I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Swiss Re (Mumbai) in May 2019
Interview
Worst experience ever.
Had applied online and received a call on a Saturday morning at 6 AM, no prior email or conformation was provided about the interview.
I was asleep when the called and hence answered the call all jaded asking them to reschedule the interview at some other time but apparently I was speaking to the team lead who felt insulted and started lashing out on me and was totally dismissive of my response.
He concluded that the process was done with and he shall send me a denial straight away and so he did.
In the end , I would say it was a bullet dodged by me as working under a maniac would have been so much worse. Education can give you knowledge but it doesn't make you a civilized person.
Lesson learnt.
Two round interview. The first round is basically some basic questions to get to know you as a person. And the final one will meet with your supervisor and focus on your analytical thinking.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would you do if they ask you to do something immoral?
I applied online. I interviewed at Swiss Re (Zúrich) in Jun 2019
Interview
The interview process was really long, I had 3 interviews (one on the phone , one in person and one by video call).
The 3rd interview which was meant to be on the phone was cancelled on the same day on short notice. They ask me my availability to reschedule the following week and I said "any day at any time expect Friday after 12 pm, as I have a trip planned". They replied rescheduling for Friday 4 pm and requiring I go to their offices to get the video call. I asked if it was possible to set another day or time as it was specifically when I said I would not be available and they replied it was not possible. I had to rearrange my travel plans to go, and they even change the location of the interview to a place further away from my location (and my potential work location) without even checking with me first if this was an inconvenient for me (all for a video call).
After the 3rd interview, I didn´t get any response from the company. I contacted them telling them I had another offer to participate in a short project so I wanted to know what was the status of the process and when they were expecting to make a decision. I got then contacted via email by the hiring manager saying I did well in the interviews but they had other good candidates and "procedures to follow" and so they couldn´t give me any update yet. I waited 20 more days to contact the manager again and ask for a follow up. She replied she was off site at the moment and was going to call me soon. This was almost 2 months ago and I never heard back from her.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me if I was planning on having kids (as it came out in the conversation that I was recently married), which to me is not acceptable.
They asked about weaknesses and strengths , hobbies, how I handle working under pressure, if I mind working over time.