CRISIL Quantitative Analyst Interview Questions
& Process
Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.
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Candidate interview experiences
First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at CRISIL.
CRISIL
Quantitative Analyst
Senior Average Negative experience No offer 1 round
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen
Interview formats
Technical Behavioral
It was a Zoom interview with two interviewers. The interview covered time series and regression topics, and also asked general questions about me and my resume. I was asked to demonstrate a deep understanding of time series, including concepts like ARMA.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Can you explain the reasoning behind using OLS for regression versus MLE for time series analysis?
CRISIL
Quantitative Researcher
Mid Easy Positive experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Phone screen Onsite
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical
Had two rounds of meetings with 3 people in total. First was a phone interview where we went over my CV and they asked me questions about my experience. The second round was on site, meeting with two people for technical questions.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Can you explain how to generate a t-distributed random variable?
CRISIL
Quantitative Analyst
Mid Average Positive experience Accept offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Phone screen Onsite
Interview formats
Technical Behavioral
They had a phone interview and then an on-site interview. The whole process took about 2 weeks, which was pretty fast. The first interview was technical, and the second one was non-technical, covering benefits and work visa stuff.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Can you explain CCAR/DFST?
CRISIL Quantitative Analyst Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from CRISIL interview reports.
“What's the difference between a shallow copy and a deep copy in Python?”
Read reports →“What is the Basilea committee?”
Read reports →“What are the assumptions of a logistic regression model?”
Read reports →“Can you explain the reasoning behind using OLS for regression versus MLE for time series analysis?”
Read reports →“What is Principal Component Analysis?”
Read report →“Can you explain how to generate a t-distributed random variable?”
Read report →“Can you explain supervised and unsupervised modeling?”
Read report →“Can you explain CCAR/DFST?”
Read report →“Can you discuss regression-related concepts?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 9 CRISIL interview reports.