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Updated Jun 11, 2013
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TQA at Capital IQ

Accepted Offer – Reviewed Sep 06, 2012

Interview Details Apti, hr interview, written technical test, and another technical interview....waitin for the results

Interview Question – Some random analytic questions   Answer Question

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Research Associate at Capital IQ

Accepted Offer – Interviewed on Visakhapatnam (India) Dec 2009 – Reviewed Aug 22, 2012

Interview Details The interview process includes 4 Rounds, First round will be Written which include accounts , finance, English and aptitude related Questions. Second and third round could be technical. First technical will be handled by Manager and second technical will be held by director. in these rounds they will ask you about Finance, accounts and stock market related questions. Those who cleared these rounds are almost done with interview. Final round will be with HR, In this round they will discuss about career plans and willingness to work with shifts.

Interview Question – As you are a girl, After marriage how could you convince your family about your career ambitions?   Answer Question

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Testing Quality Analyst at Capital IQ

No Offer – Reviewed Aug 19, 2012

Interview Details Appeared for a aptitude test,cleared it then went for a HR interview.............waiting for my result

Interview Question – only simple HR interview was there   Answer Question

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JRA at Capital IQ

Accepted Offer – Interviewed on Tirupati (India) May 2011 – Reviewed Aug 15, 2012

Interview Details Interview process consist of three rounds.
1.Written test
Our knowledge in Accountancy, Finance, Aptitude and English were tested.
2.First Technical round
A person such as Team lead or Manager will be examining our skills in core finance and accounts.
3.Second Technical round along with HR
A person in the position of director will examine our knowledge levels in core finance and accounts area along with few HR related questions.

Scoring good marks in written exam will be added advantage to secure the job. About three days preparation is more than enough.

Interview Question – I have not faced such an situation during the interview process. The entire process in totally concentrated on testing skill test of the candidate.   Answer Question

Negotiation Details – Make sure that you secure the job. After that try to secure job in any other company offering better pay, career etc if you don't get any job just join the job other wise move on.

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Software Engineer at Capital IQ

No Offer – Reviewed Aug 03, 2012

Interview Details written->gd->technical interviews.....written will have dbms and oops based questions...mcq's,queries,programs.....moderate level pf difficulty..

Interview Question – oops design for chess game   View Answer

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Jra at Capital IQ

Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Jul 2011 – Reviewed Aug 01, 2012

Interview Details very long process and also not worth it

Interview Question – they ask general question . take on the basis of your marks in education .rest is just a formality   Answer Question

Negotiation Details – they are not paying well so there is no chance of negotiation already

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Research Associate at Capital IQ

No Offer – Interviewed in Gurgaon, Haryana (India) Jan 2011 – Reviewed Jul 20, 2012

Interview Details Round 1 was an Aptitude test including an essay question (300 words on Why should we hire you?) the time given was 30 minutes

Round 2 Was a 1:1 interview with someone from the hr team

Interview Question – Impress me   Answer Question

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Software Engineer at Capital IQ

No Offer – Interviewed in Bangalore (India) Aug 2011 – Reviewed Jul 07, 2012

Interview Details The interview was a 1:1 process over a period of two days with two individuals. it was a preliminary process. The first round was comparitively easy, but the second round interviewer however sweet posted an unlikely scenario and wouldnt accept nor comment on the answers that i gave

Interview Question – You are working in a banking corp with 1 million customers. You have an account in india and would like to access it in NY. How do you transfer the data   View Answer

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JRA(Junior Research Associate) at Capital IQ

Declined Offer – Interviewed in Hyderābād (India) Jun 2012 – Reviewed Jun 26, 2012

Interview Details Process.
-->Written test consist 3 segments Financials(40 Quest), Aptitude(10 quest), English (10 Questions) all are multiple choice. and section cut-off is there 1hr duration.
     Financial questions are very basic ones every one answer those like calculation of profit from sales after tax and depreciation, some related to bonds, when company winding up 1st preference of settling debt.. etc
    Aptitude consists some are arthematic and finding area of cylinder when height and base are given, questions related to circles, and some are solving quadratic Equations,

English Consists of very easy questions like finding errors in a sentence(5) and filling suitable word in blanks(5)

--1:1 Technical Interview of 2 rounds ..mostly on basic of accounting and stock markets. i faced 15-20 in 2 rounds..some of them are..

     1.Securitization
     2.EPS Formula (Pat/No. of Shares) ,How do u caluclate NO of Shares for Accounting period (Ans-By Weighted Avg. of outstanding shares over the period)
     3.Factoring
     4.Bridge Financing
     5.Mutual Fund
     6.Capital Market
     7.Non-recurring Expenses
     8.Retained Earnings
     9.Inventory Turnover Ratio
     10. Networth
     11.Difference b/w Preference share and equity shares
     12.Prefferencial Dividend
     13. Capital Employed..
     14.Treasury bills
     15. Holding company operations and Examples

-- Final HR. mostly asked from Resume ..project.. achievements. hobbies.. negetives.. educational back ground,.. why u choose those courses etc.

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  • Eps Formula..(PAT/ No. of Shares) How do u find.. no of shares in accounting period?   View Answers (3)
  • Difference b/w prefferece share holders and equity share holders.   Answer Question

Reason for Declining – I cleared 2 round of Technical but lost in HR round..

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Research Analyst at Capital IQ

Accepted Offer – Interviewed on Centennial, CO (US) Sep 2010 – Reviewed Jun 19, 2012

Interview Details It was pretty seamless

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