Mu Sigma Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Round: Test
Experience: LR, DI, Verbal (Not very tough, speed is important)

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Topic for debate - Role of social media in present day revolutions

Round: HR Interview
Experience: 1. Internship and college projects

2. Reason for choosing Analytics as career over technology jobs

3. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

4. Did not ask puzzles in my interview although they were asked in some of the interviews (basic puzzles)

College Name: NA

Round: Test
Experience: Its simple there were some questions with time and work,data interpretation,where they will give you a pie chart,bar graph kinda thing and they will ask you some questions  for which you have to observe the graph … its pretty easy…learn cocubes pattern to clear apti round.

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: The topic tat was given to me is “In India feeding the poor is important or sending a man to space”  its a debatable topic.Each one of them put in their points. At last we were told to switch sides n speak. Be confident and put in proper points.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Don’t  worry “tech round” does not mean you will be asked about your  subjects  you will be  asked some simple puzzles.They will  assess you based on how you think.  I was asked how to fill 4 L from 5 n 3L bottle and some spl related questions.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Its simple they ask some scenario type questions and even they ask some puzzles in this round.

College Name: NA

Round: Test
Experience: 1)Quantitative :There were 10 questions containing profit and loss, work and time, partnership, simple interest questions which can be practiced from RS AGGRAWAL book.

2)English(medium):5 questions each containing a small paragraph and a question based on the paragraph 

3)Data interpretation(graphs).5 bar graph questions and questions based on that.

The result was announced at 1:00 pm and out of 70 students 30 cleared the aptitude test. We were really happy to make the cut.

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Group DiscussionNext we were called for group discussion. They made 5 panels of 6 students each in separate rooms. We were given separate blank papers and a pen to write the points about the topic. First topic was Ragging should be banned or not a girl in my team opened the discussion, everyone put forward their points, we had a very healthy discussion. Then he gave another topic Prostitution should legalized or not in India but now there was chaos and fish market ,those who missed last time started raising their voice .So he shouted at us and warned that no one will be selected if continue to do so.

Then he said I have judged some of you so now only those will speak who could not get chance. Then he gave another topic Apple a hype. We were asked to wait outside for results .20 cleared it and I was one of them.

Round: GROUP ACTIVITY
Experience: Case studyWe were taken to projector hall, were shown a video and asked to write a summary.Video was based on united nations conference on environment .They were testing our grasping and attention skills. There was no elimination in this round.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Technical InterviewNext we had technical interview. We were called one by one. 

Interviewer: Hello how are you?

Me: Sir, I am fine.(Smiling)

Interviewer: So ,tell me about yourself.

Me: Sir I am very hardworking, enthusiastic and motivated person. I am very helpful and well organized.

Interviewer: Good I am happy that you are very organized.

Me: thank you sir.

Interviewer: I would ask some basic puzzles, solve them ok.

Me: yes sir.

Interviewer: There are 1000 houses and you need to number them from 1 to 1000 so how many zero's do you need?

Me: I took a lot of time bur finally solved it and he was very helpful and was assisting me.

Interviewer: good.

Me: Thank you sir.

Interviewer: A clock tongs 1 time at 1 pm, 2 times at 2pm, number of times it will tong at 12.

Me: I had done this puzzle before .So I solved it easily.

Interviewer: Suppose there are 3 people A,B,C and 1 torch ,they take 1 ,2 ,3 minutes to cross a bridge respectively and at a time only 2 persons can go .so how much time they will take to cross the bridge?

Me: solved with a lot of efforts.

Interviewer: write c code of string concatenation.

Me: wrote it well.

Interviewer: can you write this code in microprocessor?

Me: no sir.

Interviewer: But It was a part of syllabus.

Me: yes sir, but I am not good in microprocessor.

Interviewer: Tell me about your BE project?

Me: Sir my project is based on encryption and decryption.

Interviewer: Tell me about Ceaser algorithm?

Me: sorry sir, I don't know.

Interviewer: Anything you want to ask?

Me: no sir.

Interviewer: ok I have interviewed you .Wait outside for your HR(writing something on paper)

Me: thank you sir(smiling).

After my technical interview was over which was more of a puzzle type than technical, but I was satisfied with my performance.

Next was HR interview. I was called into a separate panel. I saw an old person sitting there, he was reading the remarks from technical interview.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: HR InterviewInterviewer: hello, so how was your interview?

Me: It was good sir.

Interviewer: ok, tell me difference between smart work and hard work?

Me: i answered in a convoluted manner.

Interviewer: so, suppose I want to establish a shop in a city, how much stock of Colgate I should have in my shop?

Me: sir, it must be according to the population of the city.

Interviewer: Can you write c code of fibonacci series?

Me: I wrote it?

Interviewer: ok, I am done with the interview, you may go now.

Me: thank you sir.

College Name: Vjti

Round: Test
Experience: Online test of apti of easy level.
Total Questions: 15

Round: pseudo coding round
Tips: Brush up c or c++ for it. basic skills are needed.

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: THERE WAS A CASE STUDY ROUND INSTEAD OF GD. IT WAS DONE TO CHECK OUR THINKING AND IDEA GENERATION PROCESS

Round: HR Interview
Experience: My interview was based only on my industrial project and nothing else. Just know your project very well do it very seriously so that you are answerable to each and every question that will be bombarded over you!!!
And discover your passion till fourth year and accordingly choose the company. Do not experiment with your life and if confused talk to your seniors.

General Tips: WORK HARD ON YOUR APTITUDE AND VERBAL SKILLS AS IT WILL PROVE BENIFICIAL IN FIRST ROUND. MAKE A HABIT OF READING A ENGLISH NEWSPAPER DAILY.
Skill Tips: THE ROUNDS WHICH WERE HELD WERE VIDEO SYNTHESIS, PSEUDO CODE ROUND AND CASE STUDY ROUND WHICH WERE MORE IMPORTANT AS COMPARED TO INTERVIEW ROUND, ANY PERSON WHO HAS DONE WELL IN INTERMEDIATE ROUNDS BETWEEN APTITUDE AND INTERVIEW GENERALLY GOT SELECTED.
College Name: NIT RAIPUR

Round: Test
Experience: Aptitude of easy level.
Total Questions: 15

Round: Problem Statement
Experience: Learn the basics of a programming language. The problem solving round involved a psuedocode .For the video synthesis round question of our batch, Google "Toast for change" , there is a 5 minute video clipping and we were asked to synthesize it ( NOT summarize it!!! )

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: The gd consisted of two sections. In the first section the students had to discuss the points to be considered while selecting a website. Some of the points we had put up included the site should provide tour packages which is favoured by a lot of people, the site should be linked to applications like Google maps which can provide access to information like location etc,
During the second part of the gd, the students were given five minutes to discuss and decide 3 main points out of all the points discussed previously.
After the gd, the students were asked to 1) write down all the points discussed in the sheets provided 2) write down all the points which they have not mentioned during the gd but are relevant the topic
Tips: 1) Use the time given to think properly. A proper set of points goes a long way in improving your performance during the gd
2) Read newspapers and articles on such topics. Will give an idea about such management issues
3) Be loud. Makes one look more confident
4) Listen to what the others have to say. The judging panel looks for a good speaker and a good listener. The advantage is twofold: firstly if you are out of points you can simply get something to speak about by combining what the others are saying and contradicting a few other like "I completely agree to what so and so have said but I would'nt quite agree to this because .....". The judges will note you as a good observer
5) Donot dominate over others. A group discussion is not a debate where you have to take a side.
6) try to add numbers and statistics in the discussion cause that's what analytics company want from their employees

Round: HR Interview
Experience: The HR PI was quite casual, slightly informal. I was asked about family members etc, followed by a question about the reason for my drop year. The first question after the introduction was "tell me about yourself". This question can be predicted as "tell me about your qualities that make you fit for our company". I used this question to describe all the traits that made me suitable for them, and normally I justify each quality I mention immediately. Also I would advise you to emphasize qualities that set you apart from the crowd and make you fit for their company. The HR asked me why I intended to join an analytics company if all my projects were based on biomedical. My answer to the question was that my projects were all soft computing based, and hence most of the work I do involves using a set of data to predict something which is quite similar to what they do in Mu Sigma. The only difference lies in the fact that the work I do is based on bioloigical data and biological parameters and they used market and business data( please note that I could only bring this up since most of my work is based on neural networks and soft computing, please do prepare something to relate what you have done to what they do or simply mention you were always interested in analytics and playing with nos from the start).
I was asked about a few projects of mine mentioned in my CV, I was asked to explain them, I was asked a few questions on neural networks(they only asked them cause I had mentioned it earlier)
In the end the HR asked me if there is anything I would like to ask him, so I asked him to criticize me so I could work on the points where I lack. He gave me 2 points.
Tips: Points to be noted about the hr pi:
1) Observe the nature and personality of the PI. The video presentation at the beginning of the placement process gives a very good idea about the hr's personality, the work culture etc. So use this information to predict his nature and present yourself accordingly
2) Relax. In my opinion the hr PI is the easiest and the most fun round in Mu Sigma.
3) Use the tell me about yourself and the free question well. What you ask and what you say will give a very good glimpse of your true personality
4) There is no need to be very formal and robotic but maintain politeness while answering.

Skill Tips: 1) Improve your aptitude solving ability.2) Learn the basics of a programming language. The problem solving round involved a psuedocode.3) For the video synthesis round question of our batch, Google "Toast for change" , there is a 5 minute video clipping and we were asked to synthesize it ( NOT summarize it!!! )
College Name: NIT RAIPUR

Round: Test
Experience: It can't be predicted but concentrated mostly in quants and logical interpretation of data
Tips: Keep calm, work with options if stuck there is no negative marking so the ball is in ur court
Total Questions: 25mins

Round: Problem Statement
Experience: Easy just be quick,fast paced and able to process tht large amount of data that u need to handle
Tips: Be quick, confident dnt lose the dlow in the middle because then u are in a quicksand

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Topic depends upon the panel but watever myt be the topic stick to ur point do not jump and change points midway confidence
Tips: Be confident on what u speak, add few personal experiences if required and do not argue just put forth uour point with confidence and trust ur communication skills only they will help u to sail across group discussion
Duration: 30mins minutes

Round: Other Interview
Experience: It was a mixture of both the interviews i was given a case to solve and also was grilled on my resume
Tips: Do not lose your confidence, just talk watever u know even the person interviewing you will know that you don't know about it. Give it a try dnt just sit blankly at the end ur effort matters than the result

General Tips: I stick to honing your communication skills and being confident. Not everybody knows everything you need to prove your worth basically you should market yourself there saying yes you xan hire me qithout any apprehensions.
Skill Tips: The company employees directly interacts with clients so they expect us to be ready to tackle any question and any circumstance. Be ready to take a challenge and show your worth.
Skills: ability to learn and adapt, communication skills
College Name: SATHYABAMA UNIVERSITY
Motivation: Lots to learn and perfect for a person qho likes to learn something new everyday
Funny Moments: When my hand literally shook qith anxiety while talking to tge HR in the panel.He was kind enough to help me through to get confortable and forget abt my tension

Round: Test
Experience: Written test had 20 questions from aptitude and time provided for them was 25 minutes and 5 questions were there from basic knowledge of data structure and c++ and these questions had to be done in 10 minutes. There was a section wise cut off. Only 40 students were selected out of 180.
Total Questions: 25

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Everyone spoke against the topic but I took the road not taken and spoke in favour in of the topic. The points which I raised were liked a lot by HR and I made it to third round. Most of the people were selected for the third round.
Tips: Do not get scared of the round called group discussion, try to be your natural self. Also, during my GD, I  became a bit aggressive which I would suggest none of you to be during such a round. Raise relevant points, but with calmness.

Round: Group Activity
Experience: We were shown a movie clip ( some al-pacino movie ) and then provided a placard to write down what we understood from the scene( point wise ) .This was a major elimination round as many were rejected anyhow i went through.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Do not get scared by the term technical. In that round they just asked simple puzzles and stuff. They basically test your skills of approaching and viewing a problem. I cleared this round too !!

General Tips: Try to keep yourself calm and natural.
College Name: BIT Mesra

Round: Test
Experience: Stabdard aptitude test round which will test your logic and basic knowledge of english.
Tips: Generally time is not a factor, so take it easy and try not to make silly errors.

Round: Problem Statement
Tips: it is a video "synthesis" not a synopsis,  do not and i repeat, do not simply summarise the video, write what you think of it. Try and interpret the video in your own way.

Round: Group Activity
Experience: A problem regarding a telecom company suffering severe customer attrition in its postpaid schemes. We were asked to analyses the reasons and suggest rememdies for the problem.
Tips: Be analytical while finding out the reasons and try and think of ideas outside the box, it literally helps here. Dont go on ranting and allow your group mates to speak as it helps in creating a healthy atmosphere. Otherwise standard gd rules apply.

Skills: Verbal abilities, Logical Analytical abilities
College Name: NIT DURGAPUR

Round: Test
Experience: I looked up for some aptitude questions on the internet.
Tips: Given the profile of Mu Sigma, I am not satisfied with the company and I am hoping to get into a better company.

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: I did not prepare anything. I personally do not think one can prepare anything for a GD.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I did not prepare anything. I personally do not think one can prepare

anything for an interview as well.
Tips: NA

Round: HR Interview
Experience: I did not face any challenges as such.
Tips: I was rejected in the first round of dell. The reason was my bad

performance

General Tips: For the juniors, read the Job Description and the Profile of the company very carefully before you apply. Do ask your seniors about the work culture of the concerned companies and then decide whether you can take up the role that is on offer. Given the placement policy of the institute, one has limited options which he/she needs to carefully examine. As of preparations, you can prepare online mock aptitude tests for the written rounds. For the HR rounds, one can at best get in touch with the latest news. I wish you all the very best for your future endeavors.
Skill Tips: For the juniors, read the Job Description and the Profile of the company very carefully before you apply. Do ask your seniors about the work culture of the concerned companies and then decide whether you can take up the role that is on offer. Given the placement policy of the institute, one has limited options which he/she needs to carefully examine. As of preparations, you can prepare online mock aptitude tests for the written rounds. For the HR rounds, one can at best get in touch with the latest news. I wish you all the very best for your future endeavors.
College Name: NIT ROURKELA
Motivation: The overall experience was average. I was down when Oracle Financial Services, a company that I was eyeing for, refused to include Industrial Design in its placement programme. However, the offer from Mu Sigma lifted some of my spirits.

College Name: BIT MESRA