Advisory Board Interview Questions & Reviews

Interview Details Round 1
Process
• Face to Face Interview
Expectations
1. Technical Background
2. Reason for change
3. Communication
4. Adaptability to ABCO Work Environment & Culture
[Willingness to work in product based company
Vision about the individual in next n years
Involvement in Product
Willingness to take responsibility]
5. Basic level questions in Programming language (C#) and concepts.
6. Justify the logic written in problem solving round
Examples
1. What is an abstract class?
2. Explain Interface.
3. Explain some of the known design patterns, such as Singleton.
4. Explain Big-O-notation.
5. Difference between Structural Programming and Object Oriented Programming.
6. Difference between ASP.Net Web Forms and MVC.
7. Explain the process of unit testing you practice, along with the tools, if you use any.
8. Most of the other questions are based on Resume content & Projects.
9. Most of the questions are mainly focused on OOPs concepts.
10. Given a chance to explain the logic adopted to solve the written test problem.

 
Round 2
Process
• Telephonic Discussion, from Chennai Office.
Expectations
1. Intermediate level technical questions.
2. Focused mainly on the area in which the candidate is strong in.
Examples
1. Object Oriented Programming Concepts
2. Difference between Abstract Class and Interfaces
3. Practical application of abstract class and interfaces
4. SQL Server DML based questions
5. Difference between SQL Joins

Negotiation Details – They just asked for my expected CTC & payed more than requested

Interview Details Interview was not related to technology.

Interview Details They have two F2F technical interview rounds. Their focus area was data structures.
This is how 1st round of my interview went
1) Tell me about yourself
2) What are the frameworks in .net and their differences?
3) What is the purpose of protected internal access specifier?
4) They gave me the following program
     There are 2 char arrays ex: ABC, CBA. I was asked to write code to check 2 conditions
     i) Two char arrays should have same characters.
     ii) The frequency of a character in the both the arrays should be same.
     If both are satisfied, the function should return true otherwise false.
I've proposed some solution,but they want the best and optimized one.
5) Write a SQL query to get the maximum count of employees in a department.
For this they want me design the table structure and provide the best available query.
6) Difference between primary key and candidate key?

I prepared for .net and got ds questions in return, so the interview didn't go well. They didn't mention anything regarding selection/rejection. They just said that they will communicate the details later.

Interview Details i had written exam in this field .that time very difficult for me .nw i can mannage myself

Interview Details Contacted by HR through my profile on the job search sites.
Was informed four/five levels of interview in total.
Interviewers and the HR were extremely helpful and prompt in timings.
I was interviewed for a .Net developer position.
Questions were mainly from c# Object Oriented programming, basics of ASP.NET, how a browser works, some algorithmic problems.
Could not clear all the interviews.

Interview Details you need to have very good commmunication skills to even get to the first round.
then its all basic sql questions like joins,Sp's,unions,constraints like primary ,foreign ,unique key,etc

Negotiation Details – What were you able to negotiate? What advice would you give others considering an offer?

Interview Details Applied online through university career center and received notification of phone interview 2-3 weeks later. The position that I applied for was not the position that they decided to interview me for. The phone interview was comprised of a list of questions that others have previously mentioned. Received notification about a week later stating that they wanted to invite me in for an in-person interview for 3 different positions. First round of interviews was composed of 3 2:1 interview and 2 1:1 interviews (5 total) for the 3 positions. Was contacted the next day for an invitation to complete 2nd round of interviews which was composed of 1 2:1 interview and 1 1:1 interview. Thoroughly enjoyed all 7 of my in-person interviews. Interviewers were pleasant and asked behavioral questions that are very similar to the ones previously posted. Looking for great organizational skills (ability to upward-manage projects and tasks), great presentation/speaking skills, solid goal-setting and execution skills, and people with a genuine interest in the work/field. Be able to speak to your resume. Was contacted 2 days after my final interview with an offer. Fell in love with "young" environment and opportunities to move up within the firm fairly early in your career.

Negotiation Details – No Negotiation - Base Salary for Account Management Associates

Interview Details I applied along with an employee referral and heard back from a recruiting coordinator a few days later to schedule a Skype interview for two weeks later. The recruiting manager that conducted my Skype interview told me during the interview that she wanted to bring me in for an in-person interview at the DC office. I was flown to DC a little over a week later where I met with three members of the Marketing (Sales) leadership team. There was a presentation component during this round with one of the interviews (a sales pitch you received materials for well in advance). A few days after the in-person interview, I was contacted to set up a final phone interview and received an offer later that day.

Everyone I met with throughout all phases of the interview process was extremely pleasant, and I enjoyed meeting with all of them. Everyone I have met who is involved with the Advisory Board Company has been wonderful. Most questions they asked were to see if I was a good fit for the culture of the company. This is something they outwardly put a strong emphasis on. There were a few behavioral questions here and there, but no case questions aside from the presentation.

Negotiation Details – I was asked what my compensation expectations were during the Skype interview phase of the process. If you have expectations, be sure to voice them at this time.

Interview Details Applied online, heard back 3 days later for a phone interview. Another week called in for an in-person interview. Questions were asked really promptly back and forth between two managers. I think they were looking to see how quick you formulate your thoughts and respond. I asked how long till i hear back, they said two weeks, i heard back the next business day!

Negotiation Details – theres no negotiation for associates