Keerthana Patchava: Placed at Javis

I’m Keerthana Patchava (200504), B.Tech in Electrical Engineering., studying in IIT Kanpur will be joining Selected in Javis for the role of Customer success manager (CSM). Here are some brief insights.

Shortlisted Profiles & Companies:

1)Mastercard for APM role 2)Publicis sapient for data scientist 3)Samsung R&D Delhi, for SDE 4)Dolat capital for quantitative trader 5)Uniorbit Technologies for Product analyst

Selection Process of the Company you are selected in 1) Resume Shortlist, 2) GD, 3)Test

Walk-in, CPI 7+ 2 interview rounds

Insights on the interview process

Round 1 guesstimates, puzzles, resume-based questions and POR related questions Round 2 HR questions and POR related questions with the founder of the company.

Sample Interview Questions?

1 )guesstimate on estimating the no.of people in a mall in Delhi. 2) Any conflict you resolved where you were able to satisfy both sides? 3) Any challenge you faced last minute and how did you tackle it?

Preparation Resources

1)DSA, self-paced course by geeksforgeeks 2)Victor Cheng - YouTube videos 3)Aaditya Agarwal - Youtube playlist 4)Case Interviews Cracked (CIC) 5)Puzzles in gfg and brainstellar

Advice for students (do's and don'ts)

1)Do not underestimate yourself and be confident in your interviews which helps you control the flow of the interview at times. Practice your English if you are not that comfortable For non-technical roles 2)Be prepared with a few anecdotes related to your POR for HR questions. 3)For Data analyst roles, be thorough with basic machine learning theory and your resume. 4)For Product roles, specifically practice product case studies. 5)Regardless of the role be fluent in puzzles, guesstimates, resume-related and HR questions. It’s alright even if your preparation is not perfect, don’t panic and give your best.