EXL Interview Questions

Excerpts from interview #1:

• Tell me something about yourself.
• Tell me about the approaches which you used to counter the DI problems.
• What is the difference RDBMS and Graph Database?
• Difference between aggregate functions of sql?
• Tell me about the projects apart from the ones which are not mentioned in the resume.
• Why did you prefer the graph database (Neo4j) not any other?
• How many squares are there on a chess board?
• How will you cut an equilateral triangle into 4 equal equilateral triangles?
• Why do you want to join the company?
• What is the difference between functions and scalar functions?
• Tell me about pre-defined functions of sql?

Excerpts from interview #2:

• What is the difference between charge card and credit card?
• How do credit card companies/ banks make money? What is the main source of making money?
• How many edges are there in 3D cube, 4D cube and 2D cube?(puzzle based questions)
• How many people are there in the air in the given day in US?(guess estimate question)
• How would you estimate American Airline’s annual revenue?

• Tell me about yourself.
• Why would you want to join this company?
• Describe yourself in one word.
• On a scale of one to ten, rate me as an interviewer.
• Would you lie for the company?
• What is your dream company?

Excerpts from interview #3:

• Tell us about any technical projects that you have undertaken in the past 3 years?
• Why did you choose this specific project?
• Which and why language did you choose for your particular project?
• Basic concepts of C language?
• What is an empty class? What functionality does it offer in java?

• Tell me about your highs and lows in these 4 years of college life.
• Logical Based Questions: You have a cake. How would you divide it into 8 pieces using only 3 lines?
• What is your career goal?
• What is your dream holiday destination?
• What are the qualities of a team leader?

Excerpts from interview #4:

• Difference between goto, long jmp() and setjmp()?
• Can an array be an Ivalue?
• Are bit fields portable?
• Explain macro and its usage?
• Explain “bit masking”?
• How many levels deep can you nest include files?
• How do you create type- insensitive operator?

• Give me an example of your creativity.
• On a scale of 1 to 10 rate yourself as a person.
• Who has inspired you the most in your life and why?
• If you win a $10 million lottery, will you still work?
• What is the toughest decision you ever had to make?
• Any questions?

Excerpts from interview #5:

• Can you outline the various steps in an analytic project?
• What do you do in data exploration
• Tell me about data preparation?
• How will you treat missing values?
• How will you treat outlier values?
• How do you assess the results of a logistic regression analysis?

• What is your biggest regret in life?
• Give us two of your biggest strengths and weaknesses.
• What interests you the most about this position?
• What are the here things that your friends will say about you?
• How ambitious are you? Would you compete for the job?
• What is your aim in life?
• What is your short term goal?
• How do you think your friends will define you?

Excerpts from interview #6:

• How do you implement tree mirroring?
• Can procedure in package be overloaded?
• What do you mean by threads in operating system?
• Why is the prime motive behind companies using private cloud?
• Write a program to print ASCII code for a given digit.
• Can a procedure in a package be overloaded?

• Why should you be hired for this role?
• Which TV series do you like the most? Enlist some major characteristics of this series.
• Under what circumstances you will leave this job?
• Would you like to suggest anything to us?
• What qualities do you think will be required for this job?
• Do you consider yourself successful?