Kotak Mahindra Bank

Kotak Interview Experience
Current Position: SDE-1
Current Experience: 1.8 years
Current Company: Product based automobile

Round 1: Conducted by external party[Bar Raiser]: (1h)

[DSA 40m + 20 m cs fundamental in Os]

DSA

lc 1616 split 2 string to make palindrome

was able to tell brute force not optimal as i thought it to be dp then later found was a 2 ptr variation

then the interviewer gave

lc add 2 huge numbers

i said via Linkedkist he said to implement but i was not able to messed up the add logic that had a carry variable

then asked few cs fundamental

what is Prem and non prem scheduling
is sjf prem ?why not
mutex semaphore
adv if indexing and disadv

I am not sure of the next round as i was not able to do the dsa only i did brite force lets see what happens will update you guys soon

will update for further rounds if i get , if i dont update means rejected

SUGGESTIONS NEEDED

i have solved qstns but no where i see these questions are present in the stamdard sheet then how can one know about these questions ???

if i solve standard question what is the guarantee that i will be able to solve the tech interview qstns as i can see they are asking unseen that are not there in standard sheeets , what is your take on this ??