Sent my CV. Friendly, over the phone interview first, with discussing experience, motivation, expectations, only a few techy bits. Followed by a face to face interview, getting to know each other a bit, escorting around the building. Lastly a phone call from the HR department with their offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Enquired about one project I would like to highlight from my past work. Discussed tools and languages familiarity. Drafted up a theoretical problem and asked what approach I would choose to crack it.
The interview progress was decent: interviewers respectful and whatnot. However, follow ups from this company are slow and will waste your time. I do not know if this is the bureaucracy or just blatant disregard for your time but I cannot express how much time I wasted on 4 interviews (one over the phone) over the course of 3 weeks just to be told in bs email that I didn't get the job. Keep in mind that I was told that I had done well in my interview and could expect to see positive feedback in the next coming days. Long story short, I was lied to twice with one lie explaining that I would receive my result the next day. I didn't receive my result until the next week! Don't waste your time with these people.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Is there something in your career that made you feel like it was impossible to move forward?
I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at CGI (Surathakal) in Aug 2018
Interview
1st round- It was a general aptitude test of about 2 hours which had 4 sections: Quantitaive ability, Logical ability, 2 coding questions and verbal ability. The test was taken on AMCAT platform. The aptitude test was basic and the coding questions were relatively simple. 2nd round- About 40 people were shortlisted for the technical round. It lasted for about 45 minutes. A few math puzzles and questions on DSA were asked. 3rd round- Almost everyone who appeared for the previous round appeared for this one as well. This was a techno-managerial round, which was almost along the same lines as the previous round, but with a lot more emphasis on soft skills and questions pertaining to experience mentioned in the resume. Questions were also asked on why I wanted this profile, despite being from the chemical engineering branch. This round lasted for about an hour. 4th round- This was the HR round, for which 16 candidates were selected. We were required to submit a couple of videos; An introductory video and a video on your role model. Along with that, we were also required to submit a presentation on an upcoming technology. This round lasted about 15 minutes. Finally, 14 candidates were offered the job.
