Kotak Mahindra Bank Software Engineer interview experience

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BengaluruPosted Jun 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I interviewed for an SDE-2 role at Kotak Mahindra Bank and the process centered on my resume plus a mix of DSA, LLD, and HLD topics.

The overall difficulty felt average, but I wasn’t able to get a strong read on how things landed.

The round(s) I went through asked me questions drawn from all three areas, and I remember spending most of my time jumping between algorithmic reasoning, low-level design thinking, and higher-level architecture questions. The questions were connected to what I claimed on my resume, so it wasn’t just generic LeetCode style practice.

The interview itself felt okay—nothing totally out of left field—but I didn’t have clarity on the result. I ended up waiting for the outcome, and honestly that

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