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Morgan Stanley Quality Assurance Interview Questions and Answers for Experienced

Updated 16 Mar 2023

Morgan Stanley Quality Assurance Interview Experiences for Experienced

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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Feb 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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Round 2 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. More about the project like data mart and dwh
  • Q2. Multiple questions on Joins
  • Q3. Questions on Defect tracking tools

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Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare well for the project and based on our explanation will be the next question.

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Interview experience
1
Bad
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Mar 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - HR 

(5 Questions)

  • Q1. About project and company
  • Q2. Why should we hire you
  • Ans. 

    I have a strong attention to detail, excellent problem-solving skills, and a passion for ensuring quality in all aspects of the job.

    • Extensive experience in quality assurance testing

    • Proven track record of identifying and resolving issues

    • Strong communication skills to collaborate with team members

    • Ability to adapt to new technologies and processes

    • Passion for continuous improvement and learning

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  • Q3. Hr ask about my internship
  • Q4. Hr explain about they company
  • Q5. Finnally he tell you recruiter will inform about the you were selected or not
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Sep 2022. There were 2 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 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me about your What is your greatest strength Life cycle of mortgage Banking terms
  • Ans. 

    My greatest strength is my attention to detail and thorough understanding of the mortgage life cycle and banking terms.

    • Attention to detail helps me catch errors and ensure accuracy in quality assurance processes

    • Thorough understanding of mortgage life cycle includes origination, underwriting, closing, and servicing

    • Banking terms knowledge includes terms like APR, escrow, and amortization

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. What is your weakness Why should we hire you.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident with your answer, and research about the roles and responsibilities which you are applying too, Learn about the company's achievements and goals.

Analyst Interview Questions & Answers

UBS user image Anonymous

posted on 25 Jan 2015

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: My strong resume aided in getting shortlisted for Credit Suisse.

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: The GD went well as I did not haste into my chance and was calm throughout.

Round: Other Interview
Experience: The interview was with an alumni who told me that my GD performance was good, and asked me a puzzle. It was followed by some questions on my resume, mainly my internship.
Another puzzle followed, which I took some time to solve. I was able to solve the next one instantly,
Then I was asked to sell a crumbled piece of paper innovatively.

Round: Other Interview
Experience: This round was with a senior member in the company who asked about my resume, stay in campus, post of election officer and some tricky questions, which I answered well. A question on probability was asked. A few more puzzles followed, along with some questions on finance. He also mentioned that he did not expect me to answer these as I had no background in finance. But i was able to answer them.
I was then asked to leave and HR was called inside. I also had an interview with Diamond. The HR came to me and told me that they were interested in and asked me to stall my interview with diamond for a while.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: It was with VP and continued for 45 minutes with no puzzles, finances or cases. It was more of a discussion on all fields ranging from campus life to UP politics to Sachin's retirement, etc.
I was asked about my internship experience and the reason i wanted to join their company .

Round: HR Interview
Experience: It was with the Director, who said that he had a sore throat and hence would not say much. he said that they wanted to hire me and that I do not interview with any other firm. I was more than glad! I was the first person to bag an offer in the placement season.

College Name: IIT KANPUR

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016. There were 5 interview rounds.

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Show your finance and analytics background in the resume.

Round: Test
Experience: aptitude, same as cat exam

Round: HR Interview
Experience: They asked me about my interest, why do I want to join citicorp. I discussed current financial events like demonetisation, etc, its impacts. They asked some questions like today's dollar rate.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: They asked me to discuss my internship work which I had written in my resume. They asked whether the work which I have done was used by my company.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: In this 3rd and final round, they asked me if I won't leave the job later if I get better better offer from somewhere else. They asked me whether I am happy with the compensation they are offering me.

College Name: IIT Madras

Analyst Interview Questions & Answers

UBS user image Anonymous

posted on 30 Jan 2015

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Puzzle Interview
Tips: Prepare for questions on your resume, puzzles and a couple of HR questions.

Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: A few resume based questions were asked too.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: They tried to judge how well the candidate would fit in with their company.

General Tips: Focus on the few companies that you want to get into, and prepare well for them. 
Do not give way to peer influence. Do what you want to, even if it is not the most sought after.
College Name: IIT KANPUR

Analyst Interview Questions & Answers

UBS user image Anonymous

posted on 24 Jan 2015

Interview Questionnaire 

15 Questions

  • Q1. Why finance? Why not core? (they grilled me for 20 minutes)
  • Q2. There is a closed room with 3 bulbs and there are three switches outside. You can toggle any two switches once without looking inside the room and map the bulbs to their corresponding switches. (Since I ha...
  • Q3. What is the crappiest thing on your resume?
  • Ans. 

    I listed a job that I was fired from after only a few weeks.

    • Listed a job where I was fired after a few weeks

    • Didn't provide a clear explanation for why I was let go

    • Didn't highlight any skills or accomplishments from that job

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  • Q4. Entertain us for two minutes without asking any questions. (I told them about some funny incidents on the campus)
  • Q5. Which IITian do you admire the most and why?
  • Ans. 

    I admire Dr. Raghunath Anant Mashelkar, an IIT Bombay alumnus, for his contributions to science and technology.

    • Dr. Mashelkar is a chemical engineer and has made significant contributions to the field of polymer science.

    • He has also served as the Director General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and has been awarded numerous honors, including the Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan.

    • Dr. Mashelkar has a...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q6. They then crushed an A4 sheet and asked me to sell it to them?
  • Q7. Tell me about the eurozone crisis?
  • Ans. 

    The eurozone crisis refers to the economic and financial difficulties faced by some countries in the European Union.

    • The crisis began in 2009 with the Greek debt crisis and spread to other countries in the eurozone.

    • It was caused by a combination of factors including high levels of debt, low economic growth, and structural problems within the eurozone.

    • The crisis led to bailouts of several countries by the European Centra...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q8. What do you know about the Libor Scam?
  • Ans. 

    The Libor Scam was a manipulation of the London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor) by banks to benefit their own trading positions.

    • Libor is a benchmark interest rate used globally for financial products

    • Banks were found to have manipulated the rate to benefit their own trading positions

    • The scandal resulted in billions of dollars in fines for banks involved

    • Several high-profile bankers were also convicted for their involvemen...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q9. What are derivatives?
  • Ans. 

    Derivatives are financial instruments that derive their value from an underlying asset or security.

    • Derivatives can be used for hedging or speculation.

    • Examples of derivatives include futures, options, and swaps.

    • Derivatives can be traded on exchanges or over-the-counter.

    • Derivatives can be complex and involve significant risk.

    • Derivatives played a role in the 2008 financial crisis.

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  • Q10. Some simple questions on options
  • Q11. Why Finance? Why not join a casino? (I had mentioned that I find it challenging and stimulating)
  • Q12. Lots of questions on the fiscal cliff
  • Q13. What in your opinion would be the repercussions if the fiscal cliff was not avoided, both in US and in the global economy. Will India be affected and why?
  • Ans. 

    Failure to avoid fiscal cliff could lead to severe economic repercussions globally and in the US, with India also being affected.

    • The US economy could experience a recession, with a potential decrease in GDP and increase in unemployment rates

    • Global financial markets could experience volatility and uncertainty

    • India could be affected due to its close economic ties with the US, with potential impacts on trade and investmen...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q14. What is Prime Services?
  • Ans. 

    Prime Services is a suite of financial services offered by investment banks to hedge funds and other institutional clients.

    • Prime brokerage

    • Securities lending

    • Cash management

    • Risk management

    • Trade execution

    • Reporting and analytics

    • Examples: Goldman Sachs Prime Services, J.P. Morgan Prime Services

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  • Q15. What is QE? Why is it used?
  • Ans. 

    QE stands for Quantitative Easing. It is a monetary policy used by central banks to stimulate the economy.

    • QE involves the central bank buying government bonds or other securities from the market to increase the money supply.

    • The increased money supply is intended to lower interest rates, encourage borrowing and spending, and boost economic activity.

    • QE is typically used when interest rates are already low and traditional...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: They didn't had any aptitude test, only resume based short-listing.

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: There were 10-15 students. There was 3 mins thinking time and 10 minutes discussion time. After the discussion each student was asked to conclude the GD and express his/her viewpoint.
Tips: 1. Jot down your point during the three minutes. 
2. During the GD make sure that you express your opinion coherently. 
3. Also make short notes during the GD which will be helpful in concluding it. 
4. While concluding the GD, ensure that you cover all the points discussed during the GD (notes will be helpful here) and in the end express your own stand.
Duration: 10-15 minutes

Round: HR Interview
Experience: It was a HR + Puzzle round. Panel was of Some junior management and the duration was of 30-40 minutes. By the end of this round, they were quite impressed and sent me for the second interview immediately.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: This round was based on Current Affairs and Finance and lasted for 20 minutes. And, I asked them a few questions about CS and job cutting etc. After this interview they had mentioned that they were quite positive on me and that I had to just interview with one more senior manager. This really boosted my confidence.

Round: Other Interview
Experience: It was also based on finance and current affairs. Panel consisted of the Senior most employee who had come for recruitment. After this round I was informally offered the job.

General Tips: 1. Even when you are unable to answer questions, don’t get bogged down or disheartened remain calm. DB quite often takes stress interview. Just keep your cool and smile while answering questions. 
2. If you do not know any answer, there is no harm is admitting that.
3. Be confident. Know your resume inside out. 
4. Practice a few HR interviews before the actual one. 
5. Also, communication skills in English are very important.
Skills: Probability and Statistics, Basic Finance, Puzzles, Newspaper and current affairs, Major events in the financial world over the past 5-6 years
College Name: IIT KANPUR

Skills evaluated in this interview

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JPMorgan Chase & Co. user image SHUBHAM VINAYAK KALE shubham

posted on 4 Dec 2016

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016. There were 5 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

8 Questions

  • Q1. Project/DDP based questions
  • Q2. Any coding done in curriculum, explain the most complex one
  • Ans. 

    Yes, I have coded in curriculum. The most complex one was a project on building a web application using React and Node.js.

    • Built a full-stack web application using React and Node.js

    • Implemented user authentication and authorization using JSON Web Tokens (JWT)

    • Used MongoDB as the database and Mongoose as the ODM

    • Implemented real-time updates using Socket.IO

    • Deployed the application on Heroku

    • Handled errors and implemented log

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. What is 'Big data'? Why is it called 'Big'
  • Ans. 

    Big data refers to large and complex data sets that cannot be processed using traditional data processing methods.

    • Big data is characterized by its volume, velocity, and variety

    • It is used in various industries such as healthcare, finance, and retail

    • Examples of big data include social media data, sensor data, and transactional data

    • It is called 'big' because it involves processing massive amounts of data

    • Big data requires ...

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  • Q4. Why do you want to switch to IT sector from your respective branch
  • Ans. 

    I am passionate about technology and eager to learn new skills in the IT sector.

    • I have always had a keen interest in technology and enjoy working with computers.

    • I believe the IT sector offers more opportunities for growth and advancement in my career.

    • I have seen the impact of technology on various industries and want to be a part of that innovation.

    • I have taken courses in programming and networking to prepare myself fo

  • Answered by AI
  • Q5. I did a course on compute simulation and had extra curricular in chess, so was asked to simulate a chess game
  • Q6. Two friends A & B meet after long time, A asks B about his family. B says he has 3 children, product of their ages is 36, and sum of their ages is equal to the (point towards a house on street) house numbe...
  • Q7. A rat has 3000 gm of rice, he has to travel a distance of 3000m, he eats 1gm rice/m, his maximum carrying capcity is 1000 gm,how should he travel the distance to reach with maximum rice left
  • Q8. A new software has 3 functions SelectSum(), log() and exp(). You have a table of 1000 data points, how will you find product of all points using only the above mentioned functions
  • Ans. 

    To find the product of all data points using SelectSum(), log(), and exp() functions.

    • Use the log() function to convert the product into a sum of logarithms

    • Apply the SelectSum() function to calculate the sum of logarithms

    • Finally, use the exp() function to convert the sum back into the product

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Aptitude part has easy questions, including number series, picture series, interest rate and some quant based questions.

The coding part is difficult.2-3 coding questions, Codes will be related to linked lists , trees or sorting.
Tips: Try to get maximum marks in aptitude, which should be fine with some practice . One of the code will be easy, so complete it and make a try for second
Duration: 1 hour
Total Questions: 30

Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: very easy puzzles, I was able to solve all puzzles in first attempt
Tips: Be confident in your approach they are locking for approach more than result

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I answered all resume based questions, he liked my choice of projects, though they were not exactly related to the profile. He liked me and said I would recommend you directly to HR round
Tips: Prepare in details about all points in resume, course work mentioned and projects, Based on performance in this interview, they decide to whether to take one more technical interview or send directly to HR

Skills: Behavioural Skills, Puzzle Solving Capability, Approaching A Problem, Basic Coding
College Name: IIT Madras

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview Questionnaire 

7 Questions

  • Q1. Why DB (2 min)
  • Ans. 

    DB is a crucial component for storing and managing data in various applications.

    • DB stands for Database and is used to store and manage data in various applications.

    • It allows for efficient data retrieval and manipulation.

    • There are various types of databases such as relational, NoSQL, and graph databases.

    • Examples of popular DBMS include MySQL, Oracle, MongoDB, and Neo4j.

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  • Q2. Can some work you did at Microsoft be used in DB (I wasn’t at all expecting this but thought and found that an algo I designed could be applied to a problem in the stock market domain)?
  • Ans. 

    Yes, an algorithm I designed at Microsoft can be applied to a problem in the stock market domain.

    • I designed an algorithm at Microsoft that can be used in the stock market domain

    • The algorithm can be applied to solve a specific problem in the stock market

    • The work I did at Microsoft has potential applications in the financial industry

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Estimate your quant score. If you add your quant score to the avg finance score would that be highest overall score?
  • Ans. 

    Answering a question about estimating quant score and overall score in finance.

    • I estimate my quant score to be X based on my preparation and practice.

    • Adding my quant score to the avg finance score may or may not result in the highest overall score, as it depends on the scores of other candidates.

    • However, I am confident in my abilities and believe that I can perform well in both areas.

    • I am open to discussing my preparat...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. Asked me to redo the pie chart question. I got it correct I think though I didn’t attempt it. They asked why I didn’t attempt finance (Reply : I wanted to do on thing well and time was a constraint)
  • Q5. Puzzle - express JEE rank as xy + yx (put y=1, x = rank - 1)
  • Q6. Didn’t Microsoft give you a PPO (I said no, which was technically true)? Why not Microsoft(note that they asked this though Microsoft was scheduled on Day 2) (2 min)?
  • Q7. Why not Tower Research (5 min)?
  • Ans. 

    Tower Research does not align with my career goals and interests.

    • I am looking for a company that aligns with my values and interests

    • I have researched Tower Research and do not feel it is the right fit for me

    • I am seeking a company with a strong focus on innovation and collaboration

    • Tower Research may be a great fit for others, but it is not the right fit for me

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: 28 questions, 18 quantative + 10 financial awareness, negative marking. I took one pass through the Quant section, leaving about 5 questions, went on to the financial section, realized I wasn't going to score that well there so went back to Quant eventually attempting all 18, having to guess 1 answer since I ran out of time. I attempted probably 2-3 in financial. The test matters a lot to get shortlisted - some CSE students didn’t get shortlisted apparently because of a low test score. I would suggest that focus should be primarily on the quant section rather than the finance section - a friend in CSE who said he did well in the finance section didn’t get shortlisted.

Quant
1. Find next in sequence : 10,1,.......7,7...11,5 - don't remember the rest of the sequence but it looked random
initially it but if you take the difference between alternate terms an obvious pattern emerges .
2. Probability of two people telling the truth = 0.4,0.6 - what is the chance that they are inconsistent in what they say ?
3. A 3 digit number is a square less than 500, the reverse of the number is also a square. on repeating last digit still a square. What is the difference between the initial square, its reverse.
4. In a 1000m race if x gives y a head start of 40 meter, x wins by 10m. how much will x win by if y gives x a head start of 40m
5. With 16 matches, how many distinct triangles can you make?
6. You row at 7kmph in a calm lake. fisherman drops something 14 km upstream and the river current is 3kmph, how long will it take to reach you (14/7 = 2hrs ).
7. The sum of the multiples of 7 between 200 and 400 is what (trick was instead of calculating, to observe that the answer is odd and of the 5 options, only one was odd)?
8. Sum of consecutive page numbers in a book starting from 1 to n is 1000 - one page was repeated. which page was it? (idea was to subtract each choice from 1000 and see if it was n _ (n + 1)/2)
9. Last digit of 508508
10. 6 men + 4 women. Make a committee of 3 from them - Guy X wont be with Guy Y. Guy Y will be only with Woman Z in committee. How many ways of making the committee?
11. Run in circle of radius r. 1st 30 seconds at r meters/min, then next 1 min at r/2 m per min next 2 min at r/4 and so on. ratio of times taken in round n, previous round
12. |(x ? 11)/2| < 3 what is the range of x?
13. number of integer solutions to 3x + 6y = 13 (take 3 common on LHS and the answer is clear).
14. 5 students give an objective exam (+1 for correct, 0 for wrong) with 5 questions each with 5 choices. Their answers were given in a 5x5 matrix. Given they all got different marks, who got the lowest.
15. A,B,C,D stand in a line in increasing order of height. Given that X was shorter than Y but didnt stand first, and (a few more conditions) , who stood last? (X and Y had been specified as one of A, B, C, D - I don’t remember exactly since I gave the test 10 days back).

Financial
1. Rupee-dollar exchange rate (options were ranges of 1 rupee answer ws 39-40)
2. value of some index (some non-Indian East Asian country’s stock market - I forgot the name)
3. Effect of interest rate cuts on a bond coupon
4. Simple question on call option - which of following is not true about it
5. 1st Indian IT company to be listed on Nasdaq

6. Given a pie chart where it showed that for capital, a company relied 80% on equity and a small fraction on debts, what investment strategy is the company using? Conservative/Aggressive?
Duration: 40 min minutes

Round: HR Interview
Experience: I was the last person DB interviewed that day. Towards the end, the interviewer said “I am sure you are going to join Tower Research and not DB”. They also seemed to have decided before I came in to the interview that I would get an offer with some other company and would not choose DB - kept attacking the answers I gave to ‘Why not Microsoft/Tower’. In hindsight maybe I shouldn't have listed all the 4 tech companies I had interned with.

College Name: IIT KANPUR

Skills evaluated in this interview

Analyst Interview Questions & Answers

UBS user image Anonymous

posted on 23 Jan 2015

Interview Questionnaire 

8 Questions

  • Q1. Introduce yourself?
  • Q2. Intern-based questions
  • Q3. Draw the payoff curves of a Call Option and Put Option
  • Ans. 

    Payoff curves of a Call Option and Put Option

    • A Call Option gives the holder the right to buy an underlying asset at a specified price (strike price) on or before a specified date (expiration date)

    • The payoff of a Call Option is positive when the price of the underlying asset is higher than the strike price

    • The payoff of a Call Option is limited to the premium paid for the option

    • A Put Option gives the holder the right to ...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. Simple questions on arbitrage opportunities in Futures and Options
  • Q5. If there was a hole of dimension x on a beach, how much sand does it contain?
  • Ans. 

    The amount of sand in a hole of dimension x on a beach cannot be determined without additional information.

    • The volume of sand in the hole depends on the depth of the hole as well as its length and width.

    • To calculate the volume, the formula V = lwh can be used, where l is the length, w is the width, and h is the depth of the hole.

    • Without knowing the specific dimensions of the hole, it is impossible to determine the amou

  • Answered by AI
  • Q6. If there were 5 people sitting in a room and each thinks of some number, how could they find the average without telling each other the explicit numbers?
  • Q7. Find the expected number of coin tosses to get 3 consecutive heads?
  • Ans. 

    The expected number of coin tosses to get 3 consecutive heads is 14.

    • The probability of getting a head in a single coin toss is 1/2.

    • The probability of getting 3 consecutive heads is (1/2)^3 = 1/8.

    • The expected number of tosses to get 3 consecutive heads is the reciprocal of the probability, which is 8.

    • However, the first two tosses can be tails, so we need to add 2 more tosses, making the total expected number of tosses 1

  • Answered by AI
  • Q8. Estimate the number of street lamps in Kanpur?
  • Ans. 

    Estimating the number of street lamps in Kanpur is challenging without specific data.

    • The number of street lamps in Kanpur can vary depending on factors like population density, road network, and urban development.

    • One approach to estimate the number of street lamps is to consider the average number of lamps per kilometer of road.

    • Another approach is to analyze the city's electricity consumption data to determine the appr...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: The company followed a resume based shortlisting and as far as I remember, the criteria they followed was to shortlist everybody with a CPI of > 8.5 . Also, they had shortlisted some candidates based on any background in finance (intern/projects). Many Maths and Economics students were shortlisted for this reason. (This was their first time in IIT Kanpur. So, I won’t be surprised if they vary their shortlisting methods).

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: 1. There were 14 people in total and 5 were selected from my group.
2. Evident from the number 14, the size of the discussion was too huge. It was going too haywire and some really good ELS people were a part of the discussion.
3. The only reason I got selected was maybe because I was the only person who was stating points in favor of Capital Punishment whereas everyone else was against it or maybe because of my resume.
(A thing to point out is that there were only 2 GDs and many people were stuck in some other companies. So, later many shortlisted people (who missed the GD) approached the Credit Suisse HR with the resumes, and were allowed to appear for the interviews.)
Duration: 10 minutes

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: 1. Panel was of 2 Senior managers from Prime Services, Mumbai and lasted for 25 minutes.
2. It was my first proper finance interview of the day, and was a bit nervous. Entered the room, was greeted by 2 young people who introduced themselves and started with ‘Is Kanpur always so cold ? ’. They made me comfortable by asking about the campus and stuff, and then asked me to introduce myself.
3. At the end of the description, I was asked about Antaragni, how big it is and where it stands next to Moodi (they were IITB alums you see).
4. Then they asked me to describe my work at Morgan Stanley in detail. The good thing was that one of them was from Credits (deals with credit instruments – CDS, Bonds), which was exactly my group in MS. So, I could easily get into the technicalities of my paper, and they really seemed impressed and asked more and more.
5. This went on for around 15 minutes. After this one saw one of them whispering in the other person’s ear (and I understood that they are strongly in for me ).
6. I was asked which companies I was interviewing with and what my preference was, and I seemed to convince them about my interest in Credit Suisse citing it was the second company I was interviewing with in the day :P.
7. Finally they asked me if I have any knowledge in finance, which was an obvious yes, they asked me to draw the payoff curves of a Call Option and Put Option (which was cakewalk for anybody who has read the first few chapters of Hull).
8. I was then asked a few simple questions on arbitrage opportunities in Futures and Options, which I successfully answered.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: 1. The panel was of 1 Manager from London office, 1 equities lady and 1 Head from Mumbai and lasted for 45 minutes.
2. Before entering, the HR seemed pissed off with me because I told them earlier that I would be back around 9.30 A.M. Citing several lame excuses like the companies did not let me go and pleading guilty, I entered the room.
3. Was greeted by three people who sat far apart, and they asked me to introduce myself. I started, was confused whom to look at (remember they were far apart :p), and started about myself.
4. They asked me about my internship at Morgan Stanley, was asked about my paper, but they didn’t want me to get into technical details.
5. After a brief description, suddenly the person from London started firing puzzles at me.
6. Then the lady asked me to estimate the number of street lamps in Kanpur. I started with the road length and some other statistics of Kanpur and classifies the roads based on : highways/main roads/lane roads and dusty roads, and assumed street lamps at different intervals for all of them, and then satisfactorily came to a result.
7. They guided me all through, whenever I asked them if this assumption was right or not. Then when I thought the interview had ended, the London guy through a peace of folded paper at me and told that I was a marketing person, and was supposed to sell this to them. (I thought where had I landed into :P ) .
8. I started off telling that the paper was special and had no creases on them, in-spite of how much you fold them. I was asked to think of something more innovative, and then I told them that the paper could be recycled over and over again and it was something that a pulp manufacturing company in U.S. had patented, and I had brought it specially for them.
9. After a bit more persuasions, this seemed conclusive and they moved on.
10. I was then asked to make a choice between Credit Suisse and DB then and there. (They somehow had come to know that I already had an offer from DB ).
11. I tried convincing them on why I wanted to join Credit Suisse, making an emphasis on their campus ppt, which was easily the best after the Goldman Sachs one. The discussion went on into different aspects from why I chose IITK over IITB and then if I had an offer from the top 5 Wall Street Banks, which one would I choose.

General Tips: I have watched this year’s placement process very closely and would like to point out a few things to the readers&#44; which are very important.
1. Be Realistic : This is perhaps one of the most important factors in the placements. I have seen so many people expect so much from them and when they don’t get shortlisted somewhere, it’s the end of the world for them. You must understand that there are certain limitations on you because of your CV till date (however intellectual or Bakait you might me). The key to this is be realistic, like Being a person from MME or BSBE, its actually difficult for you to crack a quant firm like Goldman/Morgan because of your curriculum here (however good you might be at Algos or Maths), the good thing is to accept it. Not having tremendous peaks in your resume will in not place you among the 20 shortlisted in BCG for instance. So, on a very serious note, everyone knows inside out what he/she is capable of, so please be realistic in your ambitions and try to excel in the options you have. Believe me, the goals may not be sky-high, but definitely are achievable.
2. Resume : Over the years, all the firms tell us that IITB/D resumes are well made than IITK ones. Get some of the resumes from your friends over there, ask some of your IITK seniors for their resume, SPO is always there to help you out. But Please denote at least 2 weeks in preparing your master resume and sub-resumes for every company.
3. PPTs : Try and attend the PPTs of the companies. You can actually get to know a lot about the work culture there and what is expected of you in your initial years. It will help you decide if this is actually the thing for you or not.
4. Don’t Speculate : During October-Nov. , most of the students actually waste a lot of efforts in just speculating ‘Yaar yeh company toh ise le hi legi’. Believe me , it happens a lot, confuses you and wastes a lot of your time (especially if you are a 4 Year student.)
5. DPC : Please form a good DPC at least for your own sake. Yes maybe the post might not be of value, but a hard working student can make a lot of difference to his department placements. You cannot expect the OPCs to call in every company of your department.
College Name: IIT KANPUR

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