Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai
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I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016.
6 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Most of the students were shortlisted
Round: Test
Experience: Technical test was easy and most of the question covered basic mechanical engineering core subjects.
Aptitude test covers basic question from quantitative aptitude and data interpretation.
Tips: Read books for core engineering subjects like heat transfer, strength of materials
Duration: 50 minutes
Total Questions: 41
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: 2 minutes were given to think about the topic and listing useful points to speak, followed by 15 min of discussion.
Tips: write down the list of your own points to talk on a piece of paper. You can get idea from what other people are speaking. And don't keep the mouth shut, Do speak clear and loud.
Duration: 15 minutes
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: Interview was completely based on project work followed by few basic question on heat transfer, thermodynamics.
Tips: Research well about your project and something in addition to what you are actually doing in project.
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Most of the students were shortlisted
Round: Test
Experience: Technical test was easy and most of the question covered basic mechanical engineering core subjects.
Aptitude test covers basic question from quantitative aptitude and data interpretation.
Tips: Read books for core engineering subjects like heat transfer, strength of materials
Duration: 50 minutes
Total Questions: 41
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: 2 minutes were given to think about the topic and listing useful points to speak, followed by 15 min of discussion.
Tips: write down the list of your own points to talk on a piece of paper. You can get idea from what other people are speaking. And don't keep the mouth shut, Do speak clear and loud.
Duration: 15 minutes
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: Interview was completely based on project work followed by few basic question on heat transfer, thermodynamics.
Tips: Research well about your project and something in addition to what you are actually doing in project.
College Name: IIT Madras
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016.
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Based on resume if you brought out anything then they will ask deeply
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: moderately difficult
Tips: don't use words that you don't know
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: moderately difficult
Tips: don't use words that you don't know
College Name: IIT Madras
VAISAKH T V me15m055
posted on 9 Dec 2016
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016.
6 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. They gave me one question from written test and asked me to explain it. It was regarding heat transfer in pipe flow
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: I prepared my resume in a normal fashion, I don't have any prior work experience or extra curricular achievements. During Interview I came to know that they were interested in my programming skills.
Tips: Interview was based on resume, so make sure you can talk about everything you write in resume.
Round: Test
Experience: All questions were of moderate difficulty and application oriented. Memorizing equations won't be sufficient. A fair understanding of concepts will help. Many questions were based on graph based and real life event based.
Tips: There will be enough time to answer questions. Think well and answer. Don't jump into conclusions.
Duration: 1 hour
Total Questions: 30
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: Panel consist of 4 members one from HR and 3 from core. It was very friendly atmosphere but they asked several questions. Technical and HR questions were mixed. Questions were based on resume, asked about my UG and PG projects, Intern-ships and skills I mentioned in resume. Enough time was given to think and answer. Questions were asked from general heat transfer and fluid mechanics.
Tips: Be relaxed and genuine. Don't bluff. Make sure you know everything you write on resume. Adding course works which you are not familiar can cause trouble.
Skills: Reasoning skills, knowledge in core topics, attitude
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: I prepared my resume in a normal fashion, I don't have any prior work experience or extra curricular achievements. During Interview I came to know that they were interested in my programming skills.
Tips: Interview was based on resume, so make sure you can talk about everything you write in resume.
Round: Test
Experience: All questions were of moderate difficulty and application oriented. Memorizing equations won't be sufficient. A fair understanding of concepts will help. Many questions were based on graph based and real life event based.
Tips: There will be enough time to answer questions. Think well and answer. Don't jump into conclusions.
Duration: 1 hour
Total Questions: 30
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: Panel consist of 4 members one from HR and 3 from core. It was very friendly atmosphere but they asked several questions. Technical and HR questions were mixed. Questions were based on resume, asked about my UG and PG projects, Intern-ships and skills I mentioned in resume. Enough time was given to think and answer. Questions were asked from general heat transfer and fluid mechanics.
Tips: Be relaxed and genuine. Don't bluff. Make sure you know everything you write on resume. Adding course works which you are not familiar can cause trouble.
Skills: Reasoning skills, knowledge in core topics, attitude
College Name: IIT Madras
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016.
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. How will you rotate matrix by 90 degrees clockwise and anticlockwise?
- Q2. How will you compress images?(Told 3 methods)
- Q3. Identify most recent duplicate ? {"google","yahoo","yahoo","google"}-both google and yahoo are repeated but google is first return index 3
- Q4. Two lines with 10 and 12 points, how many triangles possible?
- Q5. Return the element k from a BST
- Q6. If the element not present return the nearest element to it?
- Q7. About Projects in detail
- Q8. Operating system basic like fork etc
- Q9. Networking basics-What happens if you enter gogle.com in browser?
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: The questions were on basic datastructure, algorithm , networking and operating system
Tips: If GATE qualified then minimum effort required
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Questions: 30
Skills: Coding Skills, Critical Thinking, Operating System Basics, Networking Basics
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: The questions were on basic datastructure, algorithm , networking and operating system
Tips: If GATE qualified then minimum effort required
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Questions: 30
Skills: Coding Skills, Critical Thinking, Operating System Basics, Networking Basics
College Name: IIT Madras
I applied via Walk-in and was interviewed in Dec 2016.
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Tell me about yourself in less than a minute
- Q2. Case: If I ask you to give me the number of streetlights in a small town, what is your approach?
- Q3. Do you want to know anything about the company?
- Q4. Tell me about yourself in leas than a minute
- Q5. Do you have Plans for an MBA? And later are you going to start a company for yourself?
- Q6. Would you like to know more about us?
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: My resume got shortlisted through walk-ins
Tips: Make sure your resume describes more of your problem solving skills and teamwork skills
Round: HR Interview
Experience: My interview was a one-to-one interaction for 20 minutes. I was just asked three questions in this round. meanwhile I was very curious to know about Enfrien. I kept asking them about their market size, market share,Do you buy/ produce solar panels? Or do you just provide the technology and get it manufactured by a vendor? What was your mode of entry into market? What is your team size? Don't you think it's an advantage/disadvantage to have a small team?
Tips: Never just allow the interview to question you. Instead be curious to know about the company. Recruiters will love it if you want to know more and more about them
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: It was actually a 3 round interview. But as I got in through walk-ins, it was a 2 round interview for me. This was again not an interview for me but a casual discussion about the company profile. I was asked to show my business analysis skills. P.S. I did SWOT analysis for the company before my interview.
Tips: Here again the interview should always be made interactive not just allowing the interviewer to bombard you with questions. Have a casual discussion showing how interested you are about the company. Do a lot of ground work done before facing the panel and you are sure to be recruited
Skills: Analytical Skills, Problem Solving Skills, Strategy, Communication
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: My resume got shortlisted through walk-ins
Tips: Make sure your resume describes more of your problem solving skills and teamwork skills
Round: HR Interview
Experience: My interview was a one-to-one interaction for 20 minutes. I was just asked three questions in this round. meanwhile I was very curious to know about Enfrien. I kept asking them about their market size, market share,Do you buy/ produce solar panels? Or do you just provide the technology and get it manufactured by a vendor? What was your mode of entry into market? What is your team size? Don't you think it's an advantage/disadvantage to have a small team?
Tips: Never just allow the interview to question you. Instead be curious to know about the company. Recruiters will love it if you want to know more and more about them
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: It was actually a 3 round interview. But as I got in through walk-ins, it was a 2 round interview for me. This was again not an interview for me but a casual discussion about the company profile. I was asked to show my business analysis skills. P.S. I did SWOT analysis for the company before my interview.
Tips: Here again the interview should always be made interactive not just allowing the interviewer to bombard you with questions. Have a casual discussion showing how interested you are about the company. Do a lot of ground work done before facing the panel and you are sure to be recruited
Skills: Analytical Skills, Problem Solving Skills, Strategy, Communication
College Name: IIT Madras
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016.
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Tell me about yourself
- Q2. What is your purpose of doing engineering?
- Q3. What are the subjects you studied in your M.Tech? And asked about some in little detail
- Q4. Questions related to FEA modeling and simulation
- Q5. Explain your M.Tech project. And many questions related to that
- Q6. Model a milling process
- Q7. Model an upsetting(metal forming) operation. Explain the process parameters and how would you relate them
- Q8. Do you know coding?
- Q9. Can you learn coding, if it is needed?
- Q10. This job may need you to work with data. Are you ok with that?
- Q11. You may be working on completely different projects as per completion of each project, are you ok with that?
- Q12. We work at the intersection of engineering and IT, so sometimes we might need to do programming and develop/improve algorithms. Are you ok with that?
- Q13. Why do you know about TCS?
- Q14. How was your technical interview? How do you rate it on a scale of 1 to 10?
- Q15. Do you have any questions for me?
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: All students with CGPA greater than 8.5 were shortlisted.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The interview panel was a 3 member team. All were cool and friendly. I showed the desire to learn in the answers that I gave. They asked the overview of various subjects that I studied in my M.Tech (Manufacturing and Precision Engineering). I told the answers nicely. Then they went on to FEA and modelling and simulation which were the electives that I took. I was not able to answer many questions correctly and clearly. But few answers I ansered well. Then they went on to my project. I answered almost all questions related to it clearly and correctly. Then they asked me to model a milling process. I tried to do it, but I failed. But the interviewer went on to the next question. He asked me to model an upsetting process. I took lot of time to think and I modelled the problem successfully. He assisted me when I started to answer it well. They asked me to explain how the process will happen, how the process parameters can be found out, how they can be related and so on. I answered all well.
After that they began asking questions to know whether I would be a good fit for the job. I answered all questions well quoting examples from my life.
The interview lasted more than 1 hour.
Tips: Be confident about what ever you are saying. Be thorough regarding the subjects that you have preferred. Be cool and try to answer what the interviewer is expecting you to say.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Only one person was there in the panel. It's just a casual talk. Lasted just 15 minutes. I asked about the job profile and how my career would progress over time.
Tips: Do a background check on the company and the profile they are offering.
Skills: process modelling skills, FEA, Technical knowledge
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: All students with CGPA greater than 8.5 were shortlisted.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The interview panel was a 3 member team. All were cool and friendly. I showed the desire to learn in the answers that I gave. They asked the overview of various subjects that I studied in my M.Tech (Manufacturing and Precision Engineering). I told the answers nicely. Then they went on to FEA and modelling and simulation which were the electives that I took. I was not able to answer many questions correctly and clearly. But few answers I ansered well. Then they went on to my project. I answered almost all questions related to it clearly and correctly. Then they asked me to model a milling process. I tried to do it, but I failed. But the interviewer went on to the next question. He asked me to model an upsetting process. I took lot of time to think and I modelled the problem successfully. He assisted me when I started to answer it well. They asked me to explain how the process will happen, how the process parameters can be found out, how they can be related and so on. I answered all well.
After that they began asking questions to know whether I would be a good fit for the job. I answered all questions well quoting examples from my life.
The interview lasted more than 1 hour.
Tips: Be confident about what ever you are saying. Be thorough regarding the subjects that you have preferred. Be cool and try to answer what the interviewer is expecting you to say.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Only one person was there in the panel. It's just a casual talk. Lasted just 15 minutes. I asked about the job profile and how my career would progress over time.
Tips: Do a background check on the company and the profile they are offering.
Skills: process modelling skills, FEA, Technical knowledge
College Name: IIT Madras
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016.
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Communication Concepts
- Q2. Embedded Concepts
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Shortlisted based on CGPA and Profile
Tips: CGPA above 7.5 and Communication/CS based coursework/ability
Round: Test
Experience: C Coding Questions which checked basic knowledge of C
Tips: Brush up your C skills. Questions are easy but may require knowledge of stuff like what is big endian and little endian etc.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Questions: 12
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: My Communication relation concepts were tested. My Major Project was asked in detail.
Tips: If Comm background, prepare ITC, MultiCarrier/Wireless at a good level. If not they will ask C.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I was asked basic level embedded concepts.
Tips: Prepare on the following and similar stuff : How to implement a pseudo dynamic memory allocation using flash memory- which data structure to use. How does Inter Process Communication work. How does a multicore processor synchronizes its cores. If Comm background, give the TX and RX chain design (Wireless System Design)
Skills: Communication Systems, Embedded Systems, C Programming
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Shortlisted based on CGPA and Profile
Tips: CGPA above 7.5 and Communication/CS based coursework/ability
Round: Test
Experience: C Coding Questions which checked basic knowledge of C
Tips: Brush up your C skills. Questions are easy but may require knowledge of stuff like what is big endian and little endian etc.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Questions: 12
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: My Communication relation concepts were tested. My Major Project was asked in detail.
Tips: If Comm background, prepare ITC, MultiCarrier/Wireless at a good level. If not they will ask C.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I was asked basic level embedded concepts.
Tips: Prepare on the following and similar stuff : How to implement a pseudo dynamic memory allocation using flash memory- which data structure to use. How does Inter Process Communication work. How does a multicore processor synchronizes its cores. If Comm background, give the TX and RX chain design (Wireless System Design)
Skills: Communication Systems, Embedded Systems, C Programming
College Name: IIT Madras
Ram Murthy
posted on 7 Dec 2016
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016.
6 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Tell us a bit about yourself
- Q2. What is your current project?
- Q3. Deep technical questions on project
- Q4. The domain we're hiring for is not exactly what you're mastering in. Would you be able to adapt and be willing to do work that you aren't much familiar with?
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: The test was a very lengthy test with 5 sections for 2 hours. The amount of content that had to be read in the question paper is exceptionally high. There were huge paragraphs to be read and answered. There was an intriguing section, in which a set of tasks mentioned, each of them of unique nature and taking different time for completion and we had to number the tasks in our order of priority, which would ensure the tasks being completed as per time. That particular section was tedious and time taking as we had to read the tasks again and again to fully understand and compare them with each other. Overall, the exam, I'd describe it as more tedious and tiresome than analytically difficult.
Tips: One has to maintain the same high level of analytical ability throught the test despite mental fatigue to complete the test in stipulated time. Practicing in that direction would certainly help.
Duration: 2 hours
Total Questions: 120
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: I answered most of questions asked on my project and other technical questions as well. For the question on non familiarity of work, I answered that I would consider it as a challenge and I'd be excited about such inter domain work as it would be a great opportunity to learn and expand my knowledge.
Tips: A good opening statement makes most difference in interview. Being prepared for most of standard questions will prevent anxeity during the first few minutes of interview. When asked about yourself, starting by thanking them for the opportunity will certainly help. Whatever you're saying about yourself in the interview, keep an example demonstrating that quality in hand. And don't lie in the interview, we may think that we can manage by lying, but HR can easily see through it. Confidence and believing in yourself is key to crack any interview. Wear a smile in all appropriate moments during interview.
Skills: Technical Analysis, Communication, Analytical Skills
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: The test was a very lengthy test with 5 sections for 2 hours. The amount of content that had to be read in the question paper is exceptionally high. There were huge paragraphs to be read and answered. There was an intriguing section, in which a set of tasks mentioned, each of them of unique nature and taking different time for completion and we had to number the tasks in our order of priority, which would ensure the tasks being completed as per time. That particular section was tedious and time taking as we had to read the tasks again and again to fully understand and compare them with each other. Overall, the exam, I'd describe it as more tedious and tiresome than analytically difficult.
Tips: One has to maintain the same high level of analytical ability throught the test despite mental fatigue to complete the test in stipulated time. Practicing in that direction would certainly help.
Duration: 2 hours
Total Questions: 120
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: I answered most of questions asked on my project and other technical questions as well. For the question on non familiarity of work, I answered that I would consider it as a challenge and I'd be excited about such inter domain work as it would be a great opportunity to learn and expand my knowledge.
Tips: A good opening statement makes most difference in interview. Being prepared for most of standard questions will prevent anxeity during the first few minutes of interview. When asked about yourself, starting by thanking them for the opportunity will certainly help. Whatever you're saying about yourself in the interview, keep an example demonstrating that quality in hand. And don't lie in the interview, we may think that we can manage by lying, but HR can easily see through it. Confidence and believing in yourself is key to crack any interview. Wear a smile in all appropriate moments during interview.
Skills: Technical Analysis, Communication, Analytical Skills
College Name: IIT Madras
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016.
6 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. They mostly ask questions about DSA
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Those with CGPA of greater than 8.0 from CS and Elec were allowed to write the test.
Round: Test
Experience: Find the index at which a monotonically increasing sequence attains a given value. Naive implementation of binary search worked.
Tips: 1. Make sure all test cases pass. Else you wont be considered for next round.
2. Make sure you use the right data types. The numbers given were in the range of 2^63 and unless you use long long - the test cases will not pass.
3. The coding test allows only C, C++ or Java.
Duration: 3 hours
Total Questions: 1
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: They'll also ask you about your projects and internships. I had done projects in ML. So, they asked related questions regarding PCA, Linear Algebra and Spectral Decomposition. Basically, explain your project thoroughly and be able to answer questions related to projects well.
Tips: I had two technical and one HR round. Answer HR questions convincingly or you wont get selected. They'll ask you why you prefer Samsung over other companies (don't mention if you have interviews with Goldman, if you do give convincing reasons as to why you wont join Goldman over Samsung). They'll ask you about plans for higher studies. They basically want to give offers to people who are likely to accept the offer. Convince them of this and you are done.
Skills: Data Structures And Algorithms, Machine Learning, Linear Algebra
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Those with CGPA of greater than 8.0 from CS and Elec were allowed to write the test.
Round: Test
Experience: Find the index at which a monotonically increasing sequence attains a given value. Naive implementation of binary search worked.
Tips: 1. Make sure all test cases pass. Else you wont be considered for next round.
2. Make sure you use the right data types. The numbers given were in the range of 2^63 and unless you use long long - the test cases will not pass.
3. The coding test allows only C, C++ or Java.
Duration: 3 hours
Total Questions: 1
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: They'll also ask you about your projects and internships. I had done projects in ML. So, they asked related questions regarding PCA, Linear Algebra and Spectral Decomposition. Basically, explain your project thoroughly and be able to answer questions related to projects well.
Tips: I had two technical and one HR round. Answer HR questions convincingly or you wont get selected. They'll ask you why you prefer Samsung over other companies (don't mention if you have interviews with Goldman, if you do give convincing reasons as to why you wont join Goldman over Samsung). They'll ask you about plans for higher studies. They basically want to give offers to people who are likely to accept the offer. Convince them of this and you are done.
Skills: Data Structures And Algorithms, Machine Learning, Linear Algebra
College Name: IIT Madras
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016.
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. How is your project related to our company?
- Q2. What do you want to achieve
- Q3. Any suggestions from your friend side about your weakness
- Q4. Why dont you want to pursue higher studies
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: they wanted to judge your technical skills
Round: HR Interview
Experience: They were interested in knowing about your attitude
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: they wanted to judge your technical skills
Round: HR Interview
Experience: They were interested in knowing about your attitude
College Name: IIT Madras
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