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Updated 22 Aug 2024

Arcesium Financial Analyst Interview Experiences

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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Aug 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Basic accounting and finance related questions
  • Q2. Basic questions of derivatives, fixed income, equity and alternative asset management
Round 2 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Where do you see your self in 5 years
  • Ans. 

    In 5 years, I see myself as a senior financial analyst leading a team and contributing to the strategic decision-making process of the company.

    • Leading a team of financial analysts

    • Contributing to strategic decision-making

    • Continuing professional development and certifications

    • Possibly pursuing an MBA for further career advancement

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. What is your family background
  • Ans. 

    My family background is diverse and includes a mix of professions and cultural backgrounds.

    • My family members come from various professional backgrounds such as engineering, teaching, and business.

    • We have a mix of cultural backgrounds including Indian, American, and European.

    • Family values of hard work, education, and respect for others are important to us.

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Just brush up your finance concepts. They just want to see your knowledge.

For HR round,
Learn to lie and make them believe that this is the only work which I want to do for rest of my life.
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Mar 2023. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Derivatives, Economics,Finance, General Awareness, Logical Reasoning

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What are futures and forward contracts?
  • Ans. 

    Futures and forward contracts are financial agreements to buy or sell an asset at a specified price on a future date.

    • Futures contracts are standardized and traded on exchanges, while forward contracts are customized and traded over-the-counter.

    • Both contracts involve an agreement to buy or sell an asset at a predetermined price on a future date.

    • Futures contracts require daily settlement of gains and losses, while forwar...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Options, Option Greeks, Option Pricing Models, Inventory Management Techniques
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is Beta, Required Return, Methods of calculating required return?
  • Ans. 

    Beta is a measure of a stock's volatility, required return is the minimum return an investor expects, methods include CAPM and DDM.

    • Beta measures a stock's volatility in relation to the market.

    • Required return is the minimum return an investor expects to compensate for the risk of an investment.

    • Methods of calculating required return include Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) and Dividend Discount Model (DDM).

    • CAPM formula...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Stock Split, What happens to value of options after stock split?
  • Ans. 

    After a stock split, the value of options will be adjusted based on the new stock price and the split ratio.

    • Value of options will be adjusted based on the new stock price and the split ratio

    • Number of options will increase proportionally to the split ratio

    • Strike price of options will decrease proportionally to the split ratio

  • Answered by AI
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Location Preference

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Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
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Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Basics of Capita Market
  • Q2. Bond Valuation, DCF, Options strategies

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Brushup finance concepts very well and read about bonds and options

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I applied via Campus Placement

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. 25 horses puzzle

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Tips: Concentrate on one topic properly
Duration: 90 minutes
Total Questions: 20

Skills: Basic Coding, Logical Reasoning, Aptitude, Probabiity
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras

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I applied via Walk-in

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Finance related questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I think they were looking for Basic understanding of financial accounting, confidence.
My experience of working on valuation of Oil & Gas projects, financial modelling helped a lot
Tips: My confidence in answering questions related to finance and Read thoroughly two chapters 11 & 12 of “Financial Accounting” book by RNS

Skill Tips: They will give you required training
Skills: Finance
College Name: IIM Bangalore

Interview Questionnaire 

4 Questions

  • Q1. Asked about my projects – the technical aspects, scope, etc
  • Q2. Databases and Mysql – queries, types of keys, joins, etc
  • Q3. Fundamentals of Operating Systems – threads/processes, scheduling algorithms, memory/storage, etc
  • Q4. Data Structures and Files, so – sorting/searching algorithms, their complexities, files, other data structures, etc

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: The first round, quite naturally, was the aptitude round. We had to answer questions that were designed to test our quantitative and technical abilities. But this was only the first part. The second part involved finding computational solutions to simulated situations. These questions needed to be solved in a programming language we were asked to choose earlier, during the aforementioned first part. I chose to do it in Java as that is one language I am really thorough with. I understand that C/C++ are more important and versatile, but what matters here is your inherent understanding of the concepts involved

Round: Group Activity
Experience: We had to build model buildings, using LEGO blocks. Other than the fact that I love building things from other smaller things, the supplied material took me back to my childhood days. We were divided into four groups. Two in each room, and each group consisted of 8-10 candidates. We were given a time limit within which we had to design and construct a building. As a surprise, after half time, they asked the two groups in each room to merge their projects. This probably was to see if the candidates were pro-active team players, and could handle unexpected situations like professionals.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: There was another technical interview after the group activity. I was interviewed by two of their officers, who again asked questions similar to those from the first technical round.  It went quite well, since I was quite confident about the way I was solving the problems they gave me. Thinking out loud is key, as that lets them in your problem-solving abilities. That way, they let you know if you are headed in the right direction. My interviewers were quite pleasant, as they liked discussing possible scenarios to the problems they gave me.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: there was an HR round, where the woman interviewed me about my projects. She needed to know if I had the guts to finish whatever it is that I started. So she asked more on the lines on my role in the projects I had undertaken in the previous years. She also asked me about my working experience from before. That too went well. It was pretty much a standard HR interview – projects, hobbies, traits, etc.

Round: fitness roound
Experience: There was another round in the end, which was to test the candidate’s professional fitness – if they indeed are the right people for the job. I found it to be a blend of technical and HR interviews, more on the lines of HR though. All in all, it was a brilliant experience

General Tips: To my juniors, study hard, be sincere, be yourself, be smart (preferably in that order, but you are free to improvise!)
College Name: IIT MADRAS

Interview Questionnaire 

4 Questions

  • Q1. How would you find whether a number is even or odd without using any conditions?
  • Ans. 

    Using bitwise operator to check the last bit of the number.

    • Use bitwise AND operator with 1 to check the last bit of the number.

    • If the result is 0, the number is even. If the result is 1, the number is odd.

    • Example: 6 & 1 = 0 (even), 7 & 1 = 1 (odd)

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Implement a dynamic 2D excel sheet using DS (underwent various levels of improvisations)
  • Ans. 

    Implement a dynamic 2D excel sheet using DS

    • Use a 2D array to store the data

    • Implement functions to add, delete, and modify data

    • Use data structures like linked lists or hash tables for efficient searching and sorting

    • Implement dynamic resizing to handle large amounts of data

    • Use GUI libraries like Tkinter or PyQt for user interface

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. A build up that resulted in the concept of using joins in DBMS
  • Ans. 

    Joining tables in DBMS evolved as a solution to handle complex data relationships.

    • Joins allow combining data from multiple tables based on a common column.

    • The concept of joins originated from the need to handle complex data relationships.

    • Joins can be inner, outer, left, right, or cross depending on the type of data required.

    • Joins can improve query performance by reducing the number of queries needed to retrieve data.

    • Jo...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. Discussed the concept of virtual memory and paging in OS

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: There was negative marking for these questions (+4 & -1) and the number of questions in the second section were more (10 and 20 respectively, I think).The second part of the test was a Coding Round, online. We were given 3 problem statements to be solved in 45 minutes and the programming languages allowed were C, C++ and Java. However you are required to use the same language for Part 1 (Technical Skills) and Part 2 (Coding Round). So make sure you know any one language in its entirety. I hadn’t touched anything apart from C. The questions were essentially based on data structures.
Tips: Word of caution: Be wise in designing your strategy to solve questions, there always IS a sectional cut off and the competition is cutthroat.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: -1 was pretty much basic, probably just for them to find out whether you know everything that you claim to know. I was asked questions on the basics of C, Data structure implementation, DBMS AND OS. Sounds daunting, but it really wasn't. My panellists were really cool about giving me all the time in the world to think about my answers, they'd even roll their chairs to the corner of the room and chit chat when I'd ask them to stop looking at me. Not a recommended course of action for you guys, because you might get really badass panellists who might want to take a stress interview and using this would probably get you a ticket to take you directly out of the building. But the point is that you don't need to panic when you're asked a question that you don't understand AT ALL. It is probably just a coating of shiny silver on a very basic problem. ALWAYS remember to restate the question as you understood it to make sure that you're on the right track. If you're right you get a bonus for being able to analyse well. If you're not, they will make you understand and you won't spend 15 minutes of your interview time solving a misinterpreted question.

Round: Group Activity
Experience: This is subject to change every year, but for ours we had the one with the Lego toys

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: This round was perhaps the most difficult of all, with gruelling technical questions that I couldn't make head or tail out of. But they were satisfied with a broad outlook to the number of solutions and the different ways to approach the problem. They asked me a little about how my day had been till then and for improvisations on the answers to the questions I was asked in the previous rounds. I was also asked a question about synchronization that I answered with my knowledge of embedded systems. They were really interested in how I applied unrelated knowledge to solve a problem that I would otherwise not be able to answer. This was the end of TECH-2 which made me believe that I had screwed up entirely and that I was out for sure.

Round: PRO FIT ROUND
Experience: I went in to my ProFit round with an "I-should-really-have the-best-time-with-this-thing-since-it-is-all-down-the-drain-anyway" attitude, but really, I think that is just what you're expected to do anyway. :) This ended up being the coolest round of all and I had the time of my life for those 30 minutes. My interviewer asked me ALL the general questions you expect in an HR, and I answered them all very, very truthfully and with really long explanations :P The guy was a veeeeery keen listener and caught on to each and every one of my indications. He let me talk about practically everything, from my very hippie-like outlook of life to the most silly bets I have placed, ever. And the best part was that he was always interested, poker-face like, but always waiting patiently for more exemplifications. Don't bother trying to make up achievements you haven't really made, because they don't care about how accomplished you are, more like how zestful you are, and it probably shows when you're talking about things that you love. Long story short, talk your heart out, they hardly speak in all of those 30 minutes. Let them know that you really ARE passionate about the things that you do.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: The next round that I was immediately ushered into was my HR. Now, I probably felt what I did because I had talked a LOT in my previous round, but I really thought this round was predominantly precursory. My interviewer was one of the big shots of the day, but he hardly asked me any questions that could qualify as HR. This person was the only one from all of my interviews who was even remotely rigid, but that too only marginally. He was ultra-friendly again by the end of the interview. This might vary case by case, but he only asked me things like my comfort with relocation and what I aimed to achieve in the next 5 years. At the end of the interview, he kid around a little and escorted me to the waiting room.

College Name: IIT MADRAS

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: First round - 1 hour online test split into 2 sections. First section - aptitude 10 questions and c/c++/java 10 question for a total of 30 minutes. Second section included 2 coding questions for a total time of 30 minutes. Approx - 400 students.

General Tips: Aptitude was hard and pace is important. Practicing commercial mathematics will help. Past projects are important and resume should have only information that you are thorough with.Understand the company and what it does before the personal interviews.
Skill Tips: Prepare well DSA, OS ,Aptitude,C,C++ , by the help of Indiabix.com.
Skills:
College Name: NIT Surathkal

I applied via Referral

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Mostly on Financial accounting
  • Q2. Questions on Cash flow statements ( Project during 1st term )

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: number of interviews were 2 where the 2nd was more of a confirmation that I am willing to work with them.
I answered most of the questions they asked except who is teaching you corporate finance. I asked a lot of questions about what they do and what is their view about Indian accounting laws
I think they are looking for knowledge in finance and less of globe during the interview.

Tips: Prof. R. Narayanswamies fundas of financial accounting.
Be thorough with financial.

Skills: Accounting, Finance
College Name: IIM Bangalore

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: The test had 2 parts. 1)Objective (90 mins) 2) Subjective (90 mins). Both the paper were divided into 3 sections 1) Computer Science 2)Math & 3)Data Science .

To get shortlisted you need to do well on only one of the section.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Probability Interview and discussion on projects that I have worked upon on in the institute.

Probability questions were given a quadratic equation whose coefficients are RVs , what is the probability that the roots are real.

College Name: IIT Madras
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