Idfc First Bank Software Engineer interview experience

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ChennaiPosted Jun 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My journey started with a screening round where I had to solve an easy-medium DSA problem within 30 minutes.

After that, the next stage became more demanding: a system-design round that involved both high-level and low-level design. That entire part took about 1 to 1.5 hours, and it was clearly meant to see how I break down requirements into components.

Then I went into a technical round focused on the kind of technologies I had listed in my resume. They asked deep questions across Java core plus SQL and NoSQL concepts, and even about frontend-related areas I had mentioned. It felt intense because it wasn’t just name-dropping—there were detailed follow-ups intended to test whether I truly

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