I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at CRISIL (Chennai) in Feb 2017
Interview
There are 3 stages of interview.
1) Manager Level
2) Director Level
3) Client Level
It took around one month of time. Overall experience was good. I found little bit difficulty in client level interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basically fundamental questions related to supervised & unsupervised modelling.
Explain Principal component analysis.
Explain difference between shallow copy & deep copy in Python.
Entrevista telefónica con recursos humanos. Entrevista telefonica y presencial sobre conocimientos técnicos con futuro mánager. Prueba de nivel de inglés. Entrevista telefónica con cliente extranjero sobre conocimientos técnicos y experiencia previa (o trabajos hechos durante estudios universitarios).
One phone interview and one on site. It takes about 2 weeks and the hiring process is very efficient. The first round is tech interview and second is non-tech which will discuss the benefit and work visa.
Quantitative Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at CRISIL with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Quantitative Analyst roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at CRISIL overall takes an average of 17 days.
Common stages of the interview process at CRISIL as a Quantitative Analyst according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Presentation: 18%
One on one interview: 18%
Skills test: 18%
Background check: 9%
Group panel interview: 9%
IQ intelligence test: 9%
Phone interview: 9%
Drug test: 9%
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