I got a call from the HR for an interview and went through two rounds in addition to an HR round. Wasn't very daunting at all. Was called back to be presented with the final offer the very same evening and I communicated my decision to join within the week.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at CRISIL
Interview
3 stages , mid management, senior manangement and HR took the interview. The process went on for quite some time. The questions largely revolved around financial concepts and financial modeling.
Typical MBA campus interview. Pre-placement talk was very informative. Three rounds, 2 x Technical and 1 HR. Structured Finance plus bond market related question. Each interview was 30 min. Announced the result on the same day.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain GFC, its preceding events. Causes and bond market association
3 technical round and 1 HR round. All about structured finance and introductory questions, quant, apti, VA, there was apti round also before this.
They asked basic bond questions as well as difficult questions about tranches.
Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at CRISIL with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Analyst roles take an average of 10 days to get hired, when considering 9 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 Analyst according to 9 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 25%
IQ intelligence test: 25%
One on one interview: 19%
Phone interview: 6%
Drug test: 6%
Personality test: 6%
Group panel interview: 6%
Presentation: 6%
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