Capgemini Qa Automation Manager Interview Questions and Answers

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be prepared with basic knowledge, and hands on experience of sap will be helpful to answer technical questions, don't try to fake simply say no if you don't know.

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Focus in detail on last role

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - The interview was easy and the questions were pertaining to my specialisation

Round: Test
Experience: Aptitude test majorly comprise of Quants ,Data Interpretation and English (majorly RC's) ....slightly on the higher side of R.S agrawall.Would recommend Arun Sharma's 3 books (quant,verbal and DI +reasoning ) . If you are already preparing for CAT , entire process would be like a MOCK test
Tips: Selection Process:- Written Round + GD+ PI (As in 2011 )
All rounds were eliminatory.
Eligibility :- 70 % throughout 
CTC :- 4 L 
Bond :- 2 Years / 1 lakh (You can easily do away with bond until 6 months of your joining,in case you get into some better organisation (Read PSU for non CS/IT people) . No company will sue you for bond amount . But if time spent is more than 6 months and you are joining another IT company , then it might land you in trouble ,because all IT company do a background verification )

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Interviews generally are non technical and revolve around 'why this company' and 'why you' .Highly NOT recommended for those who want to grow their technical expertise . Headstrong works in Capital Markets and you can expect good exposure to BFSI domain.

College Name: BIT MESRA

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Resume was shortlisted based on academic qualification and past relevant industry experience

General Tips: Do a self assessment for the role and the company. The interview will be straight forward. Do not bluff on the CV as most questions are asked from the CV
Skills: Communication, Body Language, Problem Solving, Analytical Skills, Leadership, Decision Making Skills
Duration: <1 week
College Name: Goa Institute of Management

Round: Test
Experience: It was an amcat style test, adaptive in nature and measured the accuracy and speed.
Tips: Basic questions of aptitude and LR freely available on internet websites can be practiced to crack these easily.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Questions: 70

Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: It was a group interview, as 2 panelists interviewed 5 candidates at a time. It was more like giving a Viva voce at a practical exam.
Tips: Never tell them if you are planning for a master's degree, else you don't get a job for that time. Also don't stick to a job profile you think would suit you the best, be flexible. Moreover one should always be ready to relocate at the fresher level for such multi domain organizations.

College Name: Maharaja Surajmal Institute of Technology

Round: HR Interview
Experience: This round was primarily a personal round revolving around the CV. The question broadly covered the various things done at ISB and the extra-
curricular. A lot of expected question were there on the Strengths, weaknesses, successes, Stay at ISB, Comparison with Undergrad education at IIT-B.
The interviewer was insistent that I answer both but I answered the first part and said that there was nothing I could think of for the second part because I just could not relate to such a separation in personal and professional personalities. Of course the answer was detailed and elaborate and ultimately convincing.

The conversation was a very easy one. I think I was able to break ice very early in the discussion and was always conscious for the crispness of my answers. As a result we were able to have a long discussion about a lot of different issues during the 30 minute+ long discussion. I was also trying to build a coherent storyline throughout by citing examples and connecting back to things I had earlier said in the interview.
Tips: Be sure to have a consistent story for all of the above and make sure that you keep corroborating your claims and assertion from time to time. For every aspect I was asked to site an example.
Be very thorough with you CV. Elaborate every point of your CV and prepare answers to the standard expected questions. Make sure you have rehearsed them well enough.

Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: I started by looking at the international retailer (Company) and its Indian partner? Why the venture, what strengths, type of contract, etc. it seems the company had efficient back end operation and the front end expertise was with the Indian partner. They would need 6 months to get out of contractual obligations. The operation is merely breaking even right now. I also looked at the competition and customers buckets and there was not enough information available on this.
After this initial analysis the case question was flipped to find out the drivers of setting up a retail store. Some of the drivers discussed were :
- Geography (decided by regulation, logistics, operations, etc)
- Store format (Departmental, Hypermart, location in city or outside city)
- Product Mix ( What would be item stocked)
- Partnerships (potential allies)
- Competition
- Target Customers (to decide Footfalls X Conversion Rate X Ticket Size)
The next part of the case was that where will I gather information about all these, customers, geographies, etc. I said there could be two ways of collecting information: Primary Research and Secondary Research. Primary we can collected from other stores, scanner data, Pilot study, survey, etc Secondary could be done through industry and analyst reports like Crisil, Datamonitor, ISI Emerging markets, These reports normally give detailed outlook about cities, types of formats, conversion rates, catchment area and other parameters. Given that we had just one monthinformation, Secondary research would be more appropriate.
Tips: Keep your cool

Skills: HR Skills, Case Analysis
College Name: Indian School Of Business (ISB)