Idfc First Bank Software Engineer interview experience

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ChennaiPosted Mar 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process moved through multiple technical-heavy rounds and then ended without an offer.

In the first coding round, I was given a problem using a shipping simulator idea on a grid. I had to interpret a list of array-based commands and return the final position.

The next stage shifted to system design. I proposed a design, but the interviewer didn’t seem to align with what I laid out and was openly biased about the direction I chose. That round felt like it was decided more by the interviewer’s stance than by the quality of my reasoning. After that, there was a final round described as an HMR-style discussion, but I didn’t progress.

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