ETP International Business Analyst Interview Questions and Answers for Experienced

Round: Other Interview
Experience: A candidate had to broadly go through 3 interviews before the company decided to take her/him. Like most interview processes, the interviews had sequential importance and one had to clear the 1st to get called for the 2nd and clear 2nd to get called for the 3rd.

There were several panels (mostly single-person) with some senior officials from the company and some with just a year's experience.

My first interview was with a senior official. He asked questions based on my resume and particularly focused on my internship. He was genuinely interested in my project there and that eased the process for me. I gladly explained it and he immediately decided to promote me to the second round. 2 things that I believe were key to this were:
1. my project and level of contribution during one of my summer internships
2. my ability to communicate, connect with him and explain a complex project in the matter of minutes

Round: HR Interview
Experience: The second round was with one among the Leadership of the company. He was very clear, open and straightforward in his approach. He stated that there would be 3 quick segments to the HRish interview:
1. Telling about myself
2. Him asking me questions
3. Me asking him questions

Thus, it started with the routine "Tell me about yourself" and an overall gauging of my accomplishments and matching it to my resume. He was jolly in mood and asked what position I play as in football and made a couple mood-lightening comments.

The second segment. He asked me what I believed were my strengths. Then, he asked me to describe qualities of the ideal environment that I would like to work in. I took this opportunity to build on my answer about my strengths and match it with the kind of work the job offers. The next question was slightly offbeat, 'describe qualities of a place you would not want to work in'. I took a moment and answered carefully. His comment on my response was that it was 'Politically correct'

He was thoroughly satisfied with my interview, told me that he didn't want to waste any more time and immediately moved me to the next round.

Round: Other Interview
Experience: The final round was with the MD of the company. It was necessary for him to interview a candidate before he/she was selected.

All through the process, he ran through my resume. I believe he was looking for one and only one quality: Can the candidate communicate with highly experienced, senior officials and convey complex ideas?

College Name: IIT Madras