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Monday, August 15, 2011

A day's fight for Mu-Sigma

It was the time when I had finished my engineering and was waiting patiently at home for my joining date from TCS. 3rd of August I open my mail only to be surprised to see a call for an interview by Mu-Sigma.

It reads, your interview is scheduled on 6th of August in SP college Mumbai, wow! " I want this , I just want this , my mind says ".

Now, I was living in Bhopal, so its near 14 hour journey by train , If I leave tomorrow , I can be there , well skipping the struggle I made to make it to Mumbai, I jump straight to the judgement day.

Its 8 o clock in the morning and I am standing facing the SP College Building in Andheri, Mumbai.

Feels odd , as I am the only person out there except the "chowkidar", minutes later I see people coming in , with whom I wait eagerly for the Mu-Sigma HRs.

10 o clock and there they are, 37 of us were guided to a classroom where the written exam started instantly.

Details of Written Exam :

Duration: 25 minutes ( approx)
Sections: 3
Sections: 1. Quantitative Aptitude - 10 questions
2. Verbal Reasoning - 10 questions
3. Data Interpretation - 6 questions

There was no sectional cut off, so I knew I am not touching these big , confusing verbal reasoning questions, it was quant which was easy for me , and so was the DI questions.

Questions Preparation:
Well the question paper format keeps changing all the time as I have heard, so I would advice you to have a general idea of all the things.
My format was as I mentioned above, its quant and DI questions were easy questions from RS Agarwal.

I was keeping hopes 30-40 % chance that I will crack it, and yes I did, I was one of the 16 shortlisted candidates from the written test.

The group was immediately divided into 2 smaller groups of 8 each. Who wre straight away called for GD on the topics:

1. Corruption good or Bad.
2. Recession is gone , myth or reality.

the GD ends and again the doubt creeps in, 30-40% chance that I am getting in :/,
Bingo! I get in again , its 12 of us shortlisted for the next round.
We fill in some forms and are asked to write an essay.

Topics:
1. Corruption good or bad ( yes, the same as GD)
2. Education System in India

No, cutting short on essay as I perceived , all of us move for the interviews,

The interviews are the real jury as I felt, they churn you inside out , to know if you are made for their analytics.

There are 2 rounds of interviews, first is a simpler one compared to the last which is the stress round. I would recommend you go blank in the interviews, as me telling you interview things would put in pre-conceived notions and you would not be the original person you arem so just go raw and try your best.

Coming back to me , I screwed my stress round, but something he saw in me made him to take me in.
They were announcing the result instantly, so I had the letter of intent with me at 5 o clock in the evening, It was only some days later that I came to know, that nearly 5 of us were short listed by the company.
Excited about the fact that my joining is 20th October.

This is Parth Tiwari Sigining off, take care , regards

117 comments:

  1. Awesome.. very few guys are there who starts with the day and end in the eve..:) well congratulations for Musigma..:)

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  2. wow it sounds gud....congratulation Parth

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  3. @Logical Guru:
    yes, it was one of those rare days :),
    thank you very much.. :)

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    1. please send the placement papers to smsidmehra00@gmail.com. i ll be attending the test on 10 sep.

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  4. @Hina Sheikh: thank you so much :)

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  5. firstly congratulationsss.............i m from bansal college of engineering...and really gt inspired by ur blog....good goin ...all the best:)

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  6. @Akanksha Singh: thank you, all the best to you too... :)

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  7. congo....really u r vry lucky dat u got it...mu sigma is really a good compny and its environment is vry nice....so al d bst 4 ur future wid mu sigma

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  8. @Jaya... thank you , yes even I a feel I was very lucky getting a chance to be interviewed by them

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  9. hi..first of all congrats for the job..iam a final yr btech student and mu-sigma is coming to our college in 5 days.i really wish to get into a company like this.iam not good at technical side.can u pls tell me in detail about the selection process,what topics should be prepared for written test..what they were expecting from the candidates in gd,interview questions and answers as well..i will be very thankful if u do give me a reply...

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  10. @Manasa:
    Your answers: if you are not good at technical side then its a good thing, because they want engineers who are not much interested in technical field.
    Written Test: according to my experience , in written you will get most basic quantitative apti questions, so for that prepare examples of topics such as trains, time and work , problem of ages, probablity, progressions, river streams etc. and you will also get a question on DI , which will be easy , so prepare basic DI questions to get a feel of the questions, and the last topic is verbal reasoning , which are big and confusing so I would recommend , don't attempt them.

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  11. Group Discussion: they expect basic things which is expected from students in GDs, they check your fluency in english communication, they will check your listening skills, topics will be easy , they will ask you to speak in favour and against the topic so they will check that you contradict yourself or not, also try to bring out different points and aspects becoz I was told that they note down things you say, again basic advice of GD goes, don't get aggressive, hold your perspective to the topic like dont speak in favour and against at the same time.

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  12. For written test , give me your email , I have some questions, try them , just in case they click in your paper , they did not click in my paper but they used to come in previous mu-sigma papers.

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    1. congos...I would like 2 ve d q papers maild 2 my id:silvermist2991@gmail.com.
      Really appreciate wat u r doin...thanq..

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    2. send the questions to adityashekhar04april@gmail.com...please bhaiya,,help me by sending as soon as possible...awaiting your reply in affirmation..

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    3. please send the questions to my mail id: adityashekhar04april@gmail.com...please help me by sending whatever questions you have...awaiting your reply in affirmation...will be grateful to you,,

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    4. pls send me questions to my mail id kcppap@gmail.com.. i have musigma on sep 10.. am an mit student

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    5. pls send me questions to my mail id kcppap@gmail.com.. i have musigma company on sep 10.. am an MIT student..

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    6. Please send me ques at anubhav18chat@gmail.com

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    7. Pls send me the questions to my mail id nrupavathyfeb23@gmail.com

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    8. please send me question paper on saumyadubey64@gmail.com musigma coming on 23rd july.

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    9. please mail me question saumyadubey64@gmail.com
      mu sigma is coming on 23rd july

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    10. imcoolyash007@rediffmail.com

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    11. plzz send me the papers at nikhilpiyu@gmail.com

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    12. Hi, can you please send the papers to shravanik@gmail.com :)
      Thank you :)

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    13. ashwingopi2006@gmail.com
      can u pls send the questions?

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    14. ashwingopi2006@gmail.com
      can u pls send the questions?

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  13. Interview: my honest advice is , go in blank , just stay prepared that the last round is stress round so don't loose your composure , no matter how badly they treat you.
    ask me if you have any more doubts

    Happy TO Help :)

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  14. hey parth! i am going to attend mu sigma campus drive at kerala on 14th. plz send me the questions of previous mu sigma paper. my e-mail is gupta.jeevangupta@gmail.com

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  15. I have mailed you the papers .. all the best

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    1. can u send me mu sigma papers .... my id is sujata1226@gmail.com

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    2. can u mail me too.... my id is sujata1226@gmail.com

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    3. plz mail me too....lodhabhavik@rocketmail.com...thanks alot

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    4. plzz mail me at nikhilpiyu@gmail.com

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    5. plzzz mail me the papers at nikhilpiyu@gmail.com

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  16. Hi Parth,Thanx 4 sharing the placement procedure.I m going to attend mu sigma campus drive on 21th.
    plz send some questions and GD topics to me .
    my email id : cusatprashant18@gmail.com

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  17. hii parth please mail me the papers i have my drive scheduled tomorrow please mail me as soon as possible.
    My mail id
    shubhamnmh02@gmail.com

    Thanks in advance.

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  18. hey parth congo..........plz mail me the papers..i hav exam on 5th nov. miss_richasharma@yahoo.co.in...asap...

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  19. sale i don`t know much only know you were the best and will be best ...dost kiska hai chal bbye miss you

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  20. Hi parth sir
    I am raj final year B.E. student can you tell me what are the eligiblity
    criteria for mu sigma specially B.E. aggregate % because my aggrigate is near about 65
    my email id : raj887111@gmail.com

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  21. hi parth congratssss. my emai id rajeevkmr18@gmail.
    pls mail me if possible all mu sigma related question stuff...
    thanks.

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  22. Hi Parth. I know i am kinda late here. But MuSigma is coming to our college for recruitment by the end of this month and it would really be helpful if you answer some of my questions.

    1) What was the minimum CGPA(% of marks) that was considered for eligibility to sit through the recruitment process
    2) From your post i understand that the written test was all DI, verbal and quant. But i hear rumors that in technical interviews they ask what exactly interests you in mathematics and grill you like hell in that. Is this true? If not what exactly is asked in the technical interview?
    3)Preperation from rs agarwal for, say, 15 days is enough to clear the written test? And what would you suggest be the kind of preperation for the technical interview?

    And please send me the papers at sanjrag17@gmail.com. Please do reply!! Truth be said, the prospects of me getting placed depends on what you reply. So please reply!!

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  23. Hi Parth. I know i am kinda late here. But MuSigma is coming to our college for recruitment by the end of this month and it would really be helpful if you answer some of my questions.

    1) What is the CGPA( or % of marks) that is required to be eligible to attend the recruitment process
    2) What kind of questions do they ask in technical interview? I have come accross some rumors that they ask your area of interest in mathematics and grill you like hell in that. Is that true? If not, what exactly do they ask ?
    3) 15 days preperation from rs agarwal is enough to crack the written test? And what would you suggest to prepare for the technical interview?

    Please do reply!! Please, my prospects of getting the job really rests on what you reply! so please! and also please mail the papers at sanjrag17@gmail.com

    Please dont ignore this!


    Thanks in advance!

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  24. Hi Sanjay,

    Which college you are in?

    I am working in musigma right now, I can find out the minimum CGPA from the HR for your college.

    Technical interview depends upon interviewer, as far as I know they ask SQL mainly, they ask you business analytics questions, rest on your branch I guess

    RS agarwal, DI and quant, examples should be enough to clear

    I dont have any papers, as I said RS agarwal should be fine, but I will check that as well.

    All the best!
    Parth

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  25. Thanks a ton for the reply man!!

    I am in SASTRA University, thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. Please do find out the min CGPA.

    And tecnical interview would be sql and based on my branch you say? I heard people say that they never ask any question outside of probability/calculus/trignomentry. Is it true?

    My brach is CSE. What do you think would i be asked in the tech interview?


    Thanks in advance

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  26. I know that i am pestering a little too much here. But please, can you enlighten me what kind of questions would be the ones based on "business analytics". Most of the engineering students are quite unfamiliar with the term although that is all what MuSigma does. So these questions would be elementary ones or theoritical or problematic or difficult??? ...sorry if i am asking too much :)

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  27. I am sending my mobile number on your email ID, I can help you there...

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  28. hi ... i have MU SIGMA interviews tomorrow!! please tell me what last minute preparation i can do ?????????

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    1. prepare examples from RS Agarwal, prepare a bit of SQL queries

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    2. if i follow arun sharma it is fine instead of rs aggrawAL

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  29. congratulations!!Hey,I have heard that ,they ask maths puzzles like questions also in interview round.Can u tell me something about this?

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  30. Hii..Congratulations!!Can you tell me something about maths puzzles section in interview round?

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    1. There is not much that you can prepare for the Math puzzles, I would advice go in with an unbiased mind for the puzzles, you can prepare for SQL if you want to prepare something, understand JOINS and similar stuff..

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    2. First of all you may have to work on technical things as well in Musigma, I don;t have any model papers , you can prepare a quant questions especially probablity for written test and same could be asked on interview, you may get random puzzles in interview, you may have to work 16 hours a day based on your project, all teams are not so hectic.

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  32. hey parth just send me the sample questions for round 1 to lakshmy1991@yahoo.co.in

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  33. hi parth...pls can u send me the placement papers, gd topics, essay topics, interview questions etc...
    as u have writen in ur post tht u can guide us for the written test, so pls pls throw some light on it...

    n as i m an engineering student. so if in future i want to go for mba, so does the company support us in this!!
    n does the work ex counts!!
    pls pls pls help me

    send me the above written stuff at placementdrive12@gmail.com

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  34. hi parth...
    pls send me the placement papers, gd topics, essay topics, question asked etc..,
    as u have said that u can guide us in the written stuff so pls pls pls throw some light on this too...
    is the aptitude thing tough or easy!!
    N it is said tht musigma is mre abt management thn if in future i want to shift into mang n do mba..so ll the company support it ??
    n does the work ex counts??
    pls pls pls send me the stuff n pls guide me...
    my id is placementdrive12@gmail.com

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  35. Hii parth..
    Congratulations for your selection. Mu Sigma is coming to my college in this month so can give your mobile number so that i can clarify the company profile and some facts about the company. I also want to know that does they test our vocabulary skills as i am weak at that but my speaking is fluent and a am almost fine at maths part. Secondly can you enlighten some GD topics which i should go through in order to Crack MU-SIGMA.
    Thanks in advance.

    My email id : kpcalling@gmail.com

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  36. Hii parth..
    Congratulations for your selection. Mu Sigma is coming to my college in this month so can give your mobile number so that i can clarify the company profile and some facts about the company. I also want to know that does they test our vocabulary skills as i am weak at that but my speaking is fluent and a am almost fine at maths part. Secondly can you enlighten some GD topics which i should go through in order to Crack MU-SIGMA.
    Thanks in advance.

    My email id : kpcalling@gmail.com

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  37. Hello Sir,
    Congratulations for your selection. Can you provide me your no. as i want to clarify some doubts regarding the company profile and job description. MU-SIGMA is coming to my college at the end of this month so what are the GD topics should i go through i mean what they commonly ask. Secondly did they test our vocabulary skills as i am weak at that although i can communicate fluently without fumbling and almost fine at Maths part. Please do reply.
    Thanks in advance

    My email id : kpcalling@gmail.com

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  38. hi Parth,
    first of all congratulations on ur selection..
    musigma is coming to my college next month...so can u pls give ur mobile number so that i can have a chat with u related to musigma profile n its screening procedure...

    my id is placementdrive12@gmail.com

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  39. hi parth,
    congo for the selection!!
    I have heard that company fires a lot of people very easily.
    Is that true?

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  40. hi parth,
    Congratulations on ur selection.
    I have heard that company easily fires their employees?
    Is that true?
    Because at the end of the day i dont want to be one with out job.
    basic insight I need is about, how secure is the job?

    regards

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  41. congratulations on your selection, Parth.
    I heard that employees are fired very easily at Mu-sigma.Is this true?
    because I dont want to end up as one.How is the job security?

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  42. Hi Sujit,

    The company only fires employees when they don't work, or if their communication\attitude sucks.

    But if you are really looking for job security, I would advice you to go for
    govt. job or TCS

    All the best!
    Parth

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  43. i am rohan shah from sgsits college and mu sigma is coming on 7 th of this month ...please give me some tips ,placement paper especially english questions and gd topics as i am weak in english and gd..please help
    my id is rohanshah@sify.com

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    1. hi, I dont have placement papers, for GD I guess
      general topics will be given, like education in india, corruption in india etc.

      to prepare for it I will advice get as much practice of GDs as you can, develop listening skills, develop speaking skills, develop body language etc.

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  44. please mail me d mu sigma paper @ priyanksingh8787@gmail.com
    i have mu sigma visiting my campus on 16th august....thanx in advance

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  45. hi, I don't have placement papers, you can refer to college khabar or something,
    all the best

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  46. hey parth :)
    can you send me few sample papers for the mu sigma..my email id is nehapatidar2512@gmail.com
    n how to prepare for the puzzle thing?
    thnk you

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  47. hi parth :)
    can you send me the sample paper for the mu sigma..my id is nehapatidar2512@gmail.com
    and how to prepre for the puzzle thing.
    thnk yu :)

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  48. hi, As I have said before, I don;t have sample papers.
    no Need to prepare for puzzles, just go in and give ur best

    all the best!
    Parth

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  49. hi Tiwari, CONGRATZ...!!!!!
    MU SIGMA is coming to our college on monday. I am good in mathematics. I have confidence that i will clear the written test.can u give me some advice to clear the GD round what i have to do?

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  50. Hi.. this is sharan.. first of all congrats... N I thank u for sharing d information wid us... I've cleared the apti of Musigma.. 2mrw I have my further rounds of selection procedure.. I just hope that I wud get through!!!

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  51. hi parth i m vivek mu sigma is coming to our city in bhopal on 26 sep. so can u please mail me its pattern n frequntly gd topics....

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  52. can u give me the latest pattern n frequntly asked GD topics......
    vivekshri007@gmail.com

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  53. hello,
    mu-sigma is coming to our college on 12 of oct,2012..hopefully i too have some good news at the end of that day..
    but i m not sure since i was not able to clear writtens of other companies..

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  54. thank u sir i want to know in gd they check our communication skill or level of knowledge???

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  55. please email me the practice paper for test.
    my email id is pallavinbox@gmail.com

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  56. please email me the question for practice test for mu sigma
    my email id is pallavinbox@gmail.com

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  57. please email me the question for practice test for mu sigma
    my email id is pallavinbox@gmail.com

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  58. MU-Sigma is coming on 30th nov 2012. Please send the questions to my mail id: sumalya.ece@gmail.com...please help me by sending whatever questions you have...awaiting your reply in affirmation...will be grateful to you,,
    Can you clarify the company profile and some facts about the company? And what to say when they ask"what you know about this company?". Secondly can you tell me some GD topics which i should go through in order to Crack MU-SIGMA.
    And reading SQL will be enough for technical round?
    Thanks in advance.

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  59. MuSigma is coming on 30th nov 2012 to my college.
    can u plz help me by mailing me:
    1. questions that u have to prepare for mu sigma.
    2. gd topics.
    3. hr, technical round questions.
    to my mail id: sumalya.ece@gmail.com
    And reading SQL will be enough for technical round?
    I will be grateful.

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  60. 1. Basic math questions, english reasoning questions, Data interpretation questions. you will also be asked to write output of some psuedo codes

    2. gd topics, simple, corruption, education in india etc.
    3. HR technical round, if you can prepare for few puzzles like i have a weighing balance and 8 balls, 7 of same weight and one of diff weight, in minimum steps find the diff ball.

    4. there are not many technical questions so chill on that
    5.About Mu Sigma, read about

    http://www.mu-sigma.com/analytics/delivery-framework/analytics-delivery-framework.html

    all the best

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  61. hi parth....i have to attend mu sigma drive at 7th december.Can u plz send some interview puzzles?
    my email id is: cusatprashant18@gmail.com

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  62. plz send me the GD topics and puzzles asked in mu sigma at cusatprashant18@gmail.com

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  63. hey bro, I have my interview at musigma, bangalore! i'm worried about the GD and the Video synthesis round., could you just throw some light on those fields as soon as possible.?

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  64. hey!bro is there any bond for freshers?

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  65. HEy!! is there any bond for freshers???

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  66. I wanted to ask is there something like if u clear written round once n then get rejected later u are not supposed to appear for MuSigma for 6 months.. Is it true??Are they serious bout this stuff??

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  67. I wanted to ask is there something like if u clear written round once n then get rejected later u are not supposed to appear for MuSigma for 6 months.. Is it true??Are they serious bout this stuff??

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  68. And one more thing what to prepare for gd??i mean what they expect from us in gd... and since i am from ec background what all they can ask in technical interview??will they ask C codes??

    Do help me out :)

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  69. my email id is sksushilkumar9999@gmail.com

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  70. Hey really inspiring blog this was!! I know my comment on this blog is too late.. but if u could please help me by telling me what type of questions would they be asking in written test that will be really great!! Thanx :) my email id is kruttika_ashtekar@yahoo.com

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  71. Hey parth please post few interview questions that is asked in Mu-sigma interview...please

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  72. sir please send papers of mu sigma to kirankiran480@gmail.com

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  73. hey am an ece branch student....will i be asked questiond from SQL?? because its not my core na...pls do reply

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  74. am an ece student ....will they ask me questions from SQL...because SQL is fo computer brach rite..

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  75. What is the minimum CGPA required to be eligible to sit for the written tests in musigma?
    Also, could you please mail me the questions. Would be of great help.
    sneha141993@gmail.com

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  76. hi Parth,
    I got placed in Mu Sigma just 5 days back through campus recruitment. I will be joining it next year(2014).
    Can you please tell me about your experience in Mu Sigma?? I have heard that they have very long working hours and a hectic life.

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  77. hi, I've registered myself for the off campus being conducted this week. Can you please tell me what kind topics in DI should I prepare and where from? and same question goes for maths puzzles. Your help would be very grateful.
    thank you

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  78. hI PARTH i want placement paper of 2013 can u mail me please my email id is itzkunal.satpute@gmail.com

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  79. Hey parth can you mail me aptitude papers ASAP as i'm attending test tomorrow in Mumbai.
    Congratulations for your success!(A Day fight for Mu-Sigma! loved it).
    Email-id:punitdama@gmail.com

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  80. I know its very late to ask.. but then ... will the panel members reject us if our area of interest does not match their domain??? is it better to specify area of interest or better not to specify it???

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  81. sir, is there any technical section in the written . as m from ec branch so c seems a bit difficult to me. need ur guidance asap

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  82. sir i want to know if there is any difficult section full of technical questions ?? like c and c++ plz guide me

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  83. Rahul: Hey Parth can you please tell me what job profile does company gives,we only know that company ask for signing bond for three years and package 18lacs per three years
    my email_id is pristineice333@gmail.com

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  84. Hey can you please tell me what job profile does company gives
    we only know that company is making us sign 3 years bond +18lacs package per 3year

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  85. How much did you score in the initial written aptitude test out of 26 questions??

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  86. Please mail mu sigma placement questions..at vaishaliagarwal1992@gmail.com
    I want 2 knw whether mu sigma gives preference to college before shortlisting students and sending them mails regarding test date and venue

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  87. Sir..please send mu sigma placement questions at vaishaliagarwal1992@gmail.com
    I want to know that mu sigma give preference to colleges while shortlisting students before sending mails to students for written test date and venue

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  88. speaking both the positive & negative aspects of the topic in GD preferred or not??

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