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Updated 9 Jun 2021

Kantar Operations Business Analyst Interview Experiences

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Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Past experience
  • Q2. How would you communicate tough feedback to team

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I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Oct 2020. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Some basic puzzles from Geeks for Geeks were asked. In another question, one cube was coloured with 2 colours (Red and Blue), 3 faces each and was asked to count numbers of 1*1 cube with 1 red face, 1 blue...

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Don't keep your CV very technical. Focus on your non-technical skills. Show them, that you have very less idea about analytics

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed before Aug 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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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Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Difference between proc means and proc summary?
  • Ans. 

    Proc means and proc summary are SAS procedures used for summarizing data, but with slight differences.

    • Proc means provides more detailed statistics like standard deviation, minimum and maximum values, while proc summary only provides basic statistics like mean and sum.

    • Proc means can handle missing values, while proc summary cannot.

    • Proc summary can create multiple output datasets, while proc means only creates one.

    • Both p...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Elaborate PDV in SAS
  • Ans. 

    PDV in SAS stands for Program Data Vector, which is a temporary storage area for data during program execution.

    • PDV is used to hold data values during program execution

    • It is created automatically by SAS and is used to store data temporarily

    • PDV is used to hold data values before they are written to a SAS dataset

    • It is also used to hold data values during data manipulation and analysis

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Round 3 - Coding Test 

Scenario based problems on Proc SQL, date functions, data dictionary, macros etc

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for EXL Service Business Analyst interview:
  • PROC SQL
  • Proc report
  • Proc summary
  • SAS ODS
  • JOINS
  • SAS Macros
  • ARRAY
  • First Dot Last Dot
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Brush up your basic coding skills in SAS and command theory part also like different procs, statement, function, options etc

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed before Aug 2021. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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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Round 2 - One-on-one 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. What are the key failure you have faced in your career?
  • Q2. What do you mean by innovation?
  • Ans. 

    Innovation refers to the process of creating new ideas, products, or methods that bring about positive change.

    • Innovation involves taking risks and thinking outside the box

    • It can lead to increased efficiency, productivity, and profitability

    • Examples of innovation include the development of smartphones, electric cars, and renewable energy sources

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  • Q3. How do you really prioritise your requirement

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Please focus more on the basic and core part of the business analyst as it is mostly asked in the interview

I applied via Walk-in and was interviewed before Sep 2019. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Technical : Difference between if and where? Ways of creating macro? First. Last.? Sql queries? Questions on functions like substr, scan trim, cat, intnx, intck etc. ? Types of merge and joins and predict ...

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - It is for SAS opening.
Always prepare your resume and practice mock interview as well as they help alot building confidence.

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: I consulted my seniors for preparation of my resume. I believe that seniors provide the best provide you with the best possible insights in this regards.

Round: Test
Experience: The first round was the written test. The duration of the test was half an hour. The test consisted of questions on data interpretation, logical reasoning and analytics. The questions were pretty easy. The company shortlisted a lot of candidates for the Group Discussion (GD).

Round: HR Interview
Experience: The interview was, as I would call it, an HR and a puzzle based interview. Some questions from probability were also asked. The puzzles asked were tricky but easy at the same time. I cannot recall any of the puzzles that were asked.
Tips: Before appearing for the interview, I would suggest you to solve puzzles from a book named ‘Out of the Box’; the book contains some really good puzzles.

College Name: IIT ROORKEE

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: The written test had various sections. After the written test which was held online, few students were shortlisted for the interview process. There were a total of three rounds of interviews.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: The questions asked from all the candidates in all the rounds were quite similar in nature. They were asking puzzles, numerical reasoning based questions and things which would require use of your analytical skills. The questions weren’t difficult and one can easily find them on placement preparation sites. They also tested me on my knowledge of core engineering subjects to ascertain whether I am serious about the tasks I have in hand.

They also asked few normal HR questions. Some of them were about my short term and long term goals and where do I see myself after three years. They also asked me the reason for shift to a non-core field company.

College Name: IIT ROORKEE
Motivation: I had appeared for the placement process for Mu Sigma as arranged by the placement committee of my college. There was no resume based selection and neither there was any group activity. The major criterion for being able to appear for the written test was the CGPA.

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Half an hour test which had 5 C questions, 10 math and 10 on simple English.
Duration: 30 minutes

Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: Preliminary Round: One Puzzle and a question on probability, I Couldn't answer that puzzle so I started talking about my internship in a great detail and this helped me to get to the next round.

General Tips: It will be of great help if you can solve simple mathematics problems with speed - CAT type.
Skill Tips: Make Sure you do all the common puzzles before you go to interview, E.g 100 gold coin/pirate one which keep repeating.
College Name: NIT SURATHKAL

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Tell me about yourself
  • Ans. 

    I am a business analyst with experience in data analysis and project management.

    • Experienced in data analysis and project management

    • Proficient in using tools like Excel, SQL, and Tableau

    • Skilled in identifying business problems and providing solutions

    • Excellent communication and presentation skills

    • Worked with cross-functional teams to achieve project goals

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  • Q2. Asking about team work

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Accuracy required
Tips: Easy just need more speed in calculations
Duration: 20 minutes
Total Questions: 15

Round: Problem Statement
Experience: Strategies required for buisness , simple coding
Tips: Strategies required for buisness , simple coding

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: A video round followed by GD will be conducted
Tips: Video round may have clips from films like pursuit of happiness and you have to write about video

Skills: Communication , Team work, Stress handling
College Name: SATHYABAMA UNIVERSITY
Motivation: No need to prepare much being cool and self confident is enough

Business Analyst Interview Questions & Answers

Mu Sigma user image Korra Jagadeeshwar

posted on 6 Mar 2015

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Every Question to test my confidence and strength to respond to a situation basing on my answers

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Good standard questions
Tips: Be good at your mathematics tricks.
Duration: 20 minutes
Total Questions: 15

Round: ProgRAmming Knowledge Test
Experience: Basic c programming algorithms
very easy indeed
Tips: be good at basics of C

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Very much interactive one and a good one to talk on.
Tips: Be sure on what you talk and be ready to respond to each and every opinion.
Duration: 30 minutes

Round: Video Synthesis
Experience: A video on Mu Sigma Belief System, a good one to analyse.
Tips: Never summarize the video.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Being Confident is the main plus point for me.
The Interviewer was a cool minded and also good at manipulating our answers to form the next question.
Tips: Be Confident throughout the interview and show them you are meant to be at this job.
And make sure you don't cook up any fake story , you may get caught somewhere in the interview.
And never feel tensed, just give it your best shot.

General Tips: Just show the interviewer how confident you are and what you are capable of.
Skills: Confidence with which you can work, Readiness to work hard
College Name: VIT VELLORE
Motivation: A best company that can be found in today's Indian Economy for Business Analysts and their principle of learning over knowing is the best.
Funny Moments: The HR team is really friendly and they shared a lot of funny moments, one among them is the chat we had on monkeys and people as monkeys.

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