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Updated
22 Dec 2024
267 interviews found
6 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Firstly, studied the resumes of seniors who had a similar profile like me and had secured good jobs. Then, attended the Mckinsey resume writing workshop which also helped a lot. I had also looked up the Mckinsey website for tips on resume writing. After doing all the homework, drafted a resume on my own and passed it on to a trusted senior who suggested changes. After making changes, passed it on to at least 4-5 seniors who also suggested changes. So, finally, after getting it reviewed by several experienced persons, drafted the final version.Frankly, I attended very few (only 3) PPTs. Only those which I was serious about. I do admit that going to a PPT does give you a good idea of what the job is going to be like and will help you choose between two jobs. However, I also believe that missing a PPT does not actually blind you and you can easily ask people around you about the details of the PPT which actually gives you enough information for the time being.Resume shortlisting close to 80 people were shortlisted.First interview (25 minutes) close to 40 were shortlisted. Second interview (10-15 mins) 20 were recruited.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: This was always going to be easy for me I presumed, and it actually was. Frankly, since I have good communication skills and PR skills, I only had to look up certain standard questions which my seniors sent me by email. However, eventually, the HR part I handled on the spot.
Tips: First prepare your answers to certain questions which you think you will be asked. Then get your friend/senior to ask you those plus any other questions he thinks are relevant and take feedback from him after the session.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: I looked up a lot of PDFs (available on institution servers), of which I would say the most useful was Kellogg_casepack2001_CASES. The others were also pretty good, like the Harvard one, but the best thing about the Kellogg casepack was the way they presented the solutions.
Tips: The best way to do case studies is in pairs. Pick you partner, pick some case studies which each will ask the other on that day (say 3-4 per day or more). The person who is going to play the interviewer should read the case well and come prepared before presenting it to the interviewee.
Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: I only looked up puzzles at the end of the first day, after losing out on Mckinsey. Googled for a lot of puzzlesall night and prepared as much as I could.
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: I was pretty good at that already. So, left it to myself.
Tips: Obviously should be done in groups of 5-8.
Skill Tips: Dress well. It matters a lot. Especially for these big Ibanks and consults. Of course, what you do in the interview matters, but looking good will always add to the overall effect. Do not overlook this. It is better to wear a suit for the ibanks and consultancies. For the rest, formal shirt, tie would do.
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Experience: Firstly, studied the resumes of seniors who had a similar profile like me and had secured good jobs. Then, attended the Mckinsey resume writing workshop which also helped a lot. I had also looked up the Mckinsey website for tips on resume writing. After doing all the homework, drafted a resume on my own and passed it on to a trusted senior who suggested changes. After making changes, passed it on to at least 4-5 seniors who also suggested changes. So, finally, after getting it reviewed by several experienced persons, drafted the final version.Frankly, I attended very few (only 3) PPTs. Only those which I was serious about. I do admit that going to a PPT does give you a good idea of what the job is going to be like and will help you choose between two jobs. However, I also believe that missing a PPT does not actually blind you and you can easily ask people around you about the details of the PPT which actually gives you enough information for the time being.Resume shortlisting close to 80 people were shortlisted.First interview (25 minutes) close to 40 were shortlisted. Second interview (10-15 mins) 20 were recruited.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: This was always going to be easy for me I presumed, and it actually was. Frankly, since I have good communication skills and PR skills, I only had to look up certain standard questions which my seniors sent me by email. However, eventually, the HR part I handled on the spot.
Tips: First prepare your answers to certain questions which you think you will be asked. Then get your friend/senior to ask you those plus any other questions he thinks are relevant and take feedback from him after the session.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: I looked up a lot of PDFs (available on institution servers), of which I would say the most useful was Kellogg_casepack2001_CASES. The others were also pretty good, like the Harvard one, but the best thing about the Kellogg casepack was the way they presented the solutions.
Tips: The best way to do case studies is in pairs. Pick you partner, pick some case studies which each will ask the other on that day (say 3-4 per day or more). The person who is going to play the interviewer should read the case well and come prepared before presenting it to the interviewee.
Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: I only looked up puzzles at the end of the first day, after losing out on Mckinsey. Googled for a lot of puzzlesall night and prepared as much as I could.
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: I was pretty good at that already. So, left it to myself.
Tips: Obviously should be done in groups of 5-8.
Skill Tips: Dress well. It matters a lot. Especially for these big Ibanks and consults. Of course, what you do in the interview matters, but looking good will always add to the overall effect. Do not overlook this. It is better to wear a suit for the ibanks and consultancies. For the rest, formal shirt, tie would do.
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
6 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: There is a standard pattern which most of us follow. I just tried to highlight my strong points as my CPI was not very high. I was good in sports and music, so I made sure that I highlighted them. I did attend most of the Pre-Placement Talks. The one thing which I gained was the exposure.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: As far as HR Questions are concerned, they totally depend on you. Your seniors can always help you out finding answers for them. But I recommend you to think on your own; because that way your honest answers come out and believe me they ALWAYS work however naive they may sound. Nobody expects you to know everything. The fact that you can relate to those answers will boost your confidence as you would be able to defend them well.
Round: Behavioural Interview
Experience: When going in for an interview, its expected of you that you know about the company you are sitting for. So obviously you have to search the net and know few important things about the companies. I prepared for CAT so that took care of the puzzles and quantity part.
Round: Test
Experience: Initially they took a screening exam. It was quant and logical based mainly and few Questions were on market and economics. Some 80 students were short listed. They short listed around 40 students after 1st round of interviews and gave final offers to 22 after 2nd round of interviews.
Round: Other Interview
Experience: The first thing which is asked in an interview is mostly Tell us about you. After that they concentrated only on my extra-currics like football, swimming and singing which was my forte. They asked me general questions about my home town and family. Asked me about my strengths but didn't go to any weaknesses.Then they asked me if I had any Questions for them. I asked a few. This was it for the first one. DBs CEO was taking this interview. He started off with asking Questions from my resume about my projects n stuff. Then he too started asking Questions about my city and family. Questions were mostly the same as the first one. It ended on a very positive note and I came out with a smile.
Tips: Do prepare well for the screening exam, it has a good weightage. Interviews were generally HR type for me but they asked puzzles to few. So preparing them would help too. Overall, any particular mistake that you committed during the whole process? My resume was not well compiled although it didn't matter but I should have taken care of it. Prepare your resume well in advance, it will surely help.
General Tips: I always wear something which I could carry comfortably. I recommend the same for everyone. And also start wearing formals a month before the placement season starts, this way you'll get used to them and would feel comfortable.
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Experience: There is a standard pattern which most of us follow. I just tried to highlight my strong points as my CPI was not very high. I was good in sports and music, so I made sure that I highlighted them. I did attend most of the Pre-Placement Talks. The one thing which I gained was the exposure.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: As far as HR Questions are concerned, they totally depend on you. Your seniors can always help you out finding answers for them. But I recommend you to think on your own; because that way your honest answers come out and believe me they ALWAYS work however naive they may sound. Nobody expects you to know everything. The fact that you can relate to those answers will boost your confidence as you would be able to defend them well.
Round: Behavioural Interview
Experience: When going in for an interview, its expected of you that you know about the company you are sitting for. So obviously you have to search the net and know few important things about the companies. I prepared for CAT so that took care of the puzzles and quantity part.
Round: Test
Experience: Initially they took a screening exam. It was quant and logical based mainly and few Questions were on market and economics. Some 80 students were short listed. They short listed around 40 students after 1st round of interviews and gave final offers to 22 after 2nd round of interviews.
Round: Other Interview
Experience: The first thing which is asked in an interview is mostly Tell us about you. After that they concentrated only on my extra-currics like football, swimming and singing which was my forte. They asked me general questions about my home town and family. Asked me about my strengths but didn't go to any weaknesses.Then they asked me if I had any Questions for them. I asked a few. This was it for the first one. DBs CEO was taking this interview. He started off with asking Questions from my resume about my projects n stuff. Then he too started asking Questions about my city and family. Questions were mostly the same as the first one. It ended on a very positive note and I came out with a smile.
Tips: Do prepare well for the screening exam, it has a good weightage. Interviews were generally HR type for me but they asked puzzles to few. So preparing them would help too. Overall, any particular mistake that you committed during the whole process? My resume was not well compiled although it didn't matter but I should have taken care of it. Prepare your resume well in advance, it will surely help.
General Tips: I always wear something which I could carry comfortably. I recommend the same for everyone. And also start wearing formals a month before the placement season starts, this way you'll get used to them and would feel comfortable.
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
7 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: CAT based aptitude test. Requirement of clearing all sectional cutoffs.
Round: Guesstimate Interview
Experience: b) Four rounds of interviews:
a. First round guesstimate: Chances of winning a lottery in a jet airways scheme: Every passenger flying during a week fills out a coupon and submits it for a draw; you fly four times a week. Guesstimate involved guessing the total no. of flight passenger for jet airways in a month
Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: b. Two puzzles: i. A lady leaves from her home in a car and picks up her husband from his office everyday at 5pm. One day, the husband gets free a bit early and starts walking towards the home. He meets his wife in the way and they together ride back in the car to their home. They reach 10 minutes earlier than ususal.At what time did the two meet? (Ans : 4:55 pm) ii. If Maria Sharapova won 6-3 against Justin Henin Hardene in the first set which involved 5 service breaks. Then who served first? (Ans: Maria Sharapova
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: c. Case study: A customer care center in Europe for a mobile company is working much less efficiently (30% more expenditure for the same no. of requests handled) than that in Britain, What could be reason? Questions to be asked. i. Difference in salary per person (Ans. 5%) ii. Difference in Call charges (Ans. 10%) iii. Difference in no. of employees. (Ans. Not relevant) iv. Automated response for regular requests like balance etc. (Ans. Not present in Europe. Causes 15% more expenditure, case solved!!!)
Round: HR Interview
Experience: HR based interview: i. Why Inductis? ii. Expected Cat scores?. Why not MBA? iii. Response in a leadership position to your superior when someone under you has not performed? iv. Team leadership instance v. How would your friend describe you? 2. Your key learning from these experiences? What mistakes did you commit? Key learning a) Its important to prepare for as many HR questions as possible in advance. The more you prepare the better you will be able to answer even the most unexpected questions. b) Every point on your resume should be elaborated in your mind so that you can speak on about 15-20 minutes on it highlighting specifics of the task, the problems faced, innovations used and results. c) It's important to be relaxed during an interview and treat it as a conversation. Even the most difficult problems can be solved if you keep your cool. d) Read about the company in advance. Especially its culture and values. Identify what the company is looking for. Incorporate it intelligently in the answers that you give.
General Tips: Mistakes committed.
a) Low level of preparation for some points in resume. Didn't expect interviewer (P&G) to spend 25 min. on the school captain point which was not well prepared.
b) Silly mistake while solving Capital One Case study.(Later avoided it by thinking aloud)
Keep your level of enthusiasm in the interview high. Companies like students with high levels of energy. Excitement alone about the company can land you a job!!!
b) Keep two copies of resume, a pen and sheets of blank paper with you for all the interviews.
c) Dress for the company. Do not overdress. Suits look fine for an IB job but not for a simple technical job. d) Always greet the interviewer in a warm way.
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Experience: CAT based aptitude test. Requirement of clearing all sectional cutoffs.
Round: Guesstimate Interview
Experience: b) Four rounds of interviews:
a. First round guesstimate: Chances of winning a lottery in a jet airways scheme: Every passenger flying during a week fills out a coupon and submits it for a draw; you fly four times a week. Guesstimate involved guessing the total no. of flight passenger for jet airways in a month
Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: b. Two puzzles: i. A lady leaves from her home in a car and picks up her husband from his office everyday at 5pm. One day, the husband gets free a bit early and starts walking towards the home. He meets his wife in the way and they together ride back in the car to their home. They reach 10 minutes earlier than ususal.At what time did the two meet? (Ans : 4:55 pm) ii. If Maria Sharapova won 6-3 against Justin Henin Hardene in the first set which involved 5 service breaks. Then who served first? (Ans: Maria Sharapova
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: c. Case study: A customer care center in Europe for a mobile company is working much less efficiently (30% more expenditure for the same no. of requests handled) than that in Britain, What could be reason? Questions to be asked. i. Difference in salary per person (Ans. 5%) ii. Difference in Call charges (Ans. 10%) iii. Difference in no. of employees. (Ans. Not relevant) iv. Automated response for regular requests like balance etc. (Ans. Not present in Europe. Causes 15% more expenditure, case solved!!!)
Round: HR Interview
Experience: HR based interview: i. Why Inductis? ii. Expected Cat scores?. Why not MBA? iii. Response in a leadership position to your superior when someone under you has not performed? iv. Team leadership instance v. How would your friend describe you? 2. Your key learning from these experiences? What mistakes did you commit? Key learning a) Its important to prepare for as many HR questions as possible in advance. The more you prepare the better you will be able to answer even the most unexpected questions. b) Every point on your resume should be elaborated in your mind so that you can speak on about 15-20 minutes on it highlighting specifics of the task, the problems faced, innovations used and results. c) It's important to be relaxed during an interview and treat it as a conversation. Even the most difficult problems can be solved if you keep your cool. d) Read about the company in advance. Especially its culture and values. Identify what the company is looking for. Incorporate it intelligently in the answers that you give.
General Tips: Mistakes committed.
a) Low level of preparation for some points in resume. Didn't expect interviewer (P&G) to spend 25 min. on the school captain point which was not well prepared.
b) Silly mistake while solving Capital One Case study.(Later avoided it by thinking aloud)
Keep your level of enthusiasm in the interview high. Companies like students with high levels of energy. Excitement alone about the company can land you a job!!!
b) Keep two copies of resume, a pen and sheets of blank paper with you for all the interviews.
c) Dress for the company. Do not overdress. Suits look fine for an IB job but not for a simple technical job. d) Always greet the interviewer in a warm way.
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
2 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: One written aptitude test of comprehension, basic maths and DI (requirement of only clearing the overall cutoff). Online psychometric test. Two rounds of interview both HR based, identical questions in both. Questions like
a.Leadership role
b.Resource constraint with innovation
c. One instance where you convinced someone
d. A difficult decision that you had to make.
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Experience: One written aptitude test of comprehension, basic maths and DI (requirement of only clearing the overall cutoff). Online psychometric test. Two rounds of interview both HR based, identical questions in both. Questions like
a.Leadership role
b.Resource constraint with innovation
c. One instance where you convinced someone
d. A difficult decision that you had to make.
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: First step involved writing down everything that I had accomplished in my tenure at IITB. Then, grading each point on the basis of accomplishment and innovation involved along with details in about 4-5 lines. Carefully went through 10 resumes from the previous year to get an idea of the prevailing format. Prepared a resume and got the feedback from 4- 5 people and then on the basis of the feedback finalized the resume. I attended the Pre-Placement talks of companies, I was interested in. It was a good exposure for understanding the skill sets and the values that companies were looking for in a candidate and the possible future paths in the organisation. The talks also helped in increasing the overall awareness about the different companies
.
Round: Test
Experience: a) Written DI based test with emphasis on interpreting graphs, calculating percentages etc. 100 people shortlisted. Candidates go through psychometric test
Tips: Interview preparation was best done in groups of 2-3 at a time: One interviewer, one interviewee and one observer. Tests were best prepared for by referring to the CAT study material
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: c) ~40 people selected after this stage d) 3-4 interviews –first case study , second HR , third and fourth case study. 3 people made final offers. a) First case study involved understanding the details of two marketing strategies. Then, comparing the effectiveness of the two in terms of revenue generated incase of limited budget and in case of specific no. of customers to be contacted. The final task involved calculating the point at which transition occurred in effectiveness for the two strategies for the two cases.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: b) Second interview consisted of HR questions like a. Why capital one? b. Why not research? c. An instance of working under time and resource constraints? d. An instance of leadership. e. An instance of innovation and thought leadership.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: c) Third interview was again a case study involving credit card strategies. The task involved calculating the effect of reduction in the credit limit or an increase in the rate of lending for high risk customers. In both the cases, it was required to calculate the % reduction in customers for the profit to remain same. Then a question was asked regarding which strategy I thought was better and how would I decide it? Note: Capital one case studies are simple mathematical case studies with a focus on understanding and calculations. These are different from the ones asked by consultancy companies like Mckinsey BCG etc. where the candidate is expected to ask the right questions before supplying any data. All the data for case studies in Capital one is provided at the start itself. If someone wants to appear for this company, what all should he/she ideally prepare? Someone preparing for Capital One should practice numerical case studies like the ones gives in Tucks Case study book 2002. They should also try the case studies available on the capital one website. Its important to prepare the HR based questions well because they might ultimately decide whether you are in or out. Another important advice is that you should think aloud while solving the case studies. It helps a lot in avoiding silly mistakes as well as in keeping the interviewer interested.
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Experience: First step involved writing down everything that I had accomplished in my tenure at IITB. Then, grading each point on the basis of accomplishment and innovation involved along with details in about 4-5 lines. Carefully went through 10 resumes from the previous year to get an idea of the prevailing format. Prepared a resume and got the feedback from 4- 5 people and then on the basis of the feedback finalized the resume. I attended the Pre-Placement talks of companies, I was interested in. It was a good exposure for understanding the skill sets and the values that companies were looking for in a candidate and the possible future paths in the organisation. The talks also helped in increasing the overall awareness about the different companies
.
Round: Test
Experience: a) Written DI based test with emphasis on interpreting graphs, calculating percentages etc. 100 people shortlisted. Candidates go through psychometric test
Tips: Interview preparation was best done in groups of 2-3 at a time: One interviewer, one interviewee and one observer. Tests were best prepared for by referring to the CAT study material
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: c) ~40 people selected after this stage d) 3-4 interviews –first case study , second HR , third and fourth case study. 3 people made final offers. a) First case study involved understanding the details of two marketing strategies. Then, comparing the effectiveness of the two in terms of revenue generated incase of limited budget and in case of specific no. of customers to be contacted. The final task involved calculating the point at which transition occurred in effectiveness for the two strategies for the two cases.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: b) Second interview consisted of HR questions like a. Why capital one? b. Why not research? c. An instance of working under time and resource constraints? d. An instance of leadership. e. An instance of innovation and thought leadership.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: c) Third interview was again a case study involving credit card strategies. The task involved calculating the effect of reduction in the credit limit or an increase in the rate of lending for high risk customers. In both the cases, it was required to calculate the % reduction in customers for the profit to remain same. Then a question was asked regarding which strategy I thought was better and how would I decide it? Note: Capital one case studies are simple mathematical case studies with a focus on understanding and calculations. These are different from the ones asked by consultancy companies like Mckinsey BCG etc. where the candidate is expected to ask the right questions before supplying any data. All the data for case studies in Capital one is provided at the start itself. If someone wants to appear for this company, what all should he/she ideally prepare? Someone preparing for Capital One should practice numerical case studies like the ones gives in Tucks Case study book 2002. They should also try the case studies available on the capital one website. Its important to prepare the HR based questions well because they might ultimately decide whether you are in or out. Another important advice is that you should think aloud while solving the case studies. It helps a lot in avoiding silly mistakes as well as in keeping the interviewer interested.
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: General Tips Overall, any particular mistake that you committed during the whole process? For case interviews, I gave fewer options for a particular problem…told them only what I thought could be the problem. After getting the feedback, I guess they were looking for a person who could suggest all possible options, prioritize them and then tell them reasons for choosing/ rejecting a particular option. Any key tips for interview-day, viz. dressing, etiquette… ? Dress properly and smartly Be very confident Don’t think too much about not being able to get through the company Take your own pen and paper; keep spare copies of resume in a folder Be energetic and enthusiastic. Did you apply off-campus? Where? What was the procedure? Any memories? Yes, I did and got an offer from Deutsche Bank, India. The company had offered me during campus placements, but I had refused because I wanted to explore more options. As they had already interviewed me, a call after off campus started, did the job.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: 3 cases in all, 2 went well, think the second interviewer was a little unhappy.
Case 1: Estimate the worth of Mahindra and Mahindra
Case 2: What would you do to open a mall (the first of its kind) in Kota
Case 3: About some drug dealer importing drugs from abroad. What all problems can it face if he switches over to an Indian manufacturer.
Tips: Suggest all possibilities, speak relevant but more than the interviewer. Dominate the discussion. Tell him/her all directions you can think in. Be yourself during the whole process; don't be unnecessarily humble/ polite to the recruiters.
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Experience: General Tips Overall, any particular mistake that you committed during the whole process? For case interviews, I gave fewer options for a particular problem…told them only what I thought could be the problem. After getting the feedback, I guess they were looking for a person who could suggest all possible options, prioritize them and then tell them reasons for choosing/ rejecting a particular option. Any key tips for interview-day, viz. dressing, etiquette… ? Dress properly and smartly Be very confident Don’t think too much about not being able to get through the company Take your own pen and paper; keep spare copies of resume in a folder Be energetic and enthusiastic. Did you apply off-campus? Where? What was the procedure? Any memories? Yes, I did and got an offer from Deutsche Bank, India. The company had offered me during campus placements, but I had refused because I wanted to explore more options. As they had already interviewed me, a call after off campus started, did the job.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: 3 cases in all, 2 went well, think the second interviewer was a little unhappy.
Case 1: Estimate the worth of Mahindra and Mahindra
Case 2: What would you do to open a mall (the first of its kind) in Kota
Case 3: About some drug dealer importing drugs from abroad. What all problems can it face if he switches over to an Indian manufacturer.
Tips: Suggest all possibilities, speak relevant but more than the interviewer. Dominate the discussion. Tell him/her all directions you can think in. Be yourself during the whole process; don't be unnecessarily humble/ polite to the recruiters.
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Resume preparation was not a difficult task since I knew why I did things that were in my resume. To cover everything in detail I took help of HLPQ- a set of some 218 questions. There is no need to mug up answers to these questions. It should be read just once to get an idea of questions that can come up during an interview. I attended almost all pre-placement talks. These sessions definitely give a good idea about the company, the profile they are offering and the people therein. I consulted few seniors to make a choice between companies.
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: GD Topic: Should the government lay more stress on building infrastructure facilities before inviting/giving permissions to MNCs
Tips: I prepared in groups of 2/3. I think preparation should be done in groups, but with few members (max 4/5), so that everybody gains from it. Prepare with different groups &its because after some time , all group members start thinking in the same way and no new ideas come up. It also helps in knowing different perspectives about the same issue.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: Case Interview: A candy company wants to increase its sales, what should it do to enhance sales in three given segments and how much compensation should it offer to its sales people? Also what should be the criteria to decide compensation? Lot of data was given- questions regarding best ways to analyze various kinds of data manually and using excel were also asked.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: HR Interview: Why ZS? How can you contribute to the firm? Some mathematical puzzles and graphical questions. If someone wants to appear for this company, what all should he/she ideally prepare? Nothing much…general case study preparation will be of help. Prepare questions like - Why ZS and What skills do you have to add value to the company. Rest all was general awareness…a little knowledge about what all excel can do.
General Tips: For case interviews, I gave fewer options for a particular problem & told them only what I thought could be the problem. After getting the feedback, I guess they were looking for a person who could suggest all possible options, prioritize them and then tell them reasons for choosing/ rejecting a particular option. Any key tips for interview-day, viz. dressing, etiquette. Dress properly and smartly .Be very confident Don't think too much about not being able to get through the company .Take your own pen and paper; keep spare copies of resume in a folder . Be energetic and enthusiastic.
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Experience: Resume preparation was not a difficult task since I knew why I did things that were in my resume. To cover everything in detail I took help of HLPQ- a set of some 218 questions. There is no need to mug up answers to these questions. It should be read just once to get an idea of questions that can come up during an interview. I attended almost all pre-placement talks. These sessions definitely give a good idea about the company, the profile they are offering and the people therein. I consulted few seniors to make a choice between companies.
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: GD Topic: Should the government lay more stress on building infrastructure facilities before inviting/giving permissions to MNCs
Tips: I prepared in groups of 2/3. I think preparation should be done in groups, but with few members (max 4/5), so that everybody gains from it. Prepare with different groups &its because after some time , all group members start thinking in the same way and no new ideas come up. It also helps in knowing different perspectives about the same issue.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: Case Interview: A candy company wants to increase its sales, what should it do to enhance sales in three given segments and how much compensation should it offer to its sales people? Also what should be the criteria to decide compensation? Lot of data was given- questions regarding best ways to analyze various kinds of data manually and using excel were also asked.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: HR Interview: Why ZS? How can you contribute to the firm? Some mathematical puzzles and graphical questions. If someone wants to appear for this company, what all should he/she ideally prepare? Nothing much…general case study preparation will be of help. Prepare questions like - Why ZS and What skills do you have to add value to the company. Rest all was general awareness…a little knowledge about what all excel can do.
General Tips: For case interviews, I gave fewer options for a particular problem & told them only what I thought could be the problem. After getting the feedback, I guess they were looking for a person who could suggest all possible options, prioritize them and then tell them reasons for choosing/ rejecting a particular option. Any key tips for interview-day, viz. dressing, etiquette. Dress properly and smartly .Be very confident Don't think too much about not being able to get through the company .Take your own pen and paper; keep spare copies of resume in a folder . Be energetic and enthusiastic.
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Tips: Cpi doesn't matter. But the project works and achievements in Olympiads does!
Round: Test
Tips: Test consists of Linear algebra, CS basics, probability sections.
Don't hurry and try to best in all the sections.
Try to top any one section. (CS students might concentrate on CS section and likewise)
Round: Puzzle Interview
Tips: Not exactly puzzles. Probability plus CS basics (depending on your background. Non cs students might not have questions on algorithms)
Round: Other Interview
Tips: Convey a better command on topics. Interview process might vary on the profile they are looking for.
General Tips: Work on probability and puzzles.
Try to know about the profile they are hiring you for. Get to know more about it.
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Motivation: New field. First job. Chance to take risk.
Funny Moments: Ended up discussing a lot about my entrepreneurial experience with the interviewer who has similar background before joining GS
Tips: Cpi doesn't matter. But the project works and achievements in Olympiads does!
Round: Test
Tips: Test consists of Linear algebra, CS basics, probability sections.
Don't hurry and try to best in all the sections.
Try to top any one section. (CS students might concentrate on CS section and likewise)
Round: Puzzle Interview
Tips: Not exactly puzzles. Probability plus CS basics (depending on your background. Non cs students might not have questions on algorithms)
Round: Other Interview
Tips: Convey a better command on topics. Interview process might vary on the profile they are looking for.
General Tips: Work on probability and puzzles.
Try to know about the profile they are hiring you for. Get to know more about it.
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Motivation: New field. First job. Chance to take risk.
Funny Moments: Ended up discussing a lot about my entrepreneurial experience with the interviewer who has similar background before joining GS
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Tips: Many times good preparation can overcome short comings of your resume. This is particularly true for those people whose resume don't give clear picture of there caliber.
Round: Group Discussion
Tips: Do's:Considerate Group which shunned the possibility of GD becoming a Fish Market.
Inputs to give the direction to the discussion and bringing the focus back case discussion has deviated from the main topic
Smooth elaboration of someone else points with some additional information. (This works well when you are short of ideas).
Don’ts:
Do avoid them (I got to know from after recruitment talks)
Including your own thoughts while summarizing the GD at the end, rather stating what was discussed.
Facing the GD coordinator while talking to the group.
Round: Other Interview
Experience: Second Round was Personal Interview. It was roughly structured in 4 parts. It first started with introduction and some general questions, then few questions on resume and situational cases. It was followed by a CASE STUDY, which involved estimation of number of tattooed people in India and finally questions from my side.
Tips: Thorough preparation of general questions which helped in forming good starting impression and also gave me confidence to go further in interview.
Preparing the questions for the company. They access you interest in company by this.
Honest answer for situational questions. ( Situation given was that you are at fault how you will convey your team about it so that they don’t loose there confidence in you for future work)
Trying to solve given case study by standard approach (Generally starting with population of India) which lead to a deviation from actual problem statement.
Not attending company PPT and also not browsing through company website.
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Tips: Many times good preparation can overcome short comings of your resume. This is particularly true for those people whose resume don't give clear picture of there caliber.
Round: Group Discussion
Tips: Do's:Considerate Group which shunned the possibility of GD becoming a Fish Market.
Inputs to give the direction to the discussion and bringing the focus back case discussion has deviated from the main topic
Smooth elaboration of someone else points with some additional information. (This works well when you are short of ideas).
Don’ts:
Do avoid them (I got to know from after recruitment talks)
Including your own thoughts while summarizing the GD at the end, rather stating what was discussed.
Facing the GD coordinator while talking to the group.
Round: Other Interview
Experience: Second Round was Personal Interview. It was roughly structured in 4 parts. It first started with introduction and some general questions, then few questions on resume and situational cases. It was followed by a CASE STUDY, which involved estimation of number of tattooed people in India and finally questions from my side.
Tips: Thorough preparation of general questions which helped in forming good starting impression and also gave me confidence to go further in interview.
Preparing the questions for the company. They access you interest in company by this.
Honest answer for situational questions. ( Situation given was that you are at fault how you will convey your team about it so that they don’t loose there confidence in you for future work)
Trying to solve given case study by standard approach (Generally starting with population of India) which lead to a deviation from actual problem statement.
Not attending company PPT and also not browsing through company website.
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: Probably made some errors in numerical calculations, but the approach was very clear. Also I was asked some HS 101 stuff, like degree of control over pricing in perfect competition, monopoly, and duopoly situations.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: Now basically in the case books very few org. cases are discussed and I hadn’t come across a single one. So, I just tried to think really logically and gave him very high level answers like ( labour union issues, faith in senior mgmt, compare org structure with competition etc ) Theinterviewer was very supportive and kept probing for more possibilities. Finally I was exhausted and could offer him nothing more.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: It had been a very tiring day and this was to be my 7th interview. But the good part was that I had started enjoying the interviews by now.After the usual warm-up questions, I was asked to name something that I felt really
passionately about and the remaining 30 minutes were spent just probing this passion of mine so deep, that even I came out surprised that I had indeed thought so much to answer that issue. This interview proved to me that one should never underestimate the interviewer’s intelligence. These are very, very smart people and are very good
at cracking your thought process. I was made an offer after this interview, so the 4th one was more of an informal chat about past BAs their experiences.
General Tips: If you are one of the lucky ones short listed for more than 1 company, you must decide beforehand what your preferences are and tell the placement body so.
There is no reason to succumb to strong arm tactics from companies. Ideally you
should be in a position to make a decision after you have all the offers in hand. But
the placement body’s rules will have a major role to play in this.
Skill Tips: Each individual has his own take on this. Personally, I read most of the theory from the casebooks floating around on campus and came out with my own framework to solve a problem. Practicing case interviews with a friend helps a lot. But finding a good interviewer is usually tough. I requested a couple of friends and tried out 2-3 cases with each. Totally, I solved not more than 10 cases , which I think was optimal. Too little and you don’t have enough experience and too many will take the fun out of the interview
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Funny Moments: In case study, the interviewer talked about even higher level issues like mission statement and vision
documents and that the organization was not able to THINK global etc. Came out of this interview assuming my rendezvous with McK was done.
Experience: Probably made some errors in numerical calculations, but the approach was very clear. Also I was asked some HS 101 stuff, like degree of control over pricing in perfect competition, monopoly, and duopoly situations.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: Now basically in the case books very few org. cases are discussed and I hadn’t come across a single one. So, I just tried to think really logically and gave him very high level answers like ( labour union issues, faith in senior mgmt, compare org structure with competition etc ) Theinterviewer was very supportive and kept probing for more possibilities. Finally I was exhausted and could offer him nothing more.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: It had been a very tiring day and this was to be my 7th interview. But the good part was that I had started enjoying the interviews by now.After the usual warm-up questions, I was asked to name something that I felt really
passionately about and the remaining 30 minutes were spent just probing this passion of mine so deep, that even I came out surprised that I had indeed thought so much to answer that issue. This interview proved to me that one should never underestimate the interviewer’s intelligence. These are very, very smart people and are very good
at cracking your thought process. I was made an offer after this interview, so the 4th one was more of an informal chat about past BAs their experiences.
General Tips: If you are one of the lucky ones short listed for more than 1 company, you must decide beforehand what your preferences are and tell the placement body so.
There is no reason to succumb to strong arm tactics from companies. Ideally you
should be in a position to make a decision after you have all the offers in hand. But
the placement body’s rules will have a major role to play in this.
Skill Tips: Each individual has his own take on this. Personally, I read most of the theory from the casebooks floating around on campus and came out with my own framework to solve a problem. Practicing case interviews with a friend helps a lot. But finding a good interviewer is usually tough. I requested a couple of friends and tried out 2-3 cases with each. Totally, I solved not more than 10 cases , which I think was optimal. Too little and you don’t have enough experience and too many will take the fun out of the interview
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Funny Moments: In case study, the interviewer talked about even higher level issues like mission statement and vision
documents and that the organization was not able to THINK global etc. Came out of this interview assuming my rendezvous with McK was done.
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