EXPERIENCE AT DELOITTE PLACEMENT:
The name Deloitte immediately makes people think about vocab,stylish dressing etc..but i say all that is only partially correct after my experience with it during the placement process. We had all kinds of rumors that Deloitte would place only people who look pretty,who are fair,who are superb at vocab etc etc. But that is not the case with CSE grads. Deloitte offered about 3 different posts- FAS(only for BE CSE), ERS and DAS for the other branches including CS. I dont have any idea about the other branches and their placement procedure but we CS people had a total of 3 posts(above specified ones). The entire placement procedure was planned for 2 days.We had a written test on one day and the results were given the next day and final selection procedure on the other day.
Written test..it was an online exam of mcq's followed by a coding test. The written test consisted of 3 sections--quantitative aptitude,english,critical reasoning.The questions were of the basic level and people who prepare for CAT and GRE can easily make through it. Then we had a technical written test which consisted of coding and mcqs. Coding was in C language, each one was given two questions and 60 min time to write the code and see that they execute properly. Then there were mcqs from DBMS,SQL,PL/SQL . 20 questions and 20 min time was given. They said results would be announced on the next day. There were 16 people who got selected from CSE and MCA.
Next day we had a long PPT for about 3 hrs. After which they collected our preference order of the different posts we would like to apply. We were told that they would test us depending on the first preference and if they think we are not suitable then go for the second preference. Most of the CS people gave FAS as the first preference and so we were all grouped together to have a group activity. It was a case study where we were given a scenario and had to come up with a solution and present it to them. 15 min time was given for discussion followed by 10 min to present. I can say that it was rather a bit difficult to face that because of the kind of questions they were showering on us. But somehow it went off well. They shortlisted only half of the people. It was rather a tough one coz I was competing with our own friends who are as good as I am. Finally i could get through the round.
Then we had a new kind of interview process, where we had two panels and each of us had to take the interview in both the panels. It was a one to many interview, where 6 people were interviewing us simultaneously. Interview was only 6 min long in each panel. The very first question they asked was whether I was interested in AD(application developer) or DA(database admin).They asked us a mixture of questions about DBMS,OOP's concepts,JAVA,few coding questions,behavioral questions and everything else.It was again a tough time cause we didnt understand how will they decide about a person in such short time. Then with in half an hour they announced the results. Three of us were selected, including me.We were all shocked,and finally ended up happily. :)
So...finally i would like to say Deloitte is not the one which is completely based on looks and vocab stuff..but for CS it provides with the special post of FAS where we actually code and do database management stuff for which we are interviewed on core stuff rather than on vocab and other things. Being confident is the main key to get in to Deloitte. Good Luck!!
The name Deloitte immediately makes people think about vocab,stylish dressing etc..but i say all that is only partially correct after my experience with it during the placement process. We had all kinds of rumors that Deloitte would place only people who look pretty,who are fair,who are superb at vocab etc etc. But that is not the case with CSE grads. Deloitte offered about 3 different posts- FAS(only for BE CSE), ERS and DAS for the other branches including CS. I dont have any idea about the other branches and their placement procedure but we CS people had a total of 3 posts(above specified ones). The entire placement procedure was planned for 2 days.We had a written test on one day and the results were given the next day and final selection procedure on the other day.
Written test..it was an online exam of mcq's followed by a coding test. The written test consisted of 3 sections--quantitative aptitude,english,critical reasoning.The questions were of the basic level and people who prepare for CAT and GRE can easily make through it. Then we had a technical written test which consisted of coding and mcqs. Coding was in C language, each one was given two questions and 60 min time to write the code and see that they execute properly. Then there were mcqs from DBMS,SQL,PL/SQL . 20 questions and 20 min time was given. They said results would be announced on the next day. There were 16 people who got selected from CSE and MCA.
Next day we had a long PPT for about 3 hrs. After which they collected our preference order of the different posts we would like to apply. We were told that they would test us depending on the first preference and if they think we are not suitable then go for the second preference. Most of the CS people gave FAS as the first preference and so we were all grouped together to have a group activity. It was a case study where we were given a scenario and had to come up with a solution and present it to them. 15 min time was given for discussion followed by 10 min to present. I can say that it was rather a bit difficult to face that because of the kind of questions they were showering on us. But somehow it went off well. They shortlisted only half of the people. It was rather a tough one coz I was competing with our own friends who are as good as I am. Finally i could get through the round.
Then we had a new kind of interview process, where we had two panels and each of us had to take the interview in both the panels. It was a one to many interview, where 6 people were interviewing us simultaneously. Interview was only 6 min long in each panel. The very first question they asked was whether I was interested in AD(application developer) or DA(database admin).They asked us a mixture of questions about DBMS,OOP's concepts,JAVA,few coding questions,behavioral questions and everything else.It was again a tough time cause we didnt understand how will they decide about a person in such short time. Then with in half an hour they announced the results. Three of us were selected, including me.We were all shocked,and finally ended up happily. :)
So...finally i would like to say Deloitte is not the one which is completely based on looks and vocab stuff..but for CS it provides with the special post of FAS where we actually code and do database management stuff for which we are interviewed on core stuff rather than on vocab and other things. Being confident is the main key to get in to Deloitte. Good Luck!!
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