Deloitte Interview Experience - Hyderabad, July 17, 2016
Deloitte:
Hi, I am M. Kalyan, a final year student from VNR VIGNANA JYOTHI INSTITUTE
OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY. Deloitte visited our campus on July 17th, 2016.
We had written test on 17th and interviews on 23rd.
Written test:
It was an online test conducted by AMCAT, an adaptive test with moderate
difficulty level. Once you answer a question you can't come back. It was a 3
hr 10 min test (yes, very long!). There was no negative marking.
English-25 Questions, 25 minutes:
Synonyms, Antonyms, Spotting error, Sentence completion by choosing
appropriate word, two passages were asked.
Quantitative ability-25 Questions, 35 minutes:
Questions from Logarithms and powers, number system, time and distance, time
and work, averages, percentages, simple and compound interest, permutations
and combinations (2-3 questions) , probability, boats and streams, profit
and loss, trains, ratio and proportion, quadratic equations and problems
based on ages were asked.
Logical reasoning-24 Questions, 35 minutes:
Questions from coding and decoding concept (2-4 questions) , blood
relations, logical arrangement of given words, drawing conclusion from a
small passage, coded relations, Statements and conclusions, Data
sufficiency, Direction sense (2-3 questions) , passages on seating
arrangements (linear/circular/square/matrix) and deductive logic (like based
on some given eligibility conditions we should tell whether a given person
is eligible for the job role or not) or some puzzles-these passage models
are same as those asked in Bank PO exams.
SQL- 25 questions-35 minutes:
I am an ECE student, I have no idea about SQL, just went for flukes.
Questions were like, to create a row/column of this kind the statement
should be the statement?, Or to perform this operation the statement should
be_________?, questions based on syntax and some theory questions from the
concepts of SQL were asked.
Automata C- 1 HR:
Here we have to write two C programs in 1 hr. We need to write the code
using the concept of functions. You should create a function that is
supposed to return the result for a given input. We can compile the code any
number of times and correct the logic. So revise the concept of functions,
especially passing arrays to functions. First we should write a program for
the first question. Based on the code you write and the time you have taken
to submit the code, difficulty of second question is decided and delivered
(as it is an adaptive test). Mostly the programs were asked on printing
number patterns. Some of the examples are.
1
12
123
123
12
1
For an input of 6 (6 lines).
Similarly.
1 2 3 4
8 7 6 5
9 10 11 12
16 15 14 13
And.
1
23
456
456
23
1
Some other programs were finding GCD, LCM of three numbers, check whether a
given number is prime or not, print prime numbers below a number N, remove
the vowels from a given sentence and print, inserting or deleting an element
from an array and different operations on array etc.
Group Discussion:
Here it was not a general GD, we were divided into 9 batches of 8 each and
were given a case study. All the batches got the same case study. I t was
something related to the concept of DBMS.
It was something like this, there is a server of a website maintained by
some X Company to provide services to its clients 24x7. The server got
hacked and all the data is lost suddenly. At least 2-3 days is needed to
backup the data from backup server. Until and less the backup is made the
company cannot provide services to its clients. How do you approach to this
problem?
The points were spoken about hiring ethical hackers, maintaining a proxy
server, installing some checkpoints, creating password security etc. You
should be confident and voice your opinions as well as try to make out the
solution from the group by gathering their points. We were given 10 min to
think and 20 minutes to discuss. We were given charts and sketch pens. The
HR team will be observing you for entire duration. It's a group task so try
to make out the solution from group. After that another team will enter and
we had to present our views and solution individually. Hardly 1 to 3 were
selected from each group, those who were confident, contributing to the
group, listening and making out the solution, encouraging the team to write
or draw the solution on chart and yes, those people with good fluency.
Technical Interview:
Here they asked mostly on C and Java, differences, why don't we have
pointers in Java? Structures, Unions, Pointers, how do we access a structure
member using pointer?
One C program was asked to almost everyone. It was:
You should print the numbers from 1 to 100, but if the number is a multiple
of 2 then instead of the number, RED should be printed. Similarly, if it's a
multiple of 3 then BALLOON should be printed and if the number is a multiple
of 2 and 3 then RED BALLOON should be printed.
HR Round:
Questions like Why Deloitte?
Tell about yourself, family background, interested in further studies? etc
were asked.
Deloitte:
Hi, I am M. Kalyan, a final year student from VNR VIGNANA JYOTHI INSTITUTE
OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY. Deloitte visited our campus on July 17th, 2016.
We had written test on 17th and interviews on 23rd.
Written test:
It was an online test conducted by AMCAT, an adaptive test with moderate
difficulty level. Once you answer a question you can't come back. It was a 3
hr 10 min test (yes, very long!). There was no negative marking.
English-25 Questions, 25 minutes:
Synonyms, Antonyms, Spotting error, Sentence completion by choosing
appropriate word, two passages were asked.
Quantitative ability-25 Questions, 35 minutes:
Questions from Logarithms and powers, number system, time and distance, time
and work, averages, percentages, simple and compound interest, permutations
and combinations (2-3 questions) , probability, boats and streams, profit
and loss, trains, ratio and proportion, quadratic equations and problems
based on ages were asked.
Logical reasoning-24 Questions, 35 minutes:
Questions from coding and decoding concept (2-4 questions) , blood
relations, logical arrangement of given words, drawing conclusion from a
small passage, coded relations, Statements and conclusions, Data
sufficiency, Direction sense (2-3 questions) , passages on seating
arrangements (linear/circular/square/matrix) and deductive logic (like based
on some given eligibility conditions we should tell whether a given person
is eligible for the job role or not) or some puzzles-these passage models
are same as those asked in Bank PO exams.
SQL- 25 questions-35 minutes:
I am an ECE student, I have no idea about SQL, just went for flukes.
Questions were like, to create a row/column of this kind the statement
should be the statement?, Or to perform this operation the statement should
be_________?, questions based on syntax and some theory questions from the
concepts of SQL were asked.
Automata C- 1 HR:
Here we have to write two C programs in 1 hr. We need to write the code
using the concept of functions. You should create a function that is
supposed to return the result for a given input. We can compile the code any
number of times and correct the logic. So revise the concept of functions,
especially passing arrays to functions. First we should write a program for
the first question. Based on the code you write and the time you have taken
to submit the code, difficulty of second question is decided and delivered
(as it is an adaptive test). Mostly the programs were asked on printing
number patterns. Some of the examples are.
1
12
123
123
12
1
For an input of 6 (6 lines).
Similarly.
1 2 3 4
8 7 6 5
9 10 11 12
16 15 14 13
And.
1
23
456
456
23
1
Some other programs were finding GCD, LCM of three numbers, check whether a
given number is prime or not, print prime numbers below a number N, remove
the vowels from a given sentence and print, inserting or deleting an element
from an array and different operations on array etc.
Group Discussion:
Here it was not a general GD, we were divided into 9 batches of 8 each and
were given a case study. All the batches got the same case study. I t was
something related to the concept of DBMS.
It was something like this, there is a server of a website maintained by
some X Company to provide services to its clients 24x7. The server got
hacked and all the data is lost suddenly. At least 2-3 days is needed to
backup the data from backup server. Until and less the backup is made the
company cannot provide services to its clients. How do you approach to this
problem?
The points were spoken about hiring ethical hackers, maintaining a proxy
server, installing some checkpoints, creating password security etc. You
should be confident and voice your opinions as well as try to make out the
solution from the group by gathering their points. We were given 10 min to
think and 20 minutes to discuss. We were given charts and sketch pens. The
HR team will be observing you for entire duration. It's a group task so try
to make out the solution from group. After that another team will enter and
we had to present our views and solution individually. Hardly 1 to 3 were
selected from each group, those who were confident, contributing to the
group, listening and making out the solution, encouraging the team to write
or draw the solution on chart and yes, those people with good fluency.
Technical Interview:
Here they asked mostly on C and Java, differences, why don't we have
pointers in Java? Structures, Unions, Pointers, how do we access a structure
member using pointer?
One C program was asked to almost everyone. It was:
You should print the numbers from 1 to 100, but if the number is a multiple
of 2 then instead of the number, RED should be printed. Similarly, if it's a
multiple of 3 then BALLOON should be printed and if the number is a multiple
of 2 and 3 then RED BALLOON should be printed.
HR Round:
Questions like Why Deloitte?
Tell about yourself, family background, interested in further studies? etc
were asked.
