Kotak Mahindra Bank | SDE 2 | Bangalore | Rejected

Status: 2.10 YOE
Position: SDE 2
Location: Bangalore

Round 1: Bar Raiser (DSA + LLD + HLD)

• DSA: Minimum Size Subarray Sum (Find minimum length subarray for sum >= target): https://leetcode.com/problems/minimum-size-subarray-sum/
• LLD: Design an E-commerce platform. Heavy discussion on database schemas.
• HLD: Data consistency strategies in distributed systems (Discussed Quorum, Two-Phase Commit / 2PC, and Leader-Replica architectures).

Round 2: DSA

• Question 1: General array/string question.
• Question 2: Segregate prime and non-prime numbers in a Linked List. A variation of Odd Even Linked List but with prime logic: https://leetcode.com/problems/odd-even-linked-list/

Verdict: Rejected in Round 2. I was not familiar with standard Linked List manipulation patterns and fumbled the implementation.