Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
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3 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Why finance?
- Q2. Why DB and some applied questions on Futures, Options and Derivatives
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Interview
Experience: Had a quick first interview which was mostly HR. No puzzles were asked from me, as I told them that I am not very much interested in mathematics and number crunching. Questions like Why finance? Why DB and some applied
questions on Futures, Options and Derivatives. (Read John C. Hull that will help you). It was more of a chat than interview.
Round: Interview
Experience: This one was a bit technical as many questions from finance course, which I did in 7th semester, were asked. I did a term paper also in the course but hadn’t prepared for it before interview and the result was there in the interview.
They grilled me on that and I was not able to answer many questions (do prepare thoroughly on whatever you have written in your resume). Besides the technical part some questions on my family background and my dad’s business were asked and some situations were given and I was asked how I will respond to such situation.
Tips: DON’T get involved in last time discussion on any of the puzzles or finance questions before interviews.
General Tips: PPTs: PPTs are very important to get an overall view of the opportunities you will be having for placements or the kind of profile that a company offers. If you are interested in a particular company, talk to the seniors who are working in that company and from there you’ll get an honest feedback about the company
and whether the profile suits you or not.
Resume: Believe me your resume has to be perfect. In your resume, highlight your strengths and the skills which the company is looking for. I feel that my extra-curricular and summer internship was my advantage and therefore I mentioned it in such a way that on reading my resume anybody will ask me more about that. Go through you resumes again and again and you’ll see the improvements. Take help from your wing mates and your close friends. In fact I prepared my complete resume along with a friend.
ET: For business awareness ET is the best thing to read, this will help you not
only in tests (for companies like DB) but also for interviews.
Get in touch with seniors who are currently working in the company you are interested in, they will help
you a lot. Resume should be perfect, whatever you have done present it efficiently highlighting your qualities and that required by the company. Do take help from your close friends and wing mates. Since
the 7th semester is very hectic, start preparing for it from the starting of the semester. Read ET if you are
interested in financial job or go through your basic courses if you are interested for core job. Dress well
for interviews, shoes should be comfortable, don’t smoke in between the interviews and if you do then
put some deodorant before interview, buy a nice pen and a nice folder for the interviews…
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Experience: Had a quick first interview which was mostly HR. No puzzles were asked from me, as I told them that I am not very much interested in mathematics and number crunching. Questions like Why finance? Why DB and some applied
questions on Futures, Options and Derivatives. (Read John C. Hull that will help you). It was more of a chat than interview.
Round: Interview
Experience: This one was a bit technical as many questions from finance course, which I did in 7th semester, were asked. I did a term paper also in the course but hadn’t prepared for it before interview and the result was there in the interview.
They grilled me on that and I was not able to answer many questions (do prepare thoroughly on whatever you have written in your resume). Besides the technical part some questions on my family background and my dad’s business were asked and some situations were given and I was asked how I will respond to such situation.
Tips: DON’T get involved in last time discussion on any of the puzzles or finance questions before interviews.
General Tips: PPTs: PPTs are very important to get an overall view of the opportunities you will be having for placements or the kind of profile that a company offers. If you are interested in a particular company, talk to the seniors who are working in that company and from there you’ll get an honest feedback about the company
and whether the profile suits you or not.
Resume: Believe me your resume has to be perfect. In your resume, highlight your strengths and the skills which the company is looking for. I feel that my extra-curricular and summer internship was my advantage and therefore I mentioned it in such a way that on reading my resume anybody will ask me more about that. Go through you resumes again and again and you’ll see the improvements. Take help from your wing mates and your close friends. In fact I prepared my complete resume along with a friend.
ET: For business awareness ET is the best thing to read, this will help you not
only in tests (for companies like DB) but also for interviews.
Get in touch with seniors who are currently working in the company you are interested in, they will help
you a lot. Resume should be perfect, whatever you have done present it efficiently highlighting your qualities and that required by the company. Do take help from your close friends and wing mates. Since
the 7th semester is very hectic, start preparing for it from the starting of the semester. Read ET if you are
interested in financial job or go through your basic courses if you are interested for core job. Dress well
for interviews, shoes should be comfortable, don’t smoke in between the interviews and if you do then
put some deodorant before interview, buy a nice pen and a nice folder for the interviews…
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Interview Preparation Tips
General Tips: Well I may be the most suited guy for writing this because I have seen it all during the recruitment process and I would try to take you through the problems one faces during the process and what I think one should do to not lose pace during these times. What I would also like to touch upon are the initiatives one should
take way before the recruitment process in order to be well prepared at the D day rather than crunching at the last hour.
Problems you might face before hand-
Most of these problems are something you will create for yourself and as it is, you are the only one who can do away with these problems. Well I would list out all the dilemmas(:O) you might face:-
1. Lots of semester load to deal with...what to do....how to start: First of all don’t give yourself this crap that you can’t find time. This is the most common crap people come up with. The second point people give is that the professor is breathing down their neck and they need to meet deadlines etc etc. Well in either case I would say that if you have started your preparation at the end of august or mid sept, even with these problems you will easily complete the course I just mentioned.
2. Well I am super man and I want to do GRE/CAT/ land the best job ever: First of all if you think that you are a superman and you can actually do this, you are welcome to do so. But for the unlucky people who are not blessed with superhuman capabilities, I would like you to follow these pointers. Spread out your preparation for each. CAT preparations only require you to brush up your English, rest is a piece of cake. So CAT preparations generally can be carried out hand in hand with your job preparations, moreover the DI preparation for CAT might come in handy. Well as for GRE preparations I would suggest get an early date, way early in Sept and get it over with. Later it will only clutter up your schedule and generally dates in November tend to screw up the whole schedule itself.
3. Oh....I have my exams....I have CAT the next day.....Placement is about to start what to do?...
Well most of these questions won’t come if you have covered up your course material. But generally it’s the non-ideal reality that hits you hard. You might be just half way through your preparation, CAT might be already out of the bag and GRE would have somehow made its way to November to screw you up. Well this is the time to prioritize things. Set your priorities which are best in line with your career goals. You want a job/higher studies/management. You can’t pick out all three; not even two. You only get to choose one. So, if you want to have your options open prepare early, otherwise, keep yourself satisfied with one. If you set your priorities, you have lesser to prepare, you can be more thorough at what you prepare and you have the edge at least on those guys who have not set their priorities.
The D-day:-
Well if you have gone through the previous sections you are more so ready to get grinded. In this section I would like to underline all the do’s and don’ts during the placement procedure. These hold for all people whether they are prepared or not with their course material and with their barrage of HR questions.
Do’s-
1. Prepare for interviews and GDs s much as possible. Mock interviews and GD sessions with wingmates will help. Practice your interview questions before a mirror. Try practicing talking smoothly rather than vomiting out crammed up answers.
2. Do some research. Concentrate on the company next in line and (re)view their material. Find out the company and job profile. Find out if you and the job they offer are a perfect fit.
3. Be thorough with your resume. Resume is like a pledge and if you are slack with even a single point it is treated like cheating.
4. Constantly review the job database.
Don’ts
1. Don’t sulk- Sulking is not going to help your cause. It might push you to the limit.
2. Don’t rush through interviews
3. Don’t be low on confidence.
4. Don’t get frustrated.
5. Don’t compare- Many people below you in capacity and capability might have already been placed and many much better than you might still be in line.
6. Don’t freak out- This is my example. I applied for a company in which I didn’t intend to go and ended up getting a spot offer in that. I couldn’t sit for the procedure further and my dream company was yet to come. Just learn from this and try not to get into such a situation.
Well all the above do’s and don’ts are just what I should have done and what I shouldn’t have done. Please refer to other seniors’ feedbacks to get a picture of a total loser and then try not to be one(:D). I believe if you are in line with this, you are already sitting with a job.
Got a job, now what?
Well you have a job, it means you did most of the things correct. Now come the unique cases. These cases
might be multiple job offers, spot offers etc etc. I can only describe my experience with my share of unique cases. These are multiple offers and spot offers. First of all, always keep in mind the following things-
1. SPO is there to help you but it can’t sometimes.
2. Rules are there to be followed and will be broken.
SPOT OFFER!!!-First of all spot offers are something against the guidelines for the companies. But they do make spot offers. In this case always first consult your most trusted personnel in the SPO and try to have things sorted out with his help. If you are happy to join, accept the offer but if not, try to get out of it. I couldn't, so I don’t know the means. You can always find out form the seniors.
MULTIPLE OFFER!!!- This I think is something you need to decide yourself. Once you have job offers from more than one company, always try to take a clear perspective. You have more than a day to sort this out. Do your further research. This research is how big the company is?/how good the pay package is?/how good your life is going to be?/how good is the work culture?etc etc. Take these things into consideration before deciding. Well in my case I had an option between Intel and some other company.
The way I have referred to it makes my choice obvious. My considerations were as follows:-
1. Intel is the biggest semiconductor company
2. Intel is one of the best workplaces voted over time.
3. Intel is a giant and has a long history compared to the other company which was a startup.
4. The pay was initially not clear but turned out to be equal( I dint consider it at tat time though)
Some other factors were also there. Like I would like to pursue an MS later and Intel would surely help
my cause. These are the ways one should think before accepting an offer. Always keep in high regard your life and your convenience at the job you are selecting. Then the money might play a big role and your career too but still I would recommend your life and your convenience comes first.
AFTER YOU GOT A JOB!!!- Go on a trip of India. Find your inner peace. Do some meditation on the Himalayas. Do a padayatra from Kashmir to Kanyakumari. Do whatever you want but please pass in all the courses of the final semester. Also try to cover up the course material relevant to your job before joining. I think it would help. But first and foremost, give a big treat and have a bash.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
take way before the recruitment process in order to be well prepared at the D day rather than crunching at the last hour.
Problems you might face before hand-
Most of these problems are something you will create for yourself and as it is, you are the only one who can do away with these problems. Well I would list out all the dilemmas(:O) you might face:-
1. Lots of semester load to deal with...what to do....how to start: First of all don’t give yourself this crap that you can’t find time. This is the most common crap people come up with. The second point people give is that the professor is breathing down their neck and they need to meet deadlines etc etc. Well in either case I would say that if you have started your preparation at the end of august or mid sept, even with these problems you will easily complete the course I just mentioned.
2. Well I am super man and I want to do GRE/CAT/ land the best job ever: First of all if you think that you are a superman and you can actually do this, you are welcome to do so. But for the unlucky people who are not blessed with superhuman capabilities, I would like you to follow these pointers. Spread out your preparation for each. CAT preparations only require you to brush up your English, rest is a piece of cake. So CAT preparations generally can be carried out hand in hand with your job preparations, moreover the DI preparation for CAT might come in handy. Well as for GRE preparations I would suggest get an early date, way early in Sept and get it over with. Later it will only clutter up your schedule and generally dates in November tend to screw up the whole schedule itself.
3. Oh....I have my exams....I have CAT the next day.....Placement is about to start what to do?...
Well most of these questions won’t come if you have covered up your course material. But generally it’s the non-ideal reality that hits you hard. You might be just half way through your preparation, CAT might be already out of the bag and GRE would have somehow made its way to November to screw you up. Well this is the time to prioritize things. Set your priorities which are best in line with your career goals. You want a job/higher studies/management. You can’t pick out all three; not even two. You only get to choose one. So, if you want to have your options open prepare early, otherwise, keep yourself satisfied with one. If you set your priorities, you have lesser to prepare, you can be more thorough at what you prepare and you have the edge at least on those guys who have not set their priorities.
The D-day:-
Well if you have gone through the previous sections you are more so ready to get grinded. In this section I would like to underline all the do’s and don’ts during the placement procedure. These hold for all people whether they are prepared or not with their course material and with their barrage of HR questions.
Do’s-
1. Prepare for interviews and GDs s much as possible. Mock interviews and GD sessions with wingmates will help. Practice your interview questions before a mirror. Try practicing talking smoothly rather than vomiting out crammed up answers.
2. Do some research. Concentrate on the company next in line and (re)view their material. Find out the company and job profile. Find out if you and the job they offer are a perfect fit.
3. Be thorough with your resume. Resume is like a pledge and if you are slack with even a single point it is treated like cheating.
4. Constantly review the job database.
Don’ts
1. Don’t sulk- Sulking is not going to help your cause. It might push you to the limit.
2. Don’t rush through interviews
3. Don’t be low on confidence.
4. Don’t get frustrated.
5. Don’t compare- Many people below you in capacity and capability might have already been placed and many much better than you might still be in line.
6. Don’t freak out- This is my example. I applied for a company in which I didn’t intend to go and ended up getting a spot offer in that. I couldn’t sit for the procedure further and my dream company was yet to come. Just learn from this and try not to get into such a situation.
Well all the above do’s and don’ts are just what I should have done and what I shouldn’t have done. Please refer to other seniors’ feedbacks to get a picture of a total loser and then try not to be one(:D). I believe if you are in line with this, you are already sitting with a job.
Got a job, now what?
Well you have a job, it means you did most of the things correct. Now come the unique cases. These cases
might be multiple job offers, spot offers etc etc. I can only describe my experience with my share of unique cases. These are multiple offers and spot offers. First of all, always keep in mind the following things-
1. SPO is there to help you but it can’t sometimes.
2. Rules are there to be followed and will be broken.
SPOT OFFER!!!-First of all spot offers are something against the guidelines for the companies. But they do make spot offers. In this case always first consult your most trusted personnel in the SPO and try to have things sorted out with his help. If you are happy to join, accept the offer but if not, try to get out of it. I couldn't, so I don’t know the means. You can always find out form the seniors.
MULTIPLE OFFER!!!- This I think is something you need to decide yourself. Once you have job offers from more than one company, always try to take a clear perspective. You have more than a day to sort this out. Do your further research. This research is how big the company is?/how good the pay package is?/how good your life is going to be?/how good is the work culture?etc etc. Take these things into consideration before deciding. Well in my case I had an option between Intel and some other company.
The way I have referred to it makes my choice obvious. My considerations were as follows:-
1. Intel is the biggest semiconductor company
2. Intel is one of the best workplaces voted over time.
3. Intel is a giant and has a long history compared to the other company which was a startup.
4. The pay was initially not clear but turned out to be equal( I dint consider it at tat time though)
Some other factors were also there. Like I would like to pursue an MS later and Intel would surely help
my cause. These are the ways one should think before accepting an offer. Always keep in high regard your life and your convenience at the job you are selecting. Then the money might play a big role and your career too but still I would recommend your life and your convenience comes first.
AFTER YOU GOT A JOB!!!- Go on a trip of India. Find your inner peace. Do some meditation on the Himalayas. Do a padayatra from Kashmir to Kanyakumari. Do whatever you want but please pass in all the courses of the final semester. Also try to cover up the course material relevant to your job before joining. I think it would help. But first and foremost, give a big treat and have a bash.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: General ability test. People studying for CAT can easily clear it.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Asked some HR stuff such as why I want to join PWC, what according to me is a leader etc. In technical, they asked me from DSP which was my field of specialization so I did well in that. So overall it was a cool interview.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Experience: General ability test. People studying for CAT can easily clear it.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Asked some HR stuff such as why I want to join PWC, what according to me is a leader etc. In technical, they asked me from DSP which was my field of specialization so I did well in that. So overall it was a cool interview.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: General ability test (similar to CAT). People studying for CAT can easily clear it.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Interview (1st round): It was very interesting in the sense that the whole discussion went on my interests such as why liked Ayn Rand and what exactly I liked about her, what did you learn after leading so many teams, etc. So it was very cool and I went to the next round
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Interview (2nd Round): It was same as the previous one but this time it was quite informal as the interviewer was eating and asked me to eat something and chatted with me for sometime. Then he gave me a case study: to estimate the number of televisions in India. I tried to do so and gave the final answer I got. Then he asked me a few more HR questions and the interview ended.
General Tips: I did not give proper time to think and replied as soon as I heard the question, and this depicted my aggression and impatience. Avoid doing that.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Experience: General ability test (similar to CAT). People studying for CAT can easily clear it.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Interview (1st round): It was very interesting in the sense that the whole discussion went on my interests such as why liked Ayn Rand and what exactly I liked about her, what did you learn after leading so many teams, etc. So it was very cool and I went to the next round
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Interview (2nd Round): It was same as the previous one but this time it was quite informal as the interviewer was eating and asked me to eat something and chatted with me for sometime. Then he gave me a case study: to estimate the number of televisions in India. I tried to do so and gave the final answer I got. Then he asked me a few more HR questions and the interview ended.
General Tips: I did not give proper time to think and replied as soon as I heard the question, and this depicted my aggression and impatience. Avoid doing that.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
2 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: They divided us in groups of 10-15 people and gave us a case study to discuss. They were looking for candidates with the ability to come up with new points, rather than the speaking a lot.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: General discussion on my resume and very casual in terms of HR such as justify your CPI of 8.3 in EE (and do you think it is good) and some technical questions (how does an AC work?, how does a vibrator work?). I was not able to answer them.
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Experience: They divided us in groups of 10-15 people and gave us a case study to discuss. They were looking for candidates with the ability to come up with new points, rather than the speaking a lot.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: General discussion on my resume and very casual in terms of HR such as justify your CPI of 8.3 in EE (and do you think it is good) and some technical questions (how does an AC work?, how does a vibrator work?). I was not able to answer them.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: It was a test checking your logical reasoning with three subjective questions on Probability and three on general algorithm of programming. They were checking our quantitative ability and programming skills as well.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: It was a technical interview in which they started with asking some basic questions on probability such as Moment-generating function of Normal distribution, one algorithm problem and one problem from signal processing. I could not do the last one but rest all went fine.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: It was an HR interview. They enquired about my programming skills, career interests and future plans.
General Tips: I took it for granted that being from a non-CSE dept they won’t be ask me questions from OOP and related concepts (like Polymorphism and Virtual functions). However, they expected the candidate to be well aware of all that.
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Experience: It was a test checking your logical reasoning with three subjective questions on Probability and three on general algorithm of programming. They were checking our quantitative ability and programming skills as well.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: It was a technical interview in which they started with asking some basic questions on probability such as Moment-generating function of Normal distribution, one algorithm problem and one problem from signal processing. I could not do the last one but rest all went fine.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: It was an HR interview. They enquired about my programming skills, career interests and future plans.
General Tips: I took it for granted that being from a non-CSE dept they won’t be ask me questions from OOP and related concepts (like Polymorphism and Virtual functions). However, they expected the candidate to be well aware of all that.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: My strong resume aided in getting shortlisted for Credit Suisse.
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: The GD went well as I did not haste into my chance and was calm throughout.
Round: Other Interview
Experience: The interview was with an alumni who told me that my GD performance was good, and asked me a puzzle. It was followed by some questions on my resume, mainly my internship.
Another puzzle followed, which I took some time to solve. I was able to solve the next one instantly,
Then I was asked to sell a crumbled piece of paper innovatively.
Round: Other Interview
Experience: This round was with a senior member in the company who asked about my resume, stay in campus, post of election officer and some tricky questions, which I answered well. A question on probability was asked. A few more puzzles followed, along with some questions on finance. He also mentioned that he did not expect me to answer these as I had no background in finance. But i was able to answer them.
I was then asked to leave and HR was called inside. I also had an interview with Diamond. The HR came to me and told me that they were interested in and asked me to stall my interview with diamond for a while.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: It was with VP and continued for 45 minutes with no puzzles, finances or cases. It was more of a discussion on all fields ranging from campus life to UP politics to Sachin's retirement, etc.
I was asked about my internship experience and the reason i wanted to join their company .
Round: HR Interview
Experience: It was with the Director, who said that he had a sore throat and hence would not say much. he said that they wanted to hire me and that I do not interview with any other firm. I was more than glad! I was the first person to bag an offer in the placement season.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Experience: My strong resume aided in getting shortlisted for Credit Suisse.
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: The GD went well as I did not haste into my chance and was calm throughout.
Round: Other Interview
Experience: The interview was with an alumni who told me that my GD performance was good, and asked me a puzzle. It was followed by some questions on my resume, mainly my internship.
Another puzzle followed, which I took some time to solve. I was able to solve the next one instantly,
Then I was asked to sell a crumbled piece of paper innovatively.
Round: Other Interview
Experience: This round was with a senior member in the company who asked about my resume, stay in campus, post of election officer and some tricky questions, which I answered well. A question on probability was asked. A few more puzzles followed, along with some questions on finance. He also mentioned that he did not expect me to answer these as I had no background in finance. But i was able to answer them.
I was then asked to leave and HR was called inside. I also had an interview with Diamond. The HR came to me and told me that they were interested in and asked me to stall my interview with diamond for a while.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: It was with VP and continued for 45 minutes with no puzzles, finances or cases. It was more of a discussion on all fields ranging from campus life to UP politics to Sachin's retirement, etc.
I was asked about my internship experience and the reason i wanted to join their company .
Round: HR Interview
Experience: It was with the Director, who said that he had a sore throat and hence would not say much. he said that they wanted to hire me and that I do not interview with any other firm. I was more than glad! I was the first person to bag an offer in the placement season.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
1 Interview Round
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The interviewer asked me to brief my resume and also to elaborate the project I did in Ecole Polytechnique.
Later I was asked 2-3 questions on probability.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: This was a very short interview. The interviewer asked me to tell him something that was not mentioned by me in my resume. He also asked my JEE rank and told something about the kind of work they do in EXL.
General Tips: Resume feedback is very important.
Have enough mock interviews so that you are confident on the final day. If you are selected in many companies in the same slot, take somebody with you who can manage your interview schedules well.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Experience: The interviewer asked me to brief my resume and also to elaborate the project I did in Ecole Polytechnique.
Later I was asked 2-3 questions on probability.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: This was a very short interview. The interviewer asked me to tell him something that was not mentioned by me in my resume. He also asked my JEE rank and told something about the kind of work they do in EXL.
General Tips: Resume feedback is very important.
Have enough mock interviews so that you are confident on the final day. If you are selected in many companies in the same slot, take somebody with you who can manage your interview schedules well.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Current demand for (artificial) knee implants in India
- Q2. Asked questions to see if age, economic status was an issue. Key issue : Person had to have knee problems (age based segmentation) and had to be able to afford ...read more
- Q3. Split by age : 0-15, 15-35, 35-60, 60+ : 30%,30%,30%,10%. Estimated % in each category with knee problems
- Q4. Split by economic status : Low, Low and Upper Middle and Upper Class : 30-40-20-10
- Q5. Upper - almost certainly go for replacement - 90% of the 10%
- Q6. Upper middle - can afford it but significant cost so 50% of the 20%
- Q7. Ignore lower middle, lower
- Q8. Distribution of the 9 million people : Rural Urban I suggested 70-30, he said take 50-50, forgot why
- Q9. Asked what factors will determine acceptability of product?
- Q10. Gender : women tend to have arthritis more than men
- Q11. Asked me to give a recap of what I did in the case till then
- Q12. What questions do you have?
- Q13. About you. (interrupted me when I mentioned the ‘Best Senator Award’)
- Q14. About Students Senate
- Q15. Who decides the best senator award?
- Q16. Why do you think you got the award? (talked of an initiative)
- Q17. Situation where you led a group of students on an initiative or project? What did you learn? (talked about Placement Automation)
- Q18. What would the Automation Coordinators would say about me?
- Q19. What are your career plans? What if not McKinsey?
- Q20. Opinion/view on the nuclear deal that is in the papers?
- Q21. Growth of cars vs growth of motorbikes - which would grow faster in % terms? A: Economic factor the main reason to go for bikes. Shift from lower middle to uppe...read more
- Q22. Questions you have?
- Q23. Asked about background (schooling)
- Q24. After JEE, why IITK?
- Q25. Are you applying (I said that I’d given GRE, indicated that whether or not I would app would depend on how my McK interview went. Just for the record I eventual...read more
- Q26. Asked about cases in previous rounds
- Q27. Estimate the number of people who watched the India-Australia 20-20 semifinal in South Africa (on TV/stadium)
- Q28. Divided into Indians, Australians, Rest of theWorld. Divided rest of the world into cricketing and non cricketing nations. Divided cricketing nations into the n...read more
- Q29. Ended up focusing on Residential Indians - rural vs urban. Assume DD is broadcasting
- Q30. Two drivers : have access to a TV showing the match and also have free time
- Q31. Urban : people wouldn’t watch if they aren’t free
- Q32. Rural : people wouldn’t watch if there was no electricity. Assume 50% electrification
- Q33. Age factor : Very old and very young (< 5) wouldn’t watch
- Q34. Women wouldn’t be as enthusiastic. 90% men and 50% women
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Was asked to stop, look back and formalize everything done and summarize what was done. I related TV advertising rates to a online revenue for ads model I developed in my internship on which a worldwide patent was filed. Any questions? Asked about how an EM chooses whether to become a partner vs becoming a CEO/senior manager at a corporation. Asked if McKinsey had a standard way of solving business problems in engagements and if so how one retained one’s creativity
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Experience: Was asked to stop, look back and formalize everything done and summarize what was done. I related TV advertising rates to a online revenue for ads model I developed in my internship on which a worldwide patent was filed. Any questions? Asked about how an EM chooses whether to become a partner vs becoming a CEO/senior manager at a corporation. Asked if McKinsey had a standard way of solving business problems in engagements and if so how one retained one’s creativity
College Name: IIT KANPUR
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Why DB (2 min)
- Q2. Can some work you did at Microsoft be used in DB (I wasn’t at all expecting this but thought and found that an algo I designed could be applied to a problem in ...read more
- Q3. Estimate your quant score. If you add your quant score to the avg finance score would that be highest overall score?
- Q4. Asked me to redo the pie chart question. I got it correct I think though I didn’t attempt it. They asked why I didn’t attempt finance (Reply : I wanted to do on...read more
- Q5. Puzzle - express JEE rank as xy + yx (put y=1, x = rank - 1)
- Q6. Didn’t Microsoft give you a PPO (I said no, which was technically true)? Why not Microsoft(note that they asked this though Microsoft was scheduled on Day 2) (2...read more
- Q7. Why not Tower Research (5 min)?
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: 28 questions, 18 quantative + 10 financial awareness, negative marking. I took one pass through the Quant section, leaving about 5 questions, went on to the financial section, realized I wasn't going to score that well there so went back to Quant eventually attempting all 18, having to guess 1 answer since I ran out of time. I attempted probably 2-3 in financial. The test matters a lot to get shortlisted - some CSE students didn’t get shortlisted apparently because of a low test score. I would suggest that focus should be primarily on the quant section rather than the finance section - a friend in CSE who said he did well in the finance section didn’t get shortlisted.
Quant
1. Find next in sequence : 10,1,.......7,7...11,5 - don't remember the rest of the sequence but it looked random
initially it but if you take the difference between alternate terms an obvious pattern emerges .
2. Probability of two people telling the truth = 0.4,0.6 - what is the chance that they are inconsistent in what they say ?
3. A 3 digit number is a square less than 500, the reverse of the number is also a square. on repeating last digit still a square. What is the difference between the initial square, its reverse.
4. In a 1000m race if x gives y a head start of 40 meter, x wins by 10m. how much will x win by if y gives x a head start of 40m
5. With 16 matches, how many distinct triangles can you make?
6. You row at 7kmph in a calm lake. fisherman drops something 14 km upstream and the river current is 3kmph, how long will it take to reach you (14/7 = 2hrs ).
7. The sum of the multiples of 7 between 200 and 400 is what (trick was instead of calculating, to observe that the answer is odd and of the 5 options, only one was odd)?
8. Sum of consecutive page numbers in a book starting from 1 to n is 1000 - one page was repeated. which page was it? (idea was to subtract each choice from 1000 and see if it was n _ (n + 1)/2)
9. Last digit of 508508
10. 6 men + 4 women. Make a committee of 3 from them - Guy X wont be with Guy Y. Guy Y will be only with Woman Z in committee. How many ways of making the committee?
11. Run in circle of radius r. 1st 30 seconds at r meters/min, then next 1 min at r/2 m per min next 2 min at r/4 and so on. ratio of times taken in round n, previous round
12. |(x ? 11)/2| < 3 what is the range of x?
13. number of integer solutions to 3x + 6y = 13 (take 3 common on LHS and the answer is clear).
14. 5 students give an objective exam (+1 for correct, 0 for wrong) with 5 questions each with 5 choices. Their answers were given in a 5x5 matrix. Given they all got different marks, who got the lowest.
15. A,B,C,D stand in a line in increasing order of height. Given that X was shorter than Y but didnt stand first, and (a few more conditions) , who stood last? (X and Y had been specified as one of A, B, C, D - I don’t remember exactly since I gave the test 10 days back).
Financial
1. Rupee-dollar exchange rate (options were ranges of 1 rupee answer ws 39-40)
2. value of some index (some non-Indian East Asian country’s stock market - I forgot the name)
3. Effect of interest rate cuts on a bond coupon
4. Simple question on call option - which of following is not true about it
5. 1st Indian IT company to be listed on Nasdaq
6. Given a pie chart where it showed that for capital, a company relied 80% on equity and a small fraction on debts, what investment strategy is the company using? Conservative/Aggressive?
Duration: 40 min minutes
Round: HR Interview
Experience: I was the last person DB interviewed that day. Towards the end, the interviewer said “I am sure you are going to join Tower Research and not DB”. They also seemed to have decided before I came in to the interview that I would get an offer with some other company and would not choose DB - kept attacking the answers I gave to ‘Why not Microsoft/Tower’. In hindsight maybe I shouldn't have listed all the 4 tech companies I had interned with.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Experience: 28 questions, 18 quantative + 10 financial awareness, negative marking. I took one pass through the Quant section, leaving about 5 questions, went on to the financial section, realized I wasn't going to score that well there so went back to Quant eventually attempting all 18, having to guess 1 answer since I ran out of time. I attempted probably 2-3 in financial. The test matters a lot to get shortlisted - some CSE students didn’t get shortlisted apparently because of a low test score. I would suggest that focus should be primarily on the quant section rather than the finance section - a friend in CSE who said he did well in the finance section didn’t get shortlisted.
Quant
1. Find next in sequence : 10,1,.......7,7...11,5 - don't remember the rest of the sequence but it looked random
initially it but if you take the difference between alternate terms an obvious pattern emerges .
2. Probability of two people telling the truth = 0.4,0.6 - what is the chance that they are inconsistent in what they say ?
3. A 3 digit number is a square less than 500, the reverse of the number is also a square. on repeating last digit still a square. What is the difference between the initial square, its reverse.
4. In a 1000m race if x gives y a head start of 40 meter, x wins by 10m. how much will x win by if y gives x a head start of 40m
5. With 16 matches, how many distinct triangles can you make?
6. You row at 7kmph in a calm lake. fisherman drops something 14 km upstream and the river current is 3kmph, how long will it take to reach you (14/7 = 2hrs ).
7. The sum of the multiples of 7 between 200 and 400 is what (trick was instead of calculating, to observe that the answer is odd and of the 5 options, only one was odd)?
8. Sum of consecutive page numbers in a book starting from 1 to n is 1000 - one page was repeated. which page was it? (idea was to subtract each choice from 1000 and see if it was n _ (n + 1)/2)
9. Last digit of 508508
10. 6 men + 4 women. Make a committee of 3 from them - Guy X wont be with Guy Y. Guy Y will be only with Woman Z in committee. How many ways of making the committee?
11. Run in circle of radius r. 1st 30 seconds at r meters/min, then next 1 min at r/2 m per min next 2 min at r/4 and so on. ratio of times taken in round n, previous round
12. |(x ? 11)/2| < 3 what is the range of x?
13. number of integer solutions to 3x + 6y = 13 (take 3 common on LHS and the answer is clear).
14. 5 students give an objective exam (+1 for correct, 0 for wrong) with 5 questions each with 5 choices. Their answers were given in a 5x5 matrix. Given they all got different marks, who got the lowest.
15. A,B,C,D stand in a line in increasing order of height. Given that X was shorter than Y but didnt stand first, and (a few more conditions) , who stood last? (X and Y had been specified as one of A, B, C, D - I don’t remember exactly since I gave the test 10 days back).
Financial
1. Rupee-dollar exchange rate (options were ranges of 1 rupee answer ws 39-40)
2. value of some index (some non-Indian East Asian country’s stock market - I forgot the name)
3. Effect of interest rate cuts on a bond coupon
4. Simple question on call option - which of following is not true about it
5. 1st Indian IT company to be listed on Nasdaq
6. Given a pie chart where it showed that for capital, a company relied 80% on equity and a small fraction on debts, what investment strategy is the company using? Conservative/Aggressive?
Duration: 40 min minutes
Round: HR Interview
Experience: I was the last person DB interviewed that day. Towards the end, the interviewer said “I am sure you are going to join Tower Research and not DB”. They also seemed to have decided before I came in to the interview that I would get an offer with some other company and would not choose DB - kept attacking the answers I gave to ‘Why not Microsoft/Tower’. In hindsight maybe I shouldn't have listed all the 4 tech companies I had interned with.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
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