Approach to Attempt Aptitude Tests

by Piyush Negi Practice is the key and there is no alternative for it. While I completely agree with this, it is also important to know how to attempt aptitude tests. The aim should not be to attempt all the questions. It should be about getting as many questions correct as possible in the given … Read more

ZS Associates Interview Questions

By Rithik Raina Profile – Strategy and Insights Planning  Process – ZS conducted an aptitude test followed by 3 rounds of interviews Position – Full-time Job Placement Process Process Overview The first step was an aptitude test after which only a few candidates got to the next round which was a case study round. This … Read more

IDFC First Bank

By Lovish Kandoi Company – IDFC First Bank Position – Full-time Job Profile – Analyst BI Process – IDFC conducted an aptitude test (with verbal and LR) followed by one interview (both technical and HR) Interview Process Questions Q1) Tell us about yourself? Q2) You’ve cleared many actuarial papers, then why do you want to … Read more

Summary of Discrete Statistical Distributions

 A distribution is a statistical function that describes all the possible values and likelihoods that a random variable can take within a given range. (Ref: Statistical Models in Engineering, by Gerald Hahn and Samuel Shapiro, John Wiley and Sons, 1967) Binomial distribution It gives the probability of exactly x successes in n independent trials. Here, the probability … Read more

Accenture Capability Network Interview Questions

Accenture Capability Interview Questions by Rhiteek Agarwal Position – Full-time Job Profile – Analyst Process – Accenture shortlisted CVs, followed by 3 rounds of interviews Interview Questions Round 1 1: Introduce yourself  2: What were your percentage marks in 12th? 3: Which subject did you score the highest in? (Answer: Mathematics) 4: Since you’re confident … Read more

Supervised Learning

How would you explain Supervised Learning to someone with no background in Statistics/ML? by Monisha Swami Chintu and Chutki share a great liking for chocolates. So every now and then the two of them visit a nearby chocolate vending machine. The machine accepts 1, 2, 5, and 10 rupee coins and vends the chocolates accordingly. … Read more

Fractal Analytics Interview Questions

Position – Full-time Job Profile- Data Scientist Process-  Fractal Analytics conducted 3 Interview Rounds  Interview Questions Round 1  Tell me something about yourself. What are your hobbies and interests? What is a multinomial logit function? The difference between linear and logistic regression?  Can you use linear regression for classification tasks by putting a threshold on … Read more

Econometrics Basics for Interviews

In this blog, we have tried to explain multicollinearity, autocorrelation, and heteroscedasticity clearly. Why are there error terms in a model? You must have noticed the presence of an error term (ϵ, greek letter epsilon) in every statistical model. Below are the reasons for it: Usually, it is not possible to consider all the independent … Read more

Mastercard Interview Questions

Position – Full-time Job Profile – Associate Analyst/Consultant Process – Mastercard shortlisted the C.V.s and 3 Rounds of Interviews followed Interview Questions Round 1  Tell me about yourself Why did you go for Masters in Statistics and not Operational Research even though the coursework of the former is theoretical and that of the latter is … Read more

ZS Associates Interview Questions

by Shreyashi Saha Position  – Full-time Job Profile  – Data Science Associate  Process  –  CV shortlisting and Pre Placement Talk followed by an Aptitude test on HackerEarth platform then one Case study Interview round and finally the Technical interview round. Result  – Role offered Placement Process Online Aptitude Test on HackerEarth platform  (1 hour 2 … Read more