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Updated 21 Jul 2023

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Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
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Selected Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Jun 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Patent basics and search
  • Q2. Chemistry basics organic and inorganic
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Chemistry basics organic inorganic
  • Q2. Patent basics and search

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Go through patent and chemistry basics

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Q1. What is chiral? What is enantiomers, diastereomers? Number of enantiomers possible? How to count number of possible enantiomers and what are they for compounds having two, three chiral centres? What is (R) and (S) enantiomers? Identify the ... read more
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I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Dec 2021. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Majorly they would be asking about the previous experience. Also, if you have any added prior patent filling or prior art search experience?
  • Q2. What softwares or sources are used for prior art search? Are you well versed with the tools?
  • Ans. 

    Various softwares and sources are used for prior art search, including patent databases, academic journals, and search engines.

    • Patent databases such as USPTO, EPO, and WIPO

    • Academic journals such as Google Scholar and PubMed

    • Search engines such as Google and Bing

    • Specialized search tools such as PatSnap and Innography

    • Familiarity with Boolean operators and advanced search techniques is important

    • Experience with patent class

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Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Try to read as much as you can for prior art search. That would be really helpful.

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I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Feb 2020. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Introduce yourself ? Project work ? Last work experience and related technical knowledge based

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident & talk with confidence

Project Associate Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. What is an API? Why APIs are so popular these days? What is API Management? Why we need an API Management tool such as Apigee Edge? What is REST? What is the difference between SOAP & REST API ? What is API Proxy? What are the different... read more
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Dec 2021. There were 2 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 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Basic concept question
  • Q2. Used of Java stream api collection framework
  • Ans. 

    Java stream api collection framework is used for processing collections of objects.

    • Stream API provides a functional approach to process collections in Java

    • It allows operations like filter, map, reduce, etc. to be performed on collections

    • Example: List numbers = Arrays.asList(1, 2, 3, 4, 5); numbers.stream().filter(n -> n % 2 == 0).forEach(System.out::println);

    • Collection framework provides interfaces like List, Set, Map,

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Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Keep attending multiple interviews u will learn from that
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before May 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Maths, reasoning, English, arithmetic

Round 2 - Coding Test 

Good solvable questions easy to moderate level

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare well

Interview Questionnaire 

7 Questions

  • Q1. 2-3 Questions on my CV, my goals in life
  • Q2. List all the relevant things if you were to float a tender for ordering tube lights if hypothetically you were the head of the engineering cell of your college ?
  • Ans. 

    Relevant things to consider when floating a tender for ordering tube lights for the engineering cell of a college.

    • Quantity of tube lights required

    • Specifications of the tube lights (wattage, color temperature, length, etc.)

    • Budget allocated for the tender

    • Delivery timeline

    • Quality standards and certifications required

    • Supplier evaluation criteria

    • Payment terms and conditions

    • Warranty and after-sales support

    • Technical support a...

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  • Q3. You have 3 slices of bread, and a toaster. You can put in 2 slices of bread at a time. Each time, only one side of the bread gets cooked. How much minimum time is needed for cooking 3 slices on both sides ...
  • Ans. 

    Minimum time needed to cook 3 slices of bread on both sides using a toaster with 2 slice capacity at a time.

    • Cook 2 slices on one side for the first round

    • Cook the third slice on one side for the second round

    • Cook the first 2 slices on the other side for the third round

    • Cook the third slice on the other side for the fourth round

    • Total minimum time needed is 4 rounds or 2 minutes

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  • Q4. You have 20 red balls, 14 blue balls. You draw out balls, 2 at a time. If they are of same color, add a blue ball the pile. If the are of different colors, add a red ball to the pile. (i) will the color of...
  • Q5. From a deck of cards, you pick out one card at a time, 3 times, with replacement. What's the probability of getting a sequence, where a sequence is defined as consecutive integers drawn in any order ?
  • Ans. 

    Probability of getting a sequence of consecutive integers from a deck of cards drawn 3 times with replacement.

    • There are 4 possible sequences: 2-3-4, 3-4-5, 4-5-6, 5-6-7

    • The probability of drawing any one of these sequences is 1/52 * 1/52 * 1/52 = 1/140608

    • The probability of drawing any sequence (in any order) is 4/140608 = 1/35152

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  • Q6. Same questions, without replacement
  • Q7. I consider a domestic airliner, pull out all the seats, and fill it up with tennis balls. How many can I fit inside ?

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: A basic aptitude test, with Quant, Verbal and LR
Tips: Cover the easiest questions first, from all the sections
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 60

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: It was a mix of HR+ Puzzles + Guesstimates based interview.
Goals in life:
Why EXL ?
Why not MBA?
How do you think you fit in here given your past internships ?
Tips: Know your CV inside out
LISTEN to the questions carefully, request you for a reiteration/reaffirm if need be.
I was sent to round 2 because of a slight lapse in listening.
Introspect, search deep inside for qualities which you think make you a fit for EXL

Round: Technical Interview
Tips: They test effective communication, structuring skills.
Keep it interactive, keep talking, elaborating in points to structure well!



General Tips: Confidence and attitude are the best things you can carry with you in an interview!
Obviously you should read up on the business they do before the interview
Its a hierarchical company with strict rules about phones, i cards etc

Skills: Presence Of Mind, Common Sense, Structuring your thoughts , Clear communication
College Name: IIT Guwahati

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posted on 2 Dec 2015

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: First round is a online test containing 10 verbal, 10 logical ,20 numerical aptitude questions total 40 question and duration is for 45 minutes

Round: HR Interview
Experience: 39 people got shortlisted for round 2. Round 2 is like hr interview all u need to do is speak and be confident

Round: puzzles round
Experience: 25 got shortlisted for round 3. Round has puzzles and gestimation questions. You need to clearly explain Guestimation question.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: 13 got shortlisted for final round. Its again Hr interview by all the company members. Out of 13 few were asked puzzles. Finally 10 people were selected.

General Tips: Placement experience was amazing. Interviews were really good . They just wanna check whether your confident about what you speak or not. Those people were really friendly so no need to be tensed.
Don't freak out looking at the new puzzle try thing new to solve it. Be confident about your self and what ever you tell them.Which ever quote u make about your self be ready with example and what you have learned from that example
Skill Tips: No book preparation is required. U need to be good at solving puzzles and explain what ever your doing. During test last section i.e., numerical will have few lengthy questions so don't waste your time on one question.
For Guestimation u have to make appropriate guess and explain them why that guess , how does things change in different environments
Skills:
College Name: NIT Surathkal

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Standard puzzles
  • Q2. Standard HR questions -Tell me about yourself,Your family background.your future plans etc

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Standard CAT type questions but a level down from difficulty perspective.
Any standard CAT book will do for cracking the written test.

Tips: There is Sectional cutoff, so attempt each section giving equal weight.
Duration: 45 minutes
Total Questions: 40

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The interviewer was a very chill guy.Before starting on to the puzzles he asked questions on the my resume , current affairs,sports,hobbies and then we had a long discussion on Arsenal (it was the club i supported).He also turned out to be an arsenal supporter,thus making the interview process ultra light.He just asked one puzzle and ended the interview process.

Tips: As i have a habit of daily reading a newspaper i was fairly acquainted with the current affairs and it helped me a lot.
Besides that, being a mechanical engineer i was questions about why not pursuing career in core engineering,so one should be prepared with all the answers.
Good communication skill will definitely help.
One should know one's resume inside out.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: The interview went out smoothly.He just want to check whether you are fit for the company.
Tips: Be confident and be yourself.Don't try to bluff.

Skill Tips: Don't worry about the placement process.Even if you fail don't loose your hope and carry on with your efforts,something bigger and better is waiting for you.
Skills: LOGICAL THINKING ABILITIES, Ability To Think, 1)communication, Ability To Analyse
College Name: NIT Surat
Motivation: After a year the company offers you the onsite project.

I applied via Campus Placement

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Based on whether you have experience in analytics, maths or programming.
Tips: If you're serious about EXL, work on a data science project, intern or take up a few courses in data science. Probability and Statistics is a 'must do course'.

Round: Test
Experience: Had 4 questions. One was based on probabilty, another was a puzzle, a data interpretation question and finally a case study question, involving a bit of guesstimate analysis.
Tips: Be strong in probability and puzzles. Do one or two cases with a friend while preparing for any kind of internship.

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: No group discussion

Round: HR Interview
Experience: I was asked about myself, my interest areas, the reason for applying for EXL. That was pretty much it
Tips: Be thorough and genuine with all kinds of HR questions

Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras

I appeared for an interview before Jan 2016.

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: The test was easy.General aptitude test preparation should be sufficient.Prepare via Pariksha and Indiabix websites.Keep the time constraint in mind
Duration: 1 hour
Total Questions: 60

Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: The interview was concentrated on case studies and puzzles and general hr questions like Why EXL and Why analytics.EXL do not expect analytics background at all.You just have to do your interviews well.Communicate your ideas in case studies very clearly and precisely.
Tips: Case studies-Basic preparation that students do for consult companies.Follow Caseinterviewcracked book to get the basic flavour and then practice with friends

Puzzles-www.techinterview.com was very helpful followed by heard on the street book

Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: Very similar to previous round

College Name: IIT Madras

CSIR URDIP Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in CSIR URDIP interview?
CSIR URDIP interview process usually has 3 rounds. The most common rounds in the CSIR URDIP interview process are Resume Shortlist, One-on-one Round and Technical.
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