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Accepted Offer – Interviewed on Pune (India) Mar 2012 – Reviewed Jan 01, 2013
Interview Details
technical round, managerial round and HR. Sometimes client interview is also there.
Technical round will be tough and you have to negotiate well in the HR round. However they pay more then market value. You have to ask for joining bonus and relocation charges.
Telephonic round may start with a telephonic round.
Interview Question – not for me. Answer Question
No Offer – Interviewed in Chicago, IL (US) Jun 2012 – Reviewed Sep 21, 2012
Interview Details
- Was contacted through LinkedIn through their recruiter for an initial conversation
- Discussed about experiences, expertise, salary, visa, etc.
- Never heard back for a month
- On inquiring, they responded saying I didn't have time left on my visa. I had over a year left.
Interview Question – HR based question Answer Question
Accepted Offer – Interviewed on Hyderābād (India) Feb 2011 – Reviewed Sep 02, 2012
Interview Details been a long time; do not remember much
Interview Question – been a long time; do not remember much Answer Question
Negotiation Details – they did not negotiated much on designation but did on salary for a lac Rs
No Offer – Interviewed in Irvine, CA (US) Mar 2012 – Reviewed Apr 26, 2012
Interview Details
The first interview was conducted by phone from a HR recruiter, then a second technical interview by phone
from a Java architect. After that I was invited to attend a face-to-face interview. The face-to-face interviews consist of 3 sessions, the first session with a manager who introduced herself as an architect,
the second with a senior manager and the final was with a director. The first 2 sessions were technical
and project experience interview and I did well. The last one was with the director, he is a politician,
his questions are "what's your career goal ?", "what would u envision yourself in five years?"... and when I
did not respond straightly to the question ("Would u be willing to sacrifice your time for the job ?" -implying overtime without getting paid) he was obviously annoyed, he then told me that clients do not pay for the travel (meaning you would not get paid either), I did not respond to him, and then he said the new graduate are willing to take the job, willing to put more for less, at that moment I knew I was not going to get the job....
Interview Questions
Accepted Offer – Interviewed on Philadelphia, PA (US) Dec 2011 – Reviewed Dec 30, 2011
Interview Details Typical consulting interview. Pre-screen, techincal interview, face to face interview. Good questions that truly test your knowledge and personality.
Interview Question – Why are you looking to join our Firm? Answer Question
Negotiation Details – n/a
Accepted Offer – Interviewed on Seattle, WA (US) Dec 2010 – Reviewed Jan 23, 2011
Interview Details There was a telephone interview with one of their architects. Pretty basic stuff. Then, I was invited to Seattle office for three rounds of interivew. First Round with another Senior Consultant, second round with director and the third round with VP. The interivew was good. They offered me the position within a week. They were very professional.
Interview Question – How will you react with customers and deal some tough situations? Answer Question
Negotiation Details – Negotiate to get what you want.
No Offer – Interviewed in Irvine, CA (US) Nov 2010 – Reviewed Dec 30, 2010
Interview Details Hitachi brought in about 25 students from various schools to interview for the tactical and business positions. Interviews were simple-- mainly just talking about yourself and your interests to 4 VPs. They were draining because they were back to back interviews and then a lunch with current employees afterward.
Interview Questions
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Nov 2008 – Reviewed Nov 14, 2010
Interview Details Pretty fair on campus interview and then an office interview loop. Before we did the loop, we were invited into their office to meet others and do a group activity/case 'test' with a mix of students.
Interview Questions
Negotiation Details – I tried to negotiate but the offers were pretty firm.
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in May 2009 – Reviewed Sep 09, 2010
Interview Details 2 phone interview and 1 group
Interview Question – basic background and situational questions Answer Question
Declined Offer – Interviewed in Jun 2010 – Reviewed Jul 09, 2010
Interview Details
My Hitachi experience began with an unsolicited application on their website for a management consulting position. Within about a week I was contacted by a recruiter who informed me they had interest in me as a candidate, but only as a senior consultant. The next step was a phone interview with a very knowledgeable senior manager who was nice and was primarily interested in my "real world" experience and that I understood the inner workings of my industry. I was asked to come in for a day of interviews between 3 managers, 1 director, and 1 Vp. Each interviewer came at it from a different angle:
- Lets not talk about work, lets talk about your interests (Or the recruiter's interests for that matter)
- Lets talk about how much you know and how I can use you on my team
- Don't really want to be here, but I have some "canned" questions
- "How do I sell you" and "How do I make you billable"
At the end of the day the salary bands and reviews here on GlassDoor were right on.
Case in point:
I asked a question about how Hitachi competes in this market space and the answer was, "Price".... Lets dissect this like a consultant here. Profit = Revenue-Cost, with very little fixed cost in a professional service firm any decrease in price will mean less profit OR my variable costs are low to maintain high margins. The lower cost we are speaking about to compete is MY Salary & Bonus. This was a giant buzzer that went off and eventually I did not accept the lame offer that was given to me.
Interview Question – "What makes you billable?" Answer Question
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