I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at ZS Associates (San Mateo, CA)
Interview
Long. It took 2-3 weeks just to get an interview schedule. I had to work with three separate HR people in order to do that. I was initially screened by one, but then had to communicate with two more.
Only given online, webex case interview with a phone discussion. Not your typical case interview. No ability to ask questions. It's all strictly controlled on a slide by slide process. Over the phone you have no idea as to the progress you're making. You are not given any ability to demonstrate anything past straight analytics. There was a hard stop after exactly one half hour and as soon as the clock struck that time, I was given a "goodbye" and a disconnect. The person was professional but impersonal.
I was supposed to receive a behavioral interview, but after all their delays and I assume my perceived poor performance on the case interview, this was eliminated. They did not want to get to know about 15+ years of experience, but just make a decision based on my math capabilities.
I feel this organization is looking for analytical automatons instead of those that can actually lead, manage, and direct. May be a good place for newly minted MBA's or undergrads to start a career, but seems like a hard fit for very experienced professionals.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Phone case interview should be completely re-structured to actually allow dialogue and help in the case reveal.
Easy, normal, simple interview where they asked very average questions. Overall just wasn't interested in joining. Atmosphere seemed nice and the people were kind enough though. I would have joined if I didnt have something else already lined up
I applied in-person. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at ZS Associates (Pune)
Interview
Very well detailed and technical hands on exercises on data warehousing data modeling solution architecture. Designing for hierarchies, star schema design , different types of dimensional modeling. Aws best practices for architecture and design
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Comprehensive Case study
Cloud questions on Aws
Nosql databases related
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at ZS Associates in Jun 2021
Interview
5 Rounds of case interview.
Then one Fitment interview.
Then HR Discussion.
Case interviews were detail oriented and required a lot of efforts. Thorough discussion.
Panel validated the approach and content which was put in the submission. They discussed mostly around what was mentioned in the answer and did a lot of grilling around that.