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Hurun Report Senior Research Associate Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 17 Jan 2023

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Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed before Jan 2022.

4 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

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Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
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2

Aptitude Test Round

It contains some accounting based questions like ratios and general accounting terms

3

One-on-one Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Mainly accounting related questions like the affect of a transaction in different statements
4

One-on-one Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Last round with the MD.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Do research about the company and field you are getting into before taking the interview.

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Interview experience
3
 Average
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

I applied via Campus Placement

2 Interview Rounds

1

Aptitude Test Round

Normal aptitude test

2

One-on-one Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Tell me about yourself, and few guesstimate questions only

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Easy interview to crack.
Interview experience
3
 Average
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

I applied via Campus Placement

2 Interview Rounds

1

Aptitude Test Round

Normal aptitude test

2

One-on-one Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Tell me about yourself, and few guesstimate questions only

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Easy interview to crack.
Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2023.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Aptitude Test Round

Mathematics, problem solving skills

2

HR Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Self introduction
  • Q2. Basic communication

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Work hard
Interview experience
3
 Average
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via campus placement at IBS Mumbai, Mumbai and was interviewed before Jul 2023.

3 Interview Rounds

1

Assignment Round

Assignment is for Freshers/ 2 years experience in IB/Credit:
- Mainly 1 Credit Model (Basic Company Analysis
Recommendation:
1) Focus more on Positives and Negatives
2) Refer Published Credit Reports
3) Do a complete web research/News Articles
4) Ensure you also check for its competitor
- IB (Company Profiles, Comps, Precedent transactions)
1. Ensure you design the slide professionally and well.
2. For Public comps, ensure you check the company’s core business are in-line and all the market data are reflecting correct.
3. Enure the EV cal. Is correct and simply mention if exclusion of any (eg. Exclusion of lease from debt which cal. EV)
4. Precedent Transaction: Although Databases are not available, Google Research provides atleast 5-6 deals details easily with multiples. Try to find listed entities deals for that matter, easy to get multiples from SEC filings.

If you are asked to Analyse one company, please include combination of everything mentioned above (Credit and IB both), This is highly recommended for good points

2

One-on-one Round (4 Questions)

  • Q1. About the Assignment
  • Q2. Related to Company Profiles, Comps, Precedent Transactions
  • Q3. Financial related questions - Ratios (Definitely), More importantly understanding links of ratio
  • Q4. If Credit - Bond Comps, Basic Understand of analysis of company
3

One-on-one Round (3 Questions)

  • Q1. Round with CEO - More about yourself
  • Q2. Gives some case study questions just to see how you think. For e.g. might ask revenue model of hotel industry, manufacturing industry and so on.
  • Q3. Ratios focus and more on its understanding

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for ValueAdd Research and Analytics Solutions Research Analyst interview:
  • Company profiles
  • Credit Analysis
  • Precedent Transactions
  • Bond Comps
  • Comps
  • Financial Modeling
  • Industry
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Mentioned my advice in questions.
Although one thing, be prepared about finance terms, latest industry trends and study good about 1 industry particularly very much confident about
Interview experience
3
 Average
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 4-6 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Feb 2023.

2 Interview Rounds

1

HR Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Tell us about your past experiences and similar questions to check if the cadidate is right fit or not
2

One-on-one Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. What are the different technology verticals you have worked on? Elaborate multiple approaches of estimating the market size with an example?

2 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
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2

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Cosumption of potatoes respective state
  • Q2. Governer of Reserve Bank of India

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Logical thinking is required & be confident about your answer
Interview experience
3
 Average
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via campus placement at ICBM-School of Business Excellence, Hyderabad and was interviewed before Dec 2021.

4 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Don’t add your photo or details such as gender, age, and address in your resume. These details do not add any value.
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2

Aptitude Test Round

Simple aptitude questions and reasoning

3

Case Study Round

Case study on report writing without plagiarism

4

HR Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. 1. Some marketing research and specifications questions self introduction ?roles and responsibilities of previous experience ?
  • Q2. What is the impact of COVID 19 in banking sector

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Just be fluent and knowledge in apptitude and basic marketing subject knowledge
Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 Easy
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed before Feb 2022.

3 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Properly align and format text in your resume. A recruiter will have to spend more time reading poorly aligned text, leading to high chances of rejection.
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2

Aptitude Test Round

Logical Reasoning & Aptitude test, Grammar test.

3

Skill test Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. You are given some EAN number, bases on that you have to find details of the product and answer the questions.
  • Q2. 1. Introduction 2. Questions about Prior work experience.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare in advance some basic logical & aptittude questions like direction sense, blood relations. Also prepare grammar for english test.

After this you have to do research on the given EAN and find out the details of the product, so prepare in advance how to find details of a product on google from a particular EAN.

I was interviewed in Feb 2017.

6 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Online.

Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: It was a telephonic interview. I was asked basic questions regarding my previous internships mainly the one at IIM Calcutta. They asked me why i wanted to pursue such a role despite being an engineer and how flexible I was in working in a new place. The interviewer was friendly and I opened up about my interests and experience. Finally, I was selected.

College Name: Jadavpur University, Kolkata

Hurun Report Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Hurun Report Senior Research Associate interview?
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