Virtusa Consulting Services Associate Information Security Manager Interview Questions and Answers

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Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: 4 years og experience

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: This round they want to know about why do you want to leave your job?
current ctc
expected ctc
how many experience do you have on particular technology?
Tips: this round is simple you have to tell all the details of your profile and if they want this profile candidate they shortlisted you..
they want positive response, so be positive.

Round: Aptitude Round
Experience: The company came to our college campus offering an internship at their Tokyo center. The students were shortlisted based on their academic performance.
The written aptitude test lasted for one hour and consisted of general questions on mathematics, logical reasoning, verbal ability along with a few basic programming questions.
Tips: The mathematics section was easy with simple questions on percents, profit and loss etc. analytical and logical reasoning was a bit tricky. Do brush up on basic concepts especially OOPs for the technical section.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: This was a completely technical round. The main topics asked consisted of data structures, databases and algorithms. I was also asked in depth about my project topic.
Tips: know all the details about your project that you may have done earlier.
If you have done any internship before, then do explain about your role, responsibilities and technical skills that you have gained through it.
Keep brushing up on basics of data structures and databases.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: This was a HR interview. The HR head along with the Japanese RnD team(through video conferencing)interviewed me.
Tips: Do not panic and be true to yourself. Answer clearly and honestly.

College Name: MIT College Of Engineering

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: I wasn't thinking of joining there, Came along with a friend, so thought of giving it a try, Got my resume shortlisted and was asked to attend the second round.
Tips: Be bold. Want something?, ask them, You wont be disappointed. Try to be more energetic when you talk, make the interviewer smile, you'll get through !!!

Round: Test
Experience: You'll get connected to someone in USA, through a phone call, That person will interview you.
Tips: Try to be yourself, feel free, he/she is also a person like you , talk freely, but listen to what they're asking, response is yours , don't worry about your answer. Make them smile or try to make them think that it'd be fun to work with you.
Duration: 1 hour
Total Questions: 50

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Friendly people, They'll ask you something familiar, "tell about yourself". I told them about me , my passion and all those stuffs, Again left the place looking them smile.
Tips: When this question is asked, many will tell something different like what they want to be, Just tell them whatever you feel at that moment . Feel Nervous, just let them know, They ain't gonna think bad!!!.

Skills: Communication And Confidence

Round: Test
Experience: Written test was easy. It comprised aptitude and general english questions

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Questions were about project, Simple programming concepts, etc
Code to basic programming concepts.
Tips: Do not say Algorithms as an area of interest.

General Tips: Be confident in your answers. Show that you have positive attitude always. Do not lose your confidence if you are not selected for the company. try the other with full hope. All the best!
College Name: IIT-ROORKEE

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: I had a standard resume for this company as per our institute placement cell norms.
I usually changed my “Areas of Interest” as per the company profile. For Headstrong I mentioned subjects that dealt with coding and data structure.

Round: Test
Experience: First round was a written test containing 90 aptitude based questions and the time allotted for the same was 90 minutes. Questions were of high difficulty level; most of the questions based on probability, permutation and combination. 40 people were shortlisted out of the 180 applicants.
Duration: 90 minutes
Total Questions: 90

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: In Group Discussion there were 11 people in my group. The topic for the discussion was the “impact of family drama daily soaps (saas bahu serials) on the society”. Almost all of us agreed to the fact that these serials were sending wrong message to the society. They were interested in students who were expressive. 3 people got selected from my group.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The first round was a technical interview. Questions related to my family and areas of interest were also asked though. Questions related to C++ were asked and the topic of data structure was their main focus. They asked me questions on linked list and other forms of data structure. Finally they asked few general puzzles too. This interview continued for around 20 minutes.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: In the HR interview, questions were asked on why they should choose me and why I had opted for Headstrong. They also asked which location I would prefer for the job. They wanted someone who would be comfortable with any location whether it be south or north India. This last interview was small and lasted around 5-10 minutes.
Tips: Preparation of puzzles foe the interview would be beneficial.

College Name: IIT ROORKEE
Motivation: Most information regarding the company was obtained by attending the pre placement talk. The company did not check much about our knowledge related to the company but were more concerned with our technical knowledge.