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Updated 17 Feb 2024

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posted on 17 Feb 2024

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
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Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Sequential code questions, mathematical questions using pie chart, memory questions using arrow

Round 2 - Nothing 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. For this role the programme didnt have a follow up interview
  • Q2. It is soley based on the assessment
  • Q3. The assessment is soewhat difficult only since its time

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Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: It was AMCAT Test. Verbal was bit of tough.Somehow i managed. But I could not get the time for Quants to solve. Logical and Programming was good. Basics were asked in Programming from data structures, C and OOPS.
Tips: Kindly Practice well.There is lot of websites for preparing interview test.Avail that.Go through all the Basic concepts from your core subjects.Be perfect about the concepts.Do not get tensed while seeing big questions.Read twice you would feel easy about that qus .Do well.ALL THE BEST. Initially Confidence should be there.
Duration: 2 hours minutes
Total Questions: 100

College Name: VIT VELLORE
Motivation: For time being i dont have any idea about that company since am not entered into.But my seniors and well wishers are saying that its really a good company for freshers to enhance their knowledge.
Funny Moments: Ha Ha Ha.. Personal Interview was Good.HR Interview was very chill. It was so excitement one.

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Deutsche Bank user image Ashish Viswananthan

posted on 5 Dec 2015

I applied via Walk-in

Interview Questionnaire 

6 Questions

  • Q1. Personals (tell me about yourself, couple of short questions from resume
  • Q2. Lots of personals about why markets (why not consulting too!), why Deutsche etc
  • Q3. Couple of puzzles (reasonably simple)
  • Q4. Some problems on hedging using futures, FX exposure, credit exposure etc. Interest rates, currencies, some macro gyaan
  • Q5. Good no. of questions on subprime crisis (both factual and also interpretation based questions like „What would you do if you were Ben Bernanke and you found out about all this in 2007‟)
  • Q6. Couple of questions testing knowledge of capital markets etc („If I were an FII with 100 million dollars, where should I invest it today?‟ etc)

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I think they were looking for Analytical ability (more in terms of thought process of approaching a problem), good awareness of financial crisis and general gyaan and willingness to work in markets (i.e. how convincing my reasons were etc). I wasn‟t tested too much on derivatives and puzzles, but I believe a few others had lots of questions in this area.

I think the personals & financial crisis questions went very well, pretty decent with the puzzles too. Started a bit slowly on the problems, but was able to arrive at the solution quickly once I had the hang of the question.
Tips: I prepared pretty well for derivatives & financial crisis. Though my approach was not very quick for the former, this was not a problem because I was not hurried for these questions and they were also seeing how I was approaching the solution. I was well prepared with the personals section – very clear on why I wanted markets, not consulting etc and I think I gave them nearly 6 reasons for Why Deutsche 

Round: Technical Interview
Tips: For most banks, and for Deutsche especially, be prepared with personals at three levels (Tell me about yourself etc | Why markets, why not consult / IBD etc | Why Deutsche). I had done my homework by speaking to seniors in this respect and I think
Name
Ashish Viswanathan
Educational Qualification
B. Tech Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras
Workex
Shell Global Solutions (1 year)
Summers Company & Role
Deutsche Bank Global Markets, London Associate

Networth Fin Summers Guide 2010 6 | P a g e
my clarity of thought on these questions clinched it.

Round: Technical Interview
Tips: Make sure you understand what you are preparing in case of derivatives. Don‟t get caught up and confused by the math, learn the basics of why and how the derivatives work

Round: Technical Interview
Tips: Make sure you are well prepared with financial crisis / current affairs / bailout and efforts to fight the crisis. Have an opinion on issues like „Do you think it was right to not bail out Lehman?‟ etc and be prepared to defend your opinion

Skill Tips: Curiosity, “can-do” attitude, Gyaan on derivatives, basic excel skills, willingness to learn in a sometimes chaotic environment
Skills: basic excel skills, Curiosity To Learn
College Name: IIM Bangalore

I applied via Referral

Interview Questionnaire 

3 Questions

  • Q1. Puzzles
  • Q2. Financial Derivatives questions
  • Q3. HR questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I think they were looking for A bit of quant smartness, else mostly culture fit and a strong resume.
Tips: Be calm and confident and honest.

Skills: Finance Basics, Puzzle Solving Capability
College Name: IIM Bangalore

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: The written test was quite similar to the typical CAT pattern. It contained sections on Reading Comprehension, Data Interpretation and Mathematics.

Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: There were 2 interviewers in the first interview, one was a technical guy and the other was from HR. They asked me a few very simple puzzles, a few basic programming questions (swapping the value of two variables etc.), questions related to the development cycle of software products. The HR guy asked stuff like what do you want to achieve in life? Strengths, weaknesses etc.

Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: The third interview was the most important one (and I guess that was the deciding interview). The interviewer started with questions like why finance? Which companies are you sitting for? Then he gave me a case study:

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Demonetization
  • Q2. Banking sector questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Basic aptitude test. East to clear.
Duration: 1 hour
Total Questions: 25

Skills: Reasoning Ability, Mathematical Logic, Logical Reasoning, General Knowledge
College Name: Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Oops, os, dbms, project
  • Q2. Why hsbc, why should I hire you.
  • Ans. 

    I have a strong background in software engineering and a passion for innovation, making me a valuable asset to HSBC.

    • I have a proven track record of successfully delivering high-quality software solutions in previous roles.

    • I am highly skilled in various programming languages and technologies, including Java, Python, and SQL.

    • I have experience working in agile development environments, allowing me to adapt quickly to chan...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: 4 sections, 15 questions each. Sections on apti, english, programming, technical.
Tips: Time management, complete english and technical first
Duration: 1 hour
Total Questions: 60

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: We were asked which super hero would you like to be. Shared the information. Always present the positives and negatives and emphasize that despite of being negatives
Tips: Think everything through before speaking
Duration: 40 minutes

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Prepare well, anything can be asked on the things written on your resume

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Sell yourself. Tell them why you would be the best candidate.
Tips: Tell your advantages of being a fresher that you would be comfortable in any technology

College Name: Acropolis institute of technology and research

I applied via Referral

Interview Questionnaire 

4 Questions

  • Q1. Brief introduction,,
  • Q2. Why markets?
  • Ans. 

    Markets offer dynamic and challenging environments that require constant adaptation and innovation.

    • Markets provide opportunities for growth and expansion

    • Competition in markets drives innovation and efficiency

    • Markets offer diverse career paths and opportunities for personal development

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. 2-3 puzzles,
  • Q4. Economics questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: No. of Interviews: 1
I think they were looking for Mathematical and analytical ability, Awareness about and aptitude for finance related stuff (news items, their analysis, my understanding etc.)

Tips: Being prepared: In markets there is no substitute to knowing your stuff. You can‟t faff your way through as the questions will be technical

Skills: Financial Markets, Aptitude, Analytical Skills, Mathematical Aptitude
College Name: IIM Bangalore

I was interviewed before Mar 2021.

Round 1 - Face to Face 

(3 Questions)

Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Technical round with questions on DSA and OS.

  • Q1. 

    LRU Cache Design Problem Statement

    Design and implement a data structure for a Least Recently Used (LRU) cache that supports the following operations:

    • get(key) - Retrieve the value associated with the...
  • Ans. 

    Design and implement a Least Recently Used (LRU) cache data structure that supports get and put operations with a specified capacity.

    • Implement a doubly linked list to keep track of the order of keys based on their usage.

    • Use a hashmap to store key-value pairs for quick access and updates.

    • When a key is accessed or updated, move it to the front of the linked list to mark it as the most recently used.

    • When the cache reaches...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. 

    Maximum of All Subarrays of Size K

    Given an array of non-negative integers and an integer K representing the length of a subarray, your task is to determine the maximum elements for each subarray of size ...

  • Ans. 

    Find the maximum elements for each subarray of size K in a given array.

    • Iterate through the array and maintain a deque to store the indices of elements in decreasing order.

    • Pop elements from the deque that are out of the current window.

    • Keep track of the maximum element in each subarray of size K.

    • Return the maximum elements for each subarray.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. What is virtual memory?
  • Ans. 

    Virtual memory is a memory management technique that allows a computer to compensate for physical memory shortages by temporarily transferring data from RAM to disk storage.

    • Virtual memory allows programs to use more memory than is physically available on the system.

    • It helps in multitasking by allowing multiple programs to run simultaneously without running out of memory.

    • Virtual memory uses a combination of RAM and disk...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Eligibility criteriaAbove 7 CGPAGoldman Sachs interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - Coding Skills, Operating Systems , Data Structures, Algorithms, System Design, Aptitude, OOPSTime required to prepare for the interview - 5 monthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Must do Previously asked Interview as well as Online Test Questions.
Tip 2 : Go through all the previous interview experiences from Codestudio and Leetcode.
Tip 3 : Do at-least 2 good projects and you must know every bit of them.

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Have at-least 2 good projects explained in short with all important points covered.
Tip 2 : Every skill must be mentioned.
Tip 3 : Focus on skills, projects and experiences more.

Final outcome of the interviewRejected

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in May 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Tell us about your cdac project?

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