Metayb Management Trainee Interview Questions and Answers

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - be confident

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Interview is quiet tough

Round: Test
Experience: A selection test was used to screen the applicants initially, with MCQ questions, focusing on quant abilities, analytical ability. A testplatform ‘Cocubes’ is used by almost all companies to conduct the tests. I had good quant ability, which helped me ace the tests.
Duration: 60 minutes minutes

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: I did not attend a single GD. But Tanuj, my friend, had attended quite a few, and he can be approached for GD fundaes ;)

Round: HR Interview
Experience: There were two rounds of Interview.A total of 150 people wereselected for a first round of interview, out of which 40 students were shortlisted to form a ‘priority’ list. All 150 students were interviewed for asecond time; the students not in the priority list underwent a HR interview followed by a second main interview, while the candidates in the priority list were directly interviewed by the main panel. Only 6 candidates from the non-priority list made it to the final interview.Communication skills and puzzle solving ability were given importance in the interview. The shortlist was released late, and the coordinator in charge of handling Ola Cabs got busy with some other work, so when I went to Sabarmati hostel, I had to rush directly to the interview. Due to this, I could not maintain composure and performed poorly; I didn’t solve even one simple puzzle. But I explained my position to the interviewer, and the interviewer agreed to re-interview me; I performed well in the re-interview. The interview lasted for about an hour orso.The experience gained inspeaking to a lot of clients helped improve my communication skills, which wasvital in helping me get placed. My re-interview went really well; the guesstimate of the approximate expenditure incurred by Ola Cabs Ltd. was almost spot on, and this helped me in getting placed.
Tips: With regards to placement nervousness, NOT being nervous is a sign of overconfidence; everyone is nervous, but it'simportant to not be nervous beyond a limit.Building arapport with the interviewer was very important in getting placed early.Placement is a conversation and not a ‘ragging session’ for the interviewee toget tensed and nervous. In my interview with housing.com, I eventually ended up speaking to the interviewer in Hindi :) NEVER PUT FALSE DETAILS IN YOUR RESUME OR INTERVIEW. It is impossible to pull off a lie in an interview.

General Tips: Maintain a high CGPA. There were many companies for which he didn’t get shortlisted, only because of my CGPA. I performed well in tests, had good quant ability,good communication skills, the other points in my resume, such as hisinternship performance was very good, and I had good PoRs. Everything in my resume was good except CGPA. Even if I had performed exceptionally well in thetests, and if the company decides to shortlist based on test performance and CGPA, I wouldn’t have got shortlisted, the sole culprit being his low CGPA. Maintaining a CGPA about 8 is critical to getting shortlisted for interviews. That doesn’t mean that peoplewith low CGPA won’t get placed; But for that to happen, a lot of otherfactors, such as good communication skills, quant ability, performance intests, puzzle solving ability etc are needed to overcome the minus points dueto low CGPA.Certifications like NCFM help for finance; having such a certification made no difference to Ola CabsLtd.’s selection procedure. I didn’t have any of these certifications.
Skill Tips: I started off very late,hence couldn’t do any online courses. But itwould be difficult, if not impossible, to learn vast subjects like coding oranalytics during the 7th/9thsemester, as the pressure of placement preparation, academics, tests etc would be too much to bear. Don’tuse final year to start learning coding/analytics.With regards to placement preparation, be open to many choices, as it will be difficult if one fixates on a particular type of job. There were some friends of mine who applied only for one type of jobs, e.g. analytics. If one does that,there is a good chance that one might cup in the interview, and thus end upwithout a job. Also, one can never be sure if they would like a certain type ofprofile; it might look interesting at first, but might become boring sometimein the future. So one must be open to all options.Istarted preparing for placements 2 monthsbefore placements i.e. during late September.With regards to whether starting early helps, it depends on other factors; there are people who prepare for just 15 days and thulp placements, while there are others who prepare for months but end up with not-so-exciting offers.
Skills: Communication Skills, Puzzle Solving Ability
College Name: IIT MADRAS

Round: Test
Experience: It was not tough. Practiced lots of quant questions.Couldn't manage time for verbal. Overall, it was okay! I lost five minutes over one question.
Tips: Face the verbal questions at the end if there is no specific cut off.Score in quant and then touch verbal part.Don't spend more than 2 mins on a question.
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 60

Round: Interview
Experience: It was very informal and I told them that I got to work as a student consultant for a space mission when she asked me about the cool stuff I did here. I tried to impress her by telling her how I made use of my time here at IIT and how important it is to use the opportunities when they are at arm length distance.
Tips: Be honest and impress HR. Try to smile and be active. They like active and positive people.And prepare for standard HR questions.

Round: Interview
Experience: It was a pure finance interview as my resume as completely finance type.I told all questions without any issues and these are standard questions if you expect finance type profile.
Tips: Be sure of what you put in your resume. If you cannot answer what's in your resume, you will be screwed.Try to steer your interview towards your stronghold and then make it impressive.If you don't know anything, let them know. It is totally fine.

Skill Tips: "Focus your skills when they say: Tell me about yourself.So they will get back to you saying: "You were saying you are strong in this. Can you elaborate". Just screw it."
Skills: Finance Knowledge, Analytical
College Name: IIT Madras

Round: HR Interview
Tips: (Missed 1st round)  2nd round: A probability based puzzle was asked followed by other general questions. The candidate was given an opportunity to ask questions to the company. Suggestion- Ask them about their company or processes they carry out.  For some students there was a 3rd-round: The interviewer started off with HR questions. The candidate was asked to explain about the project & related questions were asked. A guesstimate was asked to make about the profits of an Ola cab driver. Manish specifically asked them about the verticals of profiles offered by the company when he was asked to ask them some questions.

College Name: IIT MADRAS

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Nicely organized GD, civilized and intellectual GD group, discussion rich topic
Tips: Allow others to speak when they have something to say. Do try to push your way in if someone is talking too long or talking gibberish. Do not push your point too much, however, present logical arguments in favor. Try to draw similarities from what others say. Try to include all.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Friendly HR interviewer. Non-direct questions but not too difficult.
Tips: Answer all questions honestly but be polite. Don't present too strong views, you are too young for that. Don't repeat content with different words, but be elaborate enough to let the interviewer know you.

Round: Guesstimate Interview
Tips: Read up some guesstimates and case studies before placements, discuss some with friends too. Open up your mind while guesstimating. Speak all that comes to your head, and vocally sift through them to get the logical and pursue-able approaches. The interviewer should get a complete idea of your analytical approach.

College Name: IIT Kharagpur
Motivation: First foray into corporate structure. Lots of opportunities. Diversified experiences.

Round: Test
Experience: Questions of verbal and logical reasoning, data interpretation etc.
Duration: 90-120 minutes

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: The topic will be relevant to the times and you will have
about 2 minutes of speaking time, in total, if you're lucky. Make that count.
The GD topic was "FDI in Indian Economy". You could take it in a positive or negative stride. However, the stand had to be backed up by solid facts and emphatic statements. Some keywords were, loss of jobs(-), R&D(+), corruption and red tapism(-), higher prices for raw materials(+) etc.
Tips: GDs have a tendency to become a shouting match, the end result in such cases is the entire group getting rejected. If however, it does become a slugfest, the better option is to calm the offended party by playing the
moderator. The objective of any healthy group discussion is listening to everybody's opinion and offering arguments or counter arguments till most of the people are convinced and find a common ground. Opening
the GD can fetch you important points but do so only if you are immensely confident about what you are going to say. There are numerous sites/blogs out there which can help you with the nuances of a GD, but nothing beats practise and mock runs.
Duration: 15-20 minutes

Round: Interview
Experience: Personal Interviews(10-30 min)- If you've sufficiently impressed the interviewer during the interview process, it'll be a breeze. If you've left him on the fence, he'll grill you enough till he reaches a decision.
Know your CV inside out, rehearse the questions with a friend, attend workshops organised by the Placement Office. The interviewer has the right to question ANYTHING(hobbies/languages/extra currics)
you put on your CV.

College Name: IIT Roorkee

Round: Test
Experience: Preliminary test was online, basically aptitude, English and logic.

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: The discussion was based on pros and cons of social media. The traits common to the candidates that
progressed to the next round were eloquence, balanced and logica thought, contributed to the arguement
with valid points, gave meaty examples to support their views, allowed others to speak.

Round: Other Interview
Experience: The interview was short and direct to the point. The interviewer asked pertinent questions about the reason I wanted to join the company, why I applied for that particular profile and how I believed I could contribute to the company's progress.

College Name: IIT Roorkee
Motivation: Looked up the functioning and history of the company on the internet. Gained some information about short and long term plans and how I could contribute towards their achievement