EXL Service Consultant Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Questions were similar to that in CAT. Question based on logic, reasoning and English were asked with every section having 20 questions. Shortlisted students were selected for interviews.
Duration: 60 minutes

Round: HR Interview
Experience: A case was given which had to be analysed and I was to suggest different solutions and justify them.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Consisted of HR questions and guess estimate questions.Also a few analytics question were asked.

Skill Tips: My projects related to analytics,basic knowledge on engineering, spontaneity was tested. The PDF's uploaded by the BC,solving puzzles from the Internet helped.Also I talked to my seniors which gave me a good idea as to what to expect of the interview. Basic preparation on all the core courses. Reading from the materials provided by the BC. Reading TIME material,brushing up on coding concepts (from NPTEL lectures), learning R(analytics software) from coursera helped.
Skills: Analytics
College Name: IIT MADRAS

Round: Test
Experience: It was not that difficult and so the cut offs were high. I started the  quant preparation from RS Agarwal (found it too repetitive so stopped  midway) and started with Arun Sharma(first 2 levels of few important  topics like logical reasoning and statistics).Always target to be in the top  so that you have your interviews early because last year the hiring team were in a hurry and so they rushed with the interviews of later part students. Few people call these LUCK FACTORs.
Tips: Remember the imp. topics would be Probability, Statistics ,Work-Time.

Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: Questioned me about my college activities , few common puzzles and then came the most interesting part. They gave me a case study based on sports since I had mentioned my interests. It had to do with probability, Bayes Theorem and logic...sum real bad logic...I liked this  even though I had no basic idea of how to start with this .It was as if He was teaching me there itself on these .We discussed a lot-almost 20  minutes on this .At times he used to stress out few questions and I had to ensure that I stayed firm with my answers. They try to confuse you. You just keep smiling and be firm with your answers. Stay damn confident with yours. Then he moved onto another case study wherein I had to list all types of data to be collected , decisions to be made if I were to start an ice-cream shop in a famous shopping mall. It was a discussion wherein I needed to justify my decisions on how to make maximum profits in any situation. Took almost 45 minutes to come out

Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: This one was with a very cool person who continuously kept on offering me Oreo biscuits  This round had to do with puzzles which you will find in How to Ace the BrainTeaser (I don’t recollect which were the puzzles). I could answer 3 of the 5 asked. Then he moved to C programming. Asked me to write code to print few patterns , optimize them further and that was it. Took hardly 20 minutes for this round.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: He started with questions like Why Data analytics ? Where could this field be used ?(almost everywhere-just for facts : almost every top IT firm especially the banking firms are having a data analytics team) We had discussions on different topics that he raised. One of them which I remember is: Suppose one of the hospitals in your city has been having an increasing number of patients, then please quote the possible factors leading to the ill-health of the citizens. How to ease the different issues in medical field using data analysis? It was just a discussion and I was quite sure that he liked my points.I also asked him about how to utilize this field of data analysis to improve the current business markets of India and how differently did countries like USA used data for business than in INDIA. Overall this was an interactive session. He kept me busy and I also did keep him busy answering my questions. This might have lasted for 40 minutes and then it was all over

College Name: IIT MADRAS

Round: Test
Experience: 3 sections - Quant, Verbal and Logical Reasoning.No sectional time limit and sections could be attempted in any order. However, they might have section-wise cut-offs (not sure) and so each section must be given importance. It is a speed based test. Level of difficulty is easy to moderate
Tips: you need to be quick. Do not waste too much time on any question. All questions contain equal marks. You can come back to the remaining questions later.Try maximizing your score in the apti. A lot of preference is given to the high scorers of the apti.

Round: Other Interview
Experience: It started with a brief introduction-Tell us about yourself. Till the time you answer, one panellist goes through your resume.Be thorough with everything you write in your resume. Do not write fake stuff, they question you on anything that you have written.They asked me about everything- projects, seminar topic, languages mentioned, extra-curricular activities A lot of SQL questions were asked. They ask concepts, queries, syntax. The had questioned me a lot on JOINS.
Tips: Support everything you say with an example. (eg. if u say you have leadership qualities, give an example of when you have been a leader).If you don’t know an answer, tell it to them honestly. Don’t try to fool them.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Standard puzzles that you normally prepare for interviews were asked. Do not give away the answer immediately as if u know it by heart. Think aloud and explain them every step. It does not matter even if the final answer is wrong, the approach is important. In my case, I wasn’t prepared with the puzzle I was asked so I explained it to them from myperspective. Even though the final answer was wrong, the approach was correct so they qualified me for the next round. Also, they smartly try to confuse you. So remain confident in what you say. Do not argue if you are very confident, explain it to them politely. In the tech part of the interview, basic java/c/c++ questions wereasked. (what is object oriented programming? What is inheritance?

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Be prepared with all sorts of HR questions- strengths, weaknesses, happiest moment, proudest moment etc). Why EXL? One Fermi question was asked in this round. Again here, the approach is important, not the final answer. Beprepared with a question to ask at the end of the interview- it could be abt the company/ data analytics or anything. That shows your interest in the job

Skill Tips: Don’t panic or be nervous. Stay calm. Once the interview starts, they make you feelvery comfortable.
College Name: IIT MADRAS

Round: HR Interview
Experience: resume grilling, puzzles asked if you have got no analytics background, finance background is not required.

Skills: analytical skills
College Name: IIT MADRAS

Round: Test
Experience: CAT kind of test.
Total Questions: 45

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Basic logical questions were asked.
Tips: Be thoroughly prepared with your resume. My TNA project (Had Djikstra's algorithm) was given a lot of importance,

General Tips: I feel that knowing a senior(who works at EXL) helped. He had come for the interviews. Know what you want beforehand. Your preparation will be better that way. Focus only on 2 areas. Don't try to go for everything. You will end up with nothing. Your resume is a paper telling people who you are and what your interests are. Don't run after anything that comes your way.(Only applicable if interests are not clear) All years Read up on what is happening in the world.1st-3 sems Explore as much as possible. Do random project and random PORs.You will be able to filter what you like.(or you don't) 4th sem Learn something in non civil related that you like and do an intern in that field. If you like civil, pursue a project under a prof.3rd year Choose interesting electives and minors. There are many civil minors that are interesting and have some non-core feel to it (eg TNA)
College Name: IIT MADRAS

Round: Test
Experience: The test was based on three topics namely Quantitative Aptitude, Mathematics and English. The questions were easy to answer.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: A case study was asked for which I had to give a solution based on statistical methods.
Tips: But the B.tech project helped me in leading the interview. Lead the interview and don’t let them ask many questions on  topics. Keep speaking.

Round: HR Interview
Tips: During interviews try to lead the interviews.Keep speaking and let them ask questions on your speech which you will be perfect to answer. If you let them ask, you may or may not be able to answer.

College Name: IIT MADRAS

Round: Test
Experience: SIMPLER THAN THE CAT APTITUDE SECTION
Tips: JUST KEEP ON PRACTICING APTITUDE PROBLEMS FROM VARIOUS CAT WORKBOOKS
Duration: 40 minutes
Total Questions: 40

Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: I HAD PURELY FINANCE BASED CV,SO I WAS ASKED QUESTIONS LIKE CALCULATING THE EMI ON A LOAN.ONE OR TWO QUESTIONS WERE ASKED ON P&C.INTERVIEWER MOSTLY TRIED TO PUT ME OFF BY TELLING ME I WASA BETTER FIT FOR OTHER COMPANIES AND NOT EXL.I HAD TO CONVINCE HIM OTHERWISE.
Tips: RELAX DURING THE INTERVIEW.MOST PEOPLE WERE BEING ASKED PUZZLES.VERY COMMON PUZZLES WERE BEING ASKED.REFER TO TECH INTERVIEW FOR PUZZLE PREPARATION.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: VERY CHILL INTERVIEW WITH A SENIOR EMPLOYEE(VP, MOST PROBABLY).JUST SAT THERE STARING AT HIS PHONE AND TOLD ME TO LEAVE AFTER 10 MINUTES

General Tips: EASY TO CRACK.PRACTICE PLENTY OF PUZZLES.
Skill Tips: PRACTICE FROM CAR PREP MATERIAL
Skills: APTITUDE
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Motivation: SENDS YOU ABROAD AFTER 1.5-2 YEARS.VERY REPUTED COMPANY.SENIORS, PLACED IN GOOD POSITIONS IN THE COMPANY, PROVIDE VERY GOOD FEEDBACK.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: My 3rd company was Inductis. I gave 4 rounds of interviews for this company. In every round they asked me a puzzle and 1-2 HR question. In my first 2 rounds I successfully did my puzzle. Most of the puzzles asked can be easily found on internet. In my third round, I was not able to do the puzzle. It was a very complicated puzzle. And in my fourth round I successfully did my puzzle. Actually these people actually don't expect you to solve the puzzle completely in 10- 15 min they give you. They just want to see your thinking process. The mistake I made was that when I was not able to solve puzzle, I got nervous and didn't said a word for 10 minutes.

College Name: IIT BOMBAY

Round: Interview
Experience: There were 3 short duration interviews.
Tips: Try preparing for HR by November.

General Tips: Make a daily planner and work accordingly. Get it clear in your head the profile of you are aiming. Remain in touch with your seniors who are placed in those firms.
Your resume should reflect you. Remember,God lies in all details. Make it perfect.
Always share your feelings with your wing-mates and trust me, that helps .
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Motivation: EXL II offered US profile and most importantly, all the work is front end.

Round: Test
Experience: It was similar to CAT's aptitude test.
Tips: Going through the preparation material for CAT and working a bit with your speed during the test would surely help

Round: HR Interview
Experience: It was mostly a HR round with a few guesstimated and cases. They just want to know your thought process rather than judging you on the basis of your end results

College Name: IIT KANPUR