Kotak Mahindra Bank Software Engineer interview experience

Posted May 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My recruiter conversation was followed by a later round that was described as low-level design, and that’s pretty much what I experienced.

The interviewer wanted an implementation-style LLD around notifications, where I had to think through how to send messages across channels like email, WhatsApp, and in-app messaging.

I was asked to register templates for different message types, and then build the flow for two APIs—one to handle template registration and another to trigger/invoke a template for sending. Even though it was framed as LLD, I ended up answering questions that tested whether I could reason about design trade-offs clearly, not just list classes.

It felt like a focused round: clear problem statement, lots of

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