Allianze BPO International Interview Questions and Answers

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Pls prepare before u proceed for an interview. One a person gives an interview and not get selected then he/she will be eligible after 6 months only.

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - It was nice experience

Round: Test
Experience: A basic aptitude test, with Quant, Verbal and LR
Tips: Cover the easiest questions first, from all the sections
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 60

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: It was a mix of HR+ Puzzles + Guesstimates based interview.
Goals in life:
Why EXL ?
Why not MBA?
How do you think you fit in here given your past internships ?
Tips: Know your CV inside out
LISTEN to the questions carefully, request you for a reiteration/reaffirm if need be.
I was sent to round 2 because of a slight lapse in listening.
Introspect, search deep inside for qualities which you think make you a fit for EXL

Round: Technical Interview
Tips: They test effective communication, structuring skills.
Keep it interactive, keep talking, elaborating in points to structure well!



General Tips: Confidence and attitude are the best things you can carry with you in an interview!
Obviously you should read up on the business they do before the interview
Its a hierarchical company with strict rules about phones, i cards etc

Skills: Presence Of Mind, Common Sense, Structuring your thoughts , Clear communication
College Name: IIT Guwahati

Round: Test
Experience: First round is a online test containing 10 verbal, 10 logical ,20 numerical aptitude questions total 40 question and duration is for 45 minutes

Round: HR Interview
Experience: 39 people got shortlisted for round 2. Round 2 is like hr interview all u need to do is speak and be confident

Round: puzzles round
Experience: 25 got shortlisted for round 3. Round has puzzles and gestimation questions. You need to clearly explain Guestimation question.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: 13 got shortlisted for final round. Its again Hr interview by all the company members. Out of 13 few were asked puzzles. Finally 10 people were selected.

General Tips: Placement experience was amazing. Interviews were really good . They just wanna check whether your confident about what you speak or not. Those people were really friendly so no need to be tensed.
Don't freak out looking at the new puzzle try thing new to solve it. Be confident about your self and what ever you tell them.Which ever quote u make about your self be ready with example and what you have learned from that example
Skill Tips: No book preparation is required. U need to be good at solving puzzles and explain what ever your doing. During test last section i.e., numerical will have few lengthy questions so don't waste your time on one question.
For Guestimation u have to make appropriate guess and explain them why that guess , how does things change in different environments
Skills:
College Name: NIT Surathkal

Round: Test
Experience: Standard CAT type questions but a level down from difficulty perspective.
Any standard CAT book will do for cracking the written test.

Tips: There is Sectional cutoff, so attempt each section giving equal weight.
Duration: 45 minutes
Total Questions: 40

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The interviewer was a very chill guy.Before starting on to the puzzles he asked questions on the my resume , current affairs,sports,hobbies and then we had a long discussion on Arsenal (it was the club i supported).He also turned out to be an arsenal supporter,thus making the interview process ultra light.He just asked one puzzle and ended the interview process.

Tips: As i have a habit of daily reading a newspaper i was fairly acquainted with the current affairs and it helped me a lot.
Besides that, being a mechanical engineer i was questions about why not pursuing career in core engineering,so one should be prepared with all the answers.
Good communication skill will definitely help.
One should know one's resume inside out.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: The interview went out smoothly.He just want to check whether you are fit for the company.
Tips: Be confident and be yourself.Don't try to bluff.

Skill Tips: Don't worry about the placement process.Even if you fail don't loose your hope and carry on with your efforts,something bigger and better is waiting for you.
Skills: LOGICAL THINKING ABILITIES, Ability To Think, 1)communication, Ability To Analyse
College Name: NIT Surat
Motivation: After a year the company offers you the onsite project.

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Based on whether you have experience in analytics, maths or programming.
Tips: If you're serious about EXL, work on a data science project, intern or take up a few courses in data science. Probability and Statistics is a 'must do course'.

Round: Test
Experience: Had 4 questions. One was based on probabilty, another was a puzzle, a data interpretation question and finally a case study question, involving a bit of guesstimate analysis.
Tips: Be strong in probability and puzzles. Do one or two cases with a friend while preparing for any kind of internship.

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: No group discussion

Round: HR Interview
Experience: I was asked about myself, my interest areas, the reason for applying for EXL. That was pretty much it
Tips: Be thorough and genuine with all kinds of HR questions

Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras

Round: Test
Experience: The test was easy.General aptitude test preparation should be sufficient.Prepare via Pariksha and Indiabix websites.Keep the time constraint in mind
Duration: 1 hour
Total Questions: 60

Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: The interview was concentrated on case studies and puzzles and general hr questions like Why EXL and Why analytics.EXL do not expect analytics background at all.You just have to do your interviews well.Communicate your ideas in case studies very clearly and precisely.
Tips: Case studies-Basic preparation that students do for consult companies.Follow Caseinterviewcracked book to get the basic flavour and then practice with friends

Puzzles-www.techinterview.com was very helpful followed by heard on the street book

Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: Very similar to previous round

College Name: IIT Madras