Futures First info Services Trainee Market Analyst Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Section 1 - Quant, basic mathematics and return calculations(finance). Level lower than CAT.
Section 2 - Simple calculation based questions. 4*4 multiplication, divisions, squares, cubes, square roots etc. No options and less time, so one needs to be very fast and accurate.
115 students appeared for the test at our institute.
9 were shortlisted after the test.
Tips: If you are preparing for CAT, you won't have any problem clearing it. Also take a look at return calculations since it is not part of CAT syllabus.
For the people not preparing for CAT, brush up basic mathematics and take a look at questions from aptitude book for placement tests(Agarwal).
Practice vedic maths for section 2.
Duration: 36 mins minutes
Total Questions: 60

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Mostly resume based since I had multiple projects in finance and trading.
9 students appeared for the interview, 3 shortlisted.
Tips: Be through with your projects. Practice guesstimates and display your approach in a tabular form to the interviewer. Try to show enthusiasm towards enterpreneurship.

Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: It was a mixture of puzzles and HR questions.

College Name: IIT Jodhpur

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be very genuine and honest with your answer they will going to check your confidence and risk taking abilities. Generally it is assume that Futures First is famous in taking stress interviews somewhat it is correct but it's totally up to you how you will drive you interview in convenient direction they will give you enormous number chance to drive your interview in the direction you want, you need to figure out those opportunities and hit the six.

Round: Test
Experience: Apart from basic aptitude and bodmas questions there were questions of memory test in which you will be shown a picture for 5-10 seconds and you have to remember it and after some aptitude questions , questions will appear about that image.So be ready for this in online test.There were some bidding questions also like what will you do if you have 1,00,000 rupees and your probability of winning is 50%.Will you invest?? These types of questions were asked.Overall the round was easy.
Tips: Quick Maths,Image memorizing tests
Duration: 35 minutes
Total Questions: 49

Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: All these questions were asked and they basically focused on this fact whether you are really willing to take risk with your life as attrition rates are really high.
Tips: Be Calm and cool.

Round: Group Activity
Experience: They organized a trading game for which they will brief you about the rules before they start and even play some dummy rounds to make you grasp all the rules as soon as possible.This round is never repeated so be ready for something new every year.
Tips: Just be calm and try to focus on rules and constraints of the game because the faster you grasp the rules ,the earlier you will start getting benefits.
To get the concepts of trading there is only one way and that is through trading itself.So trade on trademogul by Futures First. Link is:
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Round: Stress Interview
Experience: This round was not an interview but a stress round.They will make your group and will give your group a single tab or laptop on which questions will appear and the who answers it first gets the points for that and the one who answers it wrong will get negative points for that
Tips: No fixed tips ,just try to be as much efficient as possible.They stress you and then check your mind's working efficiency.

College Name: NIT Allahabad

Round: Test
Experience: Mathematical Questions were very basic and I was able to solve most of them mentally.Logical Reasoning questions were a bit challenging but solvable.
Tips: Start with a free mind and dont waste time on a single question.
Duration: 35 minutes
Total Questions: 60

Round: Stress Interview
Experience: The stress interview is one hell of an experience.They try to unsettle you in many ways like interviewer will be walking in the room while you are answering questions, they will keep fixating that you are not right for the job, but you to be cool and confident.
Tips: Be yourself during this round but don't try to be over smart. They will try their best to unsettle you but be confident.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Apparently, this round was a bit simpler that the stress interview but required presence of mind and fast thinking for puzzles.
Tips: Be calm, Be cool, Be confident,

Skills: Analytical Skills

Round: Test
Experience: For Amada Soft:3D geometry, and CS1100 level C,C++ coding questions were asked.

Round: Behavioural Interview
Tips: Amadasoft wasn't concerned about CGPA. For Futures First, present yourself as if you’re going to be in the company for a few years. CGPA not a selection criteria for Futures First.

General Tips: Start preparing from 3rd year summer. Learn from websites and use Google effectively. I got a lot of help from immediate seniors/alumni.Don't ignore quant. Also do some case studies.
College Name: IIT MADRAS

Round: Test
Experience: Process: Two tests completely based on mathematical and logical aptitude and Interviews.
Top 10 rankers of Trade Mogul competition(Trading competition conducted by Future First) are directly called for interview.1st round: 20 BODMAS questions to be done in 3 mins(testing your computational skills).If you are good in calculations you can clear the first round very easily.
2nd round ::40 questions to be done in 60 mins.It was more of a aptitude round. 2nd round also included some questions from 11th & 12th. 5 questions were from general awareness .

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Interview: 2 rounds(Technical & HR)
Question about finance sector and related to company profile and share trading were asked. Main emphasis was on observation skills and stress testing of students.
Tips: Suggestion: Try and get to know about trading and participate in Trade Mogul competition. If you are in top 10, you have fair chances of getting selected

College Name: BIT MESRA

Round: Test
Experience: The questions were basic but speed was tested throughout the paper. Accuracy matters a lot as many questions were having negative scores fr wrong answers.
Tips: Start with a cool mind and just skip anything that even seems to take time; you can come to it afterwards. Answer only if you are damn sure of the solution.
Duration: 29 minutes
Total Questions: 75

Round: HR Interview
Experience: The first interview was very very cool. I was very much comfortable with the interviewer. All he wanted to know was the real me. He was asking questions to open up myself, completely.
Tips: Be Honest. Be yourself. Never try to manipulate in such kind of free going interview, because they already know what you would answer if you were frank enough.

Round: Stress Interview
Experience: The Stress Interview is really an interview of a lifetime. The interviewer always showed unsatisfactory expressions. Yet he was throwing me with manipulative questions. All I was able to do is bear a shameless smile throughout the interview. Hobbies were also an interesting subject for questioning.
Tips: Being honest is necessary, but Diplomacy plays a very huge role. They try to corner you with your own answers. So chose your words carefully. Even humiliation may be used  by them as a weapon. Just stay calm and cool. Be confidant about whatever you say. Confidence is the Key to Performance.

General Tips: Self Belief is a must. Confidence shows your stability during decision making. Less or no preparation is a must.
Skill Tips: Any kind of tension would spoil the interviews. So stay as cool as possible.
Skills: Entrepreneurial skills, Decision taking capability, Stress control, Quick maths
College Name: NIT RAIPUR
Motivation: My skillset steered me towards such a job profile.

Round: Test
Experience: I have a fetish for numbers. So, rather than a month long preparation, requisite effort was there for quite some time and a brief stint with Vedic Maths formulae sufficed. One can always start with the Vedic Math channels in YouTube
Duration: 29 minutes
Total Questions: 75

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: There were no GD

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: In the 1st round of interview, the interviewer asked question primarily based on my CV and the form they had asked us to fill up right before the interview

Round: Stress Interview
Experience: The 2nd round was basically, a stress interview. They test you by asking to multiply numbers in your head, in let’s say, 10 seconds. Or by giving you fictional scenarios.
Tips: I was in touch with our seniors in the company, who had suggested that, a brief idea about trading and markets would help. I have been following Investopedia for quite
some months. Also, I have been following YouTube channels of Lex Van Dam et al, to know about high pressured trading environments. Ultimately, they were quite helpful
and if you really have interest in knowing these things, you will enjoy the entire prep process

General Tips: I had no interest for going into any of the Core companies. So, I had made up my mind to go into anything but Core or IT. And after going through Futures First job profile and the reviews of some of our alumni placed in the company, it was one company that I was hoping for. So, yes, I am satisfied.
Skill Tips: NA
College Name: NIT ROURKELA
Motivation: Getting placed is more luck than anything else. But, a bit of preparation can always come in handy. I would suggest a constant study of the current happenings in the business world. Reading newspapers and books or following blogs can be of great help.For this company in particular, practicing speed maths is a must as some of us faced questions of 3-digit and 2-digit multiplication to be answered without pen and paper within, 10 seconds. Stay calm for interview, because the key, ultimately, is confidence. Just remember, no one gets anything more than one deserves and before the scheduled time. So, deserve, desire and chill.

Round: Test
Experience: questions are easy. time constraint plays a critical role.
Tips: practice a lot of problems on similar lines. IndiaBix, etc sites have such problems for pratice
Duration: 29 minutes
Total Questions: 75

Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: One gotta pay attention to whatever is being asked.
Tips: Relax a bit , hear and listen to the question properly. give some time. answer

Round: HR Interview
Experience: good interactive session
Tips: be yourself. a bit of exposure to these sort of questions helps

Round: Stress Interview
Tips: be calm. keep a smile on your face. don't over-react

General Tips: Regular practice. Soft Skill development. smile. stress handling capacity. good prep for HR questions. Confidence
Skills: Number Skills, to stay calm under pressure, Communication skills
College Name: NIT ROURKELA
Motivation: Lot to learn. Market Analysis is the base for any business. The entire process of preparing will get you acquainted with terms and theory that might help you in MBA interviews. Also MONEY! :D
Funny Moments: I was almost done with in 5 minutes as they were pretty tired and had almost rejected me. They asked me if i had any final questions.. I replied "Do you want to have an RJ in your company?"And the interview starts again. :)