NAFED Interview Questions and Answers

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - It is a very bad company.....no job security,. politics is everywhere in this company.

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: There were many profiles in KPMG for which they wanted to recruit - Strategy and operations consulting, Edu Analyst, etc. Since there was no test conducted for any of these profiles, they directly shortlisted through resume. There seemed to be a CGPA cutoff of 7 looking at the list of candidates who have been called for further rounds.

Round: Guesstimate Interview
Experience: This interview was taken by 2 people. People generally prepare for puzzles, case studies, guesstimates, etc through out the semester. But frankly i went on to sit for these campus placements with very less preparation on any of these.So i was a bit worried on how i can pull of an interview without all of that! What i did realize from the entire experience - from mine and that of my friends, is that the questions given in the interviews are not really tough. One can solve them if he just thinks through the problem there and then itself- without thinking that I have not done this earlier, i didn't prepare, etc. I did do some mistakes while solving the problem, but they helped me to correct them in the process and arrive at the solution.
Tips: Here again as everyone say, YES, What they are looking at is the way you are structuring or solving the problem. How much are you comfortable with numbers, pulling off simple calculations with that, etc. Having said all of that above, about preparation, BUT it does help and a bit of practice earlier only makes one feel more confident for the interview!
Good communication skills is always a plus for any interview. The way you tell about yourself, the work you did, etc. And this is something that any company expects now in the age we live in.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: This interview was taken by 3 people, which is enough to make anyone a bit nervous when you have a panel interviewing rather than a single person. Even i was! Also they were trying to create a STRESS environment by countering most of the things i said or questioning them even more. They were also friendly at the same time. I didn't have prepared answers for any of the questions asked, i was just very honest with them on what i really felt about each one of them. And if there is one thing i learnt from all the interviews - 3 in total that i faced, being honest and confident is the key to crack to the interviews. I think that way i sort of started building a connect with them with the really HONEST answers that i gave them - something that i believed in truly! So they liked me that way.
Tips: Being prepared again with a few basic questions about yourself will help. Like knowing your strengths, why do u want to do that job, etc. It will anyways be helpful to know about yourself through these questions. But be prepared to get any kind of question in this kind of HR interview. Just be Honest. I very much believe in this " Dil ki baat dil pe hi lagti hai" :) :P
Look into the eyes of the panel when you are speaking. Helps build connect with them. Present yourself just the way you are. I m sure, They ll love you! One easy technique to get over these nervousness and all of that is start feeling the panel as someone like your friend, family, etc whom you are just meeting and telling YOUR STORY in those 30-40 min, that will ease out of a lot of things.

General Tips: Although this company didnt take a test. But generally most of the companies did take a test. So prepare for them. Prepare through CAT books, it is enough. Practice can be done on the net as well.For interviews prepare for Guesstimates, Case study and look into some standard puzzles. For case study prep, "Case in point" is the best and will suffice! Others- Guesstimates and puzzles can be looked up for on the net.

Preparation (which will help you be confident as well) + Honesty + Communication skills is the key!!!
Skills: Problem solving , How you are structuring a problem!, Mental Math, Number crunching
College Name: IIT DELHI

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: On my own, with feedback from friends. Kept it simple, so that even a layman could understand what I've done in the various projects that I was involved in. It pays to be truthful, and yet, at the same time, to advertise one's achievements. In most of the interviews a random point on my resume was picked out and I was asked about it.

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: I did prepare in a group for the one day of case study prep that I did (and my other group member managed to get into BCG), so I guess it probably helps more than preparing alone.

Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: Typical puzzles come coupled with recurrences which can in turn be coded into algorithms. See if you can get your hands on any of these.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Interviews were puzzles based, plus algorithm/coding based. The puzzles weren't easy, but were doable with sufficient time. Two of my interviewers were happy to provide me with hints along the way and I kept telling them what I was thinking, no matter how naive it might be - for example, I'd give an exponential algorithm for a greedy/dynamic programming problem [if that's Greek and Latin to you you probably don't have a shot at Google!] and then tell them that it was a bad algorithm, and that I was trying for something better next. Typical minchange-optimal division type recurrence based algorithms were common, coupled with coding of the same algorithms [brushing up on coding skills helps!]. I was also asked questions on Operating Systems [some synchronization / TeX type questions], Cryptography and some puzzles based on simple intuition and mathematics.

Round: Other Interview
Experience: No Preparation. CSE BTech curriculum + common sense more than covers what one can be asked in the interview. It probably helps to be fresh with C++ syntax, however. Written test + 4 interviews (45 minutes each). 10 shortlisted at the end of the written test, 5 shortlisted at the end of the first two interviews, 4 (2 BTech, 2 MTech) made final offers.
Tips: Ideally, any BTech/DD from CSE should be well prepared without doing much, except probably practising coding. Algorithms: Greedy and Dynamic Programming crucial. Learn how to solve recurrences, if you don't know already. Don't know how important graph algos are, but searching, sorting are pretty important too. Brush up on these if you don't remember. Operating Systems: Synchronization

Skill Tips: Keep it cool with Google. Even a t-shirt is fine (they told me that - even though I was wearing a tie). Consulting interviews require the usual Shirt - Jacket - Tie combo. It helps to wear a jacket to hide the crumpled shirt inside. Smile!
College Name: IIT BOMBAY