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4 Dec 2024
21 interviews found
I was interviewed in Dec 2016.
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Aptitude part was pretty straightforward. Make sure you don't loose too much time on one question. Most of the questions were very easy. Number series, men working hours, probability and simple math calculations are enough to crack the test.
Coding part will definitely have one easy question (mostly will be on sorting algos). Basic coding knowledge is enough for this part.
Tips: Aptitude : Speed is the key. Since questions are easy, one who gets more than others will be shortlistled for the Interviews.
Coding: Make sure you solve atleast 1 problem correctly. And then try to attempt others.
Duration: 1 hour
Total Questions: 28
Round: Behavioural Interview
Experience: They also asked basic interview hr questions. Be prepared with your stories. If One of your story can make you look out of the stand, it will definitely work for this round. Strengths, weakness and where do you see yourself after 5 years.
Tips: Be confident. And be ready to defend your answers.
Skills: Math Puzzles, Algorithms And Data Structures, HR Skills, Inter Person Communication Skills
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Aptitude part was pretty straightforward. Make sure you don't loose too much time on one question. Most of the questions were very easy. Number series, men working hours, probability and simple math calculations are enough to crack the test.
Coding part will definitely have one easy question (mostly will be on sorting algos). Basic coding knowledge is enough for this part.
Tips: Aptitude : Speed is the key. Since questions are easy, one who gets more than others will be shortlistled for the Interviews.
Coding: Make sure you solve atleast 1 problem correctly. And then try to attempt others.
Duration: 1 hour
Total Questions: 28
Round: Behavioural Interview
Experience: They also asked basic interview hr questions. Be prepared with your stories. If One of your story can make you look out of the stand, it will definitely work for this round. Strengths, weakness and where do you see yourself after 5 years.
Tips: Be confident. And be ready to defend your answers.
Skills: Math Puzzles, Algorithms And Data Structures, HR Skills, Inter Person Communication Skills
College Name: IIT Madras
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016.
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: The company came to our campus on day 3 and agreed to take walk-ins.
Therefore resume shortlisting was the procedure.
They had a cut off of 7 CGPA.
Tips: It would be good if you have some coding background with few projects. It could anything from class projects to your internships, extra-curricular or final year projects. Don't forget to mention what all programming language you know on your resume.
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: The first round consists of two panels. One of them was asking HR. And the other was asking technical questions. They were just looking whether you have the basic technical knowledge and if given an offer you will join or not.
Tips: For technical knowledge, you can refer OOPs basic concepts, standard coding interview problems, geeksforgeeks, cracking the coding interview by Laxman Gayle etc. It would be better if you can first practice hr questions among your friends instead of going directly to interview. I found a youtube channel explains technical relatively easier and simpler way. you can follow that. Just try to show that you are interested in that company.
For HR questions, one can prepare from 64 HR questions.
For the basic OOPs concepts, one can read first 10 chapters from E.Balaguruswamy but any other OOPs book will also be fine.
Confidence is the key ace any interview!!
Round: HR Interview
Experience: This round was mainly to check your personality. He was trying to know whether you will fit in the company or not. Most of the question was from my personal life. They will see whether you are serious about your life or not.
Tips: Be ready to give them instances of your life where you did things differently. Try to show that you are passionate about the company. Try to show you have a clear vision in your life and working hard to achieve that.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: This round was just a formality. The HR from the second round interview introduced me to the third interviewer. He asked few question related to the family.
Tips: One important thing I would like to is that NEVER ASSUME THAT WHATEVER YOU TOLD TO YOUR PREVIOUS INTERVIEWER WILL BE KNOWN TO THE NEXT INTERVIEW. So, if you think some specific points will help you do good in an interview...just let him know. I could be anything your project, conference, paper presentation or your past life as well.
Skills: Programming, Object Oriented Programming (OOP) Basics, Team Working Ability, Passion, Data Strrutures, Algorithm
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: The company came to our campus on day 3 and agreed to take walk-ins.
Therefore resume shortlisting was the procedure.
They had a cut off of 7 CGPA.
Tips: It would be good if you have some coding background with few projects. It could anything from class projects to your internships, extra-curricular or final year projects. Don't forget to mention what all programming language you know on your resume.
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: The first round consists of two panels. One of them was asking HR. And the other was asking technical questions. They were just looking whether you have the basic technical knowledge and if given an offer you will join or not.
Tips: For technical knowledge, you can refer OOPs basic concepts, standard coding interview problems, geeksforgeeks, cracking the coding interview by Laxman Gayle etc. It would be better if you can first practice hr questions among your friends instead of going directly to interview. I found a youtube channel explains technical relatively easier and simpler way. you can follow that. Just try to show that you are interested in that company.
For HR questions, one can prepare from 64 HR questions.
For the basic OOPs concepts, one can read first 10 chapters from E.Balaguruswamy but any other OOPs book will also be fine.
Confidence is the key ace any interview!!
Round: HR Interview
Experience: This round was mainly to check your personality. He was trying to know whether you will fit in the company or not. Most of the question was from my personal life. They will see whether you are serious about your life or not.
Tips: Be ready to give them instances of your life where you did things differently. Try to show that you are passionate about the company. Try to show you have a clear vision in your life and working hard to achieve that.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: This round was just a formality. The HR from the second round interview introduced me to the third interviewer. He asked few question related to the family.
Tips: One important thing I would like to is that NEVER ASSUME THAT WHATEVER YOU TOLD TO YOUR PREVIOUS INTERVIEWER WILL BE KNOWN TO THE NEXT INTERVIEW. So, if you think some specific points will help you do good in an interview...just let him know. I could be anything your project, conference, paper presentation or your past life as well.
Skills: Programming, Object Oriented Programming (OOP) Basics, Team Working Ability, Passion, Data Strrutures, Algorithm
College Name: IIT Madras
SHUBHAM VINAYAK KALE shubham
posted on 4 Dec 2016
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016.
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Aptitude part has easy questions, including number series, picture series, interest rate and some quant based questions.
The coding part is difficult.2-3 coding questions, Codes will be related to linked lists , trees or sorting.
Tips: Try to get maximum marks in aptitude, which should be fine with some practice . One of the code will be easy, so complete it and make a try for second
Duration: 1 hour
Total Questions: 30
Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: very easy puzzles, I was able to solve all puzzles in first attempt
Tips: Be confident in your approach they are locking for approach more than result
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I answered all resume based questions, he liked my choice of projects, though they were not exactly related to the profile. He liked me and said I would recommend you directly to HR round
Tips: Prepare in details about all points in resume, course work mentioned and projects, Based on performance in this interview, they decide to whether to take one more technical interview or send directly to HR
Skills: Behavioural Skills, Puzzle Solving Capability, Approaching A Problem, Basic Coding
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Aptitude part has easy questions, including number series, picture series, interest rate and some quant based questions.
The coding part is difficult.2-3 coding questions, Codes will be related to linked lists , trees or sorting.
Tips: Try to get maximum marks in aptitude, which should be fine with some practice . One of the code will be easy, so complete it and make a try for second
Duration: 1 hour
Total Questions: 30
Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: very easy puzzles, I was able to solve all puzzles in first attempt
Tips: Be confident in your approach they are locking for approach more than result
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I answered all resume based questions, he liked my choice of projects, though they were not exactly related to the profile. He liked me and said I would recommend you directly to HR round
Tips: Prepare in details about all points in resume, course work mentioned and projects, Based on performance in this interview, they decide to whether to take one more technical interview or send directly to HR
Skills: Behavioural Skills, Puzzle Solving Capability, Approaching A Problem, Basic Coding
College Name: IIT Madras
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016.
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Tips: Be confidant while solving the problems and also have basic idea on what the profile is about.
Skills: Coding Skills And Knowledge On Data Structures, Analytical Skills, Big Data Analytics
College Name: IIT Madras
Tips: Be confidant while solving the problems and also have basic idea on what the profile is about.
Skills: Coding Skills And Knowledge On Data Structures, Analytical Skills, Big Data Analytics
College Name: IIT Madras
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016.
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
College Name: IIT Madras
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016.
6 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
College Name: IIT Madras
Anonymous
posted on 2 Dec 2016
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016.
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Almost everyone with decent CGPA got shortlisted
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I had done a course on Mathematical Finance in one of my semesters. My first round majorly was around the course and why quantitative finance. I was asked problems based on the topics that was covered in the course. After that, I was asked a problem on expectation
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: It was a DSA based round. I was asked questions which involved using B-tree. Then one more was to find a subarray given a sum. Then I was asked to implement stack as a queue
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Purely HR. Why I wanted a career in finance, why JP Morgan
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I was asked two more DSA questions and then some probability questions
Skills: Coding Skills And Knowledge On Data Structures, Probabiity, Mathematics
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Almost everyone with decent CGPA got shortlisted
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I had done a course on Mathematical Finance in one of my semesters. My first round majorly was around the course and why quantitative finance. I was asked problems based on the topics that was covered in the course. After that, I was asked a problem on expectation
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: It was a DSA based round. I was asked questions which involved using B-tree. Then one more was to find a subarray given a sum. Then I was asked to implement stack as a queue
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Purely HR. Why I wanted a career in finance, why JP Morgan
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I was asked two more DSA questions and then some probability questions
Skills: Coding Skills And Knowledge On Data Structures, Probabiity, Mathematics
College Name: IIT Madras
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016.
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Around 50 odd resumes will be shortlisted. They shortlist people with good finance background
Round: Test
Experience: There were totally 3 questions
1) Why Finance
2) Changes in educational system or something (Not sure of this)
3) How far do you think Machine Learning can go.
First one is compulsory and there is a choice between the 2nd and the 3rd question. I chose the third one. So I don't remember the exact qn
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: Technical questions will be based on what you have done till now. The interview is very intense. Your finance knowledge will be tested
Tips: If you have done some finance courses be thorough with that
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: Similar to the Round 3. This round will be more tech intense
Skills: Finance, Knowledge On Current Affairs, Knowledge Of Your Resume Points, Communication, Passion
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Around 50 odd resumes will be shortlisted. They shortlist people with good finance background
Round: Test
Experience: There were totally 3 questions
1) Why Finance
2) Changes in educational system or something (Not sure of this)
3) How far do you think Machine Learning can go.
First one is compulsory and there is a choice between the 2nd and the 3rd question. I chose the third one. So I don't remember the exact qn
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: Technical questions will be based on what you have done till now. The interview is very intense. Your finance knowledge will be tested
Tips: If you have done some finance courses be thorough with that
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: Similar to the Round 3. This round will be more tech intense
Skills: Finance, Knowledge On Current Affairs, Knowledge Of Your Resume Points, Communication, Passion
College Name: IIT Madras
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016.
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Basic HR questions
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Basic finance questions
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Basic HR questions
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Basic finance questions
College Name: IIT Madras
Neel Kumar Bodanki
posted on 2 Dec 2016
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016.
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: There were total 10 multiple choice questions and 4 subjective questions.
The MCQ's were based on Probability and expectation.
The descriptive were based on
1. Number Theory
2. Puzzle
3. Coding (Need not write compilable version but write a clear pseudo code).
4. Coding(Same as above).
Solve puzzles in heard on the street and day 1.0 book. Finish the course Data Structures and Algorithms.
Tips: Must correctly solve atleast 9 of the probability MCQ to ensure a final interview shortlist.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes
Total Questions: 14
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: He asks you write a pseudo code for the question asked. You must write a clear working algorithm. If you make small mistakes, he will try and correct you but huge algorithm errors can cost you the call for next round.Remember to give correct time complexities for the algorithm written. Be clear and try to explain your thinking process to the interviewer. If you are stuck, try to explain your idea and where you are stuck. He will help you move further. The whole interview lasted around 40-45 mins.
Tips: Maintaining communication with the interviewer is very important. Asked reason for low CGPA (mine was 7.94).
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: One o the question was - If you break a stick of unit length into two parts then what is the expected length of the longer part. A few others to calculate mean and standard deviations etc.
Tips: Must communicate with the interviewer and show him your arrival at the solution. They usually respond positively if you give them the correct answer. If you make a mistake, will give you a small hint to correct yourself but if you still make it, then you're out. If you are good with stochastic processes , then it would definitely increase your chances of progression.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Started with asking about favourite coding language. Chose Java , then asked basic questions like what is static class and what is it used for (OOPS concepts). Asked a few probability questions and then a few DSA questions.
Tips: Was bad in a section( I could not answer OOPS questions)but still gave me a chance again. If you recover from it and answer remaining correctly then you get to go to the HR round.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Telephonic interview and was asked few questions about myself like education, Family background, Why job instead of higher studies, why job in finance and specifically Quantitative research, future plans etc.
Tips: This was not really tough. The HR also tried to explain what the job was about. They confirmed the Job Offer within 5 minutes after the phone call ended.
Skills: Coding Skills And Knowledge On Data Structures, Probability And Statistics, Solving Logic Puzzles
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: There were total 10 multiple choice questions and 4 subjective questions.
The MCQ's were based on Probability and expectation.
The descriptive were based on
1. Number Theory
2. Puzzle
3. Coding (Need not write compilable version but write a clear pseudo code).
4. Coding(Same as above).
Solve puzzles in heard on the street and day 1.0 book. Finish the course Data Structures and Algorithms.
Tips: Must correctly solve atleast 9 of the probability MCQ to ensure a final interview shortlist.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes
Total Questions: 14
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: He asks you write a pseudo code for the question asked. You must write a clear working algorithm. If you make small mistakes, he will try and correct you but huge algorithm errors can cost you the call for next round.Remember to give correct time complexities for the algorithm written. Be clear and try to explain your thinking process to the interviewer. If you are stuck, try to explain your idea and where you are stuck. He will help you move further. The whole interview lasted around 40-45 mins.
Tips: Maintaining communication with the interviewer is very important. Asked reason for low CGPA (mine was 7.94).
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: One o the question was - If you break a stick of unit length into two parts then what is the expected length of the longer part. A few others to calculate mean and standard deviations etc.
Tips: Must communicate with the interviewer and show him your arrival at the solution. They usually respond positively if you give them the correct answer. If you make a mistake, will give you a small hint to correct yourself but if you still make it, then you're out. If you are good with stochastic processes , then it would definitely increase your chances of progression.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Started with asking about favourite coding language. Chose Java , then asked basic questions like what is static class and what is it used for (OOPS concepts). Asked a few probability questions and then a few DSA questions.
Tips: Was bad in a section( I could not answer OOPS questions)but still gave me a chance again. If you recover from it and answer remaining correctly then you get to go to the HR round.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Telephonic interview and was asked few questions about myself like education, Family background, Why job instead of higher studies, why job in finance and specifically Quantitative research, future plans etc.
Tips: This was not really tough. The HR also tried to explain what the job was about. They confirmed the Job Offer within 5 minutes after the phone call ended.
Skills: Coding Skills And Knowledge On Data Structures, Probability And Statistics, Solving Logic Puzzles
College Name: IIT Madras
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