I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Motive (Bengaluru) in Feb 2026
Interview
The interview process consisted of 5 rounds.
1. HR Screening Round
Initial discussion about my background, experience, and why I was looking for a change.
2. Hiring Manager Round
A deep dive into my previous projects and responsibilities. The discussion included scenario-based questions around data pipelines, data processing, and problem-solving approaches.
3. Technical Round (SQL / ETL)
This round involved writing a SQL query to calculate a KPI/metric. There were also questions about Spark concepts and CI/CD deployment practices.
4. Stakeholder Round
Focused on how I communicate with different stakeholders and end users, requirement gathering, and some data modeling concepts.
5. Top Grading Round
A discussion with the Director of Analytics about my previous projects and overall experience.
Outcome:
After completing all rounds, I did not receive any update for around 15 days. I had to follow up with HR around 4-5 times to check the status of my application. HR mentioned that the consolidated feedback was not positive, but no specific feedback was provided.
Overall, the interview discussions felt positive during the process, so the final outcome was a bit surprising.
It was an online test with 4 questions. They were Python problems and were relatively easy compared to the test I gave to Dubizle labs. You need to practice problems on leet code and you'll be good to go
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There was a coding problem where I had to calculate maximum profit in a array by comparing the adjacent values.
I applied online. I interviewed at Motive (Karāchi) in Oct 2023
Interview
I applied in October, and after that, I went through several procedures.
1) HR call to check basic fit
2) Manager call to check the basic fit
3) Technical task to check tech skills
4) Final Interview with the product manager
After these, I was quite confident to get a package but even after a whole month there has been no update, and after reaching out to the recruiter multiple times I either get you will hear soon from us or a cold shoulder. They're recruiter seems highly unprofessional and lazy to me.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
SQL Queries and questions about a random dataset and what that dataset meant. Past experiences and others.