I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at CGI (Hyderabad)
Interview
Telephonic. Brief and precise. Focused on skills and knowledge. Two stage interview and then the HR negotiation. They were flexible in fixing the time for the interview call. Asked only relevant questions. The interview process too only 2 weeks which was swift, but created pressure to join before the time period discussed
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Introduce yourself. Tell me about your background. How you will rate yourself in a specific skill
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at CGI (Chennai) in Jul 2015
Interview
I have attended the Interview at Chennai, I was scheduled interview from Bangalore HR Team.
will lot of difficulties i reached chennai and waited for the whole day to go through all the rounds (techical round, MGR Round and HR round). HR team suggested me to reach the office at 9:30 AM, i waited for so long and attended the first round at 4:20 PM, which was really frustrating, after that MGR and HR round got completed and i left the campus at 8:00 PM that too it was Saturday.
and now here comes the funny part in HR round- The HR asked me for the package and negotiated me to some extent which i was like OK. after couple of days i got another call from CGI saying that we could not release the offer letter as we didnot get approval from the Business for the package you are expecting. the difference was like hell. after convincing the HR , i came down some more, now he said i would try but not assure of the package. I said OK. Thats it !!! i didnot get any call from them for one month, after that i called back them and asked for the status ,they simply said that the requirement got freezed and not rolling out any offer letters. I felt like DAMN !!! . I dont understand one thing here, if there is another level of package approval ,why should HR negotiate !!
So people be aware of CGI. and Still i waiting for Offer letter since more than a month.
By the way do you guys know what the package i have expected !! I have 4 + years of experience with current salary as 6 LPA , ECTC - 9 LPA and negotiated to 8LPA and the Business approved for 7LPA. :-( do you think my fate is actually good, Yes of course i dint want to work in this kind of organization. Uffff !!! Great escape .
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Question 1
Basic Interview Questions on SharePoint 2010 and 2013 and few scenario based.
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at CGI (Bengaluru)
Interview
All the negative interview reviews are right.
Rounds - technical (telephonic)
Manager round (Skype for me, or office)
Client (maybe) and then HR
I was approached by consultant looking for 'urgent' joining. I gave all the details (NP, offers, CTC, ECTC etc)
Telephonic round technical went over 40 min covering all mainframe topics of JCL, COBOL, DB2, Etc. I was also asked my ECTC. The person was good.
Though my another colleague said he was interview only for 5 min(and he was selected)
I was asked to appear for 2nd round via Skype(which was postponed 3-4 times) , finally on Saturday , the account manager interview started.
He asked general details about my last company and work and offer in hand.
Then kept asking more details about why I quit, how come I got released soon or such short notice, why I am not joining the offer in hand, how can we trust you - he wanted me to keep my PASSPORT with him. I flatly declined. Then at last, he asked for CTC and ECTC, and was astonished to hear ECTC. I haven't heard back.
They want you to join early but don't trust you to join them and surprisingly managers want to know about your package.
Incidentally, my colleague cleared 1st round (5 min technical) and 2nd round( he said he can join with same package as offer in hand), he was cleared for 3rd round, but in the end, he didn't join CGI.
Looks like bad professional culture.
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Question 1
Cover basic to intermediate difficultly level topics of Mainframe