I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Polaris FT (Pune) in Aug 2014
Interview
3 Rounds. First with someone 5 Yrs senior to me. She was knowledgeable and wanted to listen to all my answers. Also, at times it felt as if she also wanted to know more about the specialized area of work I have done which she may have theoretical understanding of. She was very helpful and patent.It was 1.5 hr Technical Phone interview. She explored a good range of Investment banking domain starting from Fixed Income, Credit Risk, Margin Trading to Basel Requirements. After the interview she even gave proper technical feed back and suggestions on areas I can brush-up on. Very Positive interviewer, She had great clarity on career progression in this firm and Profile.
2nd round was with a Client. He asked 5 technical question. After I replied to them correctly, he just wanted to know if I have done something similar to his project. Post this he just asked me questions will you be able to understand VAR reference data attributes of Fixed Income instruments. A yes was all he wanted to hear. Only 25 min telephonic interview.
3rd Round was Face to Face at Polaris office. It was a very diluted version of 1st round. 40 min interview in which 25 min was technical questions. 15 min was spend to make me comfortable. Very positive interviewer again.
Post this a 5 min telephonic discussion with HR mostly about package. Then the offer was rolled out
Over all the experience was very nice. The overall attitude was that they were 'looking for reasons to hire' and not on reasons to 'not hire'.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How will Basel III norms affect an existing margin trading setup?
I applied online. I interviewed at Polaris FT (Pune) in Aug 2016
Interview
Interview was very easy. I had 2 technical rounds, both telephonic and both lasted about 30 mins each. Then HR round, also telephonic, and negotiations went on for almost an hour. Then a skype managerial round, hardly 10 minutes.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Polaris FT (Gurgaon, Haryana) in Feb 2016
Interview
Got a call from HR in jan 2016 at 2 pm and interview scheduled for 3 pm as they seemed to be in a hurry.The interview was pathetic, interviewer reading the questions from google. After interview, i got email from recruiter to fill a form for client round. I waited for a month for that second round. Called the recruiter but no response on phone or email. After a month, he calls up and asks me to come down to their office next morning at 12. I reached there at 11.45 and waited till 13.15 in the lobby for the recruiter who was enjoying his lunch even though he was aware of my presence there for the scheduled round. Again waited for the interviewer to get free and start my technical discussion. The interviewer kept on asking irrelevant questions from his expertise area... instead of my skillset. Even after repeated attempts to tell him, i dont work on that technology, he kept shooting questions without giving even 30 seconds to think any logical solution. After the interview i was told HR would call which never happened and i didnt followed up because of their unprofessional behaviour at every stage.
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Polaris FT (Chennai) in Sep 2014
Interview
It had four rounds. The first round was done by a Senior Consultant who asked the basic questions in the domain. Later I was interviewed by the line managers who are thorough on the process and subsequently I was interviewed by the business head and later followed the HR round for salary negotiation.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Various payment methods used in International Trade Finance. What is a letter of Credit ? What are various swift message types ?
Senior Consultant applicants have rated the interview process at Polaris FT with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 71.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Consultant roles take an average of 18 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Polaris FT overall takes an average of 13 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Polaris FT as a Senior Consultant according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Background check: 25%
Phone interview: 25%
Personality test: 13%
Group panel interview: 13%
Skills test: 13%
One on one interview: 13%
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