CONTROLLER GENERAL OF ACCOUNTS Interview Questions and Answers

Round: Test
Experience: Reasoning / Analytical : there were many questions on venn diagram.. relationships.. cube problem... etc etc... VERBAL: questions on correction of sentences... jumbled sentences.. series... etc etc....
Total Questions: 60

College Name: NIT WARANGAL

Round: knowledge assessment
Experience: The first round was an online assessment of your knowledge in any of the three languages (C , C++, Java ).
Tips: Although they specify the syllabus but don't just rely on that.

Round: Interview
Experience: Second round was a HR + Technical interview.
The HR was combined with Technical interview in which they asked about the basic HR questions. The technical interview included a few basic questions on C or C++ programming and a few questions relating to the technicalities of the projects we did in our internships and Hobbies club..
Tips: Be well prepared for HR questions. Listen to the PPT carefully .

Round: IQ test
Experience: The third round was a simple IQ test. Be well versed with the language of your choice.

General Tips: The online test can be tackled if you study the first year alloted assigned book for the language you prefer. Having chosen C++ I was asked many questions related to templates and data structures.
College Name: IIT Roorkee

Round: Test
Experience: Very basic(class 7 level) english, quant and DI from CAT preparation will do. I was asked to estimate the number of newspapers I would buy if I am a supplier for the campus. Then slightly complicated the problem four or five times.
Tips: Try to answer as many questions as possible--the test is the one major criterion for selection.
Total Questions: 65

Round: Guesstimate Interview
Experience: One-on-one interview.Basic guess estimation and details about your projects. Try to show you have some knowledge in mathematics.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: HR interview--A panel of 4 or 5 people(who have taken the individual interviews in round I).
Tips: Be confident and try not to tell something which you can’t defend.

General Tips: As is the case for most companies, CAT preparation will definitely help. I don’t think much focus was was given on the essay but the other sections of the test are really important.
Skill Tips: A decent CGPA(mine was exactly 8) will help. HR interview--A panel of 4 or 5 people(who have taken the individual interviews in round I). Should be able to speak about your own projects and internships.
College Name: IIT KHARAGPUR

General Tips: KGPians have to be a little more in the know-how of latest trends in IT and programming language landscape. KGPians don’t do group projects much, specially group programming/software project. Be affirmative about your abilities and be more clear in your intent, in interviews.
Skill Tips: Must: minimum CGPA of 8. they reduced the gpa requirement to 7.9 but they maintain final gpa must be 8. Good to have: Some knowledge of programming languages,databases,Algorithms. Any extra-academic involvement helps ,but is not a requirement. Be in touch with discrete math(not requirement). C++,Java programming(may be a little bit of Python). Projects and internships with computer programming as major /critical part. Having lead a bunch of juniors or equals in a project. Decent communication skills is essential.
College Name: IIT KHARAGPUR

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Fundae session by seniors and a resume workshop by some company. Also, sent resume to some seniors for their opinions and I think this was an important part of it.
Tips: I suggest Pre-placement talks, are a must. What is more important is not to believe the PPTs completely and ask seniors about the level of fundaes (finance/tech/otherwise) and preparation required to crack the company. There is a lot of good material on ATKEARNEY and other website. Other than that I used the material available for years.

Round: Interview
Experience: Final offers in my division were 12. There were two levels of case interviews. The first interview was to judge if I would be suitable for the Strategy and Operations profile or for the Technology and Integration profile. There were two interviewers. They explained to me both the profiles and asked me what I wanted to choose and why. Then asked me some general HR questions like why consulting, why you etc. Then started off with an informal case study. It was about a new company which wanted to start a new low cost airline and had no experience in this market till now. It has two options: either to acquire an existing company or to build up all processes on their own. I was first asked to qualitatively mention what all aspects I would consider. After that they asked me what new things could this company do. They were pretty satisfied with my answers and I was confident of getting listed in the next round. In the next round there was single interviewer who was looking quite senior. Asked some HR questions. One case study about a consumer durables dealer which was again qualitative. Asked some HR questions that's it.

General Tips: Lack of interaction with seniors throughout IIT stay was one thing for which I had to pay. I had no seniors in my wing and I had no fundae of the amount of preparation required.
So make sure that you have certain information.
College Name: IIT-Bombay

Round: Test
Experience: The HCL aptitude is a technical aptitude that is hosted by AMCAT ans is really similar to the aptitudes of Wipro and Aricent. You have 2 and a half hours test, with no negative marking and 4 sections.
I have uploaded  the material my friends used to prepare for the test here.Remember this is not the new pattern it has been mentioned in the previous post(Post name:ARICENT, WIPRO, HCL AMCAT APTITUDE), but the questions here have been repeated in some cases and provide useful insight into the kind of questions asked.I can guarantee that you will pass 2012 aptitude if you study these questions:

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: This is a tech interview, before we had to fill a forum containing information about you and your interests. This is an easy round to crack if you know all the basics here are some questions asked: What are the IPC Mechanism available? Illustrate with example .What is structure and union in c? Write the code and explain how they are storing in the memory?They will ask to write one c program ? Explain the data structure (code) for the data structuresi) Double link listii) Minimum spanning treev) Reverse the link list,Difference between malloc and calloc?.Write a program in macro in c?.Write a simple MFC program to create a window? (They asked me to write a program to create a window).Tell about the existing scheduling algorithm?.What are all E.F Codd rule?.What is bit slice processor?. What is a deadlock? explain it?.What is virtual memory.What is circuit switching and packet switching.What is the significance of friend keyword in C++?.Different types of inheritance.Do u want to ask anything from us? Difference between routing protocol and routed protocol. Ethernet frame format,How type casting is performed in CMy friends mentioned that they weren’t given an option on programming language only C was asked

Round: HR Interview
Experience: These is your typical HR interview questions, easy stuff. It is oriented towards technology,team spirit and adaptability.In my college though some of the HR interviews were more tech like say a tech/HRHere are some samples:1.Tell about yourself?2. What are all your hobbies?3.Why did u prefer your area of interest?4.Why do u wanna be in HCL?5.Why did u choose Mechanical?6.How interview is going on?7.Some general technical qp from ur area of interest?8. How’ll u react if u r assigned in the non area of interest? (adaptability)9. How’re getting information abt the company?(weightage is given for communicating with the seniors)10.In which project do u want to work in HCL?11.Do u want to ask anything from us?They read out the names of those selected and leave :

College Name: NA

Round: ONLINE ROUND
Experience: 1. 20 MCQ
2. 2 coding questions
• Find the diameter of a tree
• Print all anagrams pair in separate line

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Find the next larger element in a BST, given key might not be in the BST. O(logn) time and O(1) space.Delete all nodes on a DLL whose data is a multiple of 5. O(n) time

College Name: BIT Mesra

Round: HR Interview
Experience: The process is a little different. It started with a Group interview in batches of 4 —- (total shortlisted – 28)

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: 1.Clear regarding the profile

2.Impressed with my Group Interview and was called for the next round before GIs got over

3. Justification for the profile is good
Tips: (Be careful with the financial terms you use)

General Tips: They will start with a specific question and they dig deeper. Stay calm, chill panel. Prepare the HR given above
Skills: Economics, Banking
College Name: NA