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What this interview looks like
EY GDS campus hiring typically opens with an online assessment that tests aptitude, logical reasoning and English, with a spoken-English or Versant-style component in many drives, and some technology drives add a coding section.
Shortlisted candidates typically face a technical or domain interview with a manager from the service line: accounting, audit and tax basics for tax and assurance analysts, SQL, Python, data concepts and the final-year project for technology consulting roles.
A managerial round with a senior manager or associate director follows, often on the same day, and an HR conversation closes on service line, location, overlap hours with the client time zone and any pending professional exam attempts.
The EY India member firm runs a similar pattern for its own audit, tax and consulting intake, usually with a partner or director in the final round. Round counts and durations vary by centre and drive, so verify them against the invitation.
ExamPilot compresses the loop into a 17-minute panel: HR screen, a hiring-manager round, a domain or technical round in your chosen post, a short STAR behavioural round and a closing on expectations, scored on role knowledge, problem solving, communication and attitude.
How it is weighted
The assessment shortlists and the interviews decide. The technical interviewer checks SQL and Python fundamentals and whether the candidate can reason about how data moves and breaks. The manager checks ownership and client communication. HR checks location and overlap flexibility. Here each round is scored against the corporate rubric (role knowledge 30, problem solving 25, communication 25, attitude 20).
Who this is for
Candidates who have cleared the EY GDS technology consulting online assessment, which typically tests aptitude, reasoning, English and in many drives a coding or SQL section. The technical interview typically covers SQL, Python, data pipeline and warehouse concepts, cloud data platforms at a basic level and the final-year project; a managerial and an HR round follow.
Process pattern as of recent drives.
The panel focuses on
- SQL beyond basics: joins, window functions, duplicates and nulls
- Python for data cleaning and transformation, explained with a small example
- Source-to-dashboard data flow and what breaks at each hop
- Star schema, grain and why a wrong grain gives a wrong total
- Investigating a failed or doubled nightly load and preventing a repeat
- Explaining a data decision to a UK engagement manager in three sentences
Step 1
Pick your domain
The expert on the panel probes these areas at the level of this role. Optional here; you can choose during setup.
Step 2
Choose how you want to be interviewed
1:1 interview
One interviewer runs every round and adapts the focus as you go. Lower pressure; ideal for a first attempt.
Ms. Priyanka Raghavan
Hiring manager
Panel interview · 3 members
Most realisticEach member leads their own round and hands over to the next. They hear each other, so a weak answer will be revisited.
Ms. Anjali Pillai
HR member
Ms. Priyanka Raghavan
Hiring manager
Mr. Aditya Raghunath
Technical lead
What to expect
5 rounds · 17 minutes
A private-sector hiring loop compressed into one sitting, the way most Indian companies run it: HR screen → hiring-manager round on your actual work → role/technical round led by a lead → communication & behavioural (STAR) round → closing on expectations and your questions.
Works for software, product, sales, finance, HR, support and campus hiring by swapping the role bank.
- Round 1
HR screen
· 3:00Understand background, motivation for this role and company, and basic logistics; check that the resume story holds together.
Ms. Anjali Pillai2–3 questionsup to 1 follow-up each - Round 2
Hiring-manager round
· 4:00Assess ownership, judgement and how the candidate actually works: what they shipped, closed or ran, their specific part, and how they would approach this job.
Ms. Priyanka Raghavan2–3 questionsup to 2 follow-ups each - Round 3
Role / technical round
· 5:00Test role knowledge and problem-solving in the chosen specialisation: fundamentals, one scenario to think through aloud, and trade-offs.
Mr. Aditya Raghunath3–4 questionsup to 2 follow-ups each - Round 4
Communication & behavioural round
· 3:00Assess collaboration, conflict handling, resilience and clarity of expression through Situation–Task–Action–Result examples.
Ms. Priyanka Raghavan2–2 questionsup to 1 follow-up each - Round 5
Expectations & closing
· 2:00Cover practical expectations and let the candidate ask questions; close professionally.
Ms. Anjali Pillai1–2 questions
Meet the panel
Your AI interviewers
Distinct personas, voices and questioning styles, briefed on this role.
Ms. Anjali Pillai
ChairHR member
Campus recruiter, Big 4 global delivery centre (Kochi and Bengaluru); runs fresher intake for tax, assurance and technology teams
Warm, brisk, process-literate, allergic to rehearsed lines.
Female voice · 3 languages
Ms. Priyanka Raghavan
Hiring manager
Head of Data & Analytics, consumer internet company (hiring manager for data, analytics and ML teams)
Sharp, numbers-first, allergic to dashboards nobody acts on.
Female voice · 3 languages
Mr. Aditya Raghunath
Technical lead
Senior Manager, Technology Consulting (SAP, cloud, data and cyber), Big 4 global delivery centre (Bengaluru); technical interviewer for technology analyst and consultant campus hiring
Practical, calm, fond of real client examples, impatient with buzzwords.
Male voice · 3 languages
Languages
Answer in the language you think in
The panel asks in your chosen language. Switch mid-answer if you like.
- English
- Hinglish (Hindi + English)Hinglish
How scoring works
A report you can act on
Every round is scored on the rubric
Each interviewer scores only the criteria their round covers. Weights add up to your overall score out of 100.
Only what you actually said counts
Feedback quotes your own answers. Rounds you skip show as “Not assessed” rather than a zero.
Communication is always measured
Fluency, clarity, confidence and structure are tracked across the whole interview, in any language.
Pass mark, then a plan
You see the pass mark for this interview, your gaps, and the courses that close them fastest.
Scored on
- Role knowledge30%
Depth and accuracy of role/domain knowledge; understands the tools, concepts and trade-offs of the job; grounds claims in real work.
- Problem solving & structure25%
Breaks problems down, asks clarifying questions, reasons about trade-offs and edge cases, structures answers (context, action, result).
- Communication25%
Clear, concise, confident; listens and answers the question asked; adapts the explanation to the listener; professional register.
- Culture & attitude20%
Ownership, honesty about limits, coachability, collaboration, motivation for this role and realistic expectations.
Pass mark 65 / 100 · Corporate interview — HR, hiring manager & role round (panel)
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