KPMG India Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

AMCAT aptitude test with verbal ability

Q1. What is the probability of an event occurring
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Q2. Tell me something about yourself
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Q1. Explain the intercompany process
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Intercompany process involves transactions between two or more entities within the same organization.
• Intercompany process is used to transfer goods or services between different entities of the same company

• It involves creating intercompany sales orders, intercompany purchase orders, intercompany billing documents, and intercompany deliveries

• The process ensures that the transactions are properly recorded in the books of...read more
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Q1. Tell me about your project
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Q1. Tell about yourself and internal audit experience you possess and why do you career gaps.
Ans. Honest and short career joruney would make a great answer.
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Q2. Where do u see yourself in coming years.
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Q1. Case study based question on internal audit
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Q1. Tell me about yourself.
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Q2. Why Consulting? You did your summers in marketing, now why are you switching to Consulting?
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Q3. How do you think you'll be able to manage the fact that you have no work ex?
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Q4. What according to you is success?
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Q5. What did you do in your Summer Internship?
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Q6. What did you do as part of the Bombay Shaving Company project?
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Calculate the number of transactions for Paytm in India in a particular day?
[Please note that I stands for Interviewer and C stands for Candidate] 

I: How will you go about calculating the no. of transactions for Paytm in India in a particular day?

C: Solved the guesstimate by following the basic structure. (1st step: Urban/Rural, 2nd step: Income Group, 3rd step: Age Wise, some of the other factors taken into consideration are Mobile and Internet penetration and also the probability of the person paying through Paytm out of all other possibilities)

Q1. Tell me about your self
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Q1. Why do you want to join us
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Q2. How do you handle non performers in the team
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Q1. More questions, specific to my experience
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It was a MCQ test to intepret codes and its outcomes.

Q1. Given a dictionary, find out the greatest number for same key in Python.
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Find the greatest number for same key in a Python dictionary.
• Use max() function with key parameter to find the maximum value for each key in the dictionary.

• Iterate through the dictionary and apply max() function on each key.

• If the dictionary is nested, use recursion to iterate through all the keys.
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Q2. Write Pyspark code to read csv file and show top 10 records.
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Pyspark code to read csv file and show top 10 records.
• Import the necessary libraries

• Create a SparkSession

• Read the CSV file using the SparkSession

• Display the top 10 records using the show() method
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Q3. Write pyspark code to change column name, divide one column by another column.
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Pyspark code to change column name and divide one column by another column.
• Use 'withColumnRenamed' method to change column name

• Use 'withColumn' method to divide one column by another column

• Example: df = df.withColumnRenamed('old_col_name', 'new_col_name').withColumn('new_col_name', df['col1']/df['col2'])
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Q4. What are the optimization techniques applied in pyspark code?
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Optimization techniques in PySpark code include partitioning, caching, and using broadcast variables.
• Partitioning data based on key columns to optimize join operations

• Caching frequently accessed data in memory to avoid recomputation

• Using broadcast variables to efficiently share small data across nodes

• Using appropriate data types and avoiding unnecessary type conversions

• Avoiding shuffling of data by using appropriate tr...read more
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Q1. How do you handle changing schema from source. What are the common issues faced in hadoop and how did you resolve it?
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Handling changing schema from source in Hadoop
• Use schema evolution techniques like Avro or Parquet to handle schema changes

• Implement a flexible ETL pipeline that can handle schema changes

• Use tools like Apache NiFi to dynamically adjust schema during ingestion

• Common issues include data loss, data corruption, and performance degradation

• Resolve issues by implementing proper testing, monitoring, and backup strategies
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Q1. Mostly it was salary negotiation
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