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Updated
8 Jan 2024
56 interviews found
I applied via Campus Placement
2 Interview Rounds
1
Case Study Round
A case was given and we were asked to make a 3 slider presentation within 40 minutes which we had to present post the stipulated time.
Case brief: Mr Bhardwaj started a consumer durable retail chain 12 years ago and currently had a total of 13 stores in Baroda, Ahmedabad and Pune. The economy was doing well and also in the recent times several Government regulations were enforced/about to be enforced (like company act 2013, GST etc.) which favoured businesses. In the past year, the company witnessed a decline in their bottom-line though the revenue was on the rise (implicitly given).
Still, looking at the external conditions, Mr Bhardwaj wanted to expand the business beyond the territory of its current presence. Until now, the strategic decisions of the company was taken by family and only operational level decisions by store-level manager. They wanted to keep their values and culture of the company intact. They laid a lot of emphasis on the service levels and also spent a lot in training their employees in this regard. The cost was also rising due to piling up of inventory, damage of inventory, increase in rent etc. Also, they were facing stiff competition from online players’ predatory pricing policy and also the large players who leveraged their market share to bargain with suppliers. We are asked about the forward strategy for the retail client.
Provided solution for:
• Increasing Profit margin
• Increasing market share
Was cross questioned several times on the solutions and was also asked to give example to a real-life situation where the solution could be applied. E.g. – I said they can look for joint venture. Then I was asked why someone who is already established would want to form a joint venture with a small company like our client.
Then I was extensively asked about my work experience. The technical aspects of it as well. They wanted to see the depth of my understanding as I was from communication domain and they also hired for the same field.
Then, I was asked a few current affairs questions and a few facts of communication sector.
2
Case Study Round
I was asked a guestimate (How many 2-wheelers are there in India?).
P.S. – The basic structure of questions for all those interviewed was same i.e. presentation related question and how logically we came to derive our solution (case question), work-ex, CV and guestimate.
Interview Preparation Tips
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Preparations:
Case Preparation:
Sources:
• Case In Point
• 5 interview casebook from AT Kearney
• A few cases from 3 IIMA casebook
• Victor Cheng videos
• Bain interview videos
• Case In Point
• Internet (Quora)
• Just made a few questions myself which were somewhat related to my CV.
**Just made sure every assumption that I made had some logic or fact to back it up CV and HR: Just went through my CV and recollected all the work that I did and tried to compartmentalize the work into challenging, innovative, consensus building, leadership, initiative, limited resources etc.
Case Preparation:
Sources:
• Case In Point
• 5 interview casebook from AT Kearney
• A few cases from 3 IIMA casebook
• Victor Cheng videos
• Bain interview videos
• Case In Point
• Internet (Quora)
• Just made a few questions myself which were somewhat related to my CV.
**Just made sure every assumption that I made had some logic or fact to back it up CV and HR: Just went through my CV and recollected all the work that I did and tried to compartmentalize the work into challenging, innovative, consensus building, leadership, initiative, limited resources etc.
I applied via Campus Placement
3 Interview Rounds
1
Technical Round (2 Questions)
- Q1. This was the 1st round technical interview. I was quizzed on the following aspects: Work experience.
- Q2. General Questions about myself, my interests, hobbies, what I want to do in life if money was no constraint etc.
2
Technical Round (3 Questions)
- Q1. This was more about why I wanted to join IT consulting and in which area of IT I would like to work.
- Q2. Questions about what were my favourite subjects.
- Q3. I was asked on Big Data, Cloud Computing, IOT, Predictive Analysis, Business Intelligence, Data Visualization, what they are and their business implications etc...read more
3
HR Round (1 Question)
- Q1. The last round of interview was an HR round. Very generic questions, like if I have any issues with relocation, if I have any preference for any city, what I do...read more
Interview Preparation Tips
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Preparations:
Maintained notes on all the latest happenings in the IT industry, kept myself abreast with all the new terminologies and buzz words, understood their business implications.
Study resources : Internet
Suggestions:
• Prepare a good justification why you want to join the firm and IT consulting.
• Prepare thoroughly on all the latest happenings in the global IT sector.
• Be thorough with your work-ex points.
• Learn your academic subjects well (economics, statistics etc.).
• Have crisp clear answers ready for your hobbies, interests, goals, passions etc.
• Be confident, maintain a positive demeanor, be well presentable and be courteous.
Maintained notes on all the latest happenings in the IT industry, kept myself abreast with all the new terminologies and buzz words, understood their business implications.
Study resources : Internet
Suggestions:
• Prepare a good justification why you want to join the firm and IT consulting.
• Prepare thoroughly on all the latest happenings in the global IT sector.
• Be thorough with your work-ex points.
• Learn your academic subjects well (economics, statistics etc.).
• Have crisp clear answers ready for your hobbies, interests, goals, passions etc.
• Be confident, maintain a positive demeanor, be well presentable and be courteous.
I applied via Campus Placement
1 Interview Round
1
Case Study Round
The interview began with a general introduction and then the interviewer asked me about my interests.
He asked what attracted me towards consulting as a domain for which I gave a prompt response. (Be prepared for such questions). He then gave me a
case based on one of my interests – Movies.
Case: Should Netflix launch Sacred Games season 3 in India? Why/Why not?
I began with reciting the case back to the interviewer. It served dual purposes of helping me grasp the case accurately and if not, then giving the interviewer a chance to correct me. I began with asking the interviewer some preliminary questions such as if there were any other objectives to the case and what other competitor OTT platforms were to be considered.
As I had watched the show, I was aware of its global reach with the number of viewers outside India much greater than within India and the dramatic cliff hanger season 2 ended with.
Interview Experience:
I defined some relevant factors for analysis based on a few standard frameworks and attempted to conform my answer to the same.
Throughout the solving process, I kept the interviewer in loop. He asked contradictory questions at times to put me in a stressful situation and analyse how I dealt with it.
By identifying the factors, I presented the interviewer with a decision framework and based on that I concluded that Netflix should release season 3 to satiate the anticipation of the viewers.
Interview Preparation Tips
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Preparation:
During the preparation phase, I majorly focused on preparing for SCM roles with little regard to consulting since I was a fresher and believed I had little to no chance at getting a shortlist. It was only after month and a half at NITIE that I got to know this was not true.
After discussions with my study group and some seniors, I decided to take a shot at the much-coveted consulting domain. In the short timeframe before SIPs, I prepared using Case-in point to understand the various basic frameworks. I indulged in mock case interviews with a dedicated peer group where we usually took the cases mentioned at the end of Case-in point. Similarly, for guesstimates, I used to solve them with my peer group to help learn from each other.
Suggestions:
1) Start your preparations early.
2) Practice case interviews and guesstimates with a dedicated peer group.
3) Don’t rush to answer any questions.
4) Try to create your own frameworks using relevant factors while solving a case rather than conforming to a standard one. (This will come naturally to you only through practice).
During the preparation phase, I majorly focused on preparing for SCM roles with little regard to consulting since I was a fresher and believed I had little to no chance at getting a shortlist. It was only after month and a half at NITIE that I got to know this was not true.
After discussions with my study group and some seniors, I decided to take a shot at the much-coveted consulting domain. In the short timeframe before SIPs, I prepared using Case-in point to understand the various basic frameworks. I indulged in mock case interviews with a dedicated peer group where we usually took the cases mentioned at the end of Case-in point. Similarly, for guesstimates, I used to solve them with my peer group to help learn from each other.
Suggestions:
1) Start your preparations early.
2) Practice case interviews and guesstimates with a dedicated peer group.
3) Don’t rush to answer any questions.
4) Try to create your own frameworks using relevant factors while solving a case rather than conforming to a standard one. (This will come naturally to you only through practice).
I applied via Campus Placement
1 Interview Round
1
Case Study Round
First phase of shortlisting for Deloitte was video interview. We were supposed to answer 4 questions, each having a time limit of around 2-3 minutes. The shortlisted candidates were given calls for physical interviews.
Interview started with a brief intro and my work
experience. Post that, a mini-case was given.
You are the chairman of IPL and one of the teams is alleged to have involved in match fixing. As a chairman, you should make sure that you don’t lose upon sponsors and viewers. How do you approach? What are the factors you consider? How can you use analytics to address this issue? Can you predict which players might get involved in match fixing?
Approach - I thought for a minute and started solving the case with stakeholder segmentation i.e., divided all the stakeholders related to IPL into 3 categories – sponsors, players and viewers. Asked questions to find out the reason for match fixing (is it a single player or the owner of the franchisee involved in match fixing).
Solution Proposed - If it was individual one or two players involved in match fixing, then those players must be banned for a specific period of time. Also, contracts must be made with sponsors to make sure we don’t lose on them. For the question on analytics usage, I suggested the use of analytics in recording historical data of players, their batting length and other metrics and compare it with their best performance to identify any abnormalities in the player’s behavior.
At the end of interview, I was asked to summarize my case.
Interview Preparation Tips
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Preparation:
Based on my profile, I was expecting more of consulting calls and hence, started my preparation for consulting earlier. I first started solving guestimates. After a week or so, I started my case study preparation simultaneously by first studying approach and then moving on to solving cases from NITIE and IIM A Case books. We formed a group of 3 and practiced mock case interviews frequently. Also I gave mock case interviews to seniors during practice. I spent around 3-4 hours on consulting preparation every alternate day. For supply chain preparation, I studied Chopra Meindl and looked on YouTube for real-life supply chain examples.
What went wrong?
I covered the breadth of the topic but didn’t delve deep to find the actual reason for match fixing. My approach was not well framed. I lost my path in the middle. Also, I kept quite while solving the case initially. I was asked to think out loud. The solutions that I proposed were generic and can be more specific to cricket. I have poor knowledge on cricket, so I couldn’t gather many ideas. My case summary didn’t come out like a story and went into bits and pieces.
Suggestions:
1. Be well prepared with CV and HR questions. Have good knowledge on the area of your work ex.
2. Whenever solving case studies always dig 3-4 levels deeper into the problem.
3. Have good knowledge of 2-3 industries and high-level overview of other industries.
4. Quoting examples impresses the recruiter. Keep 2-3 happening examples on the back of your mind for every industry. Mention them at the relevant point of time while solving case.
5. Think out loud and always backup your solutions with a rationale.
6. Finally, stay calm during the interview and don’t panic even if you get it wrong. Always answer questions with a smile and a positive attitude.
Based on my profile, I was expecting more of consulting calls and hence, started my preparation for consulting earlier. I first started solving guestimates. After a week or so, I started my case study preparation simultaneously by first studying approach and then moving on to solving cases from NITIE and IIM A Case books. We formed a group of 3 and practiced mock case interviews frequently. Also I gave mock case interviews to seniors during practice. I spent around 3-4 hours on consulting preparation every alternate day. For supply chain preparation, I studied Chopra Meindl and looked on YouTube for real-life supply chain examples.
What went wrong?
I covered the breadth of the topic but didn’t delve deep to find the actual reason for match fixing. My approach was not well framed. I lost my path in the middle. Also, I kept quite while solving the case initially. I was asked to think out loud. The solutions that I proposed were generic and can be more specific to cricket. I have poor knowledge on cricket, so I couldn’t gather many ideas. My case summary didn’t come out like a story and went into bits and pieces.
Suggestions:
1. Be well prepared with CV and HR questions. Have good knowledge on the area of your work ex.
2. Whenever solving case studies always dig 3-4 levels deeper into the problem.
3. Have good knowledge of 2-3 industries and high-level overview of other industries.
4. Quoting examples impresses the recruiter. Keep 2-3 happening examples on the back of your mind for every industry. Mention them at the relevant point of time while solving case.
5. Think out loud and always backup your solutions with a rationale.
6. Finally, stay calm during the interview and don’t panic even if you get it wrong. Always answer questions with a smile and a positive attitude.
I applied via Campus Placement
1
Other Round (1 Question)
- Q1. My first interview was with a senior consultant of the firm. He welcomed me in the room and introduced himself. The interview started with “Tell me about yourse...read more
2
Other Round (2 Questions)
- Q1. (Duration – 45-50 mins) Round started with interviewers asking me how my morning was. They asked me to promptly introduce myself in 60 seconds, which I did. The...read more
- Q2. A valve manufacturing company (safety valve) used primarily in Oil and Gas sector, a leader in North America wants to expand its presence in India. I was given ...read more
3
Other Round (6 Questions)
- Q1. Tell me something about yourself.
- Q2. Can you summarise the case for me?
- Q3. There is a lot of Six Sigma and Lean in your CV. Do you believe that it is still relevant?
- Q4. Why consulting?
- Q5. Your resume says that you have worked for New product development and Value engineering. Tell me latest trends in this field.
- Q6. Do you want to ask anything?
Interview Preparation Tips
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Emphasize your relevant work experience, internships, or extracurricular activities that demonstrate your analytical, strategic, and problem-solving abilities.
I applied via Campus Placement
1 Interview Round
1
Case Study Round
Introduce yourself.
Started with basic introduction about self and focused on work experience.
Question from Resume.
I had mentioned an 80% improvement in process - Explained what process was followed, how the improvement was suggested and implemented.
Follow up question on the challenges I faced.
Mentioned about people and skill set mismatch related challenges.
Guesstimate the number of Towers(BTS) in Mumbai - Clarified on the Towers meaning BTS – Base transceiver station for Mobile telephony only, or for other Radio transmission as well.
Number of Users - Started off with the population, number of users based on the telecom penetration.
Number of requests per user – Assumed a number, taking my own example as a general user.
Capacity of a tower - Number of requests a Tower can handle per minute, extrapolating to a day.
Assuming the towers are designed to cater to the demand per day, User Requests / Tower Capacity as the desired number of Towers.
Interview Preparation Tips
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Preparations:
• Cases & Guesstimates - My preparation for consulting interviews was very limited. I did spend some time on Case in Point and Victor Cheng Videos in the last few days once the shortlists came out.
• Resume: I had a generic Resume for consulting as well as SCM interviews, which revolved mainly around my Work-Ex in Telecom domain. I was well prepared on questions relating to the same, with instances, challenges etc.
What went wrong?
I did not have the right approach towards the Guesstimate, in fact I would call it too naïve a way of estimating. It was mainly due to lack in preparation and practice. I did not have any specific numbers, and assumed the figures mostly. Also, I did not consider important factors like, the Population density, Load factor, Service providers using same towers etc.
Suggestions:
Do not wait till you get the calls to start preparations. Practice in groups. Also, be prepared with some basic stats relating to your field, city etc.
• Cases & Guesstimates - My preparation for consulting interviews was very limited. I did spend some time on Case in Point and Victor Cheng Videos in the last few days once the shortlists came out.
• Resume: I had a generic Resume for consulting as well as SCM interviews, which revolved mainly around my Work-Ex in Telecom domain. I was well prepared on questions relating to the same, with instances, challenges etc.
What went wrong?
I did not have the right approach towards the Guesstimate, in fact I would call it too naïve a way of estimating. It was mainly due to lack in preparation and practice. I did not have any specific numbers, and assumed the figures mostly. Also, I did not consider important factors like, the Population density, Load factor, Service providers using same towers etc.
Suggestions:
Do not wait till you get the calls to start preparations. Practice in groups. Also, be prepared with some basic stats relating to your field, city etc.
I applied via Campus Placement
1 Interview Round
1
Group Discussion Round
Our case was about a FMCG company which had more than 100 product and market presence in more than 50 countries including BRICS. The company had plans to become marked leader especially in BRIC, but were facing some serious issues such as rising overhead costs, indirect costs, decrease in earnings per share etc. The company had a traditional ERP system in place. The CFO wanted to go for an advanced ERP system and he had to pitch for the same to the Board of Directors.
The case had 3-4 specific question that were supposed to be answered.
The group discussion was more of a case based activity. In my group there were 8 members. All of us were given a case to read. Two minutes were given to read the case and then 20 minutes were given to discuss the case and prepare a presentation on a piece of chart paper. At the end of 20 minutes the current panel went out and a different panel came in. The team had to present the case presentation to the new panel which was then followed by Q&A.
I had only one round of interview. My interview was purely CV based. I was asked different questions, with most of them being purely from my previous work experience. There were some HR questions like your biggest achievement and challenge in Tata Motors etc. Then at the end I was asked questions like why consulting and why the particular firm.
Interview Preparation Tips
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Preparations:
1. CV: The first and foremost important thing is to prepare about your CV. All the points that you have mentioned in the CV should be at your fingertips. Any question can be asked from your CV. I prepared all the points in my CV thoroughly with an eye on every minute detail.
2. HR Questions: The personal questionnaire released by Placement Committee gave a good idea of the basic HR Questions and that sufficed for the interview preparation.
3. Case Practice: Through various case books available like Case In Point.
4. Specific Sectors: I briefly learned about the latest developments in some sectors and also the important terms and jargons.
5. General Awareness: Read newspapers and surfed websites to remain aware about the latest and important news around the globe.
6. Read about the firm through various sources and about the job description.
1. CV: The first and foremost important thing is to prepare about your CV. All the points that you have mentioned in the CV should be at your fingertips. Any question can be asked from your CV. I prepared all the points in my CV thoroughly with an eye on every minute detail.
2. HR Questions: The personal questionnaire released by Placement Committee gave a good idea of the basic HR Questions and that sufficed for the interview preparation.
3. Case Practice: Through various case books available like Case In Point.
4. Specific Sectors: I briefly learned about the latest developments in some sectors and also the important terms and jargons.
5. General Awareness: Read newspapers and surfed websites to remain aware about the latest and important news around the globe.
6. Read about the firm through various sources and about the job description.
I applied via Campus Placement
2 Interview Rounds
1
HR Round (3 Questions)
- Q1. The interview began with a general introduction and then the interviewer asked me about my interests. He asked to recite Urdu couplet as I had mentioned I love ...read more
- Q2. Situation based Q’s: My client is Maharashtra State Government & I want to pitch to an automobile manufacturing company to start a plant in Maharashtra instead ...read more
- Q3. Guesstimate: Our client owns a mine of Limestone at Meghalaya (90 sq. Km).Guesstimate no. of years' limestone can be extracted from the mine. (35 minutes)
2
Case Study Round
Our Client is an automobile manufacturer in Japan & facing an issue in decline in spare parts sales. He has provided me plenty of data & asked what my thoughts are after analyzing data.
I asked a few preliminary questions. Discussion on warehousing & vendor-managed inventory? After 15 minutes of discussion, he told me to synthesize the case without finding the root cause.
Interview Preparation Tips
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Preparation:
Cases from NITIE and IIML Case books. We formed a group of 2 and practiced mock case interviews frequently. Also, I gave mock case interviews to seniors during practice. I spent around 1-2 hours on consulting preparation every alternate day. For supply chain preparation, I studied Chopra Meindl and Material provided by Prof. Debabrata sir & Prof. Sushmita ma’am.
Cases from NITIE and IIML Case books. We formed a group of 2 and practiced mock case interviews frequently. Also, I gave mock case interviews to seniors during practice. I spent around 1-2 hours on consulting preparation every alternate day. For supply chain preparation, I studied Chopra Meindl and Material provided by Prof. Debabrata sir & Prof. Sushmita ma’am.
I applied via Campus Placement
2 Interview Rounds
1
Case Study Round
1. A fitness company is planning to acquire a nutrition food retailing company. The food retailing company provides semi-cooked and cooked meals. What are the different synergies in the transaction.
2. Assume that the fitness company serves high income group only and is a major market share holder across India. Do a guesstimate to come to an approximate annual synergies generated.
Round 1 - 20 minutes
2
Case Study Round
An Investment Banking firm, operational In 50 countries is looking to save cost by implementing RPA. Analyse what are the processes which can be automated and result in cost saving. How will you implement RPA.
(20 minutes)
Interview Preparation Tips
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Preparation:
Prep Methodology - Daily news, notes and reports for SCM, kept note of GD and PI feedback and tried to implement them next time. Read notes, CV defense and HR questions from a week before the SIP process.
Study Resources
1. Work-ex related: Industry reports using free web, Investopedia and videos by Aswath Damodaran for finance concepts.
2. SCM and current affairs: Daily Study Group news articles, Finshots, Supply chain Brain and Chopra and Meindl.
3. Consulting: Guesstimates from FMS case book, Cases from ISB and IIMA case books.
Suggestions:
It’s important to read about the company and the business. Asking a good question to the interviewer is an opportunity to show interest and enthusiasm about the company and can be a game changer. It’s also important to be calm and genuine during the interviews, as this helps think straight for any counter questions.
Prep Methodology - Daily news, notes and reports for SCM, kept note of GD and PI feedback and tried to implement them next time. Read notes, CV defense and HR questions from a week before the SIP process.
Study Resources
1. Work-ex related: Industry reports using free web, Investopedia and videos by Aswath Damodaran for finance concepts.
2. SCM and current affairs: Daily Study Group news articles, Finshots, Supply chain Brain and Chopra and Meindl.
3. Consulting: Guesstimates from FMS case book, Cases from ISB and IIMA case books.
Suggestions:
It’s important to read about the company and the business. Asking a good question to the interviewer is an opportunity to show interest and enthusiasm about the company and can be a game changer. It’s also important to be calm and genuine during the interviews, as this helps think straight for any counter questions.
I applied via Campus Placement
1 Interview Round
1
HR Round (2 Questions)
- Q1. My first round was with a Manager. He asked me some CV Questions on my work experience, internship and hobbies. Apart from that, there were some HR Qs like - Te...read more
- Q2. As I have represented my school in badminton at regional level, she asked me to guesstimate the number of shuttlecocks sold in Mumbai in a month.
Interview Preparation Tips
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Preparations:
1. Formulation of CV and preparation for CV answers: All your interviews start with CV, so this section is of paramount importance.
2. HR Questions – Standard deck of HR Questions (39 Qs), circulated by Placement Committee was sufficient.
3. Guesstimates: I learnt about the demographics of India, my native state, Mumbai and practiced around 25-30 guesstimates. Prepare as many of them as possible. Other than Google, Vault and Quora are some sources that can be scoured for good guesstimates and approach.
4. Case lets: I primarily read Case in Point for preparation of cases. Some other casebooks that can be read are IIM A Casebook, Victor Cheng videos.
5. General Awareness: I tried to regularly read the news and be up to date with the latest happenings in the business world.
1. Formulation of CV and preparation for CV answers: All your interviews start with CV, so this section is of paramount importance.
2. HR Questions – Standard deck of HR Questions (39 Qs), circulated by Placement Committee was sufficient.
3. Guesstimates: I learnt about the demographics of India, my native state, Mumbai and practiced around 25-30 guesstimates. Prepare as many of them as possible. Other than Google, Vault and Quora are some sources that can be scoured for good guesstimates and approach.
4. Case lets: I primarily read Case in Point for preparation of cases. Some other casebooks that can be read are IIM A Casebook, Victor Cheng videos.
5. General Awareness: I tried to regularly read the news and be up to date with the latest happenings in the business world.
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