Kotak Mahindra Bank Software Engineer interview experience

2Posted Sep 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My Bar Raiser round for an SDE-2 role at Kotak Mahindra Bank ran for about 90 minutes and covered a mix of DSA, low-level design, and distributed systems, all in the same stretch.

It felt like an “end-to-end fundamentals” check rather than a single-topic interview.

On the DSA side, I was given problems like course schedule and house robber II, and I had to reason through the logic and complexity. Then the discussion moved into LLD and distributed systems territory, where the emphasis was on explaining design thinking and trade-offs rather than just producing code on the spot.

Because the round blended so many areas, the pace kept me on my toes and I had to switch gears quickly. I came out feeling like I understood the direction the interview was taking, even though

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