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Round: Technical Interview
Experience: First Phone Technical Interview for 1 hr - Programming

Tips: The interviewer seeks my confidence levels more than my technical skills. I suggest confidence is the key point to clear the 1st round

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Second In person interview with account manager - 35 mins, general resume related questions - went well
There was no call or update regarding application status
3 people cleared 1st and 2nd round from my graduate class
1 was called for third round and later offered
Tips: Be confident while you answer the questions and it seems they are very particular about the skills as well behavior

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Learn about wifi and performance

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Focus in detail on last role

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be careful don’t be over smart

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be calm and confident

Round: HR Interview
Experience: This round was primarily a personal round revolving around the CV. The question broadly covered the various things done at ISB and the extra-
curricular. A lot of expected question were there on the Strengths, weaknesses, successes, Stay at ISB, Comparison with Undergrad education at IIT-B.
The interviewer was insistent that I answer both but I answered the first part and said that there was nothing I could think of for the second part because I just could not relate to such a separation in personal and professional personalities. Of course the answer was detailed and elaborate and ultimately convincing.

The conversation was a very easy one. I think I was able to break ice very early in the discussion and was always conscious for the crispness of my answers. As a result we were able to have a long discussion about a lot of different issues during the 30 minute+ long discussion. I was also trying to build a coherent storyline throughout by citing examples and connecting back to things I had earlier said in the interview.
Tips: Be sure to have a consistent story for all of the above and make sure that you keep corroborating your claims and assertion from time to time. For every aspect I was asked to site an example.
Be very thorough with you CV. Elaborate every point of your CV and prepare answers to the standard expected questions. Make sure you have rehearsed them well enough.

Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: I started by looking at the international retailer (Company) and its Indian partner? Why the venture, what strengths, type of contract, etc. it seems the company had efficient back end operation and the front end expertise was with the Indian partner. They would need 6 months to get out of contractual obligations. The operation is merely breaking even right now. I also looked at the competition and customers buckets and there was not enough information available on this.
After this initial analysis the case question was flipped to find out the drivers of setting up a retail store. Some of the drivers discussed were :
- Geography (decided by regulation, logistics, operations, etc)
- Store format (Departmental, Hypermart, location in city or outside city)
- Product Mix ( What would be item stocked)
- Partnerships (potential allies)
- Competition
- Target Customers (to decide Footfalls X Conversion Rate X Ticket Size)
The next part of the case was that where will I gather information about all these, customers, geographies, etc. I said there could be two ways of collecting information: Primary Research and Secondary Research. Primary we can collected from other stores, scanner data, Pilot study, survey, etc Secondary could be done through industry and analyst reports like Crisil, Datamonitor, ISI Emerging markets, These reports normally give detailed outlook about cities, types of formats, conversion rates, catchment area and other parameters. Given that we had just one monthinformation, Secondary research would be more appropriate.
Tips: Keep your cool

Skills: HR Skills, Case Analysis
College Name: Indian School Of Business (ISB)

Round: Other Interview
Experience: They were core interviews basically and highly focused on Resume points.
Tips: Projects and internships were given significant importance and they grilled students on these aspects.

General Tips: Interview questions were mostly core sprinkled with a few HR questions. They asked a lot of questions on Heat,mass transfer. They look for students who have good conceptual knowledge of fundamentals of core courses.
Skill Tips: High importance was given to all courses basics.
Skills: Core courses concepts., Project and internship experiences.
College Name: IIT MADRAS

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