Merilytics Business Analyst Interview Questions and Answers

Round: Test
Experience: The questions were of moderate difficulty level
Duration: 1 hour

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: We were given a case study. Revenues and all sorts of data for each of 5 outlets of a company were given. We were asked to thoroughly study the data and come to a conclusion about which of the outlets should be shut down.

Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: Questions were asked from concepts of statistics and econometrics. They asked me about my studies, my internship and my future plans. The interviewers were friendly.

College Name: Jadavpur University, Kolkata

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: The selection process was open for students from all branches. Around 70 students were shortlisted based on their resume. Shortlisting was mainly on CGPA basis and on an average 5 top students were shortlisted from each branch.

Round: Test
Experience: There was a written test conducted for shortlisted candidates. The test was primarily based on the CAT pattern where questions were asked from verbal reasoning, logical reasoning and quantitative aptitude. The test comprised of 2 sections. First section comprised of 3 HR questions:
Why do you want to join this company?
Tell us about yourself.
Describe a situation where you displayed leadership skills.
These 3 questions were to be typed out in 150–200 words each in a total of 20 minutes. Second section started immediately after this. 25 minutes were given to answer 35 multiple choice questions from various sections including 10 coding based questions. The difficulty level was medium.
Duration: 45 minutes
Total Questions: 38

Round: HR Interview
Experience: They asked me to tell them about myself and also some puzzles and core field related questions. Interview was conducted using Skype. It started with basic HR question and then the interviewer asked me about my area of interest. He asked two questions from that field and then asked me to solve one guesstimate case. There was another question on the definition of data analysis.
My area of interest was Operations Research. First he asked me to explain transportation problem and second question was about solving a transshipment problem using Excel solver software. Other candidates were also asked some puzzles and several other HR questions.

College Name: IIT ROORKEE