HI!!
MY SELF, PAWAN GUPTA FROM BVICAM.TODAY I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU MY EXPERIENCE @INDUS VALLEY PARTNERS PLACEMENT DRIVE 2014 AT BCIIT.
IT WAS VERY WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE AND LATER ON BECAME THE MOMENT OF MY LIFE.
INDUS VALLEY PARTNERS IS ONE OF THE EMERGING IT COMPANIES IN THE HEDGE FUNDS.
THE PLACEMENT PROCESS INCLUDED :
40 MINUTES APTITUDE TEST(COMPRISING OF 15 QUESTIONS WHICH WAS OF TOUGH LEVEL)
20 MINUTES PROGRAMMING TEST (OF WRITING ONE OF THE TWO PROGRAMMING QUESTIONS)(CHOICE BETWEEN PATTERN PRINTING AND STRING MANIPULATION PROGRAM).
THEY SELECT CANDIDATES ACCORDING TO THEIR PRESCRIBED CUT-OFF I THINK OUT OF MORE THAN 200 CANDIDATES LESS THAN 50 % REMAINED.
THEN COMES THE TECHNICAL ROUND AND I WAS THE FIRST CANDIDATE OF THE DAY TO BE INTERVIEWED.
I WAS QUITE NERVOUS BUT HELD MY NERVES. FOLLOWING ARE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS I FACED............
TECHNICAL ROUND
INTERVIEWER:HOW WAS UR DAY?
ME: NICE SIR
INTERVIEWER:TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF?
ME: THIS WAS THE QUESTION I WAS PREPARED FOR I TOLD ABOUT MY QUALIFICATIONS,MY HOBBIES(FOOTBALL) ETC......
INTERVIEWER:TELL ME 5 TEAMS OF THE BARCLAY'S PREMIER LEAGUE
ME: CHELSEA,LIVERPOOL,ARSENAL,MANCHESTER UNITED,EVERTON,MANCHESTER CITY
INTERVIEWER:WHICH IS UR FAVOURITE TEAM?
ME: OBVIOUSLY SIR (MANCHESTER UNITED)
INTERVIEWER:WHY ALL SAY MANCHESTER UNITED?
ME: SIR ITS QUITE OBVIOUS CHOICE.
INTERVIEWER: HE THEN TOLD ME TO EXPLAIN I HAVE WRITTEN IN THE PROGRAMMING TEST.
ME: I CONFIDENTLY EXPLAINED IT.
INTERVIEWER:WHAT IS THE CRITERIA FOR WRITING GOOD CODE?
ME: OPTIMISATION,MAINTAINABILITY,MODULARITY
INTERVIEWER:HE SAID DON'T GIVE ME THE BOOKISH ANSWERS.
ME: I BECAME MUM AFTER THAT
INTERVIEWER:HE EXPLAINED TO ME THAT IT SHOULD BE READABLE.
ME: OHHH! YES SIR DEFINITELY.
INTERVIEWER: WHICH ONE IS BETTER FOR LOOP OR WHILE LOOP AND WHY?
ME: WHILE BUT UNABLE TO JUSTIFY IT (THEN HE HIMSELF EXPLAINED ME ABOUT IT)
INTERVIEWER:OK,NOW TELL ME ABOUT OOPS CONCEPT AND HOW WOULD YOU RATE YOURSELF IN IT?
ME: I CONFIDENTLY SAID 8 OUT OF 10 (HE WAS AMAZED)
INTERVIEWER:WHAT IS POLYMORPHISM?
ME: I TOLD HIM ENTIRE DEFINITION.
INTERVIEWER:WHAT IS VIRTUAL FUNCTION?
ME: I EXPLAINED IT WAS SUCH EASY.
INTERVIEWER:WHAT IS FUNCTION OVERLOADING STATIC POLYMORPHISM OR DYNAMIC POLYMORPHISM?
ME: STATIC
INTERVIEWER:WHAT IS OVERRIDING?
ME: I EXPLAINED IT INCORRECTLY BUT QUOTE A VALID EXAMPLE AFTER THAT.
INTERVIEWER:R U SURE?(WITH A WEIRD EXPRESSIONS)
ME: BUT I REMAINED CONFIDENT ON MYSELF.
INTERVIEWER:WHAT IS INHERITANCE?
ME: I EXPLAINED IT WITH AN EXAMPLE
INTERVIEWER:DO YOU ABOUT OVERRIDE KEYWORD IN C#?
ME: NO SIR I DON'T KNOW C#.
INTERVIEWER:OK,DO YOU KNOW SQL?
ME: YES SIR (CONFIDENTLY)
INTERVIEWER:EXPLAIN ME 1NF,2NF AND 3NF FORMS?
ME: EXPLAINED QUITE EASILY.
INTERVIEWER:PRIMARY KEY EXIST IN WHICH OF NORMAL FORM?
ME: 1NF (HE AGAIN SHOWED ME WEIRD EXPRESSIONS BUT I WAS STILL CONFIDENT ON MY ANSWER).
INTERVIEWER:TELL ME ABOUT JOINS?
ME: OUTER JOINS AND INNER JOINS.
INTERVIEWER:THEN HE GAVE A TRICKY QUESTION ABOUT THE LEFT OUTER JOIN?
ME: I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT BUT UNABLE TO ANSWER THAT.
INTERVIEWER:OK NOW YOU CAN GO.
ME: THANK YOU SIR!!.
AFTER THAT I THOUGHT IT WAS ONE OF MY WORST INTERVIEWS BUT ACTUALLY IT WAS VICE-VERSA.
AFTER HOURS OF WAITING I WAS SELECTED FOR THE HR ROUND AND I WAS THE LAST CANDIDATE FOR HR OF THE DAY.
MY SELF, PAWAN GUPTA FROM BVICAM.TODAY I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU MY EXPERIENCE @INDUS VALLEY PARTNERS PLACEMENT DRIVE 2014 AT BCIIT.
IT WAS VERY WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE AND LATER ON BECAME THE MOMENT OF MY LIFE.
INDUS VALLEY PARTNERS IS ONE OF THE EMERGING IT COMPANIES IN THE HEDGE FUNDS.
THE PLACEMENT PROCESS INCLUDED :
40 MINUTES APTITUDE TEST(COMPRISING OF 15 QUESTIONS WHICH WAS OF TOUGH LEVEL)
20 MINUTES PROGRAMMING TEST (OF WRITING ONE OF THE TWO PROGRAMMING QUESTIONS)(CHOICE BETWEEN PATTERN PRINTING AND STRING MANIPULATION PROGRAM).
THEY SELECT CANDIDATES ACCORDING TO THEIR PRESCRIBED CUT-OFF I THINK OUT OF MORE THAN 200 CANDIDATES LESS THAN 50 % REMAINED.
THEN COMES THE TECHNICAL ROUND AND I WAS THE FIRST CANDIDATE OF THE DAY TO BE INTERVIEWED.
I WAS QUITE NERVOUS BUT HELD MY NERVES. FOLLOWING ARE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS I FACED............
TECHNICAL ROUND
INTERVIEWER:HOW WAS UR DAY?
ME: NICE SIR
INTERVIEWER:TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF?
ME: THIS WAS THE QUESTION I WAS PREPARED FOR I TOLD ABOUT MY QUALIFICATIONS,MY HOBBIES(FOOTBALL) ETC......
INTERVIEWER:TELL ME 5 TEAMS OF THE BARCLAY'S PREMIER LEAGUE
ME: CHELSEA,LIVERPOOL,ARSENAL,MANCHESTER UNITED,EVERTON,MANCHESTER CITY
INTERVIEWER:WHICH IS UR FAVOURITE TEAM?
ME: OBVIOUSLY SIR (MANCHESTER UNITED)
INTERVIEWER:WHY ALL SAY MANCHESTER UNITED?
ME: SIR ITS QUITE OBVIOUS CHOICE.
INTERVIEWER: HE THEN TOLD ME TO EXPLAIN I HAVE WRITTEN IN THE PROGRAMMING TEST.
ME: I CONFIDENTLY EXPLAINED IT.
INTERVIEWER:WHAT IS THE CRITERIA FOR WRITING GOOD CODE?
ME: OPTIMISATION,MAINTAINABILITY,MODULARITY
INTERVIEWER:HE SAID DON'T GIVE ME THE BOOKISH ANSWERS.
ME: I BECAME MUM AFTER THAT
INTERVIEWER:HE EXPLAINED TO ME THAT IT SHOULD BE READABLE.
ME: OHHH! YES SIR DEFINITELY.
INTERVIEWER: WHICH ONE IS BETTER FOR LOOP OR WHILE LOOP AND WHY?
ME: WHILE BUT UNABLE TO JUSTIFY IT (THEN HE HIMSELF EXPLAINED ME ABOUT IT)
INTERVIEWER:OK,NOW TELL ME ABOUT OOPS CONCEPT AND HOW WOULD YOU RATE YOURSELF IN IT?
ME: I CONFIDENTLY SAID 8 OUT OF 10 (HE WAS AMAZED)
INTERVIEWER:WHAT IS POLYMORPHISM?
ME: I TOLD HIM ENTIRE DEFINITION.
INTERVIEWER:WHAT IS VIRTUAL FUNCTION?
ME: I EXPLAINED IT WAS SUCH EASY.
INTERVIEWER:WHAT IS FUNCTION OVERLOADING STATIC POLYMORPHISM OR DYNAMIC POLYMORPHISM?
ME: STATIC
INTERVIEWER:WHAT IS OVERRIDING?
ME: I EXPLAINED IT INCORRECTLY BUT QUOTE A VALID EXAMPLE AFTER THAT.
INTERVIEWER:R U SURE?(WITH A WEIRD EXPRESSIONS)
ME: BUT I REMAINED CONFIDENT ON MYSELF.
INTERVIEWER:WHAT IS INHERITANCE?
ME: I EXPLAINED IT WITH AN EXAMPLE
INTERVIEWER:DO YOU ABOUT OVERRIDE KEYWORD IN C#?
ME: NO SIR I DON'T KNOW C#.
INTERVIEWER:OK,DO YOU KNOW SQL?
ME: YES SIR (CONFIDENTLY)
INTERVIEWER:EXPLAIN ME 1NF,2NF AND 3NF FORMS?
ME: EXPLAINED QUITE EASILY.
INTERVIEWER:PRIMARY KEY EXIST IN WHICH OF NORMAL FORM?
ME: 1NF (HE AGAIN SHOWED ME WEIRD EXPRESSIONS BUT I WAS STILL CONFIDENT ON MY ANSWER).
INTERVIEWER:TELL ME ABOUT JOINS?
ME: OUTER JOINS AND INNER JOINS.
INTERVIEWER:THEN HE GAVE A TRICKY QUESTION ABOUT THE LEFT OUTER JOIN?
ME: I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT BUT UNABLE TO ANSWER THAT.
INTERVIEWER:OK NOW YOU CAN GO.
ME: THANK YOU SIR!!.
AFTER THAT I THOUGHT IT WAS ONE OF MY WORST INTERVIEWS BUT ACTUALLY IT WAS VICE-VERSA.
AFTER HOURS OF WAITING I WAS SELECTED FOR THE HR ROUND AND I WAS THE LAST CANDIDATE FOR HR OF THE DAY.
HR ROUND
ME: MAY I COME IN SIR?
HR: YES PLEASE.
ME: THANKS FOR SELECTING ME SIR!
HR: SMILED
HR: TELL ME ABOUT URSELF?
ME :AGAIN SAID THE SAME THINGS AS ABOVE BUT ALSO INCLUDED THAT I WANT TO JOIN IVP AS I WANT TO LEARN NEW THINGS AND I WANT TO IMPROVE MY ANALYTICAL SKILLS AND ALSO INCLUDED MY FAMILY BACKGROUND.MY FATHER IS AN ACCOUNTANT,MY MOTHER IS HOUSEWIFE AND MY SISTER IS COMPUTER SCIENTIST AT ADOBE SYSTEMS,NOIDA
AFTER LISTENING HR LOOKED QUITE IMPRESSED.
HR: HE ENQUIRED ABOUT MY SISTER QUALIFICATIONS?
ME: SHE HAS DONE HER MCA FROM DELHI UNIVERSITY AND DONE HER GRADUATION FROM ST.STEPHENS COLLEGE,DELHI
HR: YOU ARE NO WHERE NEAR TO HER...(LOL)
ME: SMILED AND SAID SHE IS MY INSPIRATION AND SET BENCHMARK FOR ME I AM IMPROVING IN MY STUDIES AS MY MARKS SUGGEST THAT.
(HE LOOKED IMPRESSED)
HR: DO YOU WANT TO ASK ANY QUESTION?(BE PREPARED TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS)
ME: YES, SIR I WANT TO ASK YOU WHAT KIND OF PROJECTS IVP IS GETTING IS IT CONSULTANCY OR BUILDING TOOLS AND SOFTWARE FOR THE OTHER COMPANIES.
HE EXPLAINED IT QUITE NICELY ....
THEN FINALLY A SHAKE HAND AND LEFT THE ROOM.
AFTER ONE DAY, TOTAL OF 12 CANDIDATES WERE SELECTED AND THANK GOD I WAS ONE OF THEM.
SO BOTTOM LINE IS JUST BE URSELF AND GO WITH AN OPEN STATE OF MIND THEY CAN ASK ANYTHING ANYTIME!!!!
HOPE THIS EXPERIENCE WILL HELP MANY OTHERS!!!!
