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Updated
4 Dec 2024
16 interviews found
2 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: The group discussion of Credit Suisse was held on the same date as the interview. In each group, they were monitoring the students, and were hotlisting some students based on their GD performance. Try to raise unique and novel points, and articulate the points clearly, to get hotlisted. Taking up mock GDs seriously is very important.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The interview was of two rounds. In the first round, HR questions and puzzles were asked, and the second round was exclusively a HR round.
General Tips: A lot of these companies prepare a ‘hotlist’, a list of students who they want to interview more thoroughly than the rest. So if the resume is impressive, there is a good chance of getting a higher preference, hence you could end up with a job offer instead of a waitlist.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Experience: The group discussion of Credit Suisse was held on the same date as the interview. In each group, they were monitoring the students, and were hotlisting some students based on their GD performance. Try to raise unique and novel points, and articulate the points clearly, to get hotlisted. Taking up mock GDs seriously is very important.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The interview was of two rounds. In the first round, HR questions and puzzles were asked, and the second round was exclusively a HR round.
General Tips: A lot of these companies prepare a ‘hotlist’, a list of students who they want to interview more thoroughly than the rest. So if the resume is impressive, there is a good chance of getting a higher preference, hence you could end up with a job offer instead of a waitlist.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. “What do you expect to be doing at the company?”
- Q2. “What do you expect yourself to be doing 5 years down the line?” Be honest
- Q3. If an egg is thrown from a 1000 storeyed building, determine from what minimum floor it should be thrown for it to crack.”
- Q4. How many tennis balls can fill INS Vikrant?”
- Q5. “Why Credit Suisse?”
- Q6. What have you recently read in the newspaper?”
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: The person should be a team player, should have good interpersonal skills, and should have good leadership qualities to control the flow of the discussion. Being a good conflict manager also helps.
Round: Other Interview
Experience: Puzzle solving type question was asked. For first question I solved it using Binary Sorting Method. Basically, throw the egg from 500th floor. If it doesn’t crack then go to 750th floor, if it cracks then go to 250th floor. And continue. (Egg is quite strong of course). And for second, I used volume of each ball and void fraction. They see your approach rather than the numbers.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: I told them that I’m not sure about what I would be doing after 5 years but I have a vision to be a decision maker of the company. I also told them frankly that I wasn’t really interested in Chemical Engineering.
Round: Other Interview
Experience: Interview was taken by the director. For first question, I answered,” It’s in Bombay and I am from Bombay.” For second, I told the director about the new low in oil prices along with its trends and reasons for the same. Demand and supply was used as a reason.
General Tips: The person should be a team player, should have good interpersonal skills, and should have good leadership qualities to control the flow of the discussion. Being a good conflict manager also helps.
Skill Tips: Should be a team player. Should have a good story to tell. Should be interesting -There should be key take away for everything you do. For example for my events core-ship, we cut a few events to increase quality, quantity and price money of other events we founded Sangam to bring all clubs under one umbrella. Won’t really help in interview directly but will help in problem solving.
Skills: Interpersonal skills, Systems identification, Numerical Techniques, Time series, Linear algebra, Multivariate Data analysis
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Experience: The person should be a team player, should have good interpersonal skills, and should have good leadership qualities to control the flow of the discussion. Being a good conflict manager also helps.
Round: Other Interview
Experience: Puzzle solving type question was asked. For first question I solved it using Binary Sorting Method. Basically, throw the egg from 500th floor. If it doesn’t crack then go to 750th floor, if it cracks then go to 250th floor. And continue. (Egg is quite strong of course). And for second, I used volume of each ball and void fraction. They see your approach rather than the numbers.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: I told them that I’m not sure about what I would be doing after 5 years but I have a vision to be a decision maker of the company. I also told them frankly that I wasn’t really interested in Chemical Engineering.
Round: Other Interview
Experience: Interview was taken by the director. For first question, I answered,” It’s in Bombay and I am from Bombay.” For second, I told the director about the new low in oil prices along with its trends and reasons for the same. Demand and supply was used as a reason.
General Tips: The person should be a team player, should have good interpersonal skills, and should have good leadership qualities to control the flow of the discussion. Being a good conflict manager also helps.
Skill Tips: Should be a team player. Should have a good story to tell. Should be interesting -There should be key take away for everything you do. For example for my events core-ship, we cut a few events to increase quality, quantity and price money of other events we founded Sangam to bring all clubs under one umbrella. Won’t really help in interview directly but will help in problem solving.
Skills: Interpersonal skills, Systems identification, Numerical Techniques, Time series, Linear algebra, Multivariate Data analysis
College Name: IIT MADRAS
2 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Interview
Experience: I had strong POR’s and extra curricular activities, strong intern, mid CGPA , Academics.
5 rounds
1. HR
2. Fin(technical)
3. Puzzles
4. HR
5. HR
No case studies. Technical – Fin related questions
Tips: I was selected because of very good HR rounds and strong resume. I started preparing in October, Starting earlier always works.
Consult- case studies 7 case groups
Fin – puzzles, current affairs
General Tips: High CGPA – very very important
Good internships – preferably ones that involve
Lot of good work , doesn’t matter if it’s a small company
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Experience: I had strong POR’s and extra curricular activities, strong intern, mid CGPA , Academics.
5 rounds
1. HR
2. Fin(technical)
3. Puzzles
4. HR
5. HR
No case studies. Technical – Fin related questions
Tips: I was selected because of very good HR rounds and strong resume. I started preparing in October, Starting earlier always works.
Consult- case studies 7 case groups
Fin – puzzles, current affairs
General Tips: High CGPA – very very important
Good internships – preferably ones that involve
Lot of good work , doesn’t matter if it’s a small company
College Name: IIT MADRAS
1 Interview Round
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Interview was held in five rounds.
Three rounds of HR
Finance (Technical)
Puzzles
Tips: Strong resume helps
Be thorough on finance based puzzles and current affairs
Strong HR preparation is necessary
High CGPA will always help
Good internship, POR and minor will also be useful for the interviews.
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Interview was held in five rounds.
Three rounds of HR
Finance (Technical)
Puzzles
Tips: Strong resume helps
Be thorough on finance based puzzles and current affairs
Strong HR preparation is necessary
High CGPA will always help
Good internship, POR and minor will also be useful for the interviews.
College Name: IIT Madras
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Knowledge in finance was tested. Questions on current affairs, finance, cooperate finance, accounting concepts, etc were asked. What helped me were the finance courses i took up in my 4 years in IIT
Skill Tips: ""
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Knowledge in finance was tested. Questions on current affairs, finance, cooperate finance, accounting concepts, etc were asked. What helped me were the finance courses i took up in my 4 years in IIT
Skill Tips: ""
College Name: IIT Madras
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Walk me through your resume
- Q2. Where do you gain your interest in finance from?
- Q3. Technical questions (based on idea generation, implementation and financials) on winning Business Plan
- Q4. Technical questions on an academic project - Product development from design till launch
- Q5. You seem to have a consult-based resume. Why finance then?
- Q6. Trap question: Just because you couldn't make it to a consult firm, you want to join Credit Suisse?
- Q7. What is something in you that you would want to change?
- Q8. Pitch Credit Suisse to a Manager for 1 minute.
- Q9. What is the difference between the roles being offered at Credit Suisse for IITM students?
- Q10. Tell me about yourself
- Q11. Why do you want to join Credit Suisse?
- Q12. Is your father a Private Banker?
- Q13. How often do you speak to your Banker?
- Q14. If your account balance was multiplied by a million, what would you do with it?
- Q15. Considered doing an MBA? Why not?
- Q16. Been to 11 countries in the world, but not the U.S.A.(Immense finance activity hub)? Why not?
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume shortlist
Experience: There isn't much I can write here in terms of my experience. But it wouldn't be fair to skip this as this was the first selection criterion.
Tips: Have a neat readable resume- not too crammed, not too blank. Get it checked by atleast 10 people. If you are from a non-finance background, they want to see your enthusiasm to learn. Be sure to write about relevant stuff - certification exams, relevant projects and courses (economics, accounting,operations research) taken up in the institute, conferences, business plans etc.
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: We were a group of 9 people - 5 girls and 4 boys; a ratio in line with the topic given to us. Each of us was initially given 40 seconds to talk and then a discussion of 10 minutes followed. It was necessary to make a mark in the beginning since these 40 seconds were uninterrupted.
I started by declaring that I would wish to discuss this topic first at a national level and then at a global level. If you can relate to a current issue, you have started well. I mentioned a few points about empowering women from PM Modi's speech delivered on Independence Day. I also built on one of the points raised by a member in the group. As I was the last one to speak, I took advantage of it and gave structure to the upcoming 10 minutes of discussion by declaring 3 major issues to be tackled when it comes to empowering women - Education, Employment and Safety. All of them around me agreed and the discussion was constructive. I was told, "Always summarize" and I did so when we were told that we were left with two minutes only.
P.S. - I was told later that I was ranked the highest in my round.
Tips: What gives you an edge above the others is
- Making a new/different point
- Structuring your ideas/thoughts
- Connecting to current affairs
- Summarizing at the end
Duration: 15 minutes
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Oh this was an enjoyable interview. Once the ice was broken, we were having more of a conversation setting than an interview one. Credit Suisse definitely wants to see your inclination towards a particular division with a clear notion of why you picked one over another. The lady who interviewed me had just moved from the division of Prime Services to Private Banking(PB) Americas. I wanted to join PB and laid down my motivation for the same. Towards the end, I asked her about the learning curve and her 6-year experience at Credit Suisse. She asked me about my significant achievements (non-academic) in my undergraduate years.
Tips: Know your resume inside out. Expect anything. Carry documents/certificates that will increase your chances. I carried a copy of my Business plan and she had a question to ask for every page she turned. Stay relaxed. They don't have a stress round but the interviewer wants to interview someone who doesn't have well-prepared answers. If you can get the interviewer to have a casual conversation with you, it's likely he/she will recommend you for the next round.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: I pride on telling everyone that I didn't have a Puzzles round. The selection process right from the Group Discussion seemed very smooth and I was directly sent to a Senior person for supposedly the last interview.I started with a line in Swahili (the national language of Tanzania - a country where I lived for around 15 years). The translation to English brought a smile on his face and I knew he was one who was looking for something different in a person. At a point, he asked me whether I had been to the U.S. and then with much excitement, he himself started telling me about the Financial Hub, his tales from Morgan Stanley and his experience of 15 years in Prime Services.
Tips: Understand what the interviewer wants to buy. And then sell accordingly. This was certainly not an interview where the interviewer had a fixed set of questions.
The answer to "Tell me about yourself" drove the entire interview. So be smart and steer the conversation allowing you to talk about stuff off your resume - some interesting experiences and your hobbies.
General Tips: Getting placed during the campus placement season is a huge achievement.Start preparing early. And remember, placement prep never happens alone.
Irrespective of the kind of profile you are looking at, pair up with friendsand study together.
Skill Tips: Just be fluent in whatever you say or explain. Usually client side roles demand that otherwise even that is not a must. Knowing basics of finance is a must so that you know what kind of profile you are getting into. Finance is a big field and has lots of divisions where you can try your hands on. Like Investment Banking, Private Equity / VC, Private Banking, etc
Skills: Communication skills, Finance , Accounting
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: CreditSuisse has a long tradition of meeting the complex financial needsof a wide range of clients, offering advisory services andinnovative products to companies, institutional clients and high-net-worthprivate clients globally.I applied to Credit Suisse specially for their Analyst role inthe Private Banking Americas division which was set up in Mumbai in March 2014.
The pre-placement talk on campus by Credit Suisse officials, a neat jobdescription on the institute placement portal made the role very appealing andtalking to IITM alumni at Credit Suisse helped me strengthen my choice.
Funny Moments: Since I have studied till 10th in Tanzania, Africa they asked me to speak in Swahili :P I not only spoke but also sung a Swahili Jingle.
Experience: There isn't much I can write here in terms of my experience. But it wouldn't be fair to skip this as this was the first selection criterion.
Tips: Have a neat readable resume- not too crammed, not too blank. Get it checked by atleast 10 people. If you are from a non-finance background, they want to see your enthusiasm to learn. Be sure to write about relevant stuff - certification exams, relevant projects and courses (economics, accounting,operations research) taken up in the institute, conferences, business plans etc.
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: We were a group of 9 people - 5 girls and 4 boys; a ratio in line with the topic given to us. Each of us was initially given 40 seconds to talk and then a discussion of 10 minutes followed. It was necessary to make a mark in the beginning since these 40 seconds were uninterrupted.
I started by declaring that I would wish to discuss this topic first at a national level and then at a global level. If you can relate to a current issue, you have started well. I mentioned a few points about empowering women from PM Modi's speech delivered on Independence Day. I also built on one of the points raised by a member in the group. As I was the last one to speak, I took advantage of it and gave structure to the upcoming 10 minutes of discussion by declaring 3 major issues to be tackled when it comes to empowering women - Education, Employment and Safety. All of them around me agreed and the discussion was constructive. I was told, "Always summarize" and I did so when we were told that we were left with two minutes only.
P.S. - I was told later that I was ranked the highest in my round.
Tips: What gives you an edge above the others is
- Making a new/different point
- Structuring your ideas/thoughts
- Connecting to current affairs
- Summarizing at the end
Duration: 15 minutes
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Oh this was an enjoyable interview. Once the ice was broken, we were having more of a conversation setting than an interview one. Credit Suisse definitely wants to see your inclination towards a particular division with a clear notion of why you picked one over another. The lady who interviewed me had just moved from the division of Prime Services to Private Banking(PB) Americas. I wanted to join PB and laid down my motivation for the same. Towards the end, I asked her about the learning curve and her 6-year experience at Credit Suisse. She asked me about my significant achievements (non-academic) in my undergraduate years.
Tips: Know your resume inside out. Expect anything. Carry documents/certificates that will increase your chances. I carried a copy of my Business plan and she had a question to ask for every page she turned. Stay relaxed. They don't have a stress round but the interviewer wants to interview someone who doesn't have well-prepared answers. If you can get the interviewer to have a casual conversation with you, it's likely he/she will recommend you for the next round.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: I pride on telling everyone that I didn't have a Puzzles round. The selection process right from the Group Discussion seemed very smooth and I was directly sent to a Senior person for supposedly the last interview.I started with a line in Swahili (the national language of Tanzania - a country where I lived for around 15 years). The translation to English brought a smile on his face and I knew he was one who was looking for something different in a person. At a point, he asked me whether I had been to the U.S. and then with much excitement, he himself started telling me about the Financial Hub, his tales from Morgan Stanley and his experience of 15 years in Prime Services.
Tips: Understand what the interviewer wants to buy. And then sell accordingly. This was certainly not an interview where the interviewer had a fixed set of questions.
The answer to "Tell me about yourself" drove the entire interview. So be smart and steer the conversation allowing you to talk about stuff off your resume - some interesting experiences and your hobbies.
General Tips: Getting placed during the campus placement season is a huge achievement.Start preparing early. And remember, placement prep never happens alone.
Irrespective of the kind of profile you are looking at, pair up with friendsand study together.
Skill Tips: Just be fluent in whatever you say or explain. Usually client side roles demand that otherwise even that is not a must. Knowing basics of finance is a must so that you know what kind of profile you are getting into. Finance is a big field and has lots of divisions where you can try your hands on. Like Investment Banking, Private Equity / VC, Private Banking, etc
Skills: Communication skills, Finance , Accounting
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: CreditSuisse has a long tradition of meeting the complex financial needsof a wide range of clients, offering advisory services andinnovative products to companies, institutional clients and high-net-worthprivate clients globally.I applied to Credit Suisse specially for their Analyst role inthe Private Banking Americas division which was set up in Mumbai in March 2014.
The pre-placement talk on campus by Credit Suisse officials, a neat jobdescription on the institute placement portal made the role very appealing andtalking to IITM alumni at Credit Suisse helped me strengthen my choice.
Funny Moments: Since I have studied till 10th in Tanzania, Africa they asked me to speak in Swahili :P I not only spoke but also sung a Swahili Jingle.
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