Straive Analyst Interview Questions and Answers for Freshers

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Have good concepts of regression as mentioned above and be confident. Communication skill very important.

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: 15 people were short listed from the entire lot.
Tips: High CGPA or course in R programming will be helpful in getting shortlisted.

Round: Telephonic interview
Experience: general HR questions like describe yourself was asked. I was questioned on my tennis knowledge (extra curricular) and detailed description of intern too.
Tips: Be thorough with your resume from start to end and you should be able to explain what you did in interview.

Round: Test
Experience: Difficult questions related to data interpretation mixed with probability were asked to solve within 7 minutes. One guess-estimate question and one case study type problem were asked to be solved within 23 minutes.
Tips: calculations should be done fast and assumptions properly written.
Duration: 30 minutes
Total Questions: 6

General Tips: Be very thorough with your resume and some general HR questions.
Skill Tips: Be calm and not get tensed is a must,
Skills: Analyzing And Problem Solving Skills
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: This is a very diverse company and major attraction is that it applies decision analytics to solve business problems. Being interested in a finance and coding a bit, this profile seemed the right fit.
Funny Moments: I was quizzed on my knowledge of tennis like how many Grand slam has Leander paes won and what was the semi final score of US open.

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Based on whether you have experience in analytics, maths or programming.
Tips: If you're serious about EXL, work on a data science project, intern or take up a few courses in data science. Probability and Statistics is a 'must do course'.

Round: Test
Experience: Had 4 questions. One was based on probabilty, another was a puzzle, a data interpretation question and finally a case study question, involving a bit of guesstimate analysis.
Tips: Be strong in probability and puzzles. Do one or two cases with a friend while preparing for any kind of internship.

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: No group discussion

Round: HR Interview
Experience: I was asked about myself, my interest areas, the reason for applying for EXL. That was pretty much it
Tips: Be thorough and genuine with all kinds of HR questions

Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras

Round: Test
Experience: Quantitative Aptitude -10 Q ....Questions on P&L AND Percentage ....Cutoff 7
Verbal Ability - 18 Q .....Sentence Correction Cutoff -12 Q
Case Studies - 2

Time - 1.5 Hrs
Tips: Questions were quite easy ....Time Management Is Important
Duration: 90 minutes

Round: Behavioural Interview
Experience: Checking the confidence of the candidate. I think the fact that I had carried out a Social Research (Ganpati Procession Analysis in Pune ) helped. I could share that experience.
Tips: During your course try and associate yourself with some kind of research work ( whether it is complete or incomplete does not matter ).
Study the company ( website) as much as you can before the interview.


Round: Technical Interview
Tips: Questions on Summer Internship - Prepare well and do speak about

Skills: Ability To Analyse, Communication, Basics of Market Research
College Name: Department of Management Sciences (PUMBA)