Student Name: Priya Gupta

Current Course: MSQE

Degree Before Masters: B.A(hons) Economics

Company Name: Accenture
Job Role: Data and AI Intern- Market Mix Modelling
Duration of the Job Role: 2-3 Month Internship

Hiring Process Overview:
Aptitude round+ 2 interview rounds

Questions Asked in Online Aptitude Test (if applicable):
Coding

Number of Interview Rounds:
2

Questions Asked in Round 1:
Mainly asked about the projects mentioned in my CV and technical questions related to project(econometrics) questions.

Mentioning few questions asked-

  1. Type 1 and type 2 error, hypothesis testing questions
  2. How to compare which model is better?
  3. Mean, median and mode relationship in Left skewed distribution

Few questions on position of responsibility held in the past.

Questions Asked in Round 2:
Econometrics, Statistics, Game theory and Coding questions. Here’ few of what I can recall

  1. Heteroscedasticity topic was asked in detail. Explaining heteroscedadticity in layman’s terms, practical approach to handle heterscedasticity.
  2. Is normality assumption of error term a CLRM assumption. Why do we need it?
  3. Game theory(because it was mentioned in my CV)- explain Nash equilibrium to someone who doesn’t know the subject.
  4. Coding- Basic data structures in python and difference between them.
  5. Difference between while and do while im C. Do we have a command like ‘do while’ in python, how can we write that code.

Questions Asked in Further Rounds:

Job Role Experience:
Market Mix Modelling- Worked on live client project to build a market mix model for one of the product(light MMM model), validated the model results, found data insights and created story deck for the client. Found alternate algorithms and methods to increase the efficiency of the existing workbench

Suggestions for Candidates (including resources, books, websites):
Mention relevant projects in the CV and know the results and techniques used to get those results.

Atleast do the basics of pythons and tell them that you are learning and so far you know this much and answer that part clearly.

Some intervieweers give you the freedom of directing the flow of the interview, use it carefully according to your strengths.

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Previous Job Role (if applicable):