ElectrifAi Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: A puzzle was asked first.
I was then given a case study : You own a telecom company. You have various customers. They have joined you 3 years ago,6 months ago and some recently. How do you define who is a good customer?

Round: Other Interview
Experience: It was only for 15 minutes. I was asked a question related to boy girl paradox. Then the job was offered.
Tips: Be cool and try to be less nervous. Do not try to speak about the things that you have no idea about

General Tips: Go to the interview with a cool mind. Take a trusted person with you if you are shortlisted on day 1.
College Name: IIT KANPUR

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: I went through a few templates & took help from some seniors. I prepared a few drafts and then later made improvements. IT might be a good idea to prepare well in advance and get your resumes reviewed from seniors in the companies you are applying. As probably you'll get to hear a lot, focus more on what you have achieved rather than just stating what all you have done. Keep it simple and short. And don't add anything you are not comfortable talking about in an interview. I know many capable people who didn't get short listed for Mck/BCG just because they didn't think resume was a big deal. I attended most of the PPTs. They are informative, but don't always help you decide what you want, the best part are the pizzas of course. Talk to seniors in the companies that you are interested in but remember these seniors are now employees of the company and will usually not say a single bad word about the job. Apart from seniors, try talking to people who will give your interests priority over the company (cousins, close friends).

Round: HR Interview
Experience: There was an initial shortlist of about 25 and a waiting list of 20 based on resumes. After the first round of interviews (one interview each), about 10 candidates were short listed. After the second round of interviews (2 interviews each), 3 final offers were made. All interviews were both case study and HR. A few questions based on the resume, the normal HR questions and a couple of them. Interview revolved around the normal HR questions, then he asked me something about which Indian company do I admire the most and why. To be honest I wasn't really prepared for this one. Next was a case of sort. He asked me that if I was the director of IIT Bombay and it was a private institute, what steps I would take to generate funds and make it a profitable institution. I think my answer revolved around generating funds from alumni, getting research grants from big companies, raising fees but providing adequate loans and repayment options, allowing shops inside campus, raising funds through placements.

Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: The interviewer was asking everybody the same case, as he said he wanted to measure everybody on the same platform. I don't recall the case very precisely but since it was the same for everyone, I am sure somebody else must have written it in their interview experience.

Round: Behavioural Interview
Experience: The third interview started with questions like why consulting, which other companies did I appear for, how did I fare, what went wrong etc. They also wanted to know if I had appeared for CAT or GRE. Then we moved onto the other HR questions about my aspirations, immediate plans etc. The case that I got was particularly interesting. The case was how to increase the revenue of my dads manufacturing unit (my dad has a hosiery manufacturing unit) by 5 fold in 3 years. This was also easy since I had all the facts that I needed before I even started. I didn't have to ask the interviewer for any clarifications or dig for any facts. So I started with increasing working hours to 2 shifts of 8 hours each. Then I would increase exports by exporting to Europe and US by manufacturing in summers and for African and South American nations in winters. Australia would not be a market as all the raw material mostly comes from Australia and it would be hard to compete with the Australian domestic manufacturers. Then an year or so later, I would look to launch my own brands and work a franchise model as I didn't have much experience with the retail business. Launching my own brand would bring much better margins. I also discussed the possibility of attracting brands like GAP, ZARA, C&A yet not available in India and manufacturing for the domestic market. I also discussed the possibility of entering the other segments of garment market as I had the required contacts & reputation in the market. All I had to do was set up new manufacturing facilities. The case was again followed with a couple of HR questions.

General Tips: Take things more seriously than we tend to in IIT Bombay. Especially for those preparing for tech and i-banks, study hard..
College Name: IIT BOMBAY

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: With help from seniors resumes. I did not attend PPTs. I didn't think too much about the job, since it was a backup option for me.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: The McKinsey website. Individually, though I suppose preparing in groups will be better. Written test, follo wed by interviews of the shortlisted people. 12-13 poeople were recruited finally.

Skill Tips: A senior told me this, and it actually worked.. when you're done with the interview, a simple Thank You, have a nice day goes a long way.
College Name: IIT BOMBAY

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Didn't read any material saw resumes of my friends who pass out last year to see how to organize my points. Prepare my resume and refine it with the help of my friends several times

Round: HR Interview
Experience: One HR round

Round: Guesstimate Interview
Experience: One guesstimate interview

Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: Simpler case studies

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Suppose you are a consultant and CEO of mahindra and MAhindra comes to you and ask if he can launch a airlines just as Vijay Malaya did.. What would you say .. (give proper reasons )
Tips: a) Prepare Case studies properly.b) Remember every point in your resume.. You should be in a position to explain clearly to a layman every project, andevery point in your resume..c) Don't lie on your resume.d) Try solving some puzzles for companies coming for finance or analytic job

College Name: IIT BOMBAY

Round: Test
Experience: Objective had 15 questions in 30 minutes. Objective section was very easy.
Duration: 30 minutes minutes
Total Questions: 15

Round: Test
Experience: Subjective paper had 5 puzzles in 30 minutes. Subjective was good but not very tough. Thirty minutes were somehow not enough for five puzzles. I think they also considered resume while short listing.
Duration: 30 minutes minutes
Total Questions: 15

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I was first asked about my resume, intern etc. followed by why not PhD. I was asked some simple puzzles from tech-interview.

Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: They asked me one case study. Then they asked me GS or opera. I told them it would be GS (I shouldn’t have told them about GS). Then they didn’t select me for second round.

College Name: IIT Kanpur

Round: Test
Experience: The test had two parts, the first part consisted of 20 objective aptitude questions and the second part had 5 subjective questions, which were of moderate level of difficulty. 30 people were shortlisted for the final round of interviews.

Round: technical interview
Experience: The first interview was mostly related to my resume and the projects related to statistics that I had done during internships. He also asked me some questions related to regression analysis followed by a simple puzzle.

Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: The second interviewer asked me two- three puzzles and then we had some discussion related to my interest in data science.

Round: case study interview
Experience: In third interview he asked me two puzzles followed by a case. The interviewer was very helpful and he only wanted to see my approach.


Round: technical interview
Experience: The final interview was a telephonic interview with a senior analyst. He asked me some questions on my internship projects. I was also asked a guess estimate problem.

General Tips: Do’s and Don’ts :

Concentrate on at most two sectors because it is very difficult to prepare for more than two sectors. Also, do not write anything which you are not sure about in your resume because you may feel that it would be helpful for getting shortlisted but considering that your resume would drive your interviews so it is very necessary that you are confident about the things in your resume. Placement Experience (write in different section for different companies)


Final Tips :
Start preparation as early as you can. Decide what kind of work you would like to do and then decide what sectors you want to prepare for. Be in touch with the seniors who are working in the firms that you are targeting. Their advice would be very helpful. Also do some mock interviews in wing or attend the workshops conducted by SPO.

College Name: IIT Kanpur

Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: When I reached the interview room of Opera, they informed me that they were impressed with my CV and I that had a good chance there.

Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: It was based on puzzles and machine learning questions.They told me that I had almost made it, and only a final formality round with a person from US was remaining. Between those interviews I got a call from GE saying that they are done with all the remaining candidates and if I didn’t reach there in 10 minutes, they’ll pack up and leave. I had to make a tough decision between continuing with a company that I had a good chance at or go for a company that I didn’t wish to join. I politely told them that I am busy with other companies and hence I won’t be able to come.

Round: telephonic interview
Experience: I had the 4th and the final telephonic round with Opera towards the end of Slot1, which was to judge whether I was really interested in working at Opera.

College Name: IIT Kanpur