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  • Q2. Growth of cars vs growth of motorbikes - which would grow faster in % terms? A: Economic factor the main reason to go for bikes. Shift from lower middle to upper middle, ...read more
    asked in Business Analyst interview
  • Q3. You own an e-commerce website which sells jewellery, fashion products and apparel majorly for women. You have spent a good amount on marketing the site but still are in l ...read more
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Consultant Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 26 Aug 2022

I applied via Campus Placement

Round 1 - Case Study 

How to increase the number of gold medals for India in the Olympics?

Round 2 - Case Study 

Tell me something about yourself.

Why are you interested in Consulting?

How to scale up a restaurant?

What do you know about Consulting and Mckinsey?

Top McKinsey & Company Consultant Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. The CEO of a chain of private hospitals wants to reduce attrition among senior doctors. This is a serious issue because when senior doctors leave they take along patients as well as junior staff.
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Consultant Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. How would you pass an entry for travel expenses incurred and paid by employee and was reimbursed? How would the end to end flow happens
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Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Test is a game, try to find demo versions of similar test and practice them

Round 2 - Case Study 

Study cases on official website and look on what are great answers in the answer quide.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Don't be nervous, show your best, if its a job for you - you will pass
If you don't pass - that only means you will find a better job that will fit you and make you happy

Associate Consultant Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. There are 2 cricket teams, A and B, with 11 players each. If every player of team A shakes hands with every player of team B(once), what will be the total number of handshakes?
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before May 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

1 Hr, python, codility

Senior Cloud Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. What all things we need to consider while creating a VM
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I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in May 2022. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Simple Hackerrank Test

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Some SQL questions about primary key , normalization etc

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Had a call with CTO , simple questions were asked

Digital Specialist Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Given a circular array containing of positive integers value. your task is to find the maximum sum of a elements such that no numbers are adjacent to each other in the array.
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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 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. About yourself and work journey
  • Q2. Coding knowledge and design tools

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be yourself and just chill... you will get in

Senior Specialist Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Design the zabbix architecture and share how many servers are you gonna suggest the customer to have?
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I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in May 2022. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. How is like working in a team

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - You can check the questions from YouTube.

Business Presentation Specialist Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Find maximum PowerPoint sheet discrepancies and document them.
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I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Feb 2022. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Maths,science all general questions

Round 2 - Group Discussion 

Covid19 and online verses offline classes

Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. What is your family background and expected salary and intro myself

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Please be confident and don't lose your hope

General Accountant Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Case study: If you purchased goods on credit. What will be the period to pay that amount?
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I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Feb 2022. 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 - Aptitude Test 

Imbellus Test - simple tower defense game

Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Plan an intervention to eradicate a disease.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Do not overcase - a level of spontaneity is required. Do practice math.

Associate Consultant Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. There are 2 cricket teams, A and B, with 11 players each. If every player of team A shakes hands with every player of team B(once), what will be the total number of handshakes?
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Analyst Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 18 Nov 2021

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Oct 2021. There were 5 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Given two different tables, using SQL perform certain joins based on criteria specified.
  • Ans. 

    Performing joins on two tables based on specified criteria using SQL.

    • Identify the common column(s) between the two tables.

    • Choose the appropriate join type (inner, left, right, full outer) based on the desired output.

    • Write the SQL query using the JOIN keyword and the ON clause to specify the join criteria.

    • Example: SELECT * FROM table1 INNER JOIN table2 ON table1.column = table2.column;

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Basic questions on 2D array and logical puzzles.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare properly for SQL and the basics of coding. SQL is more important so be fluent in it.

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Analyst Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. N-th Fibonacci Number Problem Statement Given an integer ‘N’, your task is to find and return the N’th Fibonacci number using matrix exponentiation. Since the answer can be very large, return the answer modulo 10^9 + 7. Formula: F(n) = F(n-... read more
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before Apr 2022. There were 7 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.
View all tips
Round 2 - Game to play 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. There will be a game which we will have to play. I had got a game related to ecology.
Round 3 - Case Study 

Guesstimate questions

Round 4 - Case Study 

Not so complicated case study

Round 5 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Behavioural questions
Round 6 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. With senior most member and will have behavioural questions
Round 7 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. HR round compensation and relocation discussion

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - I will suggest to directly join as a junior analyst than Research coordinatior specially in life science team. other team might be good

Research Coordinator Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. What are the procedure for articles writing and publication
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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 McKinsey & Company. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at McKinsey & Company expect are Analytical Chemistry, MS Office, Consulting, Communication Skills and Customer Service.
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The duration of McKinsey & Company interview process can vary, but typically it takes about less than 2 weeks to complete.

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