Instamojo Risk Analyst Interview Questions and Answers

Round: Test
Experience: CGPA cutoff was 7.0.The test was based on quant.
Tips: No special preparations though CAT preparation and CFM and NCFM tests will help you crack the test. Also its beneficial to have general finance knowledge.
Duration: 30 minutes
Total Questions: 40

Round: Behavorial Interview
Experience: The first round is where they'll examine your communication skills required client- company interactions.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: In HR round expect some thorough questions on you resume. Mainly if any of your project or internship is similar to the profile offered. They will dig deep down!The other half of the HR round was around the company. Good if you know about thecompany first hand.

Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: Last one was based on case studies. Your approach is more valued than the end result. 

Skill Tips: ""
College Name: IIT Madras

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: CGPA 6 Above shortlisted

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: DSA, Analytics, Business Knowledge

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Project, DBMS, OOPS, DW, Probability, Puzzles

Round: Test
Experience: The coding question was:
Given a binary string containing 0's and 1's. You can split the string such that each partition should be a exponential of 5 (1,5,25,625...). You were asked to return minimum number of partition for the given string such each partition is exponential of 5. If no such partition exists return -1.
Examples: '101101101' Ans: 3 (101, 101, 101)
'111' Ans: 3 (1,1,1)
10101 Ans: -1
Tips: For MCQ's prepare DSA, OS and Networking. For DSA you can refer to cormen
For Coding question practice on either geeksforgeeks or from any of the coding platforms like hackerrank
The shortlist was mainly dependent on coding question
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Round: Puzzle Interview
Tips: Do lot of puzzles from heard on the street, -----/ , Try to search for more. It will be helpful in other interviews as well

Round: Technical Interview
Tips: Practice algorithm section from geeksforgeeks. There are lot of standard problems. The given questions were slightly modified version of standard problems

Round: Technical Interview
Tips: For this round you need to be well prepared with your projects and resume.

College Name: IIT Madras

Round: Test
Experience: Test was consist of two sections
1.Quant
2.Aptitude
Tips: Since initial shortlisting was based on Test so focus on Quant and Aptitude
Duration: 40 minutes
Total Questions: 30

Round: Interview
Experience: Tested communication skill for the purpose of client interaction.

Round: Interview
Experience: Asked Questions relating to resume. the first part of the 2nd round was mostly on my intern,the profile of which matched with what they were looking for.Data mining ,Data analyst etc.they went in depth about my intern and asked every detail of how i proceeded in getting the final results. second part focussed on PAYPAL .
Tips: They didn't expect the candidate to know everything about PAYPAL but it is always good to know about the company as much as you can before attending the interview.

Round: Interview
Experience: They looked at the approach and tried to push us to the limits.
The most important factor is how you approach the problem and not if you end up with result then there was other question,they tested the approach even for that one.
Tips: Preparation on guesstimate and case studies will help you deal with question like that.

Skills: Communication skill, Problem solving skill
College Name: IIT MADRAS

Round: Test
Experience: It was a test of moderate level.

20 ques in 20 min.

Basic focus was speed and accuracy.

Tested calculation speed.
Tips: Try to decide which ques to answer and which ones to leave.

Its very important not to get stuck in any 1 ques and waste time. MOVE ON!
Duration: 20 minutes
Total Questions: 20

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Hi ! i dont remember the question but I do remember that they were easy.

The interviewers are there to test you not to embarrass you. or humiliate you.
They dont expect you to answer every ques so no need to get frustrated if you get a couple of them wrong.
Tips: Go easy...
If you dont know answer to a ques , dont panic,. They are willing to qive you points for your approach.

General Tips: Relax at all times
Skill Tips: Just practice. Whenever you are on facebook solve a couple of brain teasers.


Skills: Aptitude
College Name: DTU
Motivation: Good Future prospects!

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Interview is so simple. Don't hesitate if someone looking for going to Paytm. They can free you in half n hour. All the documentation they can do on same day. Kindly get your marksheet and graduation degree certificate while you go for interview.

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Read about job description and prepare accordingly

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - However good you are in the interview in case study you need to get the math problems correct on the first attempt. I got it wrong but answered it correctly within one minute. But they said " i lack attention to detail" and didnt consider me for the next round.