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Updated 4 Sep 2023

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  • Q1. When identity property is inserted in the table. Will the truncate or delete change the identity value? If it changes what will be the value?
  • Q2. What are views and will the alter command on table changes anything in views created? Will the values change in views, if the table values changes?
  • Q3. What are joins and name the types? Why is self join useful?
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posted on 4 Sep 2023

Interview experience
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Process Duration
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Result
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Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

Calculation and Logics

Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Programming and problem solving

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posted on 15 Jan 2022

Interview Questionnaire 

7 Questions

  • Q1. Asked basic questions of sql server & ssis
  • Q2. What are views and will the alter command on table changes anything in views created? Will the values change in views, if the table values changes?
  • Ans. 

    Alter command on table affects views created on the table.

    • Views are virtual tables created from one or more tables.

    • Alter command on a table can change the structure of the table, which can affect the views created on it.

    • If the columns used in the view are altered or dropped, the view will become invalid.

    • If the data in the table is changed, the data in the view will also change accordingly.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. What are the data transformations in ssis? What is lookup?
  • Ans. 

    Data transformations in SSIS include Lookup which retrieves data from a source based on a matching condition.

    • Lookup is used to retrieve data from a source based on a matching condition

    • It can be used to perform joins between two data sources

    • Lookup can be used to update or insert data into a destination based on a match

    • Other data transformations in SSIS include sorting, aggregating, and merging data

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. Difference between drop, truncate & delete?
  • Ans. 

    Drop deletes the table structure and data, truncate deletes only data, and delete deletes specific rows.

    • Drop: removes the table and all its data permanently

    • Truncate: removes all data from the table but keeps the structure

    • Delete: removes specific rows from the table based on a condition

    • Drop and truncate cannot be rolled back, but delete can be

    • Drop and truncate reset the identity of the table, but delete does not

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  • Q5. When identity property is inserted in the table. Will the truncate or delete change the identity value? If it changes what will be the value?
  • Ans. 

    Truncate resets identity value, delete does not.

    • Truncate resets the identity value to the original seed value

    • Delete does not change the identity value

    • Example: Truncate table resets identity value to 1

    • Example: Delete from table does not change identity value

  • Answered by AI
  • Q6. What are joins and name the types? Why is self join useful?
  • Ans. 

    Joins are used to combine data from two or more tables based on a related column. Types include inner, outer, left, right, and cross join.

    • Inner join returns only the matching rows from both tables.

    • Outer join returns all rows from both tables, with null values for non-matching rows.

    • Left join returns all rows from the left table and matching rows from the right table.

    • Right join returns all rows from the right table and m...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q7. Write a query using self join to join the employees who are all managers using id in the table.
  • Ans. 

    Query to join employees who are all managers using id in the table.

    • Use self join to join the table on manager id and employee id

    • Filter the result to only include employees who are also managers

    • Example: SELECT e1.name, e2.name FROM employees e1 JOIN employees e2 ON e1.id = e2.manager_id WHERE e2.manager_id IS NOT NULL

    • Ensure that the table has a manager_id column

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Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Interview went well. Be confident and tell exactly about your experience so that interview will be based on your experience.

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Associate Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 1 Jul 2021

I applied via Recruitment Consultant and was interviewed in Jan 2021. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

8 Questions

  • Q1. What is meant by MedDRA??
  • Ans. It is medical dictionary for regulatory activities, which is used to code the adverse events
  • Answered Anonymously
  • Q2. What is hierarchy of MedDRA?
  • Ans. 1. SOC (System Organ Class); 2. HLGT (High level group term); 3. HLT ( high level term); 4. PT (Preferred term); 5. LLT ( lower level term)
  • Answered Anonymously
  • Q3. What is dechallange and rechallange?
  • Q4. What is ADR?
  • Ans. 

    ADR stands for Alternative Dispute Resolution. It is a process of resolving disputes outside of the court system.

    • ADR includes methods such as mediation, arbitration, and negotiation.

    • It is often used as a quicker and less expensive alternative to traditional litigation.

    • ADR can be voluntary or mandatory, depending on the situation.

    • Examples of ADR include settling a divorce through mediation, resolving a business dispute ...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q5. What are the minimum criteria for valid case?
  • Ans. 

    Valid case criteria

    • The case must have a clear and specific problem or issue

    • The case must have relevant and reliable data or information

    • The case must have a logical and coherent structure

    • The case must have realistic and feasible solutions

    • The case must have potential for learning and application

    • The case must have ethical and legal considerations

    • The case must have appropriate scope and complexity

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  • Q6. When do you consider an event to be serious?
  • Q7. What do you mean by causality?
  • Ans. 

    Causality refers to the relationship between an event (the cause) and a second event (the effect), where the second event is a result of the first.

    • Causality is the principle that everything has a cause and effect.

    • It is the relationship between an action and its consequences.

    • For example, smoking causes lung cancer.

    • Causality is important in scientific research to establish cause-and-effect relationships.

    • It is also import...

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  • Q8. What is co-morbid condition

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - It was a technical round which majorly focused on our knowledge of Pharmacovigilance, communication and knee observation towards the subject. And also focused on project we undertaken and medical terminology knowledge.

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Associate Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 19 Feb 2021

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Feb 2020. There were 5 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

8 Questions

  • Q1. Tell me about yourself
  • Q2. Interest in job role
  • Q3. Previous work experience if any
  • Q4. Hobbies,interests, project details
  • Q5. Family background
  • Q6. Why should we hire you
  • Q7. How much salary you are expecting
  • Q8. Any questions you can ask

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be stick on to your CV and some basic subject details, company details and job details

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Interview Questionnaire 

3 Questions

  • Q1. Despite, having a decent CG, why haven’t I got placed till day 8
  • Q2. Tell me about your life story?
  • Q3. One of the company person asked to explain my resume

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Speed Maths was easy, it was such that
silly mistakes were quite probable. It lasted for an hour. English was for 1.5
hrs. It was based on TOFEL(speaking, writing, listening)

General Tips: Criteria for getting shortlisted for
Capgemini’s stages of selection was performing well in puzzles and maths.

They did not stress on PORs or internships,
neither did they take the minor into account.No case study topics asked were asked.1st years- Concentrate on CG, put fight for
Day 1, Day 2 companies

2nd years- Concentrate on CG,try learning
coding(coursera) and algorithmic and financial analytics.

Try to obtain an internship in the company
you want to get placed in. It may not be a very good intern, but should be a
meaningful one.

3rd years-Focus on CG, obtain a good
internship.



Practice maths in the last 4
months.(probability mainly)



If you want a finance company, then read newspaper regularly, try to
obtain certifications like CFA, NCFM, etc.
College Name: IIT MADRAS

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Quant was most important for the tests, fast mathematics, then technical questions. Technical questions

generally asked by the company. The tests were mostly MCQ. Some tests were there which had subjective question papers. Those subjective type tests lasted 3 hours. They would write a program to do *task* type questions. The programming

language to write the code in, was our choice. The language options were C, C++, Python, Java. Python was rarely asked

Round: Group Discussion
Tips: The skills they wanted to test was to see how well they were able to express their ideas, but without outwardly disrupting others while talking.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: The HR usually starts with “Tell me about yourself”. Then they go through the resume, and ask about the project (DDP, in this case) and internship. This was done by the HR team, just to see how the candidate is putting forth his ideas and contributions clearly. Two puzzles were given in the interview.The interview was at least 40 minutes, with 5 minutes of HR interview HR people were not interested in the depth of the resume, but rather on whether the candidate was able to talk or not. It was used to eliminate some people.
Tips: People with low CGPA had to perform exceptionally well to compensate for the low CGPA. For managerial positions, PoRs like coordships, coreships etc can be used to pitch your leadership qualities. They can start a chain of conversation that involves the work you did, on how you managed to execute the task efficiently, which ends up working in your favor.

Skill Tips: Focus on your Study.. Revise the subject that you have studied at the time of Interview
Skills: Technical Skills
College Name: IIT MADRAS

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: English skill based test, it was more like a basic clearance test. There were two different rounds one of them was to listen/read and then fill up questions (approx. 45min) other one was the Telephonic test (computer generated test, approx. 15min).
Tips: Aptitude is a must, so practise
Duration: 60 minutes

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Here the way you interact in a group and essence of your points. Personally I felt that they didn’t concentrate much on speaking skills as such.
Tips: Practise to talk in groups, current affairs  and even random topics
Duration: 15 minutes

Round: HR Interview
Experience: I was tested on basic understanding of Big Data and tested on enthusiasm
Tips: Puzzles (for most startups) and HR & resume based for others mostly.prepare things very much related to the company.

Skill Tips: Starting earlier helps . Aptitude requires some time and it is better to start atleast during summer vacation. Last two months before placements can be spent for other preparations.
College Name: IIT MADRAS

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: I performed well in the written test, and there was a speaking and listening test too.  I felt quant was most important for the tests, fast mathematics, then technical questions. Technical questions generally asked by core companies. Some programming based companies also ask such technical questions.



Puzzles can help you in answering quant questions also. The tests were mostly MCQ. Some tests were there which had subjective question papers. None of the core companies had subjective type, but coding companies had such questions. 





They were write a program to do *task* type questions. The programming language to write the code in, was our choice. The language options were C, C++, Python, Java. Python was rarely asked, though.
Duration: 3 hours minutes

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Don't quite actually remember those topics. But, skills they wanted to test was to see how well they were able to express their ideas, but without outwardly disrupting others while talking.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: The interview was at least 40 minutes, with 5 minutes of HR interview for my current work profile. 

The HR usually starts with “Tell me about yourself”. Then they go through the resume, and ask about the project (DDP, in my case) and internship. This was done by the HR team, just to see how the candidate is putting forth his ideas and contributions clearly.
Tips: Since I cleared the tests, I was allowed to appear for the interviews, but after that, the CGPA played a major role in the final selection. Hence people with low CGPA had to perform exceptionally well to compensate for the low CGPA. However, I don’t know of the internal mechanism of shortlisting, so I was of the opinion that CGPA did not result in elimination of candidates, (except for the candidates who were eliminated due to the cutoff CGPA). But it played a role in the final selection.

For managerial positions, PoRs like coordships, coreships etc can be used to pitch your leadership qualities. They can start a chain of conversation that involves the work you did, on how you managed to execute the task efficiently, which ends up working in your favour.

Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: Two puzzles were given in the interview. I did well in both, hence got selected. Another puzzle was to measure 45 minutes of time elapsed by using two candles, both of which take 1 hour to burn out completely.

General Tips: I was weak in thermodynamics, so he covered that course revision, for core placements. I prepared from the material sent by Shruti. That was all I prepared. The Coursera for R language was not that useful for me as I was looking for a managerial position.In case of resume shortlists, students who had done management, operations research or economics courses were preferred.
Otherwise, one has to justify your selection through good pitching. Finance companies are sort of open minded; they are looking for people who would do the job. Anyways, they will be providing training, so the knowledge in finance gained through independent means is not quite significant. It will, however, give an edge in the tests, as finance and quant based questions will be asked. They won’t go deep info finance.
I also suggest to freshies and second years to complete the core credited intern in the second year itself so that they can take up an intern of their choice, be it either research intern or core intern in their 3rd year summer. It offers much greater flexibility to the students. It will be useful, especially for non-core placements. I started preparing for the interviews late. I did not put pen to paper, to write down his answer for the ice-breaking questions like “Introduce yourself”. It would be better to write those answers down and get them polished, rather than trying to remember it and/or make it up spontaneously.
Skill Tips: For handling pressure, I suggest that after the interviews are over, just eat and get a good night’s sleep. Preparing/analyzing about the performance in the interview would only make you more anxious, affects sleep, and this would affect your performance in the interviews the next day. The additional one hour of preparation is not going to make a big difference.
Skills: Speaking Ability, Ability to express your ideas, Capable of managing things efficiently
College Name: IIT MADRAS

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: A balanced resume is preferred. It helped me in the further stages of the selection process, as everything was quite based on how was my resume.

Round: Test
Experience: It was actually and English skill based test, more like a basic clearance test. Two different rounds were there:(i)Listen/read and then fill up questions (approx. 45min) (ii) Telephonic test (computer generated test, approx. 15min).

I also appeared for other companies like Auctus and Reliance. Auctus had direct interview SL and Reliance had Aptitude and Technical (Mech) approx. 30 minutes each.
Tips: Aptitude is a must, so practice.
Duration: 1 hour minute

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: They actually tested the skills of the way you interact in a group and essence of your points. Felt that they didn’t concentrate much on speaking skills as such.
Tips: Practice to talk in groups, current affairs  and even random topics.
Duration: 10-15 minutes minutes

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Basic understanding of Big Data and tested on enthusiasm. 
For others: 

Reliance – Corrosion & welding based questions; it was mainly a technical round
Auctus – Only HR was taken
Housing – Puzzles and HR (same round)
Deloitte – Basic consult based questions on whatever was given in JD.


For core:Reliance – Corrosion engineering, welding courses and a bit of 1st year metallurgy. BTP was related to Corrosion and discussion about BTP happened.
Tips: Puzzles (for most startups) and HR & resume based for others mostly.

General Tips: Aptitude and puzzle preparation is a must. For interviews prepare things very much related to the company. (For startups knowledge related to their field might be a plus point)If people are looking for Non-Core: better that they do some good and useful non-core intern atleast once, taking part in competitions will also help.



2ndyears can learn ‘R’ or any other technical stuffs which can be useful for non-core (mainly, Fin or analytics)Case studies are good to prepare for one month atleast.
Skill Tips: Starting earlier helps and I started around October. Aptitude requires some time and it is better to start atleast during summer vacation. Last two months before placements can be spent for other preparations.
Skills: English based skills, How to interact with people, Aptitude
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Motivation: Mostly based on the enthusiasm towards the field of work and the basic understanding of it.

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Simple Aptitude - just brush up basics - be quick in your solving.
Duration: 120min minutes
Total Questions: 50+10

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Pretty simple interview round - was asked few HR questions. Majorly it was a informative session where i was told about the job profile and tested whether I was willing to take up the responsibility & commitment.

College Name: IIT MADRAS
Motivation: Just applied gen. Got through.
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How many rounds are there in IQVIA Associate interview?
IQVIA interview process usually has 3 rounds. The most common rounds in the IQVIA interview process are Resume Shortlist, Aptitude Test and Technical.
How to prepare for IQVIA Associate interview?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at IQVIA. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at IQVIA expect are Life Sciences, Clinical Research, Windows, GCP and Clinical Trials.
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