Clifford Chance Associate Interview Questions and Answers

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Round: Technical Interview
Experience: details of the initial interview process?
• Group discussions
• Case study Analysis , presentations etc
• Assessment centre
• Management games etc
• Panel / one on one interview – First round was primarily a personal interview
with their CEO and the HR head. Interview centered around my resume, my
background and other personal questions.
• Telecon interviews – Final round was a telecom with most of the technical
team (about 5 of them) – which was primarily technical and about projects I
did.
• Video conferencing etc
Tips: On resume – brushing up on projects I have done; making sure past mistakes
are not repeated; and identifying primary focus areas where I can sell myself
better; in fact I modified the order of my projects in my resume a little bit to
put the equities project I have done at the very top.
• Communication skills
• Mock interview practice – 1-2 mock interviews; I had done enough already
for prior interviews
• Collecting information of company / role – researched company website; read
DSP’s market outlook report; and found out what types of funds they have.
• Technical / subject / functional preparations – read quite a bit on Portfolio
Management (from a book in lib – don’t remember the author’s name);
reviewed O&F fundaas and IA fundaas..
• PPT’s stage

College Name: Indian School Of Business (ISB)

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Self introduction
Tips: Be bold and kind.

Round: Test
Experience: I was given questions regarding the biological equipments and their usage
Duration: 30 minutes
Total Questions: 10

Round: Behavioural Interview
Experience: My to be team leader was testing my attitude

Skills: Knowledge Of MS Office
College Name: SASTRA University, Thanjavur

Round: Test
Experience: Test was completely technical and subjective.
Test was based on data structures
• 1 question was related to probability
• 1 question was based on Linux ( fork function )
• 1 question was to write code to merge 2 linked lists
• They asked to write proper codes not just algorithms
• Test was good related to other companies but easy if comfortable with data structures.
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 6

Round: Technical -2
Experience: Panel of two and 45 minute duration. 4-5 questions discussed.
• They want to know how you proceed for a question
• Time was given to write the solution on paper so that can be explained properly
• 1 question was to tell them an algorithm to find loop in a linked list.
• Given a real number line with two fixed integers on it and many more line segments lying on the number line tell an algorithm to find whether a given segment lies on the segment formed by the 2 fixed integers on the line.

General Tips: • Since the work in this company is totally related to coding you must be very good in coding
• Only 1 person was selected.
• You must revise digital electronics if want to go in a core company it would hardly take a week if read thoroughly.
• You must know VERILOG if want to go in core company.
• Must solve puzzles whenever you get time.
Skills: Data Structures
College Name: IIT- Kanpur

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Skills: Knowledge About The Company, Communication, Body Language, Problem Solving, Analytical Skills, Leadership, Presentation Skills, Time Management, Decision Making Skills
Duration: 1-4 weeks