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Updated
22 Dec 2024
267 interviews found
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Interview
Experience: Answer 1) I took a really long time to do this one, and I had only got as far as the consumption of vodka by women when the interviewer asked me to stop. She was not exactly encouraging/helpful and I guess that slowed down my responses. When I asked her if I could wrap up the guesstimate, she told me it would not be necessary
Answer 2) There was no real case here. The interviewer was a cheerful man who just wanted me to discuss how to go about starting an airline. He asked me to estimate no. of passengers. I divided the population into urbanrural, business travellers-tourists, etc (in steps of course, but nothing extraordinary). He seemed to be pretty impressed and was generally chatting with me for almost 15 mins about his experiences in McKinsey.
Round: Interview
Experience: I was asked to walk through my resume. Apart from the regular questions about my projects and internships, I was asked the one question which I was expecting since morning: “Why not research?” I was also asked about my Yantriki victory and my tenure as Speakers’ club convener. A large part of the interview was also devoted to “McKinsey vs. its competition”
General Tips: Sleep well, wear comfortable footwear (Girls, please stash away those high heels for post-job treats and NOT interviews, they almost killed me), don’t starve yourself. If you have back-to-back interviews, sit down for a minute between interviews and take deep breaths, it really helps. Now let’s cut the chase and get to preparation
PPT : Attend PPTs of all the companies that you are interested in. It will give you a good idea of the kind of people you’ll work with, apart from the work itself. Stick around after the PPT and talk to your seniors who are working with the company. Wait for the pizza, there’s always enough for everyone.
Resume : Don’t try and squeeze in too much into your resume. Going by the experiences of my batch, I think companies looked for well-rounded individuals and not necessarily DR1’s or managers and CGs. Needless to say, do not lie or exaggerate. It is disgusting, and in most cases, it will be obvious too.
Interviews: Please don’t prepare answers to the last word, but think about some common questions: strengths/weaknesses (a little introspection never does any harm) and of course, “Why consulting?” (or analytics, etc). Go through your resume and think about what you have learnt from each experience.
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Experience: Answer 1) I took a really long time to do this one, and I had only got as far as the consumption of vodka by women when the interviewer asked me to stop. She was not exactly encouraging/helpful and I guess that slowed down my responses. When I asked her if I could wrap up the guesstimate, she told me it would not be necessary
Answer 2) There was no real case here. The interviewer was a cheerful man who just wanted me to discuss how to go about starting an airline. He asked me to estimate no. of passengers. I divided the population into urbanrural, business travellers-tourists, etc (in steps of course, but nothing extraordinary). He seemed to be pretty impressed and was generally chatting with me for almost 15 mins about his experiences in McKinsey.
Round: Interview
Experience: I was asked to walk through my resume. Apart from the regular questions about my projects and internships, I was asked the one question which I was expecting since morning: “Why not research?” I was also asked about my Yantriki victory and my tenure as Speakers’ club convener. A large part of the interview was also devoted to “McKinsey vs. its competition”
General Tips: Sleep well, wear comfortable footwear (Girls, please stash away those high heels for post-job treats and NOT interviews, they almost killed me), don’t starve yourself. If you have back-to-back interviews, sit down for a minute between interviews and take deep breaths, it really helps. Now let’s cut the chase and get to preparation
PPT : Attend PPTs of all the companies that you are interested in. It will give you a good idea of the kind of people you’ll work with, apart from the work itself. Stick around after the PPT and talk to your seniors who are working with the company. Wait for the pizza, there’s always enough for everyone.
Resume : Don’t try and squeeze in too much into your resume. Going by the experiences of my batch, I think companies looked for well-rounded individuals and not necessarily DR1’s or managers and CGs. Needless to say, do not lie or exaggerate. It is disgusting, and in most cases, it will be obvious too.
Interviews: Please don’t prepare answers to the last word, but think about some common questions: strengths/weaknesses (a little introspection never does any harm) and of course, “Why consulting?” (or analytics, etc). Go through your resume and think about what you have learnt from each experience.
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: Answer 1) No numbers were expected, no knowledge of broadband technology was expected either. The key here was not just an increase in users, but also an increase in the number of uses. None of the established frameworks really helped. The interviewer was very helpful and gave me cues when I was not making progress.
Answer 2) Again, no numbers, no data. I thought I really screwed up this one. I asked the interviewer if I had missed out some aspect, and he told me where I had gone wrong. Then we discussed this aspect for about a minute or so.
Answer 3) Always try to pick something with practical/industrial applications
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Answer 1) The interviewer told me exactly what he expected…he told me the four departments he wanted me to look at. I was to check for ‘synergies’ or the potential benefits of the acquisition for these departments. This case was a lot of fun. (Thanks to the interviewer mainly). Luckily for me, he was highly impressed and he told me that a third interview would not be necessary.
Answer 2) He also pointed out that I seemed to have dabbled in a lot of things, and discussed this for a long time. It was a two-way discussion, and was a very comfortable conversation. By the middle of this interview, I knew I had to join this company.
General Tips: Sleep well, wear comfortable footwear (Girls, please stash away those high heels for post-job treats and NOT interviews, they almost killed me), don’t starve yourself. If you have back-to-back interviews, sit down for a minute between interviews and take deep breaths, it really helps. Now let’s cut the chase and get to preparation
PPT : Attend PPTs of all the companies that you are interested in. It will give you a good idea of the kind of people you’ll work with, apart from the work itself. Stick around after the PPT and talk to your seniors who are working with the company. Wait for the pizza, there’s always enough for everyone.
Resume : Don’t try and squeeze in too much into your resume. Going by the experiences of my batch, I think companies looked for well-rounded individuals and not necessarily DR1’s or managers and CGs. Needless to say, do not lie or exaggerate. It is disgusting, and in most cases, it will be obvious too.
Interviews: Please don’t prepare answers to the last word, but think about some common questions: strengths/weaknesses (a little introspection never does any harm) and of course, “Why consulting?” (or analytics, etc). Go through your resume and think about what you have learnt from each experience.
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Motivation: A must for consultancies. Most seniors will have material on this. Don’t over-do this bit, but from personal experience, I can say that 3 days of case studies will do just fine. Do this in groups of 2 or 3. Don’t use any technical jargon/names of frameworks.
Experience: Answer 1) No numbers were expected, no knowledge of broadband technology was expected either. The key here was not just an increase in users, but also an increase in the number of uses. None of the established frameworks really helped. The interviewer was very helpful and gave me cues when I was not making progress.
Answer 2) Again, no numbers, no data. I thought I really screwed up this one. I asked the interviewer if I had missed out some aspect, and he told me where I had gone wrong. Then we discussed this aspect for about a minute or so.
Answer 3) Always try to pick something with practical/industrial applications
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Answer 1) The interviewer told me exactly what he expected…he told me the four departments he wanted me to look at. I was to check for ‘synergies’ or the potential benefits of the acquisition for these departments. This case was a lot of fun. (Thanks to the interviewer mainly). Luckily for me, he was highly impressed and he told me that a third interview would not be necessary.
Answer 2) He also pointed out that I seemed to have dabbled in a lot of things, and discussed this for a long time. It was a two-way discussion, and was a very comfortable conversation. By the middle of this interview, I knew I had to join this company.
General Tips: Sleep well, wear comfortable footwear (Girls, please stash away those high heels for post-job treats and NOT interviews, they almost killed me), don’t starve yourself. If you have back-to-back interviews, sit down for a minute between interviews and take deep breaths, it really helps. Now let’s cut the chase and get to preparation
PPT : Attend PPTs of all the companies that you are interested in. It will give you a good idea of the kind of people you’ll work with, apart from the work itself. Stick around after the PPT and talk to your seniors who are working with the company. Wait for the pizza, there’s always enough for everyone.
Resume : Don’t try and squeeze in too much into your resume. Going by the experiences of my batch, I think companies looked for well-rounded individuals and not necessarily DR1’s or managers and CGs. Needless to say, do not lie or exaggerate. It is disgusting, and in most cases, it will be obvious too.
Interviews: Please don’t prepare answers to the last word, but think about some common questions: strengths/weaknesses (a little introspection never does any harm) and of course, “Why consulting?” (or analytics, etc). Go through your resume and think about what you have learnt from each experience.
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Motivation: A must for consultancies. Most seniors will have material on this. Don’t over-do this bit, but from personal experience, I can say that 3 days of case studies will do just fine. Do this in groups of 2 or 3. Don’t use any technical jargon/names of frameworks.
1 Interview Round
Interview Questions
- Q1. What do u want us to do fr u??
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Pay me high!!
Tips: Never say something like that!!
Skill Tips: Develop codes
Skills: Programming
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Experience: Pay me high!!
Tips: Never say something like that!!
Skill Tips: Develop codes
Skills: Programming
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Questions were based on basic maths and english but time duration as per level of questions was very less. I was hardly able to attempt 90 question.
Tips: Firstly attempt questions from the topics in which you are more comfortable. Don't spend much time in thinking.
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 120
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: As I am from statistics background ao they asked me questions from regression and inference in depth. Rest all question were from basic stats. And yes they ask question from everything what is there in your resume.
Tips: Be ready for question from everything what is there in your resume and prepare them in advance.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: It was easy and hardly last for 10 min
Tips: Be confident on whatever you speak and prepare for general HR questions in advance.
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Experience: Questions were based on basic maths and english but time duration as per level of questions was very less. I was hardly able to attempt 90 question.
Tips: Firstly attempt questions from the topics in which you are more comfortable. Don't spend much time in thinking.
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 120
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: As I am from statistics background ao they asked me questions from regression and inference in depth. Rest all question were from basic stats. And yes they ask question from everything what is there in your resume.
Tips: Be ready for question from everything what is there in your resume and prepare them in advance.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: It was easy and hardly last for 10 min
Tips: Be confident on whatever you speak and prepare for general HR questions in advance.
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Standard resume shortlisting. Almost everyone was shortlisted for the test. You were given an option to choose between software and analyst profile.
Tips: Prepare your resume well on time. Give it a month at least. Send it over to a lot of seniors for reviews.
Round: Test
Experience: Test wa fairly easy. It had two sections. One was mental ability. I am hoping any IIT student can crack these questions. Second part was basic coding questions, 2 of them. If you know basic coding, you can solve it. Nothing fancy.
Tips: Prepare well for tests immediately after resume. Brush up basic coding commands if you expect coding questions in the test. One can do preparation on the lines of cat for these tests.
General Tips: I cannot say this enough times but you have to be patient, calm and confident. You will get a job. Everyone doesn't get a job on day 1. You may also get to hear thousands of methods to prepare for jobs. Don't listen to everyone. Just choose obe or two good sources and stick to them. Else you just waste time worrying about how much you need to prepare.
Skill Tips: I prepared on a very general level for all companies. If you are fairly sure of what kind of company you want, do company specific prep.
Skills: Analytical skills, Basic coding skills
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Motivation: The profile offered had both analytics and coding. It was like the best of both worlds for me. Also, great company. Great money.
Experience: Standard resume shortlisting. Almost everyone was shortlisted for the test. You were given an option to choose between software and analyst profile.
Tips: Prepare your resume well on time. Give it a month at least. Send it over to a lot of seniors for reviews.
Round: Test
Experience: Test wa fairly easy. It had two sections. One was mental ability. I am hoping any IIT student can crack these questions. Second part was basic coding questions, 2 of them. If you know basic coding, you can solve it. Nothing fancy.
Tips: Prepare well for tests immediately after resume. Brush up basic coding commands if you expect coding questions in the test. One can do preparation on the lines of cat for these tests.
General Tips: I cannot say this enough times but you have to be patient, calm and confident. You will get a job. Everyone doesn't get a job on day 1. You may also get to hear thousands of methods to prepare for jobs. Don't listen to everyone. Just choose obe or two good sources and stick to them. Else you just waste time worrying about how much you need to prepare.
Skill Tips: I prepared on a very general level for all companies. If you are fairly sure of what kind of company you want, do company specific prep.
Skills: Analytical skills, Basic coding skills
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Motivation: The profile offered had both analytics and coding. It was like the best of both worlds for me. Also, great company. Great money.
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: It was an aptitude test judging individual's quantitative, verbal, cognitive skills.
Tips: Solve Aptitude regularly. Play online word games, Arithmetic Games.
Duration: 30-40 minutes
Total Questions: 45-50
Round: Interview
Experience: There were three interviewers in the panel and interview went for about 50 minutes. As I entered the interview room, they started shelling of questions, and their most of the questions was from the answers that I was giving. They asked me some stress giving questions and I gave the answer in a manner that they started laughing.
Tips: Be precise, because interviewers will ask questions based on your answers. Completely go through the profile of the company and how can you relate it your work field. Do not try to lie about anything but yes "Intelligent bluffing" is o.k if you are good at it but NOT ALWAYS. Look at the eyes of interviewers who asked you the question.
Maintain a stress free face with a smile when they ask question.
Have a glass of water before entering and enter with a cheerful face and wish the interview panel.
Look SMART.
Round: Interview
Experience: It was a telephonic interview and the HR asked me questions mostly related to my course project in which I used Monte Carlo Simulation and why I don't want to go for PhD by saying I have good academic records.
Tips: You should know of the topics that you mentioned in your resume.
Be confident.
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Experience: It was an aptitude test judging individual's quantitative, verbal, cognitive skills.
Tips: Solve Aptitude regularly. Play online word games, Arithmetic Games.
Duration: 30-40 minutes
Total Questions: 45-50
Round: Interview
Experience: There were three interviewers in the panel and interview went for about 50 minutes. As I entered the interview room, they started shelling of questions, and their most of the questions was from the answers that I was giving. They asked me some stress giving questions and I gave the answer in a manner that they started laughing.
Tips: Be precise, because interviewers will ask questions based on your answers. Completely go through the profile of the company and how can you relate it your work field. Do not try to lie about anything but yes "Intelligent bluffing" is o.k if you are good at it but NOT ALWAYS. Look at the eyes of interviewers who asked you the question.
Maintain a stress free face with a smile when they ask question.
Have a glass of water before entering and enter with a cheerful face and wish the interview panel.
Look SMART.
Round: Interview
Experience: It was a telephonic interview and the HR asked me questions mostly related to my course project in which I used Monte Carlo Simulation and why I don't want to go for PhD by saying I have good academic records.
Tips: You should know of the topics that you mentioned in your resume.
Be confident.
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: It was a very general aptitude test, including probability reasoning etc.
Tips: practice some CAT papers
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Very basic and general HR questions starting with tell me something about yourself and why this job?
Tips: You should have tailor made answers for tell me about yourself for different sectors/firms, this will help a lot, start preparing on this a month in advance.
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Experience: It was a very general aptitude test, including probability reasoning etc.
Tips: practice some CAT papers
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Very basic and general HR questions starting with tell me something about yourself and why this job?
Tips: You should have tailor made answers for tell me about yourself for different sectors/firms, this will help a lot, start preparing on this a month in advance.
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Tips: An FMCG intern certainly helps! Try to diversify your profile as much as possible, while maintaining a good GPA (cannot stress enough on this fact).
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: First case interview is certainly nerve-wracking. And if the interviewer decides to give you a hard time (often happens), the most important thing is to not lose your cool.
Tips: Practice makes a man perfect. I practiced more than 30 cases myself in addition to the many I observed as a spectator. However, the cases which you face on Placement Day are bound to be different from what you practice. Often, you are left with no framework to work with.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Most HR interviews I faced focused on my CV.
Tips: Keep calm, and know your CV inside out! Be prepared to be grilled on every aspect.
Skills: Communication, Self-Awareness, Logical Thinking, Organization, Handling Stress Situations
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Motivation: Monitor Deloitte is one of the top strategy consulting firms in the world.
Tips: An FMCG intern certainly helps! Try to diversify your profile as much as possible, while maintaining a good GPA (cannot stress enough on this fact).
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: First case interview is certainly nerve-wracking. And if the interviewer decides to give you a hard time (often happens), the most important thing is to not lose your cool.
Tips: Practice makes a man perfect. I practiced more than 30 cases myself in addition to the many I observed as a spectator. However, the cases which you face on Placement Day are bound to be different from what you practice. Often, you are left with no framework to work with.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Most HR interviews I faced focused on my CV.
Tips: Keep calm, and know your CV inside out! Be prepared to be grilled on every aspect.
Skills: Communication, Self-Awareness, Logical Thinking, Organization, Handling Stress Situations
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Motivation: Monitor Deloitte is one of the top strategy consulting firms in the world.
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: I've tried to put as much technical projects, seminars as possible and explained the same within 2-3 lines. My concentration was on the M. Tech and my B. Tech projects which i felt would be good enough for getting shortlisted. My resume focuses on technical front rather than PORs. A little bit about my hobbies (No strengths and weakness).
Tips: --> Explain your main project
--> Try to write your interests based upon your target companies and profiles
--> For core jobs (non-software) resume holds the key. Try practising the way you want to explain the things from resume in not more than 2-3 minutes
--> Be confident while answering the questions (tone is also important)
Round: Interview
Experience: My interview was for 35 min(approx). There were 4 interviewers in the panel 2 HR and 2 Technical people.
They asked very few HR questions to introduce myself, future goals and area of interest. All the questions asked in the interview are displayed above
Tips: I tried to answer all the questions confidently except 2.
Explain your project well.
Definitely some 2-3 tough questions will be asked as they are the experts in the field.
Your pointer doesn't matter if your interview skills and the core knowledge is good
Skills: Communication skills, Technical skills, Analytical Skills
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Motivation: The JAF details matched with the profile for which i am aiming for.
Funny Moments: I along with my friend were talking about each others family background till 3:00 am in the morning on the day the interviews were scheduled at 9 am.I think finally on campus placements are all about luck.
I am an 8 pointer and there are two 9 pointers and an AIR 6 competed with me but my profile was relevant.
Experience: I've tried to put as much technical projects, seminars as possible and explained the same within 2-3 lines. My concentration was on the M. Tech and my B. Tech projects which i felt would be good enough for getting shortlisted. My resume focuses on technical front rather than PORs. A little bit about my hobbies (No strengths and weakness).
Tips: --> Explain your main project
--> Try to write your interests based upon your target companies and profiles
--> For core jobs (non-software) resume holds the key. Try practising the way you want to explain the things from resume in not more than 2-3 minutes
--> Be confident while answering the questions (tone is also important)
Round: Interview
Experience: My interview was for 35 min(approx). There were 4 interviewers in the panel 2 HR and 2 Technical people.
They asked very few HR questions to introduce myself, future goals and area of interest. All the questions asked in the interview are displayed above
Tips: I tried to answer all the questions confidently except 2.
Explain your project well.
Definitely some 2-3 tough questions will be asked as they are the experts in the field.
Your pointer doesn't matter if your interview skills and the core knowledge is good
Skills: Communication skills, Technical skills, Analytical Skills
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Motivation: The JAF details matched with the profile for which i am aiming for.
Funny Moments: I along with my friend were talking about each others family background till 3:00 am in the morning on the day the interviews were scheduled at 9 am.I think finally on campus placements are all about luck.
I am an 8 pointer and there are two 9 pointers and an AIR 6 competed with me but my profile was relevant.
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Questions are divided into 3 sections and are fairly simple in nature. The distinguishing feature would be speed and accuracy.
Tips: Practise enough questions, so that you have a good speed. CAT material is also helpful !
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 60
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Experience: Questions are divided into 3 sections and are fairly simple in nature. The distinguishing feature would be speed and accuracy.
Tips: Practise enough questions, so that you have a good speed. CAT material is also helpful !
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 60
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
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