entities & how they're related. We had lot of discussion on various scenarios.
Late January, 2026
Microsoft
Senior
User should be able to search for movies in different theaters User should be able to see upcoming shows for a movie in certain theater User should be able to book seats in that show. (High consistency, seat reservation system).
Late January, 2026
Microsoft
Senior
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