Crisil Graduate Trainee Interview Questions and Answers

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Just give answers freely

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Know about CRISIL i.e. what it does and select the suitable department for your career and get ready for the interview. It is easy to get into CRISIL if you're "just willing to work".

Round: Test
Experience: Questions were mostly on mental ability, aptitude and general knowledge. No one crossed the cut off which the company proposed. Since they came on day 16 they don’t have much choice other than decreasing the cutoff.
Duration: 60 minutes

Round: Technical Interview
Tips: No particular skills were required. It is better to know a great deal about finance. Knowledge acquired through minor courses did help.

General Tips: For third years1) Get a clarity on what you want to pursue.2) Start preparation as early as possible and keep focused.3) Focus more on 2-3 companies and prepare accordingly.
For 1st and 2nd years,1) Try to get a finance intern.2) Do a minor in finance
College Name: IIT MADRAS

Round: Test
Experience: They asked questions on the resume. Prepare well on your resume. Screening test was half finance and half English/Maths. I didn't prepare much. Prepared one day before the interview.
Tips: CG doesn't matter much. But, if it is low, they would expect to be good at one of the two things. If you have taken management, then study Marketing Management and Financial Accounting properly. One guy was asked only marketing basics, i.e, Principles and various term. He also made it.

Round: Interview
Experience: 2 rounds of interview - 1. Finance 2. Marketing
We were randomly given first round from the above. Finance was core Finance- reading Financial statement and analysing it, general view of current situation of the Economy. Finance terms. I cupped badly but I think I made an impact by showing that I did not know what terms were important and give a rough idea. Spoke a lot and freely. 

Marketing - Involved only marketing based questions. They will see how well you can speak. In my case I was asked to sell any place. I spoke for around 10 minutes and gave many ideas with examples supporting them.
Tips: They asked questions on the resume. Prepare well on your resume. Screening test was half finance and half English/Maths. If you have fundamentals, they won't see minor, though they will prefer if you have one.

General Tips: CG doesn't matter much. But, if it is low, they would expect to be good at one of the two things.
If you have taken management, then study Marketing Management and Financial Accounting properly. One guy was asked only marketing basics, i.e, Principles and various term. He also made it.
For core, if you have fundamentals they won't see minor, though they will prefer if you have one.One person was preparing for CFA, he asked tougher questions. He answered a few well and made it.If you are really desperate for a job, then show them that. Let them know you won't leave it soon.
College Name: IIT MADRAS

Round: Test
Experience: 60 minutes for 4 sectionsDi, quants, finance
Tips: I started preparing in August. Summer is a better option.
Duration: 60 minutes

Round: Interview
Experience: 2 round 15 minutesPure finance based
Accounting knowledgeProbability
Tips: Finance knowledge helped a lot

General Tips: 1st year :- Take part in activities in institute.

2nd year :- Do an internship at the end. And decide after that whether u want to pursue engineering or go in some other field

3rd year:- Get oriented towards your direction and give examination or certification course, if possible. If you don’t know which direction and you just need money, learn coding.

4th year:- Prepare for placement and get a heck of basic coding. U can get good.
College Name: IIT MADRAS

Round: Interview
Experience: Interview was held in two rounds.
 Finance (Technical)
 Marketing
Sample Questions:
 Black Scholes pricing assumption
 Modern portfolio theory
Tips: Preparation:
 Finance: Reading financial statement and analyzing it, general view of current situation of the economy..
 Good Communication is necessary especially for marketing
 Accounting knowledge
 Probability

College Name: IIT Madras