M*Modal Interview Questions
& Process

The interview process involved meeting with three HR department members, followed by a discussion with the AVP. The entire process spanned about three hours. Primarily, I was questioned about my current role, my approach to managing it, vendor interactions, and the software I've utilized. The offer received was significantly lower than anticipated, with minimal room for negotiation as they were firm on their initial offer. Their compensation structure is not very favorable, with a low gross component in the CTC. The offer letter also stipulated a joining within 20 days, which contradicted the agreed-upon one-month notice period. During salary negotiations, when I provided honest feedback, the HR representative became personal, stating my comments were unwarranted and derogatory. She asserted that their CTC structure, designed with KPMG's assistance, is the best in the industry and doesn't require external validation. It appeared that the HR representatives lacked significant industry experience and formal qualifications, based on their LinkedIn profiles. They claimed my offered 25% hike exceeded the industry standard of 20%. My gross salary increase was only around 1000 more than my current gross, with the remainder being variable pay. My recommendation to management is to encourage their HR team to be less arrogant and more receptive to feedback.

I started with a brief 30-minute phone chat with my manager. Then, she gave me a coding challenge to complete in an hour. It involved a directed graph with certainty values and how to get rid of nodes below a threshold without messing up memory. The code needed to be C++ using pointers and classes, plus some internal libraries. She was available by email for questions while I worked on it. Based on my submission, I was invited for an on-site interview. They gave me a tour and coffee. I met with three engineers I'd be working with and my manager. There were some communication style differences due to accents and brevity, but it was a good overview of the team. We discussed tech stacks, memory, data structures, inheritance, and the company's work. I might have briefly met HR, but no higher management.

The interview process had three rounds. The first round was an online coding test with basic questions on C#, jQuery, ASP.Net & MVC. They expected very specific answers, like a question about classifying inheritance hierarchy. I cleared this by giving direct answers confidently without arguing or showing off. The second round was a technical interview, very basic. The interviewer seemed to expect specific answers he knew, and getting aggressive or showing extra knowledge could lead to rejection, as happened to a friend. The third round was another technical interview with the GM of Engineering. I thought he would ask about my experience, but surprisingly, it was all bookish questions, which was annoying. It felt like they were making fun of candidates with practical, unanswerable questions that don't matter much in software development, even though you can Google them.

There were 3 rounds of interviews: first with HR, then a Group Discussion (GD), and finally with the manager. All rounds went well, and the manager was good during the interviews, so feel free to answer. The HR person was very helpful, and so was the staff. Be prepared with insurance-related questions.