ZS Associates interview questions

300 questions from 39 candidate reports · 2017 to 2024

Online test → Technical → Technical·97% entry level

CS fundamentals

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Write SQL queries for given problems
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How is React.js different from Angular.js?
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Draw an ER diagram for the given databases.
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Write an SQL query for a given requirement.
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What is an index in SQL and what are its types?
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Write SQL queries to retrieve and manipulate data
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Write SQL queries based on a given database schema
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Explain basic Windows-related commands used in SQL.
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Answer conceptual questions on networking fundamentals.
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Solve advanced SQL queries involving joins or subqueries
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How and when should a machine learning model be retrained?
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What techniques can be used to reduce model training time?
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What is database indexing and what is database partitioning?
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Write an SQL query to find the nth highest salary in a table
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Write SQL queries for given business scenarios using MS Excel.
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How do you select the best model and ensure optimal performance?
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Write SQL queries using JOINs, GROUP BY, and aggregate functions
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How can bias arise in text datasets, and how can it be mitigated?
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Design a database schema following proper normalization principles
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Analyze a business case study and answer multiple related questions
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Write SQL queries to retrieve required output from a complex schema
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Write SQL queries to retrieve the desired output from given tables.
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Write SQL queries using GROUP BY, COUNT, JOINs, UNION and UNION ALL
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Write SQL queries to retrieve and manipulate data from given tables.
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Aptitude

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Data interpretation questions based on charts and tables
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Estimate the surface area of a city.
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Estimate the number of traffic signals in your city.
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Solve guesstimate problems involving business scenarios.
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Infer insights and conclusions after reading a paragraph.
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Solve large numerical aptitude problems with ambiguous data
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Data interpretation questions based on charts, tables, or graphs
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Estimate the total cost required to build a metro system in Delhi
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Solve data interpretation problems involving quantitative analysis.
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Answer guesstimate problems commonly asked in consulting interviews.
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Behavioural

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Describe a time when you acted as a role model for others.
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Describe a situation where you faced a tight deadline for a project
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Tell me about a time you worked with multiple teams to solve a problem
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Puzzles

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Completion of Task puzzle
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Four People Rickety Bridge Puzzle
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Estimate the number of trees in your city.
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How many tennis balls can fit in an airplane?
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Estimate the number of footballs sold in India.
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Solve logical puzzles asked by the interviewer.
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Explain the Monty Hall problem and its solution.
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Estimate the number of street lights in your city
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Estimate the total amount of petrol sold in Mumbai.
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Cut a cake into 8 equal pieces using only three cuts
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Solve common logical puzzles asked during interviews.
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Estimate the number of red traffic signals present in your city.
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Calculate the amount of paint required to paint a 20×20 feet wall.
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Estimate the cost of paint required for an aircraft (guesstimate).
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Measure exactly 6 liters of water using 4-liter and 9-liter buckets
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DSA

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Find the largest square border in a given matrix
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Write a program to sort elements of any data type
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Find the longest palindromic substring in a given string.
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Explain Merge Sort and Quick Sort and discuss their differences.
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Write a program to solve a given problem using Java or JavaScript
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System design

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Explain the procedure to build a notebook-based RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) application.
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How would you deploy a machine learning model, and what considerations are important during deployment?
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How does a login page work? Explain the interaction between frontend, backend, and database during sign-in.
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Common questions

What questions does ZS Associates ask?

Candidate interview reports most often cover CS fundamentals (36%) and Aptitude (27%).

How many rounds does ZS Associates interview have?

Candidate interview reports show an average of 4.4 rounds per experience, with a typical sequence of Online test → Technical → Technical. Individual interview paths can vary.

Is the ZS Associates interview hard?

Among questions with a reported difficulty, the mix is easy 33%, medium 62%, hard 5%.

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