Role: Not Specified (General On-Campus Recruitment)
College: Not Specified
Interview Date: August 2022
Interview Type: Virtual On-Campus
Result: Selected
Difficulty: Easy to Medium (Interview was "much easy to clear")
Rounds: 3 rounds
Topics Asked: Aptitude, Logical Reasoning, Verbal, Computer Science Fundamentals, Pseudo Codes, Projects, SQL, Coding, Puzzles, HR Questions
Experience:
This EXL Services interview experience describes a virtual on-campus recruitment process in August 2022.
Round 1: Written MCQ-based test (on CoCubes)
- 40 questions in 45 minutes.
- Questions covered aptitude, logical reasoning, verbal ability, computer science fundamentals, and pseudo codes.
- There was negative marking (1 mark for correct, 0.25 negative).
- 31 out of 210 students were selected for the next round.
Round 2: Technical Interview
- Duration: 35 minutes.
- The interviewer was described as "cool and friendly."
- Questions included: "Tell me about yourself."
- Discussion about the candidate's project and difficulties faced during it.
- Fundamental questions on SQL.
- Coding question: "Write a query to find the maximum salary in each department."
- Difference between DROP, DELETE, and TRUNCATE commands.
- Coding question: "Write a code for finding a minimum occurrence of a character in a string."
- A puzzle about measuring time using two ropes.
- "Any questions for the interviewer?"
- 18 out of 31 students were shortlisted from this round.
Round 3: Technical/HR Interview
- Duration: 15 minutes.
- For the candidate, this round was purely HR, though for friends, it was both technical and HR.
- The interviewer introduced himself.
- "Tell me about yourself."
- "Are you a team working person or an individual working person?"
- "Any incident in which you face some difficulty while dealing with your team members?"
- "Why do you want to join EXL services?"
- "Any questions for the interviewer?"
Overall Experience: The candidate was one of 9 students selected. Tips included preparing well for written tests (especially aptitude) as the interviews were generally easier to clear.