I applied in-person. I interviewed at Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing
Interview
First Interview
Interview by 2nd year employee. Mainly confirmation of resume such as detail regarding my club and what are the difficulties I have encountered and how I managed them.
Second Interview
Interview by manager. Asked about my life in Japan what what I have encountered. They also asked about my know knowledge regarding SDGs as they really put effort in it.
Final Interview
Mainly about final confirmation.
I applied online. I interviewed at Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing
Interview
First HR round was too good...then second round with sales director..this round was also good..the whole interview process took 3 hours that was too long..but everything was good in whole
Process
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing (Tokyo) in Jan 2020
Interview
Proceeded until 2nd out of 3 phases.
1st interview: Casual talk about the division, your work and the position you applied.
2nd interview: Technical interview about:
- One project of your choosing
- Deep learning basics
- Python basics
The interview felt a bit aggressive. I tried my best to explain the data, my methodology, and results by giving as many details as I can. I kept interrupted by the interviewer about minor details that do not affect the result or overall performance.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- The complexity of some python operations
- A question about lists and sets
- Activation functions and their use-cases
- Multiprocessing and multithreading