Round 5: Culture-fit round

Round 1: Online Test

The first round was an online test that consisted of basic aptitude questions and a few questions related to DBMS, COA, etc. This round was an easy one, the key was time management (90 questions in 120 mins)....

Round 2: Technical Interview

This round was 90 minutes of one-on-one experience with the interviewer. He first introduced himself and then asked me to introduce myself, making the environment very comfortable to continue with. He asked about my projects and internships, what role I played in both of them, what outcome I got, and how it helped for self-development. Then he asked me 3 riddles, he told me to take time and think out loud so that he could know how am I reaching the solutions. I was able to answer 2 of them correctly, we had a proper discussion over the answers. You can go through a few of the puzzles here for practice. Post this he gave me a scenario of physical library and asked me to create a rough DBMS for the same. After this he asked a few SQL queries based on the DBMS that I suggested....

Round 3 : Case Study round

This round happened on the same day just after 40mis of the previous one. One of the manager took this round and it went for around 30 mins. He gave a real life business situation, and asked me to do a SWOT analysis for the prompt. It was a proper discussion over the analysis that I suggested....

Round 4: Stakeholder’s round

The results of round 3 were announced after 2 days and the selected candidates were called to office for an in-person interview. This rounds was mainly technical, and it went for around 40 mins. The interviewer asked about my internships in detail, what I was doing, he cross questioned my algorithms and learning from the internship, he went through the resume completely starting from CGPA to co-curriculum activities....

Round 5: Culture-fit round

The results of round 4 were announced and this round took place on the same day in-office only. The interviewer was the Director of ION Group India himself, it was an informal session kind of discussion, we were in a batch of 5 candidates and he talked to each one of us. We were told about the company and our role in the company. We were asked a few basic questions about ourselves so that we could know each other well....

Round 6: Future-fit round

I got the results of round 5 after a week, and was again called to office for the last round of interview. This was an interview with one of the company’s CTO, he was from EU and it was video-call interview. This round went for 15 mins, and he asked about my understanding of the role, and why should I join this role....