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Updated Feb 6, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Senior Associate Platform L1 at Sapient
Posted Feb 6, 2012
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4.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2010 in Gurgaon, Haryana (India) (took 2+ weeks)
- One techinical Interview
- One interview on Skype
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Negotiation Details
I got an offer I was looking for easily
Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Personality Test.
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Associate Technology L2 at Sapient
Posted Feb 1, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2010 in Gurgaon, Haryana (India) (took a day)
First they took the online test which consist of .net and sql questions.All questions had multiple answers.They always look for best options.
You have to score around 80% in that.
Interview Questions
SQL questionsL queries, SPs
Negotiation Details
They offer great packages and don't have constraint for good candidate
Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Skills Test.
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Linedin at Sapient
Posted Jan 9, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2010 in Gurgaon, Haryana (India) (took 1 week)
Full day
Written as well verbal
Technical and well as attribute
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Skills Test, a Personality Test and a Background Check.
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Program Management at Sapient
Posted Dec 23, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2011 in Bangalore (India) (took 1 week)
Case study followed by a discussion on the planning of the project for the case study.
A paper based project plan and project report and a whiteboard based discussion and presentation of the project plan and project methodology
Interview on personal skills and prior experience
Telephonic interview on estimation techniques and program/project management methodology
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Negotiation Details
No negotiation. The salary was specified before the resume was processed and said if this is possible we can continue further
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Associate at Sapient
Posted Dec 13, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 (took 5 days)
In technical round, he extracted every information from me on OOPS concepts and core java. Interviewer wanted to test my thinking ability. HR round was too long almost 45 min, tested whether i am team player or not.
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Other Details
The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Senior Associate at Sapient
Posted Dec 11, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in Boston, MA (took 3 days)
A friend of mine, who works there, submitted a referral for me. A month or two passed by and then someone from HR contacted me to setup a phone interview. The phone interview wasn't very long, as it served just as an introduction with HR and to setup the next interview with a manager.
The phone interview with a manager was a general interview. He asked me to go over my resume, some questions about my skills and work experiences, and some behavioral questions too. Some of the questions that struct me were: " Tell me your strengths and weaknesses", "What do you fear the most about your current job" and "Tell me about your biggest failure on the job".
Apparently I passed that interview, because I was called for 1:1 interview in person. This one was for about 3 hours, where I met three executives separately, for an hour each. This was more difficult, as they asked me a lot of specific questions about projects, project management, databases, finance, technology, etc.
I would recommend that the candidates are honest and talk about their skills and experiences with a positive tone. For example, if you don't have an experience in something, indicate your willingness to learn and mention how you learned something in the past. For negative questions, such as "What was your biggest failure", the best tactic is to be honest and talk about something that went wrong in your experience, but finish with the steps you took to fix it. Also, research the company before going to the interview and prepare some good questions to ask them, they appreciate that.
They will send you an interview package email before the 1:1 interview, so make sure you read all the links in there. There are some Harvard and Yale Business Cases I found in there and they were very helpful.
For the company culture, I can only tell you what my perceptions are so far (I haven't started working there yet). The people seem very nice and willing to help out. They are also very smart and experienced, so you have what to learn from them. They work on projects for clients and that's what you are paid to do as well. In the current climate, it sounds like clients are pushing them for efficiency, which means do more in less time with less resources, so you need to be ok with that. I imagine there will a lot of days when you work long hours, and there is a lot of travel. Some of the travel is quick, like a day or two, and sometimes you can be asked to work 4 days a week in a different location (like another city) and then come back and work the 5th day from home or in the home office. It seems like they pay well and there are opportunities for advancement, if the client and your co-workers like you, so it seems like a good arrangement to me.
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Other Details
I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Business Analyst Consultant at Sapient
Posted Dec 9, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 (took 2+ weeks)
Was not that prepared, but the fact that the New Zealand person on the other side of the phone was speaking with a really silly accent made it very difficult for me to get her English. I asked her 3 times to repeat her question, I think she was speaking to some sheperd friend of hers. Anyway.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Manager at Sapient
Posted Dec 7, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2011 in Gurgaon, Haryana (India) (took a day)
I got a call from the recruiter, and he scheduled an F2F. At the interview location, I was given a pen, paper, bottled water and coffee. I was given a case study and was requested to design a system that would improve ABC company's processes. It also included making a project plan. I finished both in two hours. Interviewers went through my solution and the plan. There were two subsequent interviews, one technical and one managerial. The interviewers and the recruiter were very polite, made sure I was always in a positive mindset, and gave frequent feedback. I got the offer the very next day. Even after the offer, I received many phone calls from the recruiter and one of the interviewers for the orientation of the company, my job profile, growth plans etc. I had around 15-20 interviews in these 2-3 months of period with several other companies, but I have to admit, Sapient was the best amongst all in terms of manners, professionalism, scheduling and everything else. I wish them success and excellent future.
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Reason for Declining
It was a very difficult decision to make not to join such a professional team of people. However my family made a decision not to relocate to Gurgaon.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Skills Test.
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Associate Technology L2 at Sapient
Posted Nov 15, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2010 in Gurgaon, Haryana (India) (took a day)
The interview procedure consisted of a written round a technical interview and a managerial round.
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Negotiation Details
It was a bit rigid.
Other Details
I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Associate Technology L1 at Sapient
Posted Nov 4, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2011 in Bangalore (India) (took a day)
There was an online test, comprising of aptitude questions, data structures, C and Verbal.
Next was a telephonic Technical Interview followed by a face to face HR interview.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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