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Research Associate at Capital IQ
Accepted Offer – Interviewed on Gurgaon, Haryana (India) Dec 2009 – Reviewed Sep 22, 2012
Interview Details There were 2 written tests and 3 interviews. All of them aimed at testing the IQ and required skills for the job. It goes smooth if you are confident about the position and the role and have requisite knowledge about the company. Some of the questions were from finance and many were behavioral in context.
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Software Engineer at Capital IQ
No Offer – Interviewed in College Park, MD (US) Feb 2011 – Reviewed Sep 29, 2012
Interview Details I applied to Capital IQ through my university's career fair. Then I was given an on-campus interview. The first half of the interview was a skills test. The recruiter walked in, handed me the test, and gave me 30 minutes to complete. It consisted of 5 technical questions pertaining to data structures and bit manipulation.
Interview Question – Given a tree, create a function for a getting a sub-tree given P and K. Answer Question
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Software Developer at Capital IQ
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Sep 18, 2012
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Talked to Capital IQ recruiter coming to career fair on my college and I dropped off my resume. Later I was invited to the in person interview held in my college. I was pretty surprised when I walked in and get a 5-6 pages of coding/database questions, which I have to write down the answer just like a CS class midterm. I didn't finish it and in the end the recruiter went over all the questions with me.
After that first interview, I was invited to the final interview in new york office. Talked to a few developers and over all the process went well and smoothly.
Interview Question – Questions are basic coding / database. Nothing really difficult if you prepared well. Answer Question
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Research Manager at Capital IQ
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Sep 14, 2012
Interview Details interview process was very technical. They asked a lot of questions pertaining to financial statement analysis. I would recommend reviewing basic financial statement analysis.
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Software Engineer at Capital IQ
No Offer – Reviewed Sep 14, 2012
Interview Details At first I spoke to HR, very brusk. Asking about past experience, expected pay, what technologies I was most comfertable with. Then I had a phone interview with team lead. Very friendly, looking for lots of questions. Scheduled a technical interview. Basic array manipulation and algorythms questions. Said they were not sure I was a good fit yet but that they looked forward to heering from me in the future with more experience under my belt.
Interview Question – In an nxn grid of ones and zeros, turn all squares in a manhattan distance of k from any 1 into 1s, yielding an algorythm of complexity O(n2). Answer Question
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Quantitative Analyst at Capital IQ
No Offer – Interviewed in New York, NY (US) Aug 2012 – Reviewed Sep 11, 2012
Interview Details A HR called me to schedule a phone interview. The phone interview was mainly about my resume. And an onsite was scheduled after two weeks. It consisted of six 1:1 interviews. took the 4-5 hours totally.
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Tech QA at Capital IQ
Accepted Offer – Interviewed on Gurgaon, Haryana (India) Aug 2012 – Reviewed Sep 01, 2012
Interview Details
They took a written exam of aptitude which i cleared
The HR interview took place which was good
Waiting eagerly for Technical
Interview Question – Dont think i faced any difficulty as whole procedure was well managed Answer Question
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Business Analyst at Capital IQ
No Offer – Reviewed Sep 05, 2012
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Call for interview based on review of the CV.
Round one - short interview asking basic and general questions.
Round two - detailed written test. There were different sections - GK, writing business reports based on a detailed write up given about a particular fictional company and answering questions after analysis of business reports.
Round three - technical interview.
Interview Question – Most difficult was writing the business report based on a detailed write up given about the company in question. Answer Question
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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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