Harsco Quality Analyst Interview Questions and Answers

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - 1.Be confident , Open and Prepared

2.Kindly understand the question and answer relating with some of the concepts you have studied

Round: Essay Writing
Experience: All the present candidates were asked to write an essay on "Importance of internet in our daily life". Time provided for this round was 40 minutes and almost everyone present there were able to complete that on time. Candidates who cleared that round were ready for the next round.
Tips: Always provide information you know as you can be cross checked by the operations manager and during HR discussion. Avoid making spelling mistakes as they have a huge impact and can be judged based specially on them.

Round: Operations round
Experience: I was called for a round with the operations manager where I was asked several questions based the role I played in my previous organisation. Challenges that I have faced during my work and the resolution offered or implemented during the service period. The reason for resigning from my previous company and also asked for the reason why I want to join TCS and where do I see myself five years down the line. Discussed about the leadership qualities I have in myself and how to implement those going forward.
Tips: Please be area specific while giving any information. Provide full information based on the experience you have. Avoid jumping from topic one to another by providing partial information.

Round: Aptitude round
Experience: In this round I was asked to complete 50 questions in 1 hour which had three sections, A,B,C where I had maths, general intelligence and English comprehension and Grammer test which do not have any negative marking.
Tips: Attempt for all the questions as there is no negative marking in any of these sections.

Round: HR Interview
Tips: Discuss all in details to avoid confusions later.

Skills: Writing Skills, Communication And Confidence, Basics Of Machine Learning, Leadership Skills

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be polite and your English language should be perfect

Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: Started with a Cost – Benefit – Risk and was asked to mainly consider capability building under major costs Was given numbers for 2-3 projects and the case ended after straightforward calculations
Tips: What was good: PI, Calculations accuracy What could be better: I was given feedback to engage the interviewer more so that I could start with a more refined structure instead of a conventional structure

Skills:
College Name: Indian School Of Business (ISB)

Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: Broke it into attracting required labor at the site or outsourcing Within outsourcing talked about factors by which I would identify countries for this task.
In the end was just asked to recommend 2 industries from where I could use skills of existing engineers and I came up with other power generation industries and aerospace for blade design
Tips: What was good: PI, Involving the interviewer in case discussion What could be better: Quicker solution of case, he gave me a lot of hints and nudges for the solution After the final interview, I was also asked to rank each performance to check self-awareness. Overall, SMC checks a lot on cultural awareness, fit in their culture and personality traits.


Skills:
College Name: Indian School Of Business (ISB)

Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: Recommended Approach
Broke it into financial and non-financial and said ROI seems to be the best metric in financial. Went ahead after getting her buy-in and looked at various cost components in detail like labor, overheads etc. Throughout the interview, I was asked to go deeper and even when I was asked to move horizontally to other cost components, there was no closure of an issue. In the end, was just asked to summarize whatever we had done so far with 2 concluding statements

PI questions
Totally work and CV related cross questioning Why did you do this ELP and what did you learn Why SMC now This was a kind of stress interview where questions would start before I finished my answer. The same tone carried on in the case where scoping questions were frowned upon
Tips: What was good: Cool under pressure, confident What could be better: Take the hint if the interviewer is not giving data and lay out a structure and then ask questions explaining their relevance

Skills:
College Name: Indian School Of Business (ISB)

Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: Recommended Approach
Depends on the interviewer and his discussion

PI questions
About yourself
Something that is not on your resume
Example of Learning from an achievement
Example of Learning from your work experience and what could you have don
Tips: What was good: PI, Patience to go on during the role play What could be better: I got caught up in the role play when he gave excuses not to cooperate

Skills:
College Name: Indian School Of Business (ISB)

Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: Recommended Approach
Started with a Cost – Benefit – Risk and was asked to mainly consider capability building under major costs
Was given numbers for 2-3 projects and the case ended after straightforward calculations

PI questions
Talk about a personality trait that has evolved over time
An example of personal and professional success and cross questions on that In hindsight what could you have done better at work
Tips: What was good: PI, Calculations accuracy What could be better: I was given feedback to engage the interviewer more so that I could start with a more refined structure instead of a conventional structure

Skills:
College Name: Indian School Of Business (ISB)