DELOITTE PPT, GD AND PERSONAL INTERVIEW Details

PPT :

Before the Pre placement talk, some questions that were asked by the Deloitte team were :

What does Deloitte do?

What do you know about the consulting footprint of Deloitte in India?

They then progressed with the PPT explaining the duties and responsibilities for the role in detail.

GD:
The topic for GD was common for all groups. GDs were conducted simultaneously for all groups.

Topic:

A company operating in the United States in the High End Retail Chain segment (limited to clothing) has over 200
outlets all over the United States. It has an annual turnover of $2 billion. It experienced very high profitability during
the years 2006-08. However with the recession in 2009, there was a stark reduction in its profitability which was
even below its competitors.

a) What are the factors behind its drop in profitability?

b) Provide an overview of change in consumer behaviour/perception during this period
c) Provide appropriate recommendations

Cross Questions asked during presentations made by teams:

How is asset utilization measured?

How will you control inventory cost?
What is your demand plan going to be?
How will you enhance customer experience?
What are profitability ratios?
What is Gross Margin?
At the point of sale, what will your marketing strategy be?
Online vs Offline what will your strategy be and why?
What is COGS?
What are fixed costs? What will they be in your case?
How will you reduce costs?
3 takeaways to enhance customer engagement?
What route in digital marketing would be most appropriate?
Would targeting a lower segment not harm the brand image of the retail store?

Feedback provided post presentations to the teams:

The presentation needed more structure and form

Greater focus on financial aspects
Answers need to be less general and more specific
Candidate talking about a particular point should be able to answer any related questions.
INTERVIEW QUESTIONS:
SELECTED CANDIDATES:
Student 1

1. What are the next big 3 leaps for consultancy companies?

2. What are the challenges faced by consultancy companies (3) in terms of assignments/projects?
3. If a team member doesnt like the assignment you have given him, how will u handle it?
4. How will you motivate your team?
5. Why do you want to be a consultant?
6. Situational questions Your peers are getting good experience as well as money. You are not getting
both. What will u do?
7. How will your learning curve be, if given responsibilities?
8. About the resume walk me through your individual projects and past experiences?
9. How will you maintain work life balance?
10. What is one bad decision you took in your life and will you go back and change it? What will you
change?

Student 2

1. How did you find the GD Process?

2. Run me through your CV and talk about your work exp ?
3. Financials (Situations) in deep - (logic behind the financials) calculation
4. Live project Models used
5. Gave a case based situation Hardware management and media company merger framework. (Best
to pick one and elaborate. Digital marketing was selected and elaborated on)
6. Operations Management What do you know about it?
7. Why Deloitte?
8. Skills from past experience to be applied in Deloitte?
9. ERP , SAP, CRM
10. Why should I hire you?
11. What majors?
12. Any questions for us?

Student 3

1. Summary of Previous work-ex?

2. In what modules do you have exposure in SAP?
3. Was it at the user end or implementation end?
4. Explain the complete framework in MM module?
5. Explain the work you did in SD module?
6. Personal questions regarding job location, previous company?

Student 4:

1. Tell me about yourself?

2. Tell me about your work experience in Wipro?
3. You worked on Oracle, draw the entire business process of utilities?
4. What is the difference between transmission and distribution?
 5. Tell about energy scenario in India?

Student 5:

1. Tell me about yourself starting from 10th standard?

2. Tell about your live project with Infozech?
3. What marketing strategy you suggested to Philips (Academic Project)?
4. What is your preference Sap or Oracle?

OTHERS:

Student 1

1. Walk me through your CV?

2. Project operations team, what did you did in operations?
3. What do you mean by energy management and conservation. Your role?
4. SAP what did you do?
5. What is COD?
6. Live Project: Why did you go for it? I said that it was interesting as consulting, which country he should
invest.
7. Tell me about yourself
8. Gave professional points
9. Toughest challenge you faced.
10. Where was your work criticised.
11. If you are a project leader, how will you handle your team?
12. If you are the project leader, how will you handle a team member who is not responding?
13. If one member is acting rude/difficult, what are the 5 steps you will take?
14. What led you to do your MBA?
15. What do you expect from our company?
16. If your peers change a company for a better package what would be your response to that?
17. If you do not get any project, and you are free, how will you utilize your time?

Student 2

1. Tell me about yourself?

2. Questions regarding work ex where were u working? Explain the whole project.
3. What did u do in the planning activities (say particularly) like scheduling what specifically?
4. ERP Version? Primavera and MSP
5. Give an example of a building.
6. What extra-curricular activities have you undertaken?
7. How do u analyse the share market?
8. What is a candle graph?
9. Why do you want to be a consultant?

Student 3
1. How has the whole GD process been till now?
2. Walk me through your previous work ex.
3. Why Deloitte?
4. Why Consulting?
5. Coming from an IT to Operations/Marketing majors to consulting? Why?
6. How will your knowledge of marketing be applied to packaged technologies (Oracle)?
7. Error Management example a common error management for suppliers as well as for customers?
 8. How can Oracle packaged technologies be helpful in a process example Manufacturing of a bottle?
9. Details about live project?
10. What could you have done better in the GD?
11. What do you know about SAP in terms of the previous work done?
12. What will be your area of interest within Deloitte?
13. Any questions?
14. What is ROP. How do you know it?

Student 4
1. Tell me about yourself from 10th standard
2. Questions about Projects ( 1st) in the CV
3. Location constraint if any
4. Why IT Consulting ( since u have a varied experience)
5. Any questions for us
6. About work ex projects
7. What are u majoring in
8. Prior work ex in CRM ERP?
9. Which domain have u worked mainly in supply chain or sales Mix of both
10. Inventory Management questions

Student 5
1. Tell me about your last job
2. SAP what were u doing?
3. Questions based on Suppliers & Vendors
4. Process what were u doing in your previous work ex
5. Why Deloitte?
6. ERP & GRN ( Gross Receipt Note)

Student 6
1. About percentages falling and why
2. Tell me about yourself
3. Why MBA?
4. How has 6 months of MBA improved your skillset?
5. Give me an example of how have u applied your MBA skills practically?
6. Live project
7. What are your areas of interest
Student 7
1. Tell me about yourself
2. What have u learnt from MBA
3. About Hindalco worker in details
4. He asked about the implementation of ERP
5. Inventory Management company specific in details
6. Tools division company specific Quality inspector
7. Any questions for us
8. Coming from a hard core manufacturing background, what are you expecting from Deloitte?
9. Questions on training of juniors and colleagues

Student 8
1. Tell me about yourself starting from 10th standard?
2. What is your overall work experience?
3. How will you fit yourself in this profile?
4. How do you fit yourself in our organization?
5. How to implement IT in distribution?
6. Do you have any questions?

Student 9
1. Do you like the case in the GD and your intake from it?
2. You handled a team of 40 at site, however in our company you wont find such a big team under you to work
with .Are you ok with it?
3. Which SAP module you have worked in?
4. How did you arrive at the market of E-rickshaw (summer internship Project)?
5. Why oil Prices are falling?
6. What are your observations about the renewable market in European countries?
7. How does a solar panel work?
8. Questions on Deloitte maverick Case study?

Student 10

1. Basic electrical terms mainly from internship projects?

2. What you suggest to solve power problem in India?
3. How electricity is generated using PV cell?
4. Why consulting and why Deloitte?