Kotak Mahindra Bank Software Developer Interview Questions and Answers

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Dbms and java are important topic having project related in these topic is a plus point ,need good communication skills, dsa is not so important

Professional and academic backgroundI applied for the job as SDE - 1 in PuneEligibility criteria7.5 CGPABarclays interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - projects. solving random problems, from Leetcode, DSA skills.Time required to prepare for the interview - 6 MonthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Master Your Data Structures and Algorithm, solving Leetcode, Geeksforgeeks, having a great solved count is not that important. Just make sure, you are comfortable.
Tip 2 : Master Your Data Structures and Algorithm, if you think, you are done, try reading more about competietive programming topics at https://cp-algorithms.com/
Tip 3 : Have at least 2 Good Project, That would be an advantage

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Try to complete in 1 page, without reducing the beauty. Show atleast 2 project, 2 hackathons, 1 internship, and your achivement.
Tip 2 : Be honest. Copying something from github, isn't a great idea. You can do, but please work in it. Spend 1 week reading that code, and try implementing that project by yourself, and then put into the resume.

Final outcome of the interviewSelected

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Not at all worthy experience. Such a huge organisation and HR people they don't know what does a offer mean to a new Candidate. You are not going to the market to buy stuff. You have to earn your candidate and same for candidate as well. Both have to mutually understand each other needs. If you cannot make an offer to the person then kindly do not waste neither your time and nor theirs. And if you have to hire real talent then expand your budget, stop bargaining.

Round: Other Interview
Experience: One year since I took the interview, so no idea exactly what questions they asked. But I was asked to write the code on paper in front of him and was asked to debug it. Some puzzles and aptitude questions along with other basic coding questions. It was great that the guy was interactive and started asking about my projects and college life.
Btw the answer to the logical question is: I should say " you will shoot me". Paradoxical.
Tips: Feel free to ask anything that you would like to know from them. Also frankly say that you don't know a certain topic if you have no clue what it is about. They don't like people wasting their time.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: This was not exactly a technical interview. He asked me to write a code to find the day of week when a certain date in any year of the calendar is given. I answered it and then he starting asking general questions as to why do u want to join the company, etc.
I gave answers to most of them convincingly. But I kept him engaged by explaining my life at college, the extra curriculars I did at college. Also I asked him about his experience as a software engineer. I asked him to reflect upon his career and how I should approach about my career.
Tips: The best part about HR interviews is they expect you to ask them lots and lots of questions. The more they are engaged, the more are your chances of impressing and getting selected. And more importantly, ask the interviewer about his experience with the present firm. This also works with my manager when ever he has a one on one with me :P
Cheers and all the best.

Skills: Soft Skills, General Aptitude, LOGICAL THINKING ABILITIES, Coding Skills And Knowledge On Data Structures
College Name: IIT Hyderabad

Round: Test
Experience: Programming section had basic questions on C++ & data structures.
Tips: Try to score maximum in aptitude test, they consider your score while placement.
Duration: 2 hours
Total Questions: 35

Round: Technical Interview 1
Experience: Questions asked during this round:
Introduce yourself.
Questions on projects & internships.
Questions on Final year project in detail (max part of interview was on final year project).
Basic concepts of C++.
Few programs on C++.
Puzzles.


Round: Technical Interview 2
Experience: ? 2 interviewers were there.
? Stressed interview.
? They grilled me a lot on C++ & data structures.
One interviewer started asking questions, and before I could complete my answer, another used to cut me in
middle & start asking another question. I realized it

Round: Test
Experience: It was an easy test overall, basic programming things were asked in technical part of test whereas aptitude questions were also relatively easy.
Tips: You just need to know things which were there in CS101 for technical part of test .Nothing else is required.
Duration: 30 minutes
Total Questions: 1

Skills: Problem
College Name: Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Round: Test
Experience: The question paper was a mix of aptitude, programming of c++ java , sql and reasoning.
There was negative marking set for each questions.
Tips: Attempt that portion first in which you are really confident.
Dont try to attempt all questions , as negative marking plays big role.
Duration: 60 minutes

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: As Barclays is a bank , so this kind of question is obvious.
Be prepared for technical process that takes place in a usual banking domain.
Also , any type of question whether reasoning based or technical can be asked.
Tips: Be confident. Try to tell everything in a straight manner.

Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: You can put humour while answering as this shows your positivity.
There can be many reason for this like birds ia dead , bird is deaf , bird is of plastic. You can choose whatever hit into your mind.

Round: Behavioural Interview
Experience: Explaining the thing in which you already have knowledge is a plus point.
But make sure you have complete knowledge of your college project as they can ask as many questions as possible because your project is the main thing which can extend your interview time.

Skills: Common Sense, Presence Of Mind, Positive Thinking, Ability To Deliver On A Project, C Programming
College Name: UPTU
Motivation: As it is a product based company , so chances of growth is good and pay scale is better.