Hi-Tech Animation Interview Questions and Answers for Experienced

Round: Test
Experience: A bit difficult but sensible way to get started with the selection procedure. Questions purely attack the algorithmic and stastitic aspects.
Tips: Get yourself ready with conceptual clartity regarding algorithms and stastics . Don't be ambitious to attempt all the questions, completely solving one problem would be more than enough for getting through this level.
Duration: 120 minutes
Total Questions: 3

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Believe me. You never feel inferior, it's really interactive and very friendly. Interviewer gave me a few chances and hints whenever i've gone wrong. Overall interview experience was awesome.
Tips: If you're up to this round, they believe you have the potential. So don't panic if you are unable to answer their questions. Just tell them which aspects which you are comfortable with and they will proceed correspondingly, Just be honest whatsoever.

Skill Tips: Prefer having some revision about the above skills before undergoing the selection process.
Skills: Math Puzzles, Algorithmic Approach To Problem Solving, Data Structures
Duration: 2months
College Name: IIT Madras
Funny Moments: Receiving the offer letter from HR official who visited our campus :)

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Sent resume to an HR through Linkedin and got the call for interview

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Had 3 rounds of technical interviews with Product Owner, Product Manager and VP Product. Most of the questions were related to maths, statistics and a few on machine learning. Even though I did not have much background on these, I was asked to give my inputs and try to find a solution. We discussed recommendation engines for Quora, Linkedin and e-commerce websites. Then they asked me how can we remove the bias that comes in the practo ratings of the doctors due to feedback from various channels. How can we identify if the customer is booking an appointment by looking at reviews or ratings? How can we identify spam reviews before publishing them? How can we build a product which can help users write a better quality review? Most of the questions were related to data science and how we can improve the products using data. The data analyst role for which I was being interviewed, was a first of its kind role in Practo. The JD was to basically work with the product team and help them in improving products, building new features etc. using data science/ data analytics.

Skills: Product Sense, Attitude, Data Science, Data Analysis, Basics Of Machine Learning
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: being the leader of the healthcare industry, high growth startup, opportunity to solve interesting problems using data

Round: Test
Experience: There was Pool Campus Placement of  4 Colleges together(NIT Jalandhar,NIT Hamirpur ,Candigarh University and CGC Landran ) at Chandigarh University.Written test was taken on Hacker Rank. There were 5 Coding Questions of Linklist , Dynamic Programming,Priority Queues etc . 
You didn't have to do All the questions (3 can get you to the next round).

One thing that need to be beware of is that on Hacker Rank Your Draft is Saved every second(or so). So don't copy from the internet and just paste there(they will get to know).
Tips: Make sure you practice lot of Algorithms.
Duration: 120 minutes
Total Questions: 5

Round: Problem Statement
Experience: Only 8 Students were selected for this round
20 mins were given for it
and afterwards each student had personal discussion(10 mins) with them to explain their schema .
3-4 Questions were also asked related to your schema and how to perform a particular query
Tips: You should Be Through with DBMS
Make sure there is no redundant table and Primary keys are marked

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: 2 were selected for the Interview
Firstly they make you very Comfortable and ask how were the previous Rounds.
Then they asked about the two questions of First Round and my approach 
Then couple of questions on The design that was made Earlier.
Then there were questions on How Internet Works ,gcc,Linux,git,sql.

Then the Interviewer asked if I have any question
I asked about (as the work on doctor's app) how they know the credibility of a doctor which is enlisted in their app.
Interviewer was really Impressed by the question and told me all about it with all details.


Both were selected
Tips: Be cool in the Interview
Think Loudly and Interact with them well.
If they want you to ask any question ,it should not be related to technical stuff ,it should be related to the company

College Name: NIT JALANDHAR

Skills:
College Name: NA

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: CV should focus on the skill set previously mentioned. Concise and to the point sentences. Line out projects and internships well. Balance between academia and extra curriculars. Attend the CV making workshop of Opera and work on it accordingly.
Tips: Don’t put things totally irrelevant to the job profile. Don’t write long sentences. Know your CV well for further stages.Anything related to your CV should be at the tip of your tongue.

Round: Test
Experience: Don’t spend a lot of time on one question in quant section. There’s a cut-off in Quant and your focus should be on clearing it. If you clear the cut-off, the puzzle section will be evaluated, where solving at least 2 is generally good enough. Puzzles are hard, and need a lot of prior practice.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Direct selections take place at the end of all interviews after a mutual discussion between all the panels. Know your CV thoroughly. Prepare for some HR questions as well. Puzzle solving and guesstimates are asked, so prepare them well. When you are asked a puzzle, do not sit quietly but think aloud. The interviewers help you structure your thoughts. Most of the times, just knowing your approach is enough for them
Tips: Evaluate the nature of your interviewer for the first 5 minutes and if possible treat the interview like a discussion. They just want to know more about you so tell it to them. Most of them are very friendly, and you will feel at ease. Be confident. Sound excited while talking about your projects/internships. It gives them confidence in you. Be very very thorough with your CV. Nothing gives a bad impression like not knowing about yourself. Ask questions if you have them at the end of the interview.

General Tips: 1: Be Confident.
2: Keep Smiling.
3: Do not be Panic.
4: Remember they are here to hire you but not reject you.
5: Do not loose hope.
6: Believe at yourself.
7: Start preparing early.
8: Do demo interviews with your friend.
Skills: Mathematics, Computer Science
College Name: IIT KHARAGPUR
Motivation: Every body joins a comapny for making a software or earning money. But I was always motivated to MAKE MONEY. I have taken this job because they have very extensive work in Share Market and they have lots of MBA from IIM's, Lots of CAs, CS. Thats why i have choosen Edelweiss. I have rejected epic System USA for this profile.

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: I started preparing my resume somewhere around August end. I spoke to a few seniors about it and read quite a few resumes, especially of those seniors who either had a profile similar to mine or had secured jobs in fields of my interest, eg. Consulting, finance, etc. I also attended the Resume Writing Workshop conducted by McKinsey and Co. on campus and cleared a few doubts there.
Tips: I would advise you guys to start preparing your resumes well in advance, it is not something to be kept for the last minute. Being the first form of acquaintance between you and a firm, it is a highly important document and the way you highlight your strong points and attributes can go a long way in shortlisting you from amongst the hundreds of resumes that they have to scan. Also, it is important that you be able to speak on any point in your resume in detail, hence you must be sure of what you are writing in it.

Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: The procedure of selection for Opera Solutions was a set of 4 interviews, each having a case study and some HR questions. The initial shortlist had around 22 candidates, after the first 2 interviews around 10 candidates were selected for the final rounds. Finally 3 candidates were made offers.  There were no GDs, only case interviews. The first interview had a case involving a music company which scouts for amateur talent and launches them. They want to enter India and want you to analyse the market and suggest if its feasible or not. The interviewer gave a lot of data related to market share of pop music, bollywood, devotional music, etc and it suggested that the market share of the genre related to the company is very little. However I think what worked best was that I also pointed out certain solutions which could make it feasible, such as merging with another company in a genre where the given company has core competencies in. I think this was the high point of the interview which I atleast would like to believe compensated for a later interview that I did not do well in. Another interview had a case where a pharmaceutical company in the US wants to enter India. A set of constraints and data was given and I was asked to calculate if it should actually setup a manufacturing facility in India or manufacture in the US and transport to India. I did not do well in this one, I wasn’t being able to come up with a figure. Both the interviews had an HR component where I was asked about my strengths and weaknesses, about Mood Indigo and my academic record. I was asked to describe myself. I was also asked to talk about my co-intern’s project in ITC (she was also interviewing with Opera). In a subsequent interview after the shortlist, I was asked to estimate the market for Maruti cars, domestic air travel. They weren't expecting too much detail, the interviewer was more interested in the approach. point.
Tips: I attended most of the initial PPTs. One does get a good understanding of what a firm does and where exactly do you fit into it, you also understand what they are looking for and what is the extent of their operations. I must admit though that I found my interaction with seniors, especially those working in those firms was more informative and fruitful. They can give clarity in certain grey areas that companies might stay non-committal on.ending across links/documents would help us compile a single point resource) . I prepared for case studies from the material I took from seniors, most of which is available on the LAN. For case studies I prepared with a friend and sometimes in groups of 3. I think this method is better than individual preparation because the other person can point out where you are going wrong, you get a different perspective and at the same time you can prepare in a fashion where one interviews the other and vice versa, so you get slightly comfortable with how an actual interview might feel like. It is however important to ensure that the person you are preparing with is competent and complementary to your skill sets, so that you can improve upon aspects where you might be lacking in.

General Tips: Case studies and HR questions. One should be very comfortable with points mentioned in the resume and should be able to talk at length about any . I guess it'd just be shifting a little from being myself if you know what I mean. A lot of seniors would give you a lot of fundae, but at the end one must remember that unless one is comfortable with a certain way of speaking or certain method of solving cases, it wont look genuine. For example, one need not thrash out every single detail of a case before beginning to solve it, sometimes the interviewer might get impatient or might think you are trying to buy time to think by asking unnecessary details. So if you are the kind of a person who can intuitively draw good conclusions at the outset so as to decide which direction to proceed in and hence which questions to ask, you can surely go ahead and do that, you need not also ask questions that you know are not required. Case interviews are very feel-good interviews, even if you make a mistake you will be guided back on track by the interviewer, hence I personally would recommend that you stick more to your general approach to solving cases (if you know it is a good one and works of course) and not try to change too much just because a certain senior did it in a different way.
College Name: IIT BOMBAY