Gartner Associate Product Manager Interview Questions and Answers

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: McKinsey looks for a spike in your resume, people who have commendable achievements is their field of choice, academics, extra curriculars or sports. So be sure to make your resume accordingly. McKinsey adds a lot of weight-age to formal awards, scholarships, achievements (like inter-IIT) etc. But if you don?t have them (like me) you just have to make extra effort to show that you have equivalent achievements.

Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: First I was asked about myself and mostly my connection to dance and the dance club. (Some interviewers do this to make you comfortable at the same time analyzing your personality). In the first interview I was given an estimation case about the dish TV industry. Here the interviewer was mostly interested in my approach to solving the problem and if applicable my numerical skills. The second interview was a pure business case about the printing business. Here my creativity and business sense (read common sense as applicable to a business situation) was put to test.
Tips: Take on every interview as if that job doesn?t mean anything to you.

Round: Interview
Experience: Quizzed on opinions of the Construction Industry.

General Tips: 1. Be prepared on the courses and project works that you mention in your resume2. Read newspapers, blogs about the construction industry and keep yourself updated
Skill Tips: """"
Skills: Infrastructure Planning, Infrastructure Management, Construction Management, Project Management
College Name: VIT Chennai

Round: Test
Experience: Deloitte selection procedure involves a written test which is
same as CAT format (certainly not that tough). Though I had not joined any test series to prepare for it, but I must strongly recommend that you should actually join a test series (provided by Career Launcher or
TIME). This test series will actually help you to synchronize your mind to the format and moreover it would help to refresh the question solving skills which you used to exercise while preparing for JEE.

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: general topic is given (mostly it is as to how you would go for implementing a new type of technology in a company, and hence you all have to decide the stepwise procedure for the implementation), then whole of the group is called in presentation room where each one is told personally to speak about the same topic as that of GD. This constitutes
second round. Finally, if you clear it, you get to face the interviews.
Tips: From now onwards, start reading newspaper daily. Just give at least one hour reading the editorials from newspaper and make it your habit. Not only for GD's, but for life in general, its very important that you should have a certain view about things happening around you and in the world and newspapers are the best thing which help you form your views and also know about the expert opinions on day to day topics. So, make sure that you read newspaper daily.

Round: Other Interview
Experience: For interview, main thing is that you should be well conversed about everything you have mentioned on your resume. So, before you go for any interview, just make sure that you can speak about for 5 minutes on
every single thing in resume. Deloitte is a company which is open for all the btech students and hence its mainly looking for the students who have a right attitude and are good at their interests.
Tips: have a perfect set of communication skills. I had not done
any special type of preparations for the interview or group discussions but all these skills actually developed during these years. I would advise that in order to gain more confidence at speaking, you should start taking challenges from now on and should actively participate in any sort of debates and GD.

College Name: IIT Roorkee

Round: HR Interview
Experience: 1.Start by telling ur name, your family background, ur strengths and weaknesses, likes dislikes, about ur schooling. A brief introduction about yourself.Smile. :)2.Tell them the qualities which you possess, without getting nervous, tell them that you believe in "Vision and then Action" to complete all your tasks. Try to convince them with the fact that you and ur skills completely match the job profile.3.Start with your strengths. Don't exaggerate ur weaknesses. An apt answer could be "Icecreams, chocolates", depending upon the mood of the interviewer. Another answer could be, "I believe in perfectionism".4.Ask some questions related to the organization. Try to show them that u are keen and interested to join their organization.  :) Listen attentively while they speak  :)
Tips: No need to exaggerate. They don't have to do much with ur family background nd all..Put up everything in brief.Never ask about the perks,salaries and all.

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Mainly, you need to have sufficient knowledge about the topic that has been given to u. For that, read newspaper, search Google and latest newsfeed.
Tips: Never interrupt, wait for ur turn. Try to conclude the topic by summing up all the points. Sometimes it may happen that someone else may speak the points which you were about to speak. Do not panic in that case. Try to modify the same point in a different way. Smile :)
Duration: 10 minutes

General Tips: 1.Believe in yourself2.Have faith in GOD3.Be confident and clear4.Do not panic 5. Never try to show your nervousness
Skills: Communication skills, Confidence
College Name: KIIT UNIVERSITY
Motivation: You never lose. Either you win or you learn :)
Funny Moments: Nope. Nothing  :)

Round: Test
Experience: The first round was an Online test.

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Second round was a Group discussion
Tips: Understand the GD topic well. In my group every single one got it wrong and completed the GD without realizing that they have got the topic wrong

Round: Other Interview
Experience: Interviews are quite easy. Nothing much will be asked apart from what you write in the resume.
Tips: So be prepared to answer any question regarding the project that you mention in your resume

General Tips: GD was a good experience. Easiest company/interview to crack. So, All the best.
Skill Tips: R S Agarwal is good enough.
College Name: NIT SURATHKAL

Round: Test
Experience: There was Aptitude, Logic and English. Most of the questions were direct and solvable in the time allotted.
Tips: Try to get all the Aptitude question right by practicing a lot of questions. Logic, you can get them right too, try to have a presence of mind.

Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: Once I read the question, I did not panic like many did. Rather I started applying my common sense (helps a lot). There was a group discussion then a question session where everyone can provide their solutions on the problem given.
Tips: Try not to totally think in a subject point of view, rather apply some common sense like you would do in a puzzle. This added to your subject knowledge will definitely make you stand out.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: There was only one interview which included both the Technical and HR questions. It was mostly technical. There were a lot of basic questions on C programming, my extracurricular activities (Autonomous Robotics which included programming) and training in my own field. HR questions were direct and expected.
Tips: Try to be perfect in whatever you do and mention in your resume. If not, then do not mention it. Work on your weaknesses be it communication or programming while trying for an IT company. Your confidence level and positive attitude will take you a long way.

General Tips: If you work on you knowledge and skills, you will automatically be confident.Knowing about the company is important too.
College Name: KIIT UNIVERSITY
Motivation: It is one of the top 4 consultancies and one the best that comes for campus selection in our college.

Round: Test
Experience: Questions were time consuming but not much tricky. About 50% students were shortlisted for next round
Duration: 45 minutes
Total Questions: 60

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Initially a normal gd took place and at last they gave 15 seconds to each candidate to conclude (this part was crucial in selecting shortlisted candidates). In our group we had 10 candidates out of which 3 were shortlisted.
Duration: 15 minutes

Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: A little about technical knowledge mostly hr questions were asked

Round: HR Interview
Experience: General he questions were asked

College Name: Jaypee University Of Information Technology, Solan

Skills: Behavioural Skills, Problem Solving Skills, Technical Skill
College Name: SCMS cochin