The process is weird .I applied via linkedin and kept searching on the website for the office location in Mumbai.I got an email with a link asking to give an analytical test.The test was designed as a physics or engg mechanics paper which has not a remote connection to the ops manager position.I thought they were looking for some algebra teacher or something. The open ended questions seems to be designed to get inputs from the candidate to help them reduce cost and manage issues which highlights the company in poor light.I realised that this is a waste of my time and has nothing to do with the job.its a means of getting free inputs
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How to reduce cost by 50?
Write a blog as damage control for technical issues
I was contacted through LinkedIn. The process went as follows:
1. HR call: positive experience. Mix between understanding my background deeper and giving HR information regarding the role. Recruiter was helpful, professional, and friendly.
2. Online test: positive experience. Went as expected and felt relatively easy.
3. HR call: positive experience; was briefed on next steps.
4. Take-home exercise: skipped this step
5. Business case: positive experience. Interviewer was professional, friendly and collaborative. Case was simple in design but allowed for extensive discussions.
6. Bar raiser interview: terrible experience. Stone-cold interviewer who wasn’t agile between questions and shortened the interview to a ridiculous duration. No follow-up question asked. Interviewer didn’t bother answering questions regarding his experience/the firm with any full sentence. Very confusing experience that felt like a loss of time…
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In the bar raiser interview: what was the mission of your previous role and your business metrics, who were you reporting to, how would your previous employer rate your performance out of 10, did you get promoted within the same timeline as your peers, what was one of your main achievements, what is an elegant but simple solution you found to a problem, tell me about a time you solved an inefficiency in a process
made it till round 4(problem solving interview). Good experience. They arranged screening call, then aptitude test, then PS. The interviewers were friendly and supportive. PS round was difficult for me as I was not able to think on the spot during the interview.
Long. Pre-screening, aptitude test, gmat sort of test, problem solving, case, bar raiser. I had a bad experience. Not because the interviews very difficult, but the attitude was rude, they were mean, arrive late to the calls. If that is the interview...how is the working culture day by day?
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Airport ops type of business case. Gmat test. Study MBB case and you will be fine.