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Test is a game, try to find demo versions of similar test and practice them
Study cases on official website and look on what are great answers in the answer quide.
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If you don't pass - that only means you will find a better job that will fit you and make you happy
I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Feb 2022. There were 3 interview rounds.
Imbellus Test - simple tower defense game
(1 Question)
- Q1. Plan an intervention to eradicate a disease.
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I applied via campus placement at Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow
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1 Question
- Q1. Why MBA after MBBS?
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Experience: The case I got was about an International brokerage firm trying to enter India. It had three options to do so, acquiring an Indian firm, JV, and entering alone. Case involved a lot of data. I took a good 2-3 minutes initially to come up with a good MECE(mutually exclusive, collectively exhaustive) structure to work with, which was appreciated by the interviewer. Finally, he asked me to value a firm based on some data that he had given me, as I was going along the acquisition route.
Tips: It is essential to go about getting the structure right. think aloud, ask the interviewer at every point as to whether you are going on the right path, look for subtle hints from the interviewer.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: A lot of questions related to my CV were asked from positions of responsibility to my social work initiatives. He also clarified a lot of my doubts about the PMP practise at McKinsey, which I intended to work for.
The case was about a tractor firm, which was the market leader till about six months back, but has lost market steadily since then. I used the Porter's value chain framework, which he was very impressed with, He straightaway told me to skip quite a few analyses areas and I quickly came with problem as the company was offering less margin to its non-exclusive retailers, as compared to the competition. I triangulated my conclusion by asking as to what were the margins offered before the firm started losing market share and the interviewer was very happy about this.
Tips: Thinking aloud is something I cannot stress upon enough. Use MECE approach to make your framework waterproof. Try triangulating the conclusions drawn if any.
General Tips: Ask for clarification if you get stuck in-between.
Maintain your calm.
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Duration: 2 months
College Name: IIM Lucknow
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I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed in Aug 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.
(2 Questions)
- Q1. Explain Machine learning lifecycle and what are the deployment options?
- Ans.
Machine learning lifecycle involves data collection, model training, evaluation, and deployment. Deployment options include cloud, on-premise, and edge computing.
Machine learning lifecycle stages: data collection, data preprocessing, model training, model evaluation, model deployment
Deployment options: cloud (e.g. AWS, Azure), on-premise servers, edge computing devices (e.g. IoT devices)
Deployment considerations: scala...
- Q2. Questions on NLP covering text preprocessing, word embeddings, sequence based models, RAG workflow.
(2 Questions)
- Q1. What are the frameworks we can use to train machine learning models?
- Ans.
Frameworks for training machine learning models
TensorFlow
PyTorch
Scikit-learn
Keras
MXNet
- Q2. What is your current and expected salary?
- Ans.
I am currently earning $60,000 per year and I am looking for a salary in the range of $70,000 to $80,000 for this position.
Current salary: $60,000 per year
Expected salary range: $70,000 - $80,000 per year
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- NLP
- Machine Learning
- Python
- RAG
- GenAI
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I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Sep 2024. There were 3 interview rounds.
Basic aptitude , english and reasoning questions.
(2 Questions)
- Q1. Introduction and everything in resume
- Q2. Deep academic Project discussion
(2 Questions)
- Q1. Explained about salary structure
- Q2. Where do see yourself in upcoming years
- Ans.
I see myself advancing to a Senior Consultant role within the company, taking on more responsibilities and leading projects.
Continuing to develop my skills and expertise in the industry
Building strong relationships with clients and colleagues
Taking on leadership roles in projects and teams
Contributing to the growth and success of the company
Possibly pursuing further education or certifications to enhance my knowledge
Mahima Patil
The assignment is not very challenging
(2 Questions)
- Q1. Where do you see yourself in next 5 years
- Q2. What is SWOT analysis
- Ans.
SWOT analysis is a strategic planning tool used to identify Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats of a business or project.
Strengths: internal factors that give an advantage (e.g. strong brand reputation)
Weaknesses: internal factors that may hinder success (e.g. limited resources)
Opportunities: external factors that could be beneficial (e.g. new market trends)
Threats: external factors that could cause troub
Tanmay Sarin
(1 Question)
- Q1. ANy challenges you faced in your project and how you overcame them.
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Mar 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.
Quite easy for the cs based students
(2 Questions)
- Q1. Easy but need to answer creatively for every question
- Q2. Tell me about yourself
I applied via campus placement at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee and was interviewed before Oct 2023. There was 1 interview round.
(2 Questions)
- Q1. Varous puzzles asked
- Q2. Guesstimates and case studies
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I applied via Campus Placement
Easy one it was not tough all basic question of general knowledege
(1 Question)
- Q1. Intorduce yourself ,tell me about your projects
(1 Question)
- Q1. Can u relocate , can u agree 2 years of bond
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