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Role: Technical Analyst

College: Not Specified

Interview Date: 2025-07-23

Interview Type: Off-Campus (Referral)

Result: Selected

Difficulty: Medium

Rounds: 4 rounds (Online Test, Interview Round 1, Interview Round 2, Final Interview with Country Head)

Topics Asked: Online Test (English, Logical Reasoning, Quantitative Analysis, Technical Aptitude, Business Analytics, Database & SQL), Self-introduction, Current Company/Tech Stack/Work Culture, Explaining Internet to a 6-year-old, Puzzle (Find ages of daughters), Scenario-based counseling, Projects, Confidence, Communication.

Experience:

This off-campus interview experience for a Technical Analyst role at ION Group, obtained via referral, took about 2 weeks in August 2021 (published July 2025).

Round 1: Online Test: Conducted on the AMCAT platform, it comprised sections on English, Logical Reasoning, Quantitative Analysis, Technical Aptitude (CS/IT Basics), Business Analytics (Data Interpretation), and Database and SQL-based questions.

Round 2: Interview Round 1: Conducted on MS Teams for 1.5 hours. It started with a casual conversation and self-introduction. The interviewer then inquired about the candidate's current company, tech-stack, work culture, learnings, and takeaways. Questions included "How will you explain the concept of the Internet to a 6-year-old kid?" and the "Find ages of daughters" puzzle.

Round 3: Interview Round 2: A 30-minute MS Teams interview, starting with "Tell me something about yourself" and a discussion of the candidate's current role. A scenario-based question involved counseling a high school student as an admission counselor.

Round 4: Interview with the Country Head: This was an informal discussion covering introduction, projects mentioned on the resume, travel experiences, and focused on testing confidence and communication skills.

The candidate was selected for the role.