Portico (UK) Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Ques:- What do you expect from your future employer?
Ques:- The egg vendor calls on his first customer and sells half his eggs and half an egg. To the second customer, he sells half of what he had left and half an egg and to the third customer he sells half of what he had then left and half an egg. By the way he did not break any eggs. In the end three eggs were remaining . How many total eggs he was having ?
Recent Answer : Added by Deepesh Parmar On 2021-12-10 16:35:05:

31

Ques:- There are two urns A and B and an equal number of red balls and blue balls.How do u place the balls in the urns such that the probability of picking up the red ball is greater?
Ques:- What is your ideal company or workplace?
Ques:- What do you enjoy most about your current/last job?
Ques:- Two trains move in the same direction at 50 kmph and 32 kmph respectively. A man in the slower train observes the 15 seconds elapse before the faster train completely passes by him. What is the length of faster train ?
Ques:- Pandit Birju Maharaj is a well known :
A. Kathak dancer
B. Tabla Master
C. Sarod Master
D. Noneof these
Ques:- Tell us about your experience in handling grievances.
Ques:- What popular journal did C. V. Riley and B. D. Walsh begin in 1868?
Ques:- Four sisters- Suvarna, Tara, Uma and Vibha are playing a game such that the loser doubles the money of each of the other players from her share. They played four games and each sister lost one game in alphabetical order. At the end of fourth game, each sister has Rs. 32. Who started with the highest amount?
Recent Answer : Added by Vinay K On 2022-09-24 14:33:35:

Let Suvarna, Tara, Uma and Vibha be S,T,U,V respectively
initially in the beginning each persons share be
V = x U = y T = z
S = w = (x+y+z+32) Reason: She has to double others share, so she should have each and everyone’s share and still should be left out with 32

after 1st Round of game
S loses and is out with 32 and doubles the others share
V = 2x U = 2y T = 2z

After 2nd Round of game
T loses and is out with 32 and doubles the others share
V = 4x U = 4y
This means T had 2z = 2x + 2y + 32
After 3rd round of game
U looses and is out with 32 and doubles others share
V = 8x
This means U initially has 4y = 4x + 32
In the end V = 8x = 32

Solving this we get x = 4, y = 12, z = 32 and w = 80
There fore Suvarna had highest share in the beginning

Ques:- Tell me something about you, your qualification, where lastly working?
Ques:- Find out the wrong number in the series:
1, 1, 2, 6, 24, 96, 720
A. 6
B. 24
C. 96
D. 720
Recent Answer : Added by Admin On 2022-09-23 19:21:59:

C. 96

Ques:- If on an item a company gives 25% discount, they earn 25% profit. If they now give 10% discount then what is the profit percentage.(a) 40%(b) 55%(c) 35%(d) 30%
Recent Answer : Added by Soumyadip Dutta On 2022-09-02 17:02:21:

let MP = 100x
25% discount = 75x -> SP
Profit% = (Profit/CP)x100
125 = (75x/CP)x100
.: CP = 60x

Now if discount = 10%
SP = 90x
.: Profit% = ((90x-60x)/60x)x100 = 50%

Ques:- Two trains are on same track and they are coming toward each other. The speed of first train is 50 KMs/h and the speed of second train is 70 KMs/h. A bee starts flying between the trains when the distance between two trains is 100 KMs. The bee first flies from first train to second train. Once it reaches the second train, it flies back to the second train ? and so on until trains collide. Calculate the total distance traveled by the bee. Speed of bee is 40 KMs/h. .
Recent Answer : Added by DK BOSS On 2021-07-15 09:17:12:

Answer: 66.67 km approx.

Solution:

Let the first train A move at u km/h.
Let the second train B move at v km/h.
Let the distance between two trains be d km
Let the speed of bee be b km/h
Therefore, the time taken by trains to collide = d/(u+v)
Now putting all the known values into the above equation, we get,

u = 50 km/hr
v = 70 km/hr
d = 100 km
b = 80 km/hr

Therfore, the total distance travelled by bee
= b*d/(u+v)
= 80 * 100/(50+70)
= 66.67 km (approx)

Ques:- In your present job what approach do you take to get your people together to establish a common approach to a problem?
Ques:- If point P is on line segment AB, then which of the following is always true? (1) AP = PB (2) AP > PB (3) PB > AP (4) AB > AP (5) AB > AP + PB
Recent Answer : Added by Miss Dorothy Aceng On 2022-09-02 17:03:44:

option 5

Ques:- Evaluate x for the equation : 19(x + y) + 17 = 19(-x + y) – 21
Ques:- Asked about my education.
Ques:- What makes you happy?
Ques:- Peter invested an amount of Rs. 12,000 at the rate of 10% p.a simple interest and another amount at the rate of 20% p.a. simple interest. The total interest earned at the end of one year on the total amount invested became 14% p.a. Find the total amount invested?
Recent Answer : Added by Prakash Harigopal On 2022-05-17 09:08:33:

20000

Ques:- 2 hours after a freight train leaves Delhi a passenger train leaves the same station travelling in the same direction at an average speed of 16 km/hr. After travelling 4 hrs the passenger train overtakes the freight train. The average speed of the freight?
Ques:- In town of 500 people, 285 read Hindu and 212 read Indian express and 127read Times of India 20 read hindu and times of India and 29 read hindu and Indian express and 35 read times of India and Indian express. 50 read no news paper. Then how many read all the three paper?
Recent Answer : Added by Admin On 2020-05-17 12:02:15:

500 = Total+50
Total(450) = only one paper(p) + 29+20+35 + all three (g)
285+212+127 = p + 2( 29+20+35 )+ 3g
solve above .. to get g = 45 …
( small corrctn .. i think .. questn shud be 20 read ONLY
hindu and
times of India and 29 read ONLY hindu and Indian express
and 35
read ONLY times of India and Indian express)

Ques:- Ram professes to sell his goods at the cost price but he made use of 900 grms instead of a kg, what is the gain percent?
Recent Answer : Added by DK BOSS On 2021-07-17 06:19:14:

Answer: C

Explanation:

900 — 100
100 — ? => 100/900*100 => 11.11%

Ques:- If 13 = 13w/(1-w) ,then (2w)2 =?
Recent Answer : Added by Mousumi On 2022-10-09 06:56:21:

1

Ques:- Why you want to come in this new field?
Ques:- Find the ratio of the curved surfaces of two cylinders of same heights if their radii are in the ratio 1:2.
Ques:- A can do a job in 18 days and B can do it in 30 days. A and B working together will finish twice the amount of work in ——- days?
Recent Answer : Added by Admin On 2022-09-29 17:11:51:

A & B one day work= 1/18 + 1/30= 8/90

As we know that number of work is 1

1÷8/90= 1*90/8= 90/8.

Since they say “ twice the amount of work

Then ,2*90/8= 22.5 days

Ques:- About qualification and personal about family.
Ques:- For 15 people–each has to pay Rs.20.For 20 people–each has to pay Rs.18. For 40 people–how much has each to pay ?
Recent Answer : Added by Admin On 2020-05-17 12:02:02:

FOR 15 = RS.20
FOR 20 = RS.18
FOR 25 = RS.16
FOR 30 = RS.14
FOR 35 = RS.12
FOR 40 = RS.10

Ques:- The cost of 17 apples, 9 oranges , 13 bananas is rs 130 , whereas cost of 13 oranges, 7 apples and 10 bananas is rs 100. find the cost of 1 apple , 1 banana and 1 orange put together?
Recent Answer : Added by Admin On 2022-09-27 18:08:58:

Let cost for apple be a Cost for banana be b and Orange be c

So by first value expression becomes 17a + 13b + 9c =130 ———-1 therefore if you further solve a = (130 – 13b – 9c)/17 ———- 2 the second expression becomes: 13c + 7a + 10b = 100 ———- 3 If you put value of a in second expression it becomes: 13c + 7[(130 – 3b – 9c)/17] +10b = 100

Further if you solve you get value of b:

b = 10 – 2c ———-4

put value of b from 4 in 1

17a + 13 [10 – 2c] + 9c = 130

Further if you solve you find value of a

a = c ———-5

Put 5 in 3

13c + 7c + 10b = 100

further solve you get: c = 1 ———-6

from 5 and 6

a = c = 1 ———-7

Substitute value of c in expression 4

b = 10 – 2c b = 10 -2 * 1 b = 8 ———-8

therefore a + b + c = 10

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