Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai

Chennai, Tamil Nadu

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Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai Placement Interview Questions

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3 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: There was a written test which was the qualifier which involved testing the student's coding capabilities.

Round: Interview
Experience: Technical skills matter the most and that's the only thing they look for. In this case, coding was of utmost importance.

Round: Interview
Experience: In the interview, mention only those projects and internships that are relevant - BT internships and projects are of absolutely no relevance.

General Tips: Prepare properly – Both for the written tests as well as the interviews.
Don’t get nervous when you don’t know something in the interview. Tell them you don’t and tell
them why you don’t know without sounding defensive. Pitch yourself. Tell them how your projects and courses have taught you about the area of work.
Talk a lot, clearly and confidently in your GD. Don’t repeat yourself. Don’t raise your voice.
Learn coding.
Prepare basic data structures, algorithms and operating systems properly for the written test.
Skill Tips: Overall, Biotech subject knowledge required for a non-core placement is minimal; an average importance of 4 on 10
Skills: Technical Skills
College Name: IIT-Madras
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2 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Qualifier - GD. Topic was general in nature. They expected good communication skills
along with the ability to steer the group to reach a conclusion.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The interview involved oneback-of-the-envelope analytical problem which was rather abstract.

General Tips: Prepare properly – Both for the written tests as well as the interviews.
Don’t get nervous when you don’t know something in the interview. Tell them you don’t and tell
them why you don’t know without sounding defensive. Pitch yourself. Tell them how your projects and courses have taught you about the area of work.
Talk a lot, clearly and confidently in your GD. Don’t repeat yourself. Don’t raise your voice.
Learn coding.
Prepare basic data structures, algorithms and operating systems properly for the written test.
Skill Tips: Non-core internship is particularly helpful. Do's and Don’ts - Don't beat around the bush. Use your thinking time. Don't get stressed or nervous if you can't answer. Didn't care much about BT projects/ intern/ courses. Overall, Biotech subject knowledge required for a non-core placement is minimal; an average
importance of 4 on 10.
College Name: IIT-Madras
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4 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Resume wasn't taken before short listing

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: No written test. Resume wasn't taken before short listing. GD was the only qualifier. Had general topics like Corruption in India and the like.
Tips: Short listing criteria - a presence in the GD -people who spoke a lot were shortlisted.

Round: Interview
Experience: The candidates were given an analytical problem in Biotechnology and asked to solve it overnight - the interview was based on this.

General Tips: Required overall common subject knowledge. Prepare for tests and interviews. Tell them how the BT projects you have worked on have taught you something related to that profile.
College Name: IIT-Madras
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posted on 12 Jan 2015

4 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: There was a test based shortlisting. The test was objective had two sections. The first section had 60 aptitude questions which were very easy and the time was 60 minutes. The second section was technical(core) which had 30 questions which needed to be answered in 30 minutes. 

This sections had 3-4 questions from important topics like Strength of Materials, Fluid Mech, Man Tech, KDOMS ,DOME, etc
Duration: 90 minutes

Round: Interview
Experience: The company wanted to acquire members for Manufacturing and R&D. The interviewer asked me basic questions in Man Tech like different types of Manufacturing (conventional and non-conventional). As I told him that I was interested in automobiles, he asked me about the engine and its parts, their materials, etc. A CAD drawing was shown to me to test the basic symbols like roughness parameters, etc.

Round: Interview
Experience: It was like a normal HR round with nothing radical. Basic preparation to questions like tell me about yourself, biggest achievement, strengths,weakness, etc is enough. Confidence is another important aspect they were looking for.

General Tips: Started my preparation in October but never really took off until November. It may help immensely to start early because as placements draw close, it may be tough to find time to study decently owing to tests and ppts. Also, I didn't prepare for non-core companies, but wrote the tests to improve my experience and speed in quant.
Skill Tips: Brushed up basics of all mechanical courses and prepared for HR questions. It is better to target certain companies,prepare according to each, rather than going for every company that appears on the portal. I prepared from GATE book which covers almost all topics. The lectures from placement preparation website also helped. The aptitude questions were very easy and basic quant preparation is sufficient. As I didn't write CAT, had to adjust to the time limit in the written tests. It is better to practice quant papers for improving the speed. GATE book and placement preparation website were sufficient for core fundaes. Had GDs with wingmates.
College Name: IIT Madras
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posted on 12 Jan 2015

5 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

  • Q1. Basic HR questions, your understanding of your projects, biggest achievement so far??

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Tips: Get to know your resume very well, have a story for each of your resume point

Round: Test
Experience: Written test. Basic Quant and one short essay to test your English.

Round: Interview
Experience: They were looking for people with good math skills and team player.

Round: Interview
Experience: Prepare for all the basic HR questions beforehand, write them down. for core get your basic fundamentals perfect.
Tips: I started preparing for placements from Nov starting but starting early will be better.

General Tips: Prepare for all the basic HR questions beforehand, write them down. 
For core, get your basic fundamentals perfect.
Skills: Basic fundamentals
College Name: IIT-Madras
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posted on 12 Jan 2015

8 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: The initial shortlisting was done on CGPA and a test. I had 7.64/10 as my CGPA.

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: There was no Group Discussion.

Round: Test
Experience: It was an online test. 

Test1: 1hr Test2: 30min

Round: Group Activity
Experience: There was no group activity.

Round: HR Interview
Tips: Be confident in the HR round.

Round: Technical Interview
Tips: Be perfect on the projects and intern described in the resume.

General Tips: SoM, IC engines, Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics, Mantech, TurboMachinery are to be focused upon.
1) Quant Skills : Speed and accuracy.
2) GD prep : conducted GD among ur friends and classmates
3) Interview : Be confident and cool.
4) Resume : Keep it to 1 page and prepare well.
Skill Tips: I think I got selected because of my confidence and my performance in both the rounds. Also, projects related to manufacturing sector will help u in the interview.

Test1: CAT preparation is sufficient.
Test2: GATE book, notes and slides from mechanical google site(created by sumit patil)
HR prep: Get to know about the various type of HR questions(many files in LAN)

Notes and slides from mechanical google site (created by sumit patil) helped a lot
College Name: IIT Madras
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posted on 12 Jan 2015

6 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: My CGPA was 9.08/10 . The initial shortlisting was done on the basis of Resume/CGPA

Round: Test
Experience: There was an online core test across all mechanical department.
Duration: 2 Hours minutes

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: There was no Group Discussion.

Round: Group Activity
Experience: There was no Group Activity.

Round: Interview
Experience: In this round my knowledge and the skills from the projects which i did , were tested. They were asked in detail.

Round: Interview
Experience: There was no HR round

Skill Tips: I had done algorithm development in my intern which matched their job profile. Interviewer
openly stated my Maths Olympiad achievement as the reason I was there. Also , a significant amount of my BTP work and intern work helped me getting the job.
College Name: IIT-Madras
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posted on 12 Jan 2015

7 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: There was an Online Aptitude+Tech test.
Tips: Mug up important formulae , even the big ones in DOME as most of them were direct formula based questions (which kinda sucks) ...!!!
Duration: 90 min minutes

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: There was no Group Discussion

Round: Group Activity
Experience: There was no group activity ...

Round: Interview
Experience: There was nothing particularly different .

Round: Interview
Experience: Interview lasted for 50 minutes. I was grilled on the two internships that I had done during last two summers. And about 15 minutes of grilling on a self study course -CNC Machining just because I happened to be the class rep. There was a single guy questioning and not a panel which is good in some ways. He asked me if I had good quantitative skills. I replied yes. And then he asked a lot of math puzzles. Nothing too tough.
Tips: Just go through placement materials. Make sure you have a core resume for and you are thorough with everything you have written. Be prepared for anything. Learn the basics of important topic and practice some online core tests.SoM, IC engines, Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics, Mantech, TurboMachinery should be prepared properly . And also, be perfect on the projects and intern described in the resume.

General Tips: I started preparing for placements from October mid. Starting earlier always helps you. I did not prepare for non-core companies. Quant and Verbal through CAT preparation(improve your speed and accuracy) , Core from GATE book, notes, slides (according to the company profile) , Conducted around 7 wing GDs (get to know the mistakes) , helped me a lot in the whole placement preparation process.
Skill Tips: I think I was selected because of my performance in both the rounds. Throughout both the interviews they were more concerned about leading and managing people. In my case my PORs helped me, to answer those questions by giving suitable examples and confident answers. They also looked for manufacturing profile. So projects related to manufacturing sector will help you in the interview.
Skills: Leadership skills, Managing people.
College Name: IIT-Madras
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4 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Based on the cg and category wise a total of 8 people were selected for interview

Round: Interview
Experience: Interview lasted 15-20 minutes.It was a panel of 6 most of them were above 40s.

General Tips: Start your preparation well in advance. chose your area of interest cautiously. Be prepared to answer any type of questions in area of interest including practical ones and current trends . Be thorough with your intern and projects.don't try to over smart them as it they are highly experienced. also one thing about PSU is that they have separate resume format. write only the things you are thorough with and be precise, no one will read lengthy paragraphs.
College Name: IIT Madras
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5 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Mostly on CGPA.

Round: Test
Experience: Duals & M.Techs (PGET profile) could sit for the GD directly.
Written test based on Core and Quant.
Duration: 60 minutes

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: They clearly specified that they were looking for analytical ability to assess the situation and the way one leads/mingles with the group
They select people who made some sensible arguments. Also, for managerial profiles, one should be able to direct the discussion without actually commanding it
Logical points, teamwork, quality, and fluency of speaking are qualities looked for
After the GD (for people who clear it), there might be a personality assessment test, but it was not an elimination round. They give a set of 50 words and ask to select the most appropriate words that you want to see in others. And the same set of words are given again and you have to select which of them are relevant to you
Tips: You need not speak throughout the GD. You should make certain good points and complement others points. Giving examples to substantiate your point helps.

Round: Interview
Experience: Be ready for questions from Strength of Materials, IC engines, etc. ; especially numbers( say the Ultimate tensile strength of mild steel); for PGET it's more about the project.
Projects, future aspirations in the company, basic questions on automobiles are common topics discussed in interviews.
Again numbers are important, questions like, what the typical value of ignition delay is, defining ignition delay for CI/SI engine are common.
Some questions on IC Engines. Mostly the questions are on the projects and internships.
Tips: Try and drive the interview if you can, based on your prior experience in the industry or projects, and don't lose your cool if the interviewers retaliate. Stay confident with your knowledge throughout.

Round: Interview
Experience: Be ready with answers to standard HR questions.The interview is a mix of HR + Tech which gives you enough time to get comfortable, If you were fumbling in tech, HR would step in with a question and vice versa.

General Tips: The start of an interview is really important, so work on your HR answers as well as the 'tell me about yourself'. Frame your answers in a way the interviewer expects them to be.
Revise my core fundaes. Prepared about my internships and projects.
DDP in relevant field helps, presence of mind, sense of humor, keeping things relevant even in GD, are important aspects.
Reading through handwritten notes of core courses saves a lot of effort and time. You have to master a few courses like Turbo machines, Mfg. Tech and IC Engines(these 3 are important for most of the companies; don't neglect turbo).
DOME; SOM; KDOMS; Heat transfer are important topics.
Be thorough with your resume and also the important core courses. Having mock GDs and interviews will help a lot.
The most important thing is the resume. So please get your resume checked multiple times by multiple people; even the best people can‟t find faults at times, then check it yourself and know your resume inside out.
Skills:
College Name: IIT-Madras
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