I applied through other source. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Principal Financial Group (Pune) in Jun 2016
Interview
I had taken an eLitmus exam and they called me for an interview based on my score. The very first round was technical round. They asked me a couple of easy coding questions and some puzzles. It is really important to know that, you have to answer the puzzles in a very "conservative" way. I tried answering them as per my own way but the guy simply declined it. Also, he kept revolving around the "Where do you see yourself in the next 5 years?" question for too long. But, I think it will really depend upon the guy you will be interviewing with.
The next round was Managerial round. I was asked some basic academic related questions like best academic achievements and topics you are interested in. This was more of a pre-HR round. Remember that they eliminate a lot of students in the last two rounds. So even if you cleared your technical round, don't count as the job done.
The last round was an HR round. This was the shortest but the most annoying one. The lady who was interviewing me kept on going outside of the room and coming back in. She had hardly asked me more than 4-5 typical HR questions but I sat in the interview room for more than 25 minutes (just to give you an idea).
Again - Make sure that you do not keep your hopes high after the first round.
After the end of the interview, I was almost sure that I have got the job. But the HR came and told me that they will communicate with me within one week. I think they did that for everyone who cleared first two rounds. But, I did not hear from them at all. After 10 days, on the eLitmus website my application status was changed from "Confirmed" to "Not selected".
Even though, I anwered all the questions of all the three rounds (as per my understanding), I could not convert it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. The most efficient program to say whether a number is prime or not.
2. You have three bags and three labels. One bag has only red balls, one has only blue balls and one has both red and blue balls. Three labels are R, B and RB. R label was meant for the bag with only red balls, B label was meant for the bag with only blue balls and RB for the bag with both red and blue balls. Ram by mistake labelled the bags wrongly such that all the labels are wrong, how many minimum number of balls he should pick and from what bags to correct the labels? It is given that each bag has unlimited number of balls to be picked.
I applied through university. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Principal Financial Group (Pune) in Aug 2022
Interview
Interview is based on resume, projects and internships. Lots of managerial questions asked. Interest in company is seen. The aptitude exams are tough, but online coding round is easy. Study all standard aptitude topic and do good practice.
First you have to give the elitmus ph test, after that there are 2 technical interviews, one MCQ test and one HR interview on the same day. The technical interviews are more on Quantitative analysis and basic level coding problems.
I applied through university. I interviewed at Principal Financial Group (Jabalpur) in Sept 2021
Interview
It was an off campus recruitment . The selection process had 6 rounds . These included 2 test on e litmus platform , Technical interview , puzzle round , Managerial Interview , HR Interview .