Snapdeal Business Analyst Interview Questions and Answers for Freshers

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: I had a standard resume for this company as per our institute placement cell norms.

I prepared resume keeping in mind the areas of interest that would suit the company’s requirements. The companies that recruit students from all departments usually tend to recruit students seeking interests in subjects related to management. I knew about this and while applying to non-core companies I specified my areas of interest as these subjects.

Round: Test
Experience: The first round was the written test. The paper was composed of general aptitude and basic programming questions. For programming questions we were told that in case we did not know the desired syntaxes we could write the algorithm for the problems. Since I was not a proficient coder I preferred writing only the algorithm for the coding questions. There were also some logical reasoning questions (mainly puzzle types). For example in one of the questions we were given a multi coloured cube with each side having a different colour. Initially the cube was kept with the blue colour appearing on the top surface; then the cube was rotated along various axes, we had to specify which colour would appear on the top surface. I qualified the first round.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: The second round was an aptitude interview round. In this interview I was asked about the preference with respect to the profiles ordered (programming or analytics). I replied that I would like to join the company as an analyst, however if given an option I would be open to learning programming as well. The interviewers were delighted to know about my interests in learning newer things.

The interview further asked me puzzle based logical reasoning questions like ‘How to find the odd coin out of 8 coins of which 7 are similar in all senses in two weighing steps by use of a balance?’ He asked me few more of these types; I successfully managed to answer all these questions.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: The final round was again a personal interview. This was actually supposed to be a profile specific interview; however since I had earlier said that I was open to getting recruited in both the profiles they asked me questions from programming as well as analytical questions. I informed them again that I was interested in learning programming but did not have much clue about it at that time. They did not pay any heed whatsoever to my plea and kept asking me questions related to programming. They asked me some questions and told me to suggest some algorithm for those questions since I did not know coding. I framed some algorithms but they did not seem very convinced with my answers. Eventually I was not recruited.
Tips: As per my experience I would say that knowledge about C++ is necessary to get into the software section of Snapdeal. They want people who are well versed with puzzle solving questions and who can solve analytical questions easily.

College Name: IIT ROORKEE
Motivation: I got to know about the company and the profile through the pre-placement talk by the company. The company is one of the leading e-commerce website today and is quite famous among the youth. Hence I had knowledge about its existence and field of work beforehand.

Round: Test
Experience: Simple questions. Accuracy and speed were determining factors.
Tips: Practice Quant/Give online Quant & LR tests.
Duration: 12 minutes
Total Questions: 50

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: CV Should carry proper format, action verbs . Impacts created (preferably numerical ) should be exclusively mentioned for each project under internships.
Tips: An E-Commerce internship background are an add-on. SQL , Google analytics , R Software knowledge are an advantage.

Round: Group Activity
Experience: Topic for GD : Impact of Coal-Gate scam on Indian economy.
Tips: Be updated about current affairs. Subscribe economic times or business standard. Don't create a fish market in the GD. put your points clearly and conclude what the entire group has agreed with

Round: Guesstimate Interview
Experience: Was able to do them. Prior consulting internships helped.
Tips: Practice Case in point. Have a well structured and calculative approach.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Normal HR type questions. They see your attitude towards life and your work style.
Tips: Prepare well for them. These questions are not new or different for any interview,

College Name: IIT KHARAGPUR