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Updated
22 Dec 2024
267 interviews found
1 Interview Round
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: HR Interview
Experience: I have gone through 3 interviews and before that I have given a written test which constitutes Quantitative Ability, Logical Reasoning, Verbal reasoning, Data Interpretation. I was asked to give a 5-minute presentation on my strategy to increase the sales of the motorbikes. In my second Interview I was asked to explain about my MTP. The third was the HR Interview and he asked about personal details. Then I was told that, the job-profile is not matching and I got shortlisted to give a video-conference interview. In that they asked me some simple C-Questions. I don know even now, why they have not selected me.
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Experience: I have gone through 3 interviews and before that I have given a written test which constitutes Quantitative Ability, Logical Reasoning, Verbal reasoning, Data Interpretation. I was asked to give a 5-minute presentation on my strategy to increase the sales of the motorbikes. In my second Interview I was asked to explain about my MTP. The third was the HR Interview and he asked about personal details. Then I was told that, the job-profile is not matching and I got shortlisted to give a video-conference interview. In that they asked me some simple C-Questions. I don know even now, why they have not selected me.
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Firstly, I myself had prepared a rough draft of Abstract and then I sat along with my friends and we made it look better with some kind of modifications. Also, prior to this I have attended a workshop- & Abstract Writing.
Round: Test
Experience: You are supposed to give two written tests: one will be on Aptitude and the other will be a technical test(C-Questions) Nearly 25 students gave the tests. 6 got shorlisted for the Interviews. 2 got Final offers.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Mine was a typical Interview as far as I am concerned. I was asked to solve the unsolved puzzles from the written test. Fortunately, I answered two out of two and I think that was the turning point for me. Also, he asked me to write a C-program for the Fabonacci series. And asked some questions related to Data structures in C. But he had not asked to write programs for Data Stuctures. Only, you are supposed to know the concept. Then, he asked me to explain my MTP in great detail. I explained him for about 15 minutes. The whole Interview went for about 40-45 minutes.
General Tips: He should practice puzzles, any quantitative ability book and you should be damn perfect in C-language. Time is not sufficient for you to solve the whole paper. But, it is enough for you to get shortlisted to the next stage (Interview) if you solve more than 70% perfectly.
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Experience: Firstly, I myself had prepared a rough draft of Abstract and then I sat along with my friends and we made it look better with some kind of modifications. Also, prior to this I have attended a workshop- & Abstract Writing.
Round: Test
Experience: You are supposed to give two written tests: one will be on Aptitude and the other will be a technical test(C-Questions) Nearly 25 students gave the tests. 6 got shorlisted for the Interviews. 2 got Final offers.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Mine was a typical Interview as far as I am concerned. I was asked to solve the unsolved puzzles from the written test. Fortunately, I answered two out of two and I think that was the turning point for me. Also, he asked me to write a C-program for the Fabonacci series. And asked some questions related to Data structures in C. But he had not asked to write programs for Data Stuctures. Only, you are supposed to know the concept. Then, he asked me to explain my MTP in great detail. I explained him for about 15 minutes. The whole Interview went for about 40-45 minutes.
General Tips: He should practice puzzles, any quantitative ability book and you should be damn perfect in C-language. Time is not sufficient for you to solve the whole paper. But, it is enough for you to get shortlisted to the next stage (Interview) if you solve more than 70% perfectly.
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: It was an easy test overall, basic programming things were asked in technical part of test whereas aptitude questions were also relatively easy.
Tips: You just need to know things which were there in CS101 for technical part of test .Nothing else is required.
Duration: 30 minutes
Total Questions: 1
Skills: Problem
College Name: Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Experience: It was an easy test overall, basic programming things were asked in technical part of test whereas aptitude questions were also relatively easy.
Tips: You just need to know things which were there in CS101 for technical part of test .Nothing else is required.
Duration: 30 minutes
Total Questions: 1
Skills: Problem
College Name: Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Tips: Not in your hands. Just try to make as good a resume as you can.
Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: Very common puzzle questions. Had a good chat with the interviewer.
Tips: Make sure you make the interviewer aware of your thought process while solving a problem.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Again, common questions like why this company? What's the plan 2 years down the line?
Tips: Speak the truth. Never make up anything. Ask questions about your profile.
General Tips: Don't worry about it. Its a great learning experience. Let this learning be accompanied by joy.
Skills: Calmness, Aptitude, Attitude
College Name: Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Motivation: Startup environment backed by one of country's biggest corporate house ensures lots of responsibilities and a steep learning curve along with great money.
Funny Moments: The whole puzzle interview was fun.
Tips: Not in your hands. Just try to make as good a resume as you can.
Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: Very common puzzle questions. Had a good chat with the interviewer.
Tips: Make sure you make the interviewer aware of your thought process while solving a problem.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Again, common questions like why this company? What's the plan 2 years down the line?
Tips: Speak the truth. Never make up anything. Ask questions about your profile.
General Tips: Don't worry about it. Its a great learning experience. Let this learning be accompanied by joy.
Skills: Calmness, Aptitude, Attitude
College Name: Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Motivation: Startup environment backed by one of country's biggest corporate house ensures lots of responsibilities and a steep learning curve along with great money.
Funny Moments: The whole puzzle interview was fun.
6 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Was resume shortlisted, nothing great about that.
Tips: Keep up the CPI, but I guess it's too late for that now.
Round: Test
Experience: Test wasn't too difficult. Can be cracked if you're in your game and have a chill mind.
Tips: General aptitude preparation should be started atleast before a month from placements. Solve GATE papers, institute placement tests, read CAT modules and their tips for faster problem solving. English needs time for those who haven't used it much in their childhood. But still the difficulty level of questions in these placement tests is easy.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Was generally good. Interviewer was young and we could connect.
Tips: It is extremely important that you remain calm. You need to tame that nervousness down. Think of the interview as a general talk with a stranger. Be your natural self. That's when the ideas hit you for the questions you haven't prepared. Practice interviewing with friends and read about the most common questions on the Interwebz.
Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: Problems were easy. Asked for a pen and paper and slowly solved them.
Tips: Practice puzzles. There are some good sites for this.
Skills: Managing people, Analytical thinking
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Experience: Was resume shortlisted, nothing great about that.
Tips: Keep up the CPI, but I guess it's too late for that now.
Round: Test
Experience: Test wasn't too difficult. Can be cracked if you're in your game and have a chill mind.
Tips: General aptitude preparation should be started atleast before a month from placements. Solve GATE papers, institute placement tests, read CAT modules and their tips for faster problem solving. English needs time for those who haven't used it much in their childhood. But still the difficulty level of questions in these placement tests is easy.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Was generally good. Interviewer was young and we could connect.
Tips: It is extremely important that you remain calm. You need to tame that nervousness down. Think of the interview as a general talk with a stranger. Be your natural self. That's when the ideas hit you for the questions you haven't prepared. Practice interviewing with friends and read about the most common questions on the Interwebz.
Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: Problems were easy. Asked for a pen and paper and slowly solved them.
Tips: Practice puzzles. There are some good sites for this.
Skills: Managing people, Analytical thinking
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: it was a basic test, CAT level questions and can be easily cleared
Tips: keep your cool, don't panic
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 60
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Experience: it was a basic test, CAT level questions and can be easily cleared
Tips: keep your cool, don't panic
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 60
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Firstly by loking at seniors resumes, taking advice from Phd students in our LAB and from experts also. Yes, I attended many, but the intention is to know the details of different companies , their products and visions.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Since I am from village background, and never had serious interview, to make it success, I have taken a mock before final interview with some Phd and sponsored (from defence and QIP) who well experienced and best at facing such interviews. It short listed approx 15 people, and taken 5 ,
General Tips: He should be good at basics of power systems and bit of programming knowledge very help
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Experience: Firstly by loking at seniors resumes, taking advice from Phd students in our LAB and from experts also. Yes, I attended many, but the intention is to know the details of different companies , their products and visions.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Since I am from village background, and never had serious interview, to make it success, I have taken a mock before final interview with some Phd and sponsored (from defence and QIP) who well experienced and best at facing such interviews. It short listed approx 15 people, and taken 5 ,
General Tips: He should be good at basics of power systems and bit of programming knowledge very help
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: First I did it based on my previous experience of making resume wherever I had applied for jobs. Then I also looked at how others students are doing it. Then I modified my resume wherever I felt appropriate (sequence of information etc.) as per these.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: It was a direct interview. Final offers were given to 5 people. First stage was technical . Out of some 14 – 15 candidates, 5 were shortlisted as I remember. Then HR interview was conducted.First I was asked about my education, experience etc. Then about my M Tech project. Thereafter, Power systems related qus. After that something very basic from related subjects (Digital electronics, Programming etc.)
Tips: For interview, I prepared on my own. I read some technical stuff related to field of work / job profile of the company. Although we may able to answer general (non technical, personal ) qus on the spot, I think its better to prepare that thing also a little bit .
General Tips: In GD of one of the companies, I lacked aggressiveness which was reqd. in presence of other too aggressive students appeeared in that group. Also in aptitude test of some other company, I should have guessed some qus, instead of thinking too much on the difficult qus. Dressing should be descent and formal. But don't have too much attention or worriedness. Have a peace of mind. Don't think too much about your failure in previous interviews , other students comments and complexes arising out of that. This will reduce ur confidence in the things you are good at
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Experience: First I did it based on my previous experience of making resume wherever I had applied for jobs. Then I also looked at how others students are doing it. Then I modified my resume wherever I felt appropriate (sequence of information etc.) as per these.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: It was a direct interview. Final offers were given to 5 people. First stage was technical . Out of some 14 – 15 candidates, 5 were shortlisted as I remember. Then HR interview was conducted.First I was asked about my education, experience etc. Then about my M Tech project. Thereafter, Power systems related qus. After that something very basic from related subjects (Digital electronics, Programming etc.)
Tips: For interview, I prepared on my own. I read some technical stuff related to field of work / job profile of the company. Although we may able to answer general (non technical, personal ) qus on the spot, I think its better to prepare that thing also a little bit .
General Tips: In GD of one of the companies, I lacked aggressiveness which was reqd. in presence of other too aggressive students appeeared in that group. Also in aptitude test of some other company, I should have guessed some qus, instead of thinking too much on the difficult qus. Dressing should be descent and formal. But don't have too much attention or worriedness. Have a peace of mind. Don't think too much about your failure in previous interviews , other students comments and complexes arising out of that. This will reduce ur confidence in the things you are good at
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Probably the best way to start off is by taking a well formatted resume and building on those lines. Try thinking of everything that you’ve done and then prioritize. Lots of tips on the net on resume writing / sample resumes etc. Vault guides are pretty useful, not only for resume, but for interview prep on the whole. Make sure you send ur resume out to others for suggestions. That’s a good way of improving on it. No need to cram with excess stuff. Keep it plain and simple. Avoid excessive bold / italics etc. Be prepared to be grilled on any point u’ve mentioned. So should know ur resume in and out. I did attend ppt for companies that I was interested in. Ask questions during / after the ppt to have a clear idea of the role being offered. Spoke to a few ppl that knew about the profile that I was interested in, helped in understand the profile. I doubt if you'll be able to pin point what you want, but will definitely help you filter out other options.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Interview 1: with a fixed income trader. Asked me stuff on my resume and why I actually wanted to get into i-banking. Was honest with him that didn't want to continue with tech, and that growth curve is pretty steep. Last but not the least, pretty lucrative career. Asked a little more on my resume. Basic questions. Then asked me what I knew about i-banking. Was pretty satisfied that I had a general sense of what it was all about. Then probed into my finance knowledge. Asked me a few questions on how to price bonds etc. Risks associated with bonds. Eg if interest rate rises / falls how does it affect. Asked me a few questions on options. Simple call / put payoff curves, and then gave me a combination of calls / puts and asked for the payoff. Basic stuff not very complicated. Then general conversation. Very relaxing interview!
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: Interview 2 & MD of fixed income Asia &; Pacific. Directly started off with particular points on my resume. Had done a course project, so asked a bit on that. Asked if I was ok answering finance questions. Said yes. Asked me what options are. How do they work. Gave me two scenarios &; one risky asset, one non-risky asset. Which call option would be more expensive? Which put option would be more expensive? Got slightly confused here, but pulled back in the end. Asked me to roughly estimate future foreign exchange rate if interest rates of two currencies are given. The interview was over before I knew it. Asked if I had any questions. I had a few which he answered for a good 5-10 minutes. Think that saved the day!
Round: Other Interview
Experience: Interview 3: As soon as I sat down, asked me to estimate the volume of the room. In cubic meters. Then cubic feet. Then cubic inches. Made one calculation mistake with the order of magnitude, but was otherwise reasonably quick. Then asked me to calculate the number of matches in a 128 player KO tennis tournament. Its pretty simple to sum it up, but with such questions, they're looking for a short-cut. Asked me a puzzle on a camel which has to cross a desert and transport a maximum number of bananas. Some constraints don't exactly remember. I had heard this so was asked another one. There are 20 prisoners. Each of them has a number on the back between 1-20. There can be more than one prisoner with the same number. Prisoners meet to discuss (before numbers are placed on their backs) a strategy such that at least one can guess their number correctly. They do not meet again. Asked me to come up with the strategy. Was given exactly 3mins to get this. Then moved on to resume. Asked in detail about internship. Again why i-banking. Few HR questions such as to what drives you, instance when you did not achieve your target. Asked me that if I had a good trade idea, sales ppl do not accept it, what would I do. Could have answered this one better. But had done reasonably well otherwise. Asked me my preference between HK and Singapore. I had a couple of questions and that's about it. Didn't even realize that I had been inside for 45 mins.
General Tips: Well, some basic fin background helps in my opinion. Although UBS didn't expect much fin from me, but helped me to convey enthu. Can work for you if you can pull off the questions. Otherwise practice a few puzzles, calculation based numericals etc. And like any other interview & your resume and HR. Should have a few questions in the bag to ask.
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Experience: Probably the best way to start off is by taking a well formatted resume and building on those lines. Try thinking of everything that you’ve done and then prioritize. Lots of tips on the net on resume writing / sample resumes etc. Vault guides are pretty useful, not only for resume, but for interview prep on the whole. Make sure you send ur resume out to others for suggestions. That’s a good way of improving on it. No need to cram with excess stuff. Keep it plain and simple. Avoid excessive bold / italics etc. Be prepared to be grilled on any point u’ve mentioned. So should know ur resume in and out. I did attend ppt for companies that I was interested in. Ask questions during / after the ppt to have a clear idea of the role being offered. Spoke to a few ppl that knew about the profile that I was interested in, helped in understand the profile. I doubt if you'll be able to pin point what you want, but will definitely help you filter out other options.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Interview 1: with a fixed income trader. Asked me stuff on my resume and why I actually wanted to get into i-banking. Was honest with him that didn't want to continue with tech, and that growth curve is pretty steep. Last but not the least, pretty lucrative career. Asked a little more on my resume. Basic questions. Then asked me what I knew about i-banking. Was pretty satisfied that I had a general sense of what it was all about. Then probed into my finance knowledge. Asked me a few questions on how to price bonds etc. Risks associated with bonds. Eg if interest rate rises / falls how does it affect. Asked me a few questions on options. Simple call / put payoff curves, and then gave me a combination of calls / puts and asked for the payoff. Basic stuff not very complicated. Then general conversation. Very relaxing interview!
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: Interview 2 & MD of fixed income Asia &; Pacific. Directly started off with particular points on my resume. Had done a course project, so asked a bit on that. Asked if I was ok answering finance questions. Said yes. Asked me what options are. How do they work. Gave me two scenarios &; one risky asset, one non-risky asset. Which call option would be more expensive? Which put option would be more expensive? Got slightly confused here, but pulled back in the end. Asked me to roughly estimate future foreign exchange rate if interest rates of two currencies are given. The interview was over before I knew it. Asked if I had any questions. I had a few which he answered for a good 5-10 minutes. Think that saved the day!
Round: Other Interview
Experience: Interview 3: As soon as I sat down, asked me to estimate the volume of the room. In cubic meters. Then cubic feet. Then cubic inches. Made one calculation mistake with the order of magnitude, but was otherwise reasonably quick. Then asked me to calculate the number of matches in a 128 player KO tennis tournament. Its pretty simple to sum it up, but with such questions, they're looking for a short-cut. Asked me a puzzle on a camel which has to cross a desert and transport a maximum number of bananas. Some constraints don't exactly remember. I had heard this so was asked another one. There are 20 prisoners. Each of them has a number on the back between 1-20. There can be more than one prisoner with the same number. Prisoners meet to discuss (before numbers are placed on their backs) a strategy such that at least one can guess their number correctly. They do not meet again. Asked me to come up with the strategy. Was given exactly 3mins to get this. Then moved on to resume. Asked in detail about internship. Again why i-banking. Few HR questions such as to what drives you, instance when you did not achieve your target. Asked me that if I had a good trade idea, sales ppl do not accept it, what would I do. Could have answered this one better. But had done reasonably well otherwise. Asked me my preference between HK and Singapore. I had a couple of questions and that's about it. Didn't even realize that I had been inside for 45 mins.
General Tips: Well, some basic fin background helps in my opinion. Although UBS didn't expect much fin from me, but helped me to convey enthu. Can work for you if you can pull off the questions. Otherwise practice a few puzzles, calculation based numericals etc. And like any other interview & your resume and HR. Should have a few questions in the bag to ask.
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
6 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Started out with learning to identify and portray the focal points in a resume companies are looking for. Then went on to list my achievements (big and small) over the years, and the qualities they reflect about me(the hardest part!!). I then selected the 4 I wanted to put forward, and wrote my resume accordingly.
Round: Test
Experience: Written Technical test ; 30 out of ~ 200 short-listed 2 Rounds (1 Tech + 1 (Tech + HR) ; 15 out of 30 short-listed 2 rounds (1 Tech + 1 Group Activity) ; 5/6 out of 15 selected. Test was pure coding syntax. Do not come just prepared with just algorithms! Work in one language and master the syntax. The first tech round was some basic programming problems & - Eliminating the originating node in a very large circular linked list in the least computational time. Sorting algorithms - Some basic Inheritance
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The second round was an HR round supposedly. We discussed my work in the startup I was in, and then went on to the system design for the same. Later, He tried to put me off-track with a simple guesstimate (no of petrol pumps in Bombay), and ended with a simpler puzzle (Rectangular plate with an arbitrary rectangular hole to be divided into 2 equal halves).
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The third round was more technical with some more basic algorithm problems & - Traversing a 2 - dimensional array in a spiral fashion - Syntax of commands in C (the language I had chosen for the test, others were Java and C++) - OOPS concepts
Round: Group Activity
Experience: The fourth round was a group activity where a team had to build a model building with straws, come up with a marketing campaign for the same, and make a presentation of the same at the end of the day.
General Tips: Prepare your programming language syntax well. That is where most people loose out in the written tests. - The people here are not looking for very high tech stuff, just some basic programming skills and very basic algorithms, so go through concepts like the unique features of OOPS, differences between Java and C++ etc. Read through basic algorithms &; they like to refer algorithms by their names. - Do not show in the interview that you are looking for working on cutting edge stuff etc. This goes for all I-Banking IT. Focus more on brand name etc., and possible client and business Interaction(seems they love it !)
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Experience: Started out with learning to identify and portray the focal points in a resume companies are looking for. Then went on to list my achievements (big and small) over the years, and the qualities they reflect about me(the hardest part!!). I then selected the 4 I wanted to put forward, and wrote my resume accordingly.
Round: Test
Experience: Written Technical test ; 30 out of ~ 200 short-listed 2 Rounds (1 Tech + 1 (Tech + HR) ; 15 out of 30 short-listed 2 rounds (1 Tech + 1 Group Activity) ; 5/6 out of 15 selected. Test was pure coding syntax. Do not come just prepared with just algorithms! Work in one language and master the syntax. The first tech round was some basic programming problems & - Eliminating the originating node in a very large circular linked list in the least computational time. Sorting algorithms - Some basic Inheritance
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The second round was an HR round supposedly. We discussed my work in the startup I was in, and then went on to the system design for the same. Later, He tried to put me off-track with a simple guesstimate (no of petrol pumps in Bombay), and ended with a simpler puzzle (Rectangular plate with an arbitrary rectangular hole to be divided into 2 equal halves).
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The third round was more technical with some more basic algorithm problems & - Traversing a 2 - dimensional array in a spiral fashion - Syntax of commands in C (the language I had chosen for the test, others were Java and C++) - OOPS concepts
Round: Group Activity
Experience: The fourth round was a group activity where a team had to build a model building with straws, come up with a marketing campaign for the same, and make a presentation of the same at the end of the day.
General Tips: Prepare your programming language syntax well. That is where most people loose out in the written tests. - The people here are not looking for very high tech stuff, just some basic programming skills and very basic algorithms, so go through concepts like the unique features of OOPS, differences between Java and C++ etc. Read through basic algorithms &; they like to refer algorithms by their names. - Do not show in the interview that you are looking for working on cutting edge stuff etc. This goes for all I-Banking IT. Focus more on brand name etc., and possible client and business Interaction(seems they love it !)
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
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