I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at ZS Associates (Bangalore Rural) in Sep 2024
Interview
A case study was given the prior night which has around 7 questions. There were graphs. So the interview involved questions on that case study and guestimate questions. The case study had questions on data interpretation
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Guess the number of flights travelling between Mumbai to Delhi on a daily basis
The interview process consisted of 2 rounds since it was an on campus oppurtunity. During the first round which was a case study round, where I was given an easy case study and 4-5 related questions which I sailed through easily. The interviewer was very nice and helpful. After this they shortlisted 8 students out of initial 16 shortlistings for the role. I went for round 2 where I was asked about my projects, behavorial and technical fitness for role, my switch from IT to Management. I was also asked a puzzle. While others were asked puzzles on probability and SQL questions. Witing for the result. Overall experience was nice!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was asked to solve a basic case study on Election campaign. I was given sufficient data to solve the question. The question was : If in 2017 elections, there were 6 parties and you work for BJP(Bhartiya Janseva Party) who is holding the seat of current nation leader. You are given 5 parties their voter percentage turnouts like party 1: 40% party 2: 20% party 3: 25% party 4: 10% party 5:5%. Now in new elections (2024) there enters a sixth party which has now a significant vote share drawn from all other parties and is on the winning route. Table 2 shows how many voter %age has been taken up by party 6 which was earlier being held by other parties: eg. party 1: 40% party 2: 18% party 3: 25% party 4: 22% party 5: 50% now you need to compute that what is the net share of each party in current elections given party 6 has projection of gaining 40% of total votes.
Secondly I was given two graphs where i had to do basic math in order to optimize the budget spent on adertisement. They can be practiced online.
For next round I was asked a puzzle: Tell me how many spheres (hollow) can you fit in a room 10*10*10 where diameter of a cube is 1 m. Optimize.
the interviewer was chill and it went very well. he went through my resume and asked me questions from my resume. also asked some random case studies and checked my critical thinking
2 Rounds of Interviews. First was the Technical round with Basic programming questions and Questions based on my Resume. Technical concepts like python programming, basics of MySQL and Database, Computer Basics were covered.
Then was the HR Round which included Guesstimates, Questions about myself and thoughts on AI
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain with examples how Database Normalisation Works.
Write a python program to Swap two numbers
Decision Analytics Associate (DAA) applicants have rated the interview process at ZS Associates with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Decision Analytics Associate (DAA) roles take an average of 32 days to get hired, when considering 12 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at ZS Associates overall takes an average of 18 days.
Common stages of the interview process at ZS Associates as a Decision Analytics Associate (DAA) according to 12 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
Personality test: 15%
One on one interview: 15%
Drug test: 10%
Background check: 10%
Skills test: 10%
IQ intelligence test: 10%
Presentation: 5%
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