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4 Dec 2024
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5 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Initial shortlist based on resume.
Tips: Work on your resume, get it checked and be prepared to answer questions about it.Be prepared on the courses and project works that you will mention in your resume.
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Random topics like Diet, Hakuna Matata, Change the topic are given to groups
of five. It is an elimination process rather than a Selection Procedure.
Round: Group Activity
Experience: Selected students are grouped and given a LEGO kit and are asked to make
anything movable which they later have to sell to the other teams.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: A HR interview for about 30 minutes. The interview will solely be based on your resume
and your life in the institute and will include typical HR questions.
Tips: For the interview preparation be ready with answers for the HR questions beforehand.
General Tips: Preparation for CAT will be very helpful for the entire placement preparation.
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Initial shortlist based on resume.
Tips: Work on your resume, get it checked and be prepared to answer questions about it.Be prepared on the courses and project works that you will mention in your resume.
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Random topics like Diet, Hakuna Matata, Change the topic are given to groups
of five. It is an elimination process rather than a Selection Procedure.
Round: Group Activity
Experience: Selected students are grouped and given a LEGO kit and are asked to make
anything movable which they later have to sell to the other teams.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: A HR interview for about 30 minutes. The interview will solely be based on your resume
and your life in the institute and will include typical HR questions.
Tips: For the interview preparation be ready with answers for the HR questions beforehand.
General Tips: Preparation for CAT will be very helpful for the entire placement preparation.
College Name: IIT Madras
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Shortlisting done based on resume.
Tips: Create good resume highlighting projects and research work. Remain updated about the company's research work.
Round: Test
Experience: There are two written tests. One is based on C and algorithms.
Tips: Old Samsung tests that are available online.Knowledge of C is must.
Duration: 30 minutes
Round: Test
Experience: The second test is paper-based coding test.
Tips: Coding test is used to mainly gauge your logic applying abilities.
Duration: 60 minutes
Round: Interview
Experience: Personal Interview: one round lasting around 40 minutes.
Interview questions were mostly straightforward, technical and based on projects and
research work mentioned in the resume.
Previous day's code is also asked to explain.
Couple of questions were about the company's on-going work. In-depth knowledge regarding courses related to the profile is necessary.
Tips: Revise courses, Project work. Additional reading is recommended.
Basics of core subjects.
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Shortlisting done based on resume.
Tips: Create good resume highlighting projects and research work. Remain updated about the company's research work.
Round: Test
Experience: There are two written tests. One is based on C and algorithms.
Tips: Old Samsung tests that are available online.Knowledge of C is must.
Duration: 30 minutes
Round: Test
Experience: The second test is paper-based coding test.
Tips: Coding test is used to mainly gauge your logic applying abilities.
Duration: 60 minutes
Round: Interview
Experience: Personal Interview: one round lasting around 40 minutes.
Interview questions were mostly straightforward, technical and based on projects and
research work mentioned in the resume.
Previous day's code is also asked to explain.
Couple of questions were about the company's on-going work. In-depth knowledge regarding courses related to the profile is necessary.
Tips: Revise courses, Project work. Additional reading is recommended.
Basics of core subjects.
College Name: IIT Madras
2 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Interview
Experience: Technical round of interview based upon OR minor, marketing, analytical questions, puzzles and case studies. Graph theory and networking questions are also covered.
Tips: LAN material is helpful.
Have a look at Placement portal material too.
Round: Interview
Experience: HR questions will include all standard stuff. Anything from "tell me about yourself‟ to "why are you not apping?‟ are asked.
General Tips: OR minor students are preferred.
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Technical round of interview based upon OR minor, marketing, analytical questions, puzzles and case studies. Graph theory and networking questions are also covered.
Tips: LAN material is helpful.
Have a look at Placement portal material too.
Round: Interview
Experience: HR questions will include all standard stuff. Anything from "tell me about yourself‟ to "why are you not apping?‟ are asked.
General Tips: OR minor students are preferred.
College Name: IIT Madras
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Initial short-listing was done based on the resume and it was followed by a test.
Round: Test
Experience: The test had questions focusing on Core topics :
Aerodynamics, propulsion, combustion, fluid mechanics, structures, manufacturing etc.
Tips: Focus on core topics like combustion, fluid mechanics and aerodynamics.
Duration: 60 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The technical round lasted 55 minutes.It had questions based on resume as well as problem tackling and
design related skills.
Tips: Be thorough about the work you have done as a part of projects or as interns.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: In the HR round the participants were asked to prepare a presentation selling themselves to the company and also an expansion on the resume.It was for a duration of 25 minutes.
Tips: Prepare for the interviews by attending the mock sessions conducted by the institute.
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Initial short-listing was done based on the resume and it was followed by a test.
Round: Test
Experience: The test had questions focusing on Core topics :
Aerodynamics, propulsion, combustion, fluid mechanics, structures, manufacturing etc.
Tips: Focus on core topics like combustion, fluid mechanics and aerodynamics.
Duration: 60 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The technical round lasted 55 minutes.It had questions based on resume as well as problem tackling and
design related skills.
Tips: Be thorough about the work you have done as a part of projects or as interns.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: In the HR round the participants were asked to prepare a presentation selling themselves to the company and also an expansion on the resume.It was for a duration of 25 minutes.
Tips: Prepare for the interviews by attending the mock sessions conducted by the institute.
College Name: IIT Madras
Anonymous
posted on 14 Jan 2015
1 Interview Round
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Selection Procedure:
Personal Interview
Only one round of interview of about 45 minutes
The interview had technical round and HR round with a panel of 5 interviewers
The interview focused on the specific details the company had asked for
Tips: Thorough preparation of core subjects of mechanical engineering is necessary.
The HR questions will be about the expectations they had from the candidates which were mentioned before head.
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Selection Procedure:
Personal Interview
Only one round of interview of about 45 minutes
The interview had technical round and HR round with a panel of 5 interviewers
The interview focused on the specific details the company had asked for
Tips: Thorough preparation of core subjects of mechanical engineering is necessary.
The HR questions will be about the expectations they had from the candidates which were mentioned before head.
College Name: IIT Madras
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Normally they ask us to introduce your self
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Unless with subject knowledge it might have become difficult
Tips: Learn shortcuts, revise aptitude papers available
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 200
Round: Interview
Experience: it is as easy as introducing our self to someone new.
Tips: Thorough Aptitude Test preparation,Fundamentals of Core Subjects, Decent preparation for the general questions being asked during HR interview , Must visit company's website before going for Personal interview and have some general idea about the company.
General Tips: Have basic knowledge about all the subjects that relates the job profile.
Skill Tips: Questions related to Aerospace Engg. like Flight Mechanics, Combustion, Aero Dynamics. The questions were very basic and fundamental
Skills: subject knowledge
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Motivation: Since i am an electrical engineering student i have to be in a place which suites me perfectly.
Experience: Unless with subject knowledge it might have become difficult
Tips: Learn shortcuts, revise aptitude papers available
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 200
Round: Interview
Experience: it is as easy as introducing our self to someone new.
Tips: Thorough Aptitude Test preparation,Fundamentals of Core Subjects, Decent preparation for the general questions being asked during HR interview , Must visit company's website before going for Personal interview and have some general idea about the company.
General Tips: Have basic knowledge about all the subjects that relates the job profile.
Skill Tips: Questions related to Aerospace Engg. like Flight Mechanics, Combustion, Aero Dynamics. The questions were very basic and fundamental
Skills: subject knowledge
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Motivation: Since i am an electrical engineering student i have to be in a place which suites me perfectly.
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: It was outsourced to some online venture.. Test was quite tough..
Tips: A good grasp on aptitude questions will help immensely.. There are many common aptitude questions which will be asked in most exams.. study them well.. be good with probability, permutations and combinations.. Should know the basic electronic circuits, KCL, KVL etc thoroughly..
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Technical Interview went well.. They asked only simple basic questions!
Tips: Study the following courses well- Digital systems, Digital IC Design, Computer architecture..Knowledge on steps of VLSI design flow and latest technologies will give you an extra edge in the interview
Round: HR Interview
Experience: there were two rounds! Asked some convention HR questions. Also based on resume..
Tips: Be ready with answers to conventional HR questions like "Why do you want to join Intel?" , "Why should we hire you" etc. Make sure that your answers will let them know that you have done a good background study on the company(you SHOULD do that in advance!).. Be ready to explain each and every point in resume. Many time they were looking for non conventional answers.. Good preparation in advance helped me a lot!
General Tips: Be prepared.. In an interview what matters most is preparation not CGPA!
Skills:
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: Its the best in the world!
Experience: It was outsourced to some online venture.. Test was quite tough..
Tips: A good grasp on aptitude questions will help immensely.. There are many common aptitude questions which will be asked in most exams.. study them well.. be good with probability, permutations and combinations.. Should know the basic electronic circuits, KCL, KVL etc thoroughly..
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Technical Interview went well.. They asked only simple basic questions!
Tips: Study the following courses well- Digital systems, Digital IC Design, Computer architecture..Knowledge on steps of VLSI design flow and latest technologies will give you an extra edge in the interview
Round: HR Interview
Experience: there were two rounds! Asked some convention HR questions. Also based on resume..
Tips: Be ready with answers to conventional HR questions like "Why do you want to join Intel?" , "Why should we hire you" etc. Make sure that your answers will let them know that you have done a good background study on the company(you SHOULD do that in advance!).. Be ready to explain each and every point in resume. Many time they were looking for non conventional answers.. Good preparation in advance helped me a lot!
General Tips: Be prepared.. In an interview what matters most is preparation not CGPA!
Skills:
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: Its the best in the world!
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Why do you want to come to Software profile when you studied Chemical Engineering?
- Q2. Future Plans?
- Q3. Weaknesses?
- Q4. Name a situation where you planned something but due to some other problems you have to adjust in the end?
- Q5. Name a situation where you had to change your behaviour according to situation?
- Q6. Name a situation where you had to deal with 2-3 different groups?
- Q7. Name a situation where you were part of group and made difference?
- Q8. Name a situation where you took an initiative?
- Q9. Give an experience of working as part of a team?
- Q10. Name situation where you had to prepare for a speech for a special group of people?
- Q11. Focussed more about my 3rd year intern where I developed an application using VBA for STP
- Q12. Questions about Android and e-commerce
- Q13. Then asked about my football interests(I said to him I am football blogger), so asked me to explain few articles which I wrote
- Q14. All about my resume, my BTP
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: I alotted around 3-4 days for Resume Preparation. This is very important step,especially for companies with Consultancy profile. I referred to some of my seniors resumes to get to know the format and the grammar used,especially framing of sentences.
Tips: Once your resume is prepared, don't forget to collect feedback about it from your seniors and even from some of your wing mates. Also, get to know about difference between resumes for core and non-core profiles
Round: Test
Experience: First Section was simple aptitude(20 Question),were very simple.Second Section was Programming(10 questions), were bit questions related to theory. Don't remember properly but few questions related to Binary tree were asked I guessThird section was Coding(1 question),it was simple. Question-Code a program which gives output as '1' when the number given as input can be expressed as "p^q"(where p,q are integers) and as '0' if otherwise.
Tips: Just,general CAT preparation is enough for aptitude.Regarding Coding, even knowing any 1 language is enough. Just practice few basic coding questions online and even sorting algorithms
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 31
Round: Interview
Experience: The HR interview was not easy, some of the questions were really unexpected. Such type of HR questions were not asked in any of previous HR interviews(of other companies) I attended to.
Tips: For most of the questions asked above, you can find answers from your P.O.R's(Position of Responsibilities) which you have done.Take HR round seriously and prepare for it before placements start(avoid last minute preparation).
Round: Interview
Experience: This was very comfortable, I connected very well with interviewer,especially when we were discussing about footbal as he was also a football enthusiast. I also prepared few things related to e-commerce which helped
Tips: Prepare and get to know about e-commerce field, general problems faced in it these days
Round: Interview
Experience: Was easy
Tips: Just prepare properly about everything written in resume,mainly 3rd year intern and BTP or any other projects
General Tips: Just follow all the tips mentioned earlier,avoid last minute preparation, prepare well in advance. Don't lose hope or get depressed during placement period if you fail in your initial few interviews
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: Wanted to work in a coding or analytics profile
Experience: I alotted around 3-4 days for Resume Preparation. This is very important step,especially for companies with Consultancy profile. I referred to some of my seniors resumes to get to know the format and the grammar used,especially framing of sentences.
Tips: Once your resume is prepared, don't forget to collect feedback about it from your seniors and even from some of your wing mates. Also, get to know about difference between resumes for core and non-core profiles
Round: Test
Experience: First Section was simple aptitude(20 Question),were very simple.Second Section was Programming(10 questions), were bit questions related to theory. Don't remember properly but few questions related to Binary tree were asked I guessThird section was Coding(1 question),it was simple. Question-Code a program which gives output as '1' when the number given as input can be expressed as "p^q"(where p,q are integers) and as '0' if otherwise.
Tips: Just,general CAT preparation is enough for aptitude.Regarding Coding, even knowing any 1 language is enough. Just practice few basic coding questions online and even sorting algorithms
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 31
Round: Interview
Experience: The HR interview was not easy, some of the questions were really unexpected. Such type of HR questions were not asked in any of previous HR interviews(of other companies) I attended to.
Tips: For most of the questions asked above, you can find answers from your P.O.R's(Position of Responsibilities) which you have done.Take HR round seriously and prepare for it before placements start(avoid last minute preparation).
Round: Interview
Experience: This was very comfortable, I connected very well with interviewer,especially when we were discussing about footbal as he was also a football enthusiast. I also prepared few things related to e-commerce which helped
Tips: Prepare and get to know about e-commerce field, general problems faced in it these days
Round: Interview
Experience: Was easy
Tips: Just prepare properly about everything written in resume,mainly 3rd year intern and BTP or any other projects
General Tips: Just follow all the tips mentioned earlier,avoid last minute preparation, prepare well in advance. Don't lose hope or get depressed during placement period if you fail in your initial few interviews
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: Wanted to work in a coding or analytics profile
Anonymous
posted on 14 Jan 2015
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: A test consisting of 50 questions of which 30 were core questions and the other 20 wereaptitude ones. It had negative marking.The aptitude questions were similar to CAT questions but much easier.
Total Questions: 50
Round: Interview
Experience: One round of interview including a technical round.Technical questions were asked and a thorough knowledge of core was necessary.No separate HR round, but basic HR questions were asked.Questions on BTPs and relevant technical details were asked
Tips: Thorough core preparation on concentrated selected areas of turbo machines, Hydraulics, DOME is necessary.
Skill Tips: ""
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: A test consisting of 50 questions of which 30 were core questions and the other 20 wereaptitude ones. It had negative marking.The aptitude questions were similar to CAT questions but much easier.
Total Questions: 50
Round: Interview
Experience: One round of interview including a technical round.Technical questions were asked and a thorough knowledge of core was necessary.No separate HR round, but basic HR questions were asked.Questions on BTPs and relevant technical details were asked
Tips: Thorough core preparation on concentrated selected areas of turbo machines, Hydraulics, DOME is necessary.
Skill Tips: ""
College Name: IIT Madras
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Initial shortlist is based on the written test.Questions mostly Quant/Core/GK.
Tips: Lots of online resources will aid you in the process.
Duration: 120 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Interview is held in technical rounds. Duration around 30 minutes Questions mostly from Digital IC, Comp Arch, Verilog
Tips: Focus on Digital IC, Comp Arch, Quant
Skill Tips: ""
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Initial shortlist is based on the written test.Questions mostly Quant/Core/GK.
Tips: Lots of online resources will aid you in the process.
Duration: 120 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Interview is held in technical rounds. Duration around 30 minutes Questions mostly from Digital IC, Comp Arch, Verilog
Tips: Focus on Digital IC, Comp Arch, Quant
Skill Tips: ""
College Name: IIT Madras
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