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What this interview looks like
Data, AI and enterprise-platform hiring in India typically runs an HR or recruiter screen, a hiring-manager round on past projects, one or two technical rounds (a live SQL or case discussion for analytics, a modelling and systems discussion for ML, a configuration and scenario walkthrough for SAP, Salesforce, ServiceNow and Dynamics), and a behavioural or fitment round, spread over one to three weeks. Many IT-services and GCC loops add a client interview before the offer. ExamPilot compresses this into one 17-minute panel: HR screen, hiring-manager round on what you actually built and the business result, a role-specific technical round led by a lead or principal, a STAR behavioural round and a closing on expectations. Rounds are pass/fail in real companies; here every round is scored on role knowledge, problem solving, communication and attitude, with specific feedback on the trade-offs you did and did not mention.
Choose your role
3 roles available
Each role has its own panel, rounds and domain list.
What to expect
5 rounds, one after another
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. Neha Kulkarni2–3 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.
Ms. Ananya Sen3–4 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. Neha Kulkarni1–2 questions
Meet the panel
Your AI interviewers
Distinct personas, voices and questioning styles, briefed on this interview.
Ms. Neha Kulkarni
ChairHR member
HR business partner, IT services
Friendly, efficient, detail-checking.
Female voice · 4 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
Ms. Ananya Sen
Technical lead
Staff engineer / technical lead
Curious, precise, collaborative.
Female voice · 3 languages
Mr. Arjun Nair
Technical lead
Principal Machine Learning Engineer, AI platform team (technical interviewer for ML, data science and GenAI roles)
Calm, rigorous, enjoys a good trade-off discussion more than a right answer.
Male voice · 3 languages
Mr. Vikram Malhotra
Hiring manager
Engineering manager / Regional manager (hiring manager)
Direct, outcome-focused, fair but demanding.
Male voice · 2 languages
Languages
Answer in the language you think in
Interviewers speak and understand each language natively. 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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