Axxela Research & Analytics

1. 1

   Aptitude test

   Personal, math and aptitude test
   Mettl41 min48 questionseliminatory

   Section	Qs	Min	Topics
   Decision making and risk preferences	5	5	behavioural economics, risk preference
   Quick mental math	6	6	mental arithmetic, powers, simple equations
   Logical, quantitative and analytical reasoning	25	30	series completion, logical reasoning, percentages, directions, coding-decoding, visual reasoning, time and speed, number patterns

   mental math · logical reasoning · risk preference

   Doc states 48 questions but section counts listed do not add up to 48 (mental math has 6 questions of 6 parts each). Those who cleared it went to the trading game.

2. 2

   Other round

   Mock trading game in groups
   company platform60 mineliminatory

   trading strategy · market making

   OA qualifiers split into random groups of 10 and played against each other; interview invitees chosen from groups. Duration 60 to 80 minutes across accounts.

3. 3

   Technical interview

   Interview: HR plus trading and mental math
   Google Meet15 min

   mental math · derivatives basics · market levels · mutual funds · ETFs · P/E ratio · trading experience · career plans

   Held in a campus interview room. Duration 15 to 20 minutes. Interviewer style was reportedly stern. Mental math count varied from 2 to 4-5 questions. Resume questions came up for one candidate, not the other.

Advice from candidates

68 pieces of advice, in their own words. Names removed.

• My advice: you can get an internship or job here in two ways. You're in IIT but you're actually interested in trading and you're a trading geek who is good at maths and quick on his feet. Otherwise, you're just good at acting fake and convincing people.

  general · 2020-21

• (Never reveal your true intentions as long as it matches something like what I just said. Make sure to stress that you want a job and is primarily interested in working)

  HR · 2026-27

• Be thorough about whatever you put in your resume

  interview · 2026-27

• Honestly its just basic finance (YouTube finance channels would be enough)

  preparation · 2026-27

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Question patterns reported

The kind of problem, not the problem itself. Our practice questions are written to match these patterns.

• Aptitudesix arithmetic sub-parts per mental-math question, no calculator
• Technicalquick mental multiplication via algebraic identities
• Technicalclock hand angle at given time
• Aptitudeshort add/subtract arithmetic, maximise attempts in time
• Othermulti-round simulated stock trading for maximum profit
• HRtimed arithmetic and digit counting questions
• HRvaccine requirement estimate for a city
• Aptitudehold, average down or exit a falling stock
• Aptitudechoose between fixed pay and bonus-heavy pay structures
• Aptitudesix sub-calculations per question, no calculator
• Othersix rounds each revealing one digit of final price sum, trade between rounds
• HRdifference between gambling and trading
• HRquick square-root and product estimation
• HRsum of even numbers up to a bound
• Othergroups of 8 buy and sell as digits of a hidden price are revealed; ranked by profit
• HRapproximate a numeric value quickly in the head
• Othersix-round game estimating a share price from revealed digits, 150 seconds trading per round
• HRquick mental arithmetic such as squares, cubes and roots
• HRclock hands angle puzzle
• Othermaximise profit trading assets against rival participants
• Technicalclock-hand angle at a given time
• Technicalmental arithmetic rapid fire
• Otherprice revealed digit by digit, maximise profit trading