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Colgate Global Business Services Senior Associate Analyst Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 11 Apr 2024

Colgate Global Business Services Senior Associate Analyst Interview Experiences

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Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Apr 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Finanace structure of company Trail balance
  • Ans. 

    The finance structure of a company refers to how the company's financial resources are organized and managed. The trial balance is a statement that lists all the general ledger accounts and their balances at a specific point in time.

    • Finance structure of a company includes how funds are raised, invested, and managed.

    • Trial balance is a statement that lists all general ledger accounts and their balances.

    • Trial balance help...

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. HR round about organisation

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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
-

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Aug 2024. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Given a list of integer find the longest increase sequence

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Given a list of integer find the first non repeating integer using stream API of Java 8.
  • Ans. 

    Find the first non-repeating integer in a list using Java 8 stream API.

    • Use Java 8 stream API to group integers by count

    • Filter out integers with count greater than 1

    • Return the first non-repeating integer

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Questions on core java like how internationally string works, hashmap etc And questions on database like what is indexing How to optimize SQL queries etc
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Given a Map of fruits with there price as a key value pair respectively, find the fruit whose price is maximum using Java 8 Stream API.
  • Ans. 

    Using Java 8 Stream API to find the fruit with maximum price in a Map of fruits.

    • Use entrySet() method to get a stream of key-value pairs from the Map.

    • Use max() method with Comparator.comparing() to find the entry with maximum price.

    • Extract the key (fruit) from the entry with maximum price.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Write a program to check whether the parenthesis are properly balanced or not, means for every opening brace these should be a closing brace present.
  • Ans. 

    Program to check if parenthesis are properly balanced

    • Use a stack data structure to keep track of opening parenthesis

    • Iterate through the input string and push opening parenthesis onto the stack

    • When a closing parenthesis is encountered, pop from the stack and check if it matches the corresponding opening parenthesis

    • If stack is empty at the end and all parenthesis are matched, then the input has properly balanced parenthe

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Questions on core Java, Spring Boot, JPA, and Microservices you should have strong foundation in these topics questions asked like 1) what is API gateway 2) how 2 services communicate with eachother 3) ...

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be well prepared with practical coding examples. And you should have a very good understanding of foundational concepts. Give mock interviews and practice common coding problem.

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via campus placement at SRM university (SRMU) and was interviewed in May 2024. There were 5 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Assusual apti questions from every topics

Round 2 - Coding Test 

1. 1 coding Question we can use java, python etc to solve and
2. another 1 sql question

Round 3 - Coding Test 

One question based on any one data structure (in my case I solved stack &queue combinely)

Round 4 - Telephonic Call 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. They ask about Ur background qualifications and verify
  • Q2. And then explain the process of company and ask everything is ok for us like bond etc
  • Q3. Then sheduled interview on the next day
Round 5 - HR 

(11 Questions)

  • Q1. She(hr) introduced herself
  • Q2. Then she asked me to introduce myself
  • Q3. What are the programming languages u know ( I said I'm strong in java)
  • Ans. 

    I am strong in Java programming language.

    • Proficient in Java programming language

    • Experience in developing applications using Java

    • Knowledge of Java frameworks like Spring and Hibernate

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. Rate Urself in it out of 5
  • Ans. 

    I rate myself 4 out of 5 in IT skills.

    • Proficient in programming languages such as Java, Python, and C++

    • Experienced in software development and debugging

    • Familiar with database management systems like MySQL and MongoDB

  • Answered by AI
  • Q5. She asked me to explain lambda expressions in java
  • Q6. Explain detaily about Four pillars of oops
  • Ans. 

    The four pillars of OOP are encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism, and abstraction.

    • Encapsulation: Bundling data and methods that operate on the data into a single unit.

    • Inheritance: Allows a class to inherit properties and behavior from another class.

    • Polymorphism: Ability to present the same interface for different data types.

    • Abstraction: Hides the complex implementation details and only shows the necessary features.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q7. Share Ur screen and get this output (pattern program)
  • Ans. 

    Print a specific pattern using loops

    • Use nested loops to print the desired pattern

    • Increment the number of characters printed in each row

    • Adjust the spacing to create the desired pattern

  • Answered by AI
  • Q8. Shorterm and long-term goals
  • Q9. If your assigned to a task how can you complete it
  • Q10. Exception handling concept (she specifically asked about throw, throws, finally keyword)
  • Q11. Explain about Static keyword
  • Ans. 

    Static keyword is used in programming languages to declare variables, functions, or classes that are shared among all instances of a class or are only accessible within a specific scope.

    • Static variables retain their values between function calls

    • Static functions can only be called within the same file

    • Static classes cannot be instantiated and are used for grouping related methods and properties

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Actually she not even have my resume I think, she asked everything about my biodata, so what your telling in selfintro is matters ...so be prepared for the technical skills that your going tell her, Best of luck

Skills evaluated in this interview

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

Easy applitute question with 1 coding question at the end

Round 2 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. String builder vs string buffer
  • Ans. 

    String builder is faster but not thread-safe, while string buffer is slower but thread-safe.

    • String builder is recommended for single-threaded applications for better performance.

    • String buffer is recommended for multi-threaded applications to ensure thread safety.

    • Example: StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); StringBuffer sbf = new StringBuffer();

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Final keyword in oops
  • Ans. 

    The final keyword in OOP is used to restrict the user from changing the value of a variable, overriding a method, or inheriting from a class.

    • Final variable: value cannot be changed once assigned

    • Final method: cannot be overridden in child classes

    • Final class: cannot be inherited by other classes

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Bsf graph explanation
  • Ans. 

    BSF graph explanation

    • BFS (Breadth-First Search) is a graph traversal algorithm that explores all the neighbor nodes at the present depth before moving on to the nodes at the next depth.

    • It uses a queue data structure to keep track of the nodes to visit next.

    • BFS is often used to find the shortest path in an unweighted graph.

    • Example: BFS can be used to find the shortest path in a maze from the starting point to the exit.

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Nice interview

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via campus placement at Jagan Institute of Management Studies (JIMS) and was interviewed in Jul 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. A Lot of OOPS and Virtual concept
  • Q2. Basic SQL till joins
  • Q3. Java script medium
  • Q4. C# oops output based

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Indus Valley Partners Associate Software Engineer interview:
  • OOPS
  • C#
  • Javascript
  • SQL
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Learn OOPS, Learn DBMS and practice SQL queries a lot and DSA till Linked list
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-

I applied via Campus Placement

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Its a sectional round. It has 4 sections. Quants, Logical, pseudo code, Reasoning, Gaming

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Aptitude question solving
  • Q2. Resume related questions
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
-
Result
-

I applied via Approached by Company

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Sql is the most important , Focus on Joins ,Sub query and Sql basics
  • Q2. Joining tables with different joins
  • Ans. 

    Joining tables with different joins in SQL

    • Use INNER JOIN to return rows when there is at least one match in both tables

    • Use LEFT JOIN to return all rows from the left table and the matched rows from the right table

    • Use RIGHT JOIN to return all rows from the right table and the matched rows from the left table

    • Use FULL JOIN to return rows when there is a match in one of the tables

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Aug 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Basic aptitude question

Round 2 - Case Study 

Based on puzzle comprehension

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
-

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Apr 2024. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

25 MCQ , 2 short essays

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Walk me through your profile
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Why should we hire you ?
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed in Aug 2022. There were 4 interview rounds.

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 - Aptitude Test 

Aptitude test on logocal reasoning and maths question

Round 3 - Coding Test 

All sql queries and oops concept.

Round 4 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. About yourself and about your views on questions.
  • Q2. Oops concept and .net basics

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Learn more on sql queries and .net and be yourself

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