I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Mu Sigma (Bengaluru) in Mar 2013
Interview
The HR contacted me after going through my profile on a job portal/linkedin. They called me to their bangalore office and conducted an interview.
They gave me a simple retail case study to make over mail
The first evening was all Mu Sigma branding cum dinner session. They almost wanted to say that Mu Sigma is the only company that does Data(Rocket) Science and all other companies are just like that. They went on to say the McKinsey wanted to buy out Mu Sigma and the Mu Sigma CEO replied saying that someday they will buy out McKinsey instead. I have never seen a hiring cum branding exercise of this measure. They had called 20 odd people.
Next day:
- Video Synthesis round - Make 3 points about a video
- Algorithm round - Divide an array in three arrays of sum x,y,z. All the sub arrays are sorted inside this array
- Group presentation - On Some environmental pitch
- Personal interview about the work done in my current company
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Mu Sigma (Bengaluru)
Interview
2 rounds- 1st round is the case study, where they sent a case by email and ask you to solve it in 3 days. 2nd round- is 1 day interview session (running through 4 sessions) at their bangalore office.
2nd round at bangalore office is kind of unique: go through a video synthesis test(usually a movie/documentary clip for 10-15 min), write an algorithm, 1 creativity round (any thing can come up!), 1 group case study (divided into groups of 3 and
there is 1 observer in the room) and finally 2 interview rounds. Everyone across room
( irrespective of applied position) goes through this. Interview was on the case study submitted, behavioral and why mu sigma. second interview was with a leadership person and on behavioral
questions- how you will act in certain scenario, etc.
In the end, they give you a score sheet on how you performed across sessions and your total score, and if you are selected or not. Very different experience vs interviews from other companies.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Mu sigma?
Why change in career path?
Can you say NO?
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Mu Sigma (Bengaluru) in Jan 2015
Interview
It was a great interview process. It was engaging and rounds were really interesting. They have multiple rounds to check everything. Overall their interview process looks quite robust and thorough. I think other companies should also follow similar proces
I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Mu Sigma (Bengaluru) in Apr 2013
Interview
Never experienced such an elaborate recruitment process.. The first day was more of a briefing and an ice breaking session followed by dinner. The following day started at 8 am and went on till 5 pm. There were rounds like Aptitude test, video case synthesis, pseudo code writing, Group case study, Creative Story Building, peer feedback and Interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The creative story building which was more of a surprise and also the peer feedback.. You wudnt know what they are looking for
Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Mu Sigma with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 71% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Manager roles take an average of 4 days to get hired, when considering 7 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Mu Sigma overall takes an average of 6 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Mu Sigma as a Manager according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 20%
Presentation: 16%
Phone interview: 16%
Group panel interview: 12%
Skills test: 12%
IQ intelligence test: 12%
Personality test: 8%
Other: 4%
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