ZS Associates 2024 | DAA | On-Campus | NIT Raipur
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On Campus 2024 at NIT RaipurPlatform - Superset, Metll
Round 1 Quant English (Reading Comprehension) attention to detail (find the difference b/w images/text type of ques...
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On Campus 2024 at NIT Raipur Platform - Superset, Metll
Round 1 Quant English (Reading Comprehension) attention to detail (find the difference b/w images/text type of questions) guesstimate round Round 2 Online Verbal Round speaking skill (talk about a random topic for a minute) listening skill (sentence and paragraph both) 1 essay question Round 3 Case Study Round | 60 min, 8-10 questions based on data interpretation minimal business knowledge required 3-4 questions will involve solving for numeric answers other will be descriptive questions where you will detail your approach or dicuss business aspect of the questions (swot, marketing ideas etc) Please note Make sure to write your rough work in plain sheets of paper, you have to submit them as a pdf before the end of test Also in the descriptive questions too you have to submit a scanned pdf Round 4 Case Study Discussion Interview It will mainly revolve around the approach you used to solve questions in round 3 and a brief intro Topics Resume (anything you write in your resume can be discussed) SQL Guesstimates Puzzles from gfg Projects and experience Round 5 EBI /
HR round This will be a more in depth interview and can last up to an hour guesstimates resume in full detail hr questions (why zs? Why daa? Why you? ...) situational questions (will involve you, the client and zs) The flow 500-600 for round 1 140 daa, 100 btsa round 2 70 daa, 70 btsa round 3 45 daa, 45 btsa for interviews 7 daa, 7 btsa final selects (2 boys, 3 boys)
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This question was reported by a candidate who interviewed at Zs Associates. LeakCode aggregates interview reports from 10+ sources, including 1Point3Acres, Glassdoor, LeetCode Discuss, Blind, Reddit, Indeed, and Nowcoder. Each report is translated where necessary, deduplicated against existing entries, and tagged by company, role, round type, and reporting date.
Use this question as one calibration data point, not a memorization target. Companies typically rotate their question pools every 2-4 months; the exact wording of a 2024 question may differ from what you encounter today. The underlying pattern, difficulty level, and follow-up depth at Zs Associates are the higher-signal extractions to take from this report.
For broader preparation context, the Zs Associates interview process typically includes a recruiter screen, one or two technical phone screens, and a 4-5 round on-site loop covering coding, system design (at L4+ levels), and behavioral. Reports tagged on LeakCode show the round-by-round distribution and typical difficulty calibration. To browse questions filtered by round type and seniority, use the company hub linked above.
How To Practice This Type of Question
Solve similar problems on LeetCode under timed conditions (25-35 minutes per medium difficulty). The goal is pattern recognition: recognize the underlying technique (sliding window, two-pointer, BFS, memoized recursion, etc.) within 60-90 seconds of reading. Strong candidates verbalize their hypothesis out loud before coding, then iterate based on feedback. Weak candidates dive into implementation immediately, lose time on the wrong approach, and run out of time for follow-ups.
Companies update their question pools every 2-4 months. The exact wording of any given question may have been retired by the time you interview. Focus your prep on the pattern, not the specific problem. The patterns that appear in Zs Associates reports consistently are the ones worth investing in; one-off niche problems are not.
During Your Zs Associates Round
Apply the standard interview round template: clarify requirements (2-3 minutes), state your approach out loud and confirm direction with the interviewer (3-5 minutes), code with narration (15-25 minutes), test with concrete examples including edge cases (5 minutes), discuss optimization or trade-offs if time permits (5 minutes). This template is universally accepted across FAANG and adjacent companies; deviating from it produces weaker interviewer feedback signal.
The single most predictive failure mode in Zs Associates reports tagged "no hire": not asking clarifying questions. Interviewers are explicitly trained to weight this. Strong candidates ask 3-5 clarifying questions even on problems that look obvious; weak candidates dive into code immediately. The clarifying-question check is often the first signal recorded in the interviewer's written notes.