WRITTEN TEST: NO

GROUP DISCUSSION: NO

SKILLS REQUIRED

• SQL
• Excel
• Python Gives an Edge
• Power BI gives an Edge

INTERVIEW GUIDELINES

Round 1 : Behavioural Interview

• Behavioural questions and situation based questions
• Sometimes a take home analysis is given, for which the candidate has to prepare a presentation and tell the insights in the interview

Questions

• Explain the supply chain network of Cisco.
• What are the parameters to be considered while setting up warehouses?
• Tell me about a time when you were challenged.
• Why this role?
• Are you familiar with Cisco and what Cisco does?
• Describe a time you applied your industry knowledge (in any industry) during your past internship experience.
• How do you balance work and fun?
• What will you do if there is too much work?
• Have you changed since you started college?

Round 2 : HR Interview

Questions

• Name a time you dealt with ambiguity.
• Tell us about yourself.
• Was there ever a time you faced adversity in your life, how did you handle it?
• Tell me about your previous internship experience.
• Describe a time when you thought you failed.
• What are your strengths and weaknesses?
• Why should I hire you?
• Tell me something about yourself that your resume hasn't told me already.

Round 3 : Managerial Interview

• Some technical questions

Questions

• What is your career goal and what are your expectations from us?
• How do you keep up with data trends?
• Why did you choose Cisco?
• How can you describe a building?
• What kinds of problems have you faced and how did you deal with them?
• What made you want to work in this business unit?
• How do you fit into the Cisco culture?
• Describe yourself in three words.

MPLOYEE.ME TIPS

• In Behavioural Round expect some problem solving case questions
• Follow STAR Approach to answer Behavioural Questions Below points would make you more confident during your interview in all Business/Data Analytics Interview
• Get familiar with some basic business terms when applying for Consultancy or analytics based companies .
• Make some of your informed decisions strategy approaches that might help you in the interview.
• Follow Top down approach and MECE to solve the business cases
• Case studies and CFI for excel, Crafting cases for case studies, MySQL from GeeksforGeeks, Puzzles from GeeksforGeeks can help you give a good confidence
• Guesstimates to test you analytical Ability and Business cases on Revenue/Growth/Market Entry or Cost Structures to see the problem solving skills.
• Make a strategy in the below business cases:
• Profitability : To measures to increase the profit margins
• Market entry : Calculating risk factors while entering into the new Market and strategizing the same
• Growth : Possible reasons for the revenue drop in a sector, possible reasons and solution for the same
• Pricing : At what pricing the New product to be launched and the factors considered to reduce the risk
• Product launch : Minimising the risk in launching a new product considering the customer behaviour and need. The Approach that can be followed in different sectors