Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai
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3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Application to the Company
Experience: You need to Download the Summer/Winter Internship form and fill it. Then send it to the Main headquaters for your internship consideration
Tips: Greatly Helps if you have a Point of Contact in the company.
Skills:
Duration: 2 months
College Name: IIT Bombay
Experience: You need to Download the Summer/Winter Internship form and fill it. Then send it to the Main headquaters for your internship consideration
Tips: Greatly Helps if you have a Point of Contact in the company.
Skills:
Duration: 2 months
College Name: IIT Bombay
9 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. How to assigning the new task to employees based on their past performance
- Q2. Some Probability problems
- Q3. Some basic HR questions
- Q4. Write a 10 digit largest number with some constraint (I didn’t remember the exact constraint but it’s a standard question)
- Q5. Guesstimate the number of viewers to a sports blog
- Q6. Guesstimate how much a thief, who operate on shopping can earn in a year
- Q7. The probability of a car passes the highway in a subset time if the probability of a car passing in one hour given
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: There were 3 Job profiles open of opera solutions (Solution Analyst, Analytics Specialist, and Software Engineer). Students are asked to sign just for one profile. There was a test for analytics and software profile and direct interview for solution profile (Consultant profile).
Tips: Spend enough time before choosing the profiles. Spoke to senior who had a similar job and figure out your best suitable profile and prepare accordingly.
Round: Test
Experience: Opera solution conducts workshop for shortlisted candidates. In the workshop, they mostly tell about technical part behind big data management such as Mainframe and Hadoop. After the workshop, the test was conducted. The test had two sections, the first section contains objective questions around 20-25 (I did not remember the exact number). Objective questions were of aptitude type (moderate level of difficulty). The second section contains 5-6 subjective questions, mainly focus on probability again the moderate level of difficulty. 30 students were shortlisted for next round (interview round).
Tips: Start preparing as early you can. Practice problem daily does not wait for last few day. The main point of practice is to develop a habit of increasing accuracy and speed which is the crucial points of aptitude test.
For probability practice, there are online website and blogs you can take help from them. I have listed down some which are used. You should have some prior practice before setting for test otherwise, it would be difficult to do well in the test as some questions are tricky and difficult to solve in the first time.
For aptitude practice, you can refer TIME material, I think that is sufficient.
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Duration: 60 min minutes
Total Questions: 20+5
Round: Guesstimate Interview
Experience: The interviewer first goes through my resume and ask some basic question, not in depth. Then he asked me some puzzle (similar type of question asked in the subjective paper but with a high level of difficulty) and one guesstimate.
My interview last for 10-15 mins, the interviewer is very helpful and always try to calm and comfort me.
The interviewer gave me feedback and point out some area on which I can quickly look it for further interview.
Tips: I have assigned a buddy, IIT graduate having the same specialization. (Opera solutions follow buddy program similar of other consultant company). I personally found out buddy program very useful, you should contact your buddy or at least talk to him ones. The information you get from a buddy is very helpful of preparing for an interview. You get some aspect on which domain you need to work.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Next round was the telephonic interview with a senior analyst. The interviewer asked me some question from my resume especially on the technical project which involves some mathematics tool.
Then he asked some probability problems which are very tough.
Tips: The interviewer was interested in your approach only, how you’re tackling the problem. How much wide can you think? The interviewer is also ready to help you and try to figure out your strength. So be calm and speak with confidence.
Round: Stress Interview
Experience: The interviewer asked me some question from my resume in depth.
He asked one guesstimate and one probability question.
Round: Behavioural Interview
Experience: The interviewer started with questions like why this company, which other companies did I appeared for.
He asked me some quick calculation problems.
General Tips: Resume: Spend sufficient time on the resume as I was the initial step of shortlisting.
You be able to speak at any point in your resume in detail, hence you must be sure of what you are writing in it.
Puzzle: Practice Daily
Guesstimate: Practice with your sincere friends
Skills: Ability To Make Quick Calculations, Puzzle Solving Capability, Knowledge Of Your Resume Points, Guesstimation Cases, Probability And Statistics
College Name: IIT Bombay
Experience: There were 3 Job profiles open of opera solutions (Solution Analyst, Analytics Specialist, and Software Engineer). Students are asked to sign just for one profile. There was a test for analytics and software profile and direct interview for solution profile (Consultant profile).
Tips: Spend enough time before choosing the profiles. Spoke to senior who had a similar job and figure out your best suitable profile and prepare accordingly.
Round: Test
Experience: Opera solution conducts workshop for shortlisted candidates. In the workshop, they mostly tell about technical part behind big data management such as Mainframe and Hadoop. After the workshop, the test was conducted. The test had two sections, the first section contains objective questions around 20-25 (I did not remember the exact number). Objective questions were of aptitude type (moderate level of difficulty). The second section contains 5-6 subjective questions, mainly focus on probability again the moderate level of difficulty. 30 students were shortlisted for next round (interview round).
Tips: Start preparing as early you can. Practice problem daily does not wait for last few day. The main point of practice is to develop a habit of increasing accuracy and speed which is the crucial points of aptitude test.
For probability practice, there are online website and blogs you can take help from them. I have listed down some which are used. You should have some prior practice before setting for test otherwise, it would be difficult to do well in the test as some questions are tricky and difficult to solve in the first time.
For aptitude practice, you can refer TIME material, I think that is sufficient.
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Duration: 60 min minutes
Total Questions: 20+5
Round: Guesstimate Interview
Experience: The interviewer first goes through my resume and ask some basic question, not in depth. Then he asked me some puzzle (similar type of question asked in the subjective paper but with a high level of difficulty) and one guesstimate.
My interview last for 10-15 mins, the interviewer is very helpful and always try to calm and comfort me.
The interviewer gave me feedback and point out some area on which I can quickly look it for further interview.
Tips: I have assigned a buddy, IIT graduate having the same specialization. (Opera solutions follow buddy program similar of other consultant company). I personally found out buddy program very useful, you should contact your buddy or at least talk to him ones. The information you get from a buddy is very helpful of preparing for an interview. You get some aspect on which domain you need to work.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Next round was the telephonic interview with a senior analyst. The interviewer asked me some question from my resume especially on the technical project which involves some mathematics tool.
Then he asked some probability problems which are very tough.
Tips: The interviewer was interested in your approach only, how you’re tackling the problem. How much wide can you think? The interviewer is also ready to help you and try to figure out your strength. So be calm and speak with confidence.
Round: Stress Interview
Experience: The interviewer asked me some question from my resume in depth.
He asked one guesstimate and one probability question.
Round: Behavioural Interview
Experience: The interviewer started with questions like why this company, which other companies did I appeared for.
He asked me some quick calculation problems.
General Tips: Resume: Spend sufficient time on the resume as I was the initial step of shortlisting.
You be able to speak at any point in your resume in detail, hence you must be sure of what you are writing in it.
Puzzle: Practice Daily
Guesstimate: Practice with your sincere friends
Skills: Ability To Make Quick Calculations, Puzzle Solving Capability, Knowledge Of Your Resume Points, Guesstimation Cases, Probability And Statistics
College Name: IIT Bombay
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Case: Your friend wants to enter into the business of selling yoghurts. What will you recommend to him?
- Q2. You are a consultant to the CEO of XYZ company. He wants you to improve the profitability of his business. Help him out
- Q3. Tell me something about yourself
- Q4. Why consulting?
- Q5. Why Strategy&?
- Q6. Tell me something which is not in your resume
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Resume making is an art, as everybody puts it. It is true to a certain extent. Drafting resume requires a lot of time. It took me 20 days to come up with the final resume. I started by preparing a rough draft and corrected it with time. I got it reviewed from many people so as to avoid any grammatical errors and also to check if the flow of sentences is good. It was a daunting task but in the end it turned out well since I made it to the shortlist of several companies.
Tips: You should start with listing down all your achievements (even if they're small). Having done that, try to club different points into one category and divide your resume in sections. This will make reader's job easy to create an impression of you. Ensure that there are no grammatical errors. Also, try to articulate sentences in a way which is easily understandable.
Once your resume is ready, get it reviewed from peers and seniors.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: It was a typical market entry case. The interviewer only wanted to check the structure and hence didn't go into details. After asking relevant preliminary questions, I approached this case by understanding two things, one, if there is any opportunity (profitability) within this business and second, if my friend has the required capabilities to enter into this market. The interviewer asked me questions at various parts of the case. I couldn't reach to the recommendation part because of shortage in time.
Tips: Practice sufficient number of market entry cases since these are commonly asked. In the case interview, always try to understand the interviewer's motive behind giving the problem statement. It can be very well understood after 5-10 minutes into the case. Once you know that, it becomes very easy to cast a good impression through solving the case in his desired direction. Also, it is reasonable to ask for interviewer's help whenever needed.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: Case details:
This wasn't a simple case as it looks. I tried 2 different approaches but the interviewer wasn't looking convinced. So I tried another approach of dividing the profitability region wise after taking hints from the interviewer. I then went ahead and asked for profitability in different regions where XYZ was operating. It turned out that one country didn't have profitability at par with other countries so I focused on improving profits for that particular country. The problem was somewhere in cost which interviewer helped me find out. Based on it, I gave my recommendations.
Tips: Try to remain calm when you might not pick the right approach at first for case solving. Listen to your interviewer clearly since he might drop hints for laying down initial structure.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: This interview was a typical HR interview taken by a Partner with majority of time spent on my introduction. I am fond of reading political news and this became a subject of interest for the interviewer. My opinions were asked regarding Bihar elections, Modi Govt and new policies. This interview went smoothly but lasted quite long before I was made an offer.
Tips: This type of interview is majorly meant for two things, one is to see whether you are a good fit or not and second is to see whether you have a recall value (something that is unique to you). You should analyze yourself damn well before going into the interview room. From your strengths to weaknesses, everything should be supported by some examples or relevant arguments.
General Tips: With doing 30-35 cases, the required skills for solving cases can be developed. Make sure cases are as diverse as possible.
Skills: Presentation Skills, Communication, Problem Solving Skills
College Name: IIT Bombay
Experience: Resume making is an art, as everybody puts it. It is true to a certain extent. Drafting resume requires a lot of time. It took me 20 days to come up with the final resume. I started by preparing a rough draft and corrected it with time. I got it reviewed from many people so as to avoid any grammatical errors and also to check if the flow of sentences is good. It was a daunting task but in the end it turned out well since I made it to the shortlist of several companies.
Tips: You should start with listing down all your achievements (even if they're small). Having done that, try to club different points into one category and divide your resume in sections. This will make reader's job easy to create an impression of you. Ensure that there are no grammatical errors. Also, try to articulate sentences in a way which is easily understandable.
Once your resume is ready, get it reviewed from peers and seniors.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: It was a typical market entry case. The interviewer only wanted to check the structure and hence didn't go into details. After asking relevant preliminary questions, I approached this case by understanding two things, one, if there is any opportunity (profitability) within this business and second, if my friend has the required capabilities to enter into this market. The interviewer asked me questions at various parts of the case. I couldn't reach to the recommendation part because of shortage in time.
Tips: Practice sufficient number of market entry cases since these are commonly asked. In the case interview, always try to understand the interviewer's motive behind giving the problem statement. It can be very well understood after 5-10 minutes into the case. Once you know that, it becomes very easy to cast a good impression through solving the case in his desired direction. Also, it is reasonable to ask for interviewer's help whenever needed.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: Case details:
This wasn't a simple case as it looks. I tried 2 different approaches but the interviewer wasn't looking convinced. So I tried another approach of dividing the profitability region wise after taking hints from the interviewer. I then went ahead and asked for profitability in different regions where XYZ was operating. It turned out that one country didn't have profitability at par with other countries so I focused on improving profits for that particular country. The problem was somewhere in cost which interviewer helped me find out. Based on it, I gave my recommendations.
Tips: Try to remain calm when you might not pick the right approach at first for case solving. Listen to your interviewer clearly since he might drop hints for laying down initial structure.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: This interview was a typical HR interview taken by a Partner with majority of time spent on my introduction. I am fond of reading political news and this became a subject of interest for the interviewer. My opinions were asked regarding Bihar elections, Modi Govt and new policies. This interview went smoothly but lasted quite long before I was made an offer.
Tips: This type of interview is majorly meant for two things, one is to see whether you are a good fit or not and second is to see whether you have a recall value (something that is unique to you). You should analyze yourself damn well before going into the interview room. From your strengths to weaknesses, everything should be supported by some examples or relevant arguments.
General Tips: With doing 30-35 cases, the required skills for solving cases can be developed. Make sure cases are as diverse as possible.
Skills: Presentation Skills, Communication, Problem Solving Skills
College Name: IIT Bombay
2 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: The process started with making a resume draft. In order to make my resume look good, I got it reviewed from a lot of people. I incorporated genuine suggestions given by peers. This resulted in a well-written 1 page highlights of my achievements. It almost took me a month in making the final draft of resume.
Tips: Resume making is a
College Name: IIT Bombay
Experience: The process started with making a resume draft. In order to make my resume look good, I got it reviewed from a lot of people. I incorporated genuine suggestions given by peers. This resulted in a well-written 1 page highlights of my achievements. It almost took me a month in making the final draft of resume.
Tips: Resume making is a
College Name: IIT Bombay
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Both the sections were doable, 50 questions each. The only factor that matters is time. I could not answer many easy questions due to lack of time.
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 100
College Name: IIT Bombay
Experience: Both the sections were doable, 50 questions each. The only factor that matters is time. I could not answer many easy questions due to lack of time.
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 100
College Name: IIT Bombay
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: It is a standard psychometric test which asks you questions about your personality. There are 4 statements in each set and you are asked whether or not you agree with the given statements.
Tips: Be honest while answering the questions as quite a few of them are reworded and repeated over the course of the test.
Round: Test
Experience: The first test puts you in the shoes of a Shell graduate and presents 4 potential responses to a situation, of which you have to rate each one on a scale of highly productive to counter productive and mark the options which you are most and least likely to employ.
The second test is a standard data interpretation based aptitude test where you have to answer 16 questions in 18 minutes. The questions take a good amount of time to complete, so a bit of practice on data interpretation is recommended before attempting the test.
Tips: Shell's website has example questions for each round of tests, it is recommended that you go through the questions once to familiarize yourself with the kind of questions asked.
Round: E-Tray Case study
Experience: This round places you as a manager on a Shell project in a fictional region. You are given a set of documents
College Name: IIT Bombay
Experience: It is a standard psychometric test which asks you questions about your personality. There are 4 statements in each set and you are asked whether or not you agree with the given statements.
Tips: Be honest while answering the questions as quite a few of them are reworded and repeated over the course of the test.
Round: Test
Experience: The first test puts you in the shoes of a Shell graduate and presents 4 potential responses to a situation, of which you have to rate each one on a scale of highly productive to counter productive and mark the options which you are most and least likely to employ.
The second test is a standard data interpretation based aptitude test where you have to answer 16 questions in 18 minutes. The questions take a good amount of time to complete, so a bit of practice on data interpretation is recommended before attempting the test.
Tips: Shell's website has example questions for each round of tests, it is recommended that you go through the questions once to familiarize yourself with the kind of questions asked.
Round: E-Tray Case study
Experience: This round places you as a manager on a Shell project in a fictional region. You are given a set of documents
College Name: IIT Bombay
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. How does ping command work ?
- Q2. What is nmap, how to use it ?
- Q3. Explain man command in unix
- Q4. TCP and UDP
- Q5. What is SSH reverse tunneling ?
- Q6. Given a server IP, how would you go about rooting it ?
- Q7. XSS and XSRF
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Normal selection via resume for Test. Being a Mathematics student, my resume was a bit "academic".
Tips: Be thorough with your resume. I had a more "academic" resume. So was asked at 95% of the interviews "Why are you here, you should go for PhD". High CPI is not required for job, but a respectable one is required.
Round: Test
Experience: This test was mainly to check your linux skills, as the Job profile required a skilled linux guy with scripting ability. It had 2 sections, one was with normal questions and one with slightly difficult. It had questions about flags in different shell commands.
Tips: Be good with linux. I am Ubuntu user, so I was good with shell and scripting. If you are a windows user, I would highly recommend to install cygwin and practice linux scripting.
Duration: 60mins minutes
Total Questions: 50
Round: Test
Experience: Speed Math was easy for me, but was stuck with few apti questions. Practice them. Cannot say anything about personality test. Just be yourself.
Tips: Speed math requires practice. You can practice at traderstest.org. Medium to easy level will be sufficient.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Interviewer was fun. At the end we were discussing which beer brand is the best. (He was from UK)
Tips: Brush up your network security and linux skills. This profile requires Network security. There were few other questions which I cannot remember.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: He was fun, he made me real comfy and I was able to think clearly while answering. He was laughing when I was answering how to root server. He said he wasn't expecting a math student to answer this question. I also told about my experience in online CTF and that I am a metasploit fan.
Tips: Interest in network security is a plus.
Skill Tips: Interest in network security and constant learning
Skills: Common Sense, Network Security, GNU/LINUX
College Name: IIT Bombay
Motivation: Being a linux geek, and network security enthusiast, this was the perfect job I could think of.
Funny Moments: Interviewer : Irrespective of job profile, since we are mainly in 3 places, NY, Amsterdam and Singapore, where would you like to join.
Me : Amsterdam
Interviewer : Why ?
Me : Sir you know the reasons.
We both were laughing our ass off !!
Experience: Normal selection via resume for Test. Being a Mathematics student, my resume was a bit "academic".
Tips: Be thorough with your resume. I had a more "academic" resume. So was asked at 95% of the interviews "Why are you here, you should go for PhD". High CPI is not required for job, but a respectable one is required.
Round: Test
Experience: This test was mainly to check your linux skills, as the Job profile required a skilled linux guy with scripting ability. It had 2 sections, one was with normal questions and one with slightly difficult. It had questions about flags in different shell commands.
Tips: Be good with linux. I am Ubuntu user, so I was good with shell and scripting. If you are a windows user, I would highly recommend to install cygwin and practice linux scripting.
Duration: 60mins minutes
Total Questions: 50
Round: Test
Experience: Speed Math was easy for me, but was stuck with few apti questions. Practice them. Cannot say anything about personality test. Just be yourself.
Tips: Speed math requires practice. You can practice at traderstest.org. Medium to easy level will be sufficient.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Interviewer was fun. At the end we were discussing which beer brand is the best. (He was from UK)
Tips: Brush up your network security and linux skills. This profile requires Network security. There were few other questions which I cannot remember.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: He was fun, he made me real comfy and I was able to think clearly while answering. He was laughing when I was answering how to root server. He said he wasn't expecting a math student to answer this question. I also told about my experience in online CTF and that I am a metasploit fan.
Tips: Interest in network security is a plus.
Skill Tips: Interest in network security and constant learning
Skills: Common Sense, Network Security, GNU/LINUX
College Name: IIT Bombay
Motivation: Being a linux geek, and network security enthusiast, this was the perfect job I could think of.
Funny Moments: Interviewer : Irrespective of job profile, since we are mainly in 3 places, NY, Amsterdam and Singapore, where would you like to join.
Me : Amsterdam
Interviewer : Why ?
Me : Sir you know the reasons.
We both were laughing our ass off !!
Vishnu Guddanti
posted on 5 Dec 2015
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: My resume was not a stand out one. It was decent with internships in two startups and course projects in economics. People with a ok resume will make the cut.
Round: Test
Experience: IIT-JEE level questions on probability were asked. They were not very hard but little tricky. 17 objective questions with negative marks for wrong answers and 3 puzzles with no negative marks for wrong answers were asked. Calculators were also allowed.
Tips: Brush up on probability will help you answer all the 20 questions.
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 20
Round: Stress Interview
Experience: My interview wasn't great at all. I thought I would never make the cut after the interview. A 6 member panel with 3 members bombarding me with questions and 3 members laughing at me for everything I say. Asked me about normal distributions that I had mentioned in my resume. I wasn't able to answer the questions properly on this part. They asked me to leave and I convinced them to give me some puzzles. The puzzles were very easy and may be this was the reason I got selected.
Tips: Prepare for the worst. If you have anything related to statistics in your resume be sure to learn about it very well. Command on probability will enhance your chances.
Skill Tips: Any 12th standard book on probability and statistics will do. Concentrate more on the probability part. Learning statics might give you an edge over other people.
Skills: Statistics, Maths(esp Probability), Probability And Statistics
College Name: IIT Bombay
Experience: My resume was not a stand out one. It was decent with internships in two startups and course projects in economics. People with a ok resume will make the cut.
Round: Test
Experience: IIT-JEE level questions on probability were asked. They were not very hard but little tricky. 17 objective questions with negative marks for wrong answers and 3 puzzles with no negative marks for wrong answers were asked. Calculators were also allowed.
Tips: Brush up on probability will help you answer all the 20 questions.
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 20
Round: Stress Interview
Experience: My interview wasn't great at all. I thought I would never make the cut after the interview. A 6 member panel with 3 members bombarding me with questions and 3 members laughing at me for everything I say. Asked me about normal distributions that I had mentioned in my resume. I wasn't able to answer the questions properly on this part. They asked me to leave and I convinced them to give me some puzzles. The puzzles were very easy and may be this was the reason I got selected.
Tips: Prepare for the worst. If you have anything related to statistics in your resume be sure to learn about it very well. Command on probability will enhance your chances.
Skill Tips: Any 12th standard book on probability and statistics will do. Concentrate more on the probability part. Learning statics might give you an edge over other people.
Skills: Statistics, Maths(esp Probability), Probability And Statistics
College Name: IIT Bombay
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Multiple questions - Questions are mostly interviewer specific
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: The questions in the objective section for Maths + Probability were comparatively easy. If you have prepared well for quant related topics, you can do well in this section.
As far as Data Structure section is concerned, it is necessary for you to score good in that part also, so do give equal importance to related study too. The third section, based on Data Science is generally very difficult, if seen from a non-CSE point of view. So, try scoring average in the algorithms, and really good in quant, to get through. One important point - all subjective papers are not considered. Consider objective as the first level of shortlisting, and then only people scoring well in objectives, are considered for subjective correction. So, performing well in objective is also necessary.
The subjective section is comparatively tough. Three questions were asked, each in the above mentioned three sections. Again, third section seemed very vague to me ( as I was unable to solve any question in it :P ). I did descent in the first section, and pretty well in the quant section to get shortlisted.
Tips: Rigorous study of quant stuff like Probability, and Combinatorics is very helpful. Questions are many a times Maths Olympiad level problems. So, practicing similar problems can be of great help. Do read concepts like Linear Algebra, Differential Equation, and other similar topics that are taught to us in our initial engineering years. It' necessary that you brush up these concepts, as questions might directly come based on finding the rank, solving some differential equation or conceptual application of eigenvalues and eigenvectors.
Duration: 90 + 90 minutes
Total Questions: 30objective+9ubjective
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I don't exactly remembered the question, but I had my first three interviews, immediately, one after the other, although lasting for a total of 45-50 minutes together. The questions tested concepts related to Probability (distributions and normal random variables in specific), a few basic concepts based on stationary distribution, and basic Algorithms and coding, so that they can make sure that I have some basic knowledge of coding, not thorough though. I had answered almost all, though I had faultered a bit in the coding part, and the interviewer helped me to figure out, where I was going wrong.
Tips: Its good again, to be thorough with your quant section, as there will be nothing that will come out of the box. Although the questions will require you to think from the basics and use relevant concepts. Topics in Probability, such as conditional expectation are generally left out in basic probability courses and then not touched upon, so go through them in detail.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: An hour after the first three interviews, I had my fourth interview. I was asked a question based on probability, and a question based on Euclid's subtraction algorithm in this interview. I answered both, one with a bit of help though.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I was again tested on my conceptual understanding of probability and conditional expectations, and fluency in coding and algorithm related problems. I was able to answer all the questions I faced in this interview.
Tips: Same as before. Be sure to brush up your algorithms, and coding skills before the interview. (I was unable to solve the coding question in the first interview, only because I had forgotten, what traversals are :P). Go through the materials provided below, and stay confident in the interview. The people who sit on the other side of the table, are just like us, previous year IIT graduates, and they will never make you feel uncomfortable. As a result, I'd suggest not to feel uncomfortable at all, and be confident over whatever you have studied. They emphasize majorly on concepts and tech-related part. One last thing - Be thorough with your resume, almost every interviewer asked me questions related to my resume, and I answered them with ease, as I had prepared really well for the resume.
General Tips: I would just say, that this is one of the companies, where it is not necessary for you to be a very high pointer to get in. Study well and perform well in the test, your resume does not matter much after that. You just have to go in the interview and stay consistent. The interviewers too, are very friendly and helpful, they are just IIT Alums only, and help you out really well with problems, if you get stuck in the interviews. So, just be strong with your concepts and problem solving skills. Do see questions like those mentioned on the cseblog, specially the ones under the head, probability. They were really helpful in developing a few concepts.
Just be confident with your preparation, and trust yourself to the core. Self-belief and perseverance, were I guess, my key points to success.
Skill Tips: Its good if you start going through the materials for the above topics, well in advance.
Skills: Probability Concepts, Algorithms And Data Structures, Quant+Math
College Name: IIT Bombay
Motivation: Goldman Sachs is one of the best in the business, in its field. Since I always wanted to do something related to Maths in my life, except research, I decided to choose finance as the further career option. The best in the business seemed firms like Goldman Sachs, and WorldQuant, but CPI cutoff for WorldQuant was way above my CPI. So, Goldman Sachs seemed the last and the most suited option. (This was not my HR answer, please. A genuine 8-pointer answer it is :P )
Funny Moments: There were many:
(a) I was very depressed late in the evening, and I was almost certain that I haven't been selected. I was so frustrated after this, that I had told my mom dad that I have not made it through, and I was all set to leave the interview venue. I had almost entered the lift, when I found that my name was being called out there by the company officials. I was selected! :)
(b) I was so happy, listening to the news of my selection, that I did not listen for the next 2 minutes, what the person in front of me was telling me. He then asked me something in reply, and I was like, can you please repeat ? :P
Experience: The questions in the objective section for Maths + Probability were comparatively easy. If you have prepared well for quant related topics, you can do well in this section.
As far as Data Structure section is concerned, it is necessary for you to score good in that part also, so do give equal importance to related study too. The third section, based on Data Science is generally very difficult, if seen from a non-CSE point of view. So, try scoring average in the algorithms, and really good in quant, to get through. One important point - all subjective papers are not considered. Consider objective as the first level of shortlisting, and then only people scoring well in objectives, are considered for subjective correction. So, performing well in objective is also necessary.
The subjective section is comparatively tough. Three questions were asked, each in the above mentioned three sections. Again, third section seemed very vague to me ( as I was unable to solve any question in it :P ). I did descent in the first section, and pretty well in the quant section to get shortlisted.
Tips: Rigorous study of quant stuff like Probability, and Combinatorics is very helpful. Questions are many a times Maths Olympiad level problems. So, practicing similar problems can be of great help. Do read concepts like Linear Algebra, Differential Equation, and other similar topics that are taught to us in our initial engineering years. It' necessary that you brush up these concepts, as questions might directly come based on finding the rank, solving some differential equation or conceptual application of eigenvalues and eigenvectors.
Duration: 90 + 90 minutes
Total Questions: 30objective+9ubjective
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I don't exactly remembered the question, but I had my first three interviews, immediately, one after the other, although lasting for a total of 45-50 minutes together. The questions tested concepts related to Probability (distributions and normal random variables in specific), a few basic concepts based on stationary distribution, and basic Algorithms and coding, so that they can make sure that I have some basic knowledge of coding, not thorough though. I had answered almost all, though I had faultered a bit in the coding part, and the interviewer helped me to figure out, where I was going wrong.
Tips: Its good again, to be thorough with your quant section, as there will be nothing that will come out of the box. Although the questions will require you to think from the basics and use relevant concepts. Topics in Probability, such as conditional expectation are generally left out in basic probability courses and then not touched upon, so go through them in detail.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: An hour after the first three interviews, I had my fourth interview. I was asked a question based on probability, and a question based on Euclid's subtraction algorithm in this interview. I answered both, one with a bit of help though.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I was again tested on my conceptual understanding of probability and conditional expectations, and fluency in coding and algorithm related problems. I was able to answer all the questions I faced in this interview.
Tips: Same as before. Be sure to brush up your algorithms, and coding skills before the interview. (I was unable to solve the coding question in the first interview, only because I had forgotten, what traversals are :P). Go through the materials provided below, and stay confident in the interview. The people who sit on the other side of the table, are just like us, previous year IIT graduates, and they will never make you feel uncomfortable. As a result, I'd suggest not to feel uncomfortable at all, and be confident over whatever you have studied. They emphasize majorly on concepts and tech-related part. One last thing - Be thorough with your resume, almost every interviewer asked me questions related to my resume, and I answered them with ease, as I had prepared really well for the resume.
General Tips: I would just say, that this is one of the companies, where it is not necessary for you to be a very high pointer to get in. Study well and perform well in the test, your resume does not matter much after that. You just have to go in the interview and stay consistent. The interviewers too, are very friendly and helpful, they are just IIT Alums only, and help you out really well with problems, if you get stuck in the interviews. So, just be strong with your concepts and problem solving skills. Do see questions like those mentioned on the cseblog, specially the ones under the head, probability. They were really helpful in developing a few concepts.
Just be confident with your preparation, and trust yourself to the core. Self-belief and perseverance, were I guess, my key points to success.
Skill Tips: Its good if you start going through the materials for the above topics, well in advance.
Skills: Probability Concepts, Algorithms And Data Structures, Quant+Math
College Name: IIT Bombay
Motivation: Goldman Sachs is one of the best in the business, in its field. Since I always wanted to do something related to Maths in my life, except research, I decided to choose finance as the further career option. The best in the business seemed firms like Goldman Sachs, and WorldQuant, but CPI cutoff for WorldQuant was way above my CPI. So, Goldman Sachs seemed the last and the most suited option. (This was not my HR answer, please. A genuine 8-pointer answer it is :P )
Funny Moments: There were many:
(a) I was very depressed late in the evening, and I was almost certain that I haven't been selected. I was so frustrated after this, that I had told my mom dad that I have not made it through, and I was all set to leave the interview venue. I had almost entered the lift, when I found that my name was being called out there by the company officials. I was selected! :)
(b) I was so happy, listening to the news of my selection, that I did not listen for the next 2 minutes, what the person in front of me was telling me. He then asked me something in reply, and I was like, can you please repeat ? :P
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Finding the average profit on a given loan
- Q2. Choosing between two marketing schemes
- Q3. Economics of setting up a new ATM
- Q4. Tell us a time when you asked your peers for help and what was the result
- Q5. Tell us a time when you had to learn something new for an assignment/project
- Q6. Tell us a time when you delivered results in a short deadline while working in a team
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: The test basically involved solving 15 Data interpretation questions. The test was pretty easy, and hence accuracy was very important to qualify for the next round.
Tips: Solving DI questions from any CAT practice book will be more than enough. The actual questions in the test are much easier. Just be read the question carefully and you will be able to solve it.
Total Questions: 15
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: Initially the interviewer tests your basically conceptual knowledge regarding the cost and revenue streams for a loan and then expects you to calculate the average profit given the required data. This was a pretty small interview lasting only about 10-12 minutes or so.
Tips: Keep conversing with the interviewer and clarify any doubts. Do not mess up with the calculation.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: Again, the interviewer tests your basic understanding regarding making a decision to select between two marketing schemes. Then, after being provided relevant information, you are expected to make an informed decision, do the break-even analysis and plot a graph.
Tips: You need to show the interviewer your grasp of business concepts. A good knowledge about economics and a business acumen helps. The math is easy, just be careful not to mess it up. Also, keep conversing with the interviewer and help him understand your line of thinking, this would enable him to assist you and get you on the right path.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: You are expected to do the math to assess the profitability of an ATM and qualitatively discuss the factors to be considered while setting up a new ATM.
Tips: Again, think aloud and use your common sense if ever you feel that you do not know an answer. But mainly be confident.
Round: Behavioural Interview
Experience: The interviewer is very friendly and it is more of a chat than an interview. Also, they will get into the specifics of the example you provide just to understand the situation better and to know how you handled the situation.
Tips: Be well prepared with all the general HR and behavioral questions and think about specific examples that you would like to bring up.
General Tips: To sum it up, more than anything, just be confident.
Skill Tips: If you are selected for the interview, chances are that you already have the necessary math skills to succeed. Remember, the only things which are going to get you through are confidence, alertness and business acumen.
Skills: Confidence, Communication, Basic Mathematics
College Name: IIT Bombay
Experience: The test basically involved solving 15 Data interpretation questions. The test was pretty easy, and hence accuracy was very important to qualify for the next round.
Tips: Solving DI questions from any CAT practice book will be more than enough. The actual questions in the test are much easier. Just be read the question carefully and you will be able to solve it.
Total Questions: 15
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: Initially the interviewer tests your basically conceptual knowledge regarding the cost and revenue streams for a loan and then expects you to calculate the average profit given the required data. This was a pretty small interview lasting only about 10-12 minutes or so.
Tips: Keep conversing with the interviewer and clarify any doubts. Do not mess up with the calculation.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: Again, the interviewer tests your basic understanding regarding making a decision to select between two marketing schemes. Then, after being provided relevant information, you are expected to make an informed decision, do the break-even analysis and plot a graph.
Tips: You need to show the interviewer your grasp of business concepts. A good knowledge about economics and a business acumen helps. The math is easy, just be careful not to mess it up. Also, keep conversing with the interviewer and help him understand your line of thinking, this would enable him to assist you and get you on the right path.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: You are expected to do the math to assess the profitability of an ATM and qualitatively discuss the factors to be considered while setting up a new ATM.
Tips: Again, think aloud and use your common sense if ever you feel that you do not know an answer. But mainly be confident.
Round: Behavioural Interview
Experience: The interviewer is very friendly and it is more of a chat than an interview. Also, they will get into the specifics of the example you provide just to understand the situation better and to know how you handled the situation.
Tips: Be well prepared with all the general HR and behavioral questions and think about specific examples that you would like to bring up.
General Tips: To sum it up, more than anything, just be confident.
Skill Tips: If you are selected for the interview, chances are that you already have the necessary math skills to succeed. Remember, the only things which are going to get you through are confidence, alertness and business acumen.
Skills: Confidence, Communication, Basic Mathematics
College Name: IIT Bombay
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