Kotak Mahindra Bank Software Engineer interview experience

Posted Apr 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My SDE-2 interview at Kotak Mahindra Bank ran across four rounds over a short window—about one to two weeks.

After the fourth round, HR told me the feedback was positive, but the detailed interviewer notes were still pending, so I spent more time waiting than I expected.

What stood out was how quickly the rounds themselves happened, but how slowly the communication landed afterward. HR’s confirmation gave me some confidence, yet the lack of specific interviewer feedback kept me in that awkward “almost there” mindset.

A couple of weeks later—around 12 to 15 days—the deeper details were still not something I had immediately, so I relied mostly on that initial HR positivity. It was encouraging, but

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