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4 Dec 2024
1.2k interviews found
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Dec 2015.
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Gaussian mixture, pdf of sum of 2 RV
- Q2. Maximal Ratio Combining in MIMO, Quantization Noise power
- Q3. Viterbi decoder
- Q4. Average Energy, Pe in PAM, QAM
- Q5. Asymptotic bound on capacity
- Q6. MMSE derivation
- Q7. Internship details
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Asked to derive and explain all the questions
Tips: Be confident and carefully listen to the questions
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Asked to derive and explain all the questions
Tips: Be confident and carefully listen to the questions
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Discussion on internship, job details and interview performance
Tips: No need to be worry since if you are attending HR, its most likely that you will get the offer
Skills: Wireless Communication, Information Theory, Probability Concepts, Approaching A Problem, Knowledge Gained Through Recent Research Project, Communication Systems
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Asked to derive and explain all the questions
Tips: Be confident and carefully listen to the questions
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Asked to derive and explain all the questions
Tips: Be confident and carefully listen to the questions
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Discussion on internship, job details and interview performance
Tips: No need to be worry since if you are attending HR, its most likely that you will get the offer
Skills: Wireless Communication, Information Theory, Probability Concepts, Approaching A Problem, Knowledge Gained Through Recent Research Project, Communication Systems
College Name: IIT Madras
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016.
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Why consult?
- Q2. Why you?
- Q3. Why i3?
- Q4. Estimate the shoe sales per day in amazon
- Q5. Estimate the cigarettes sold in India in one month
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Guesstimate Interview
Tips: They only look for your approach. Don't worry about the numbers.
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: Just show your interest on the company and the profile. It involves a lot of travelling. They mainly operate in Middle East, North Africa. If you have any problems with travelling then please don't apply.
Skills: Case Solving Ability, Puzzle Solving Capability, Guesstimate Skills
College Name: IIT Madras
Tips: They only look for your approach. Don't worry about the numbers.
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: Just show your interest on the company and the profile. It involves a lot of travelling. They mainly operate in Middle East, North Africa. If you have any problems with travelling then please don't apply.
Skills: Case Solving Ability, Puzzle Solving Capability, Guesstimate Skills
College Name: IIT Madras
SHUBHAM VINAYAK KALE shubham
posted on 4 Dec 2016
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016.
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Project/DDP based questions
- Q2. Any coding done in curriculum, explain the most complex one
- Q3. What is 'Big data'? Why is it called 'Big'
- Q4. Why do you want to switch to IT sector from your respective branch
- Q5. I did a course on compute simulation and had extra curricular in chess, so was asked to simulate a chess game
- Q6. Two friends A & B meet after long time, A asks B about his family. B says he has 3 children, product of their ages is 36, and sum of their ages is equal to the ...read more
- Q7. A rat has 3000 gm of rice, he has to travel a distance of 3000m, he eats 1gm rice/m, his maximum carrying capcity is 1000 gm,how should he travel the distance t...read more
- Q8. A new software has 3 functions SelectSum(), log() and exp(). You have a table of 1000 data points, how will you find product of all points using only the above ...read more
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Aptitude part has easy questions, including number series, picture series, interest rate and some quant based questions.
The coding part is difficult.2-3 coding questions, Codes will be related to linked lists , trees or sorting.
Tips: Try to get maximum marks in aptitude, which should be fine with some practice . One of the code will be easy, so complete it and make a try for second
Duration: 1 hour
Total Questions: 30
Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: very easy puzzles, I was able to solve all puzzles in first attempt
Tips: Be confident in your approach they are locking for approach more than result
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I answered all resume based questions, he liked my choice of projects, though they were not exactly related to the profile. He liked me and said I would recommend you directly to HR round
Tips: Prepare in details about all points in resume, course work mentioned and projects, Based on performance in this interview, they decide to whether to take one more technical interview or send directly to HR
Skills: Behavioural Skills, Puzzle Solving Capability, Approaching A Problem, Basic Coding
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Aptitude part has easy questions, including number series, picture series, interest rate and some quant based questions.
The coding part is difficult.2-3 coding questions, Codes will be related to linked lists , trees or sorting.
Tips: Try to get maximum marks in aptitude, which should be fine with some practice . One of the code will be easy, so complete it and make a try for second
Duration: 1 hour
Total Questions: 30
Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: very easy puzzles, I was able to solve all puzzles in first attempt
Tips: Be confident in your approach they are locking for approach more than result
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I answered all resume based questions, he liked my choice of projects, though they were not exactly related to the profile. He liked me and said I would recommend you directly to HR round
Tips: Prepare in details about all points in resume, course work mentioned and projects, Based on performance in this interview, they decide to whether to take one more technical interview or send directly to HR
Skills: Behavioural Skills, Puzzle Solving Capability, Approaching A Problem, Basic Coding
College Name: IIT Madras
Anonymous
posted on 4 Dec 2016
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016.
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Psychometric Test
Experience: There were near 80+ ques as every psychometric test would have.
Tips: No need to worry just stick to point. be real, who you are :)
if you have not sure about it there are some online free tests just have a experience :)
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: 1) Just prepare about your resume that will help you a lot during interview.
2) Explain properly each and every project related to profile.
3) Be prepare for 5 min rapid fair que :D
4) Get Clear about basic of accounting and maths(Quant)
5) Resume does matter (don`t worry even you don`t have good C.G even 5 pointer also can crack it if you are clear with above all )
6) Basics of Data analytics?
7) how will you increase the no of premium in Insurance industry?
8) how your skills are going to help in their
** All are memory based and depends on person to person just you need you be confident and aggressive (Positive)
Best of Luck ...!!
Tips: Prepare what exactly they want from you and why ?
Skills: Data Analysis, Logical Puzzles, Quant+Math, Programming, Personality, Smartness, Presentation Skills, Presence Of Mind
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: There were near 80+ ques as every psychometric test would have.
Tips: No need to worry just stick to point. be real, who you are :)
if you have not sure about it there are some online free tests just have a experience :)
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: 1) Just prepare about your resume that will help you a lot during interview.
2) Explain properly each and every project related to profile.
3) Be prepare for 5 min rapid fair que :D
4) Get Clear about basic of accounting and maths(Quant)
5) Resume does matter (don`t worry even you don`t have good C.G even 5 pointer also can crack it if you are clear with above all )
6) Basics of Data analytics?
7) how will you increase the no of premium in Insurance industry?
8) how your skills are going to help in their
** All are memory based and depends on person to person just you need you be confident and aggressive (Positive)
Best of Luck ...!!
Tips: Prepare what exactly they want from you and why ?
Skills: Data Analysis, Logical Puzzles, Quant+Math, Programming, Personality, Smartness, Presentation Skills, Presence Of Mind
College Name: IIT Madras
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016.
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Why UDP and not TCP in project
- Q2. How would you clear the 7th bit in a 32 bit register
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Questions were based on C concepts, given piece of code, find error, output, etc then data structures, bit manipulation, a few aptitude questions were also there (around 5-7).
Tips: Practice aptitude, C, data structures (geeksforgeeks.org is a good source).
Duration: 1 hour
Total Questions: 30
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: I was asked to explain project in detail, I had done projects on embedded, so was asked about that, details like what fields did you use in that structure, why this implementation and not some related other. Memory management, network communications, operating systems. Then questions on C concepts like memory allocation, function pointers, then data structures like linked lists, then bit manipulation in registers. Questions from electrical coursework. Then later, why higher studies, would you still go for higher studies if you had a good job at a company, why etc.
Tips: Be thorough with C (know your Kernighan & Ritchie) and be prepared to go into details about your projects.
Skills: C, Data Structures, Coursework Understanding, Project And Internship
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Questions were based on C concepts, given piece of code, find error, output, etc then data structures, bit manipulation, a few aptitude questions were also there (around 5-7).
Tips: Practice aptitude, C, data structures (geeksforgeeks.org is a good source).
Duration: 1 hour
Total Questions: 30
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: I was asked to explain project in detail, I had done projects on embedded, so was asked about that, details like what fields did you use in that structure, why this implementation and not some related other. Memory management, network communications, operating systems. Then questions on C concepts like memory allocation, function pointers, then data structures like linked lists, then bit manipulation in registers. Questions from electrical coursework. Then later, why higher studies, would you still go for higher studies if you had a good job at a company, why etc.
Tips: Be thorough with C (know your Kernighan & Ritchie) and be prepared to go into details about your projects.
Skills: C, Data Structures, Coursework Understanding, Project And Internship
College Name: IIT Madras
ankit jain
posted on 4 Dec 2016
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016.
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Around 55 people shortlisted.
Tips: In my understanding, the shortlisting was done on the basis of performance in different kind of engagements shown in the resume. I made a separate section of 'Policy Engagement' which was unique and which could have drawn the attention. So play by your strength and be different.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: First interview involved going through a few of the resume points and getting tested for some market estimation problems. My interview got direction from 'Describe Yourself' question where I spoke about one of my hobbies and how I am planning to take it to the next level. Then I was asked what kind of topics I follow in current affairs as I showed it as my interest.
I was then asked to run through my resume and the interviewer got interested in an internship which was related to GST. Then I was asked a simple Case related to GST which involved segmenting, structuring and guesstimating.
From the, the discussion went into my Conferences and Position of responsibilities where the interviewer was trying to understand what kind of person I am. So I crafted my answers around some of my qualities and took reference of the elements from conference/competitions/PoPs to support it.
Overall interview went very smooth and lasted around 30mins.
Tips: For case, bring out new dimensions related to the case
'Tell me about yourself' type icebreaker questions are very crucial in such kind of interview as they set the direction for the rest of the interview. So do practice it and develop a few pointers around which you can create your sentences then and there. Never mug it word by word. Let it come naturally.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: What are the things you like to do?
What are the things you are good at?
What are the things which you are good at but you don't like to do?
Amidst these fancy questions, the HR round was chilled out with the interviewer just trying to understand me as a person and what qualities I have. He also introduced me to the various domains available in the company and asked which one would I like to choose and why. I related the profile to some of the work I have done in Insti and said that I would like to test many waters. Then he asked me why I want this company and other such questions
Tips: Don't piss off the HR by showing attitude or acting stupidly.
At the end, every interviewer will give a chance to ask questions. So ask smart or generic questions. For example, I asked primarily about the work culture in the company.
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: This interview was with the MD of the company, Mr. Kuldeep Jain. He was more interested in going through my resume closely by himself then me explaining my points. So it was peace. I was asked why my CGPA is low and how would I fit in the company. He asked me about the location preference and reasons for it. He was also interested in knowing a project I did before for a course
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: The final one with 2 other panelists. The person asked me to describe myself. Plus he explored a few technical questions as well but very easy ones like future technologies in Solar and 3 sources of renewable energy. They also tested if I would like to do a job which require pitching and convincing clients. For that I gave a positive reply supporting it with a reference to my constitution committee related work which I have done previously.
Tips: They are looking for people who are fun to work with. Not the serious ones. Hence it is important to project yourself as a dynamic person with different interest areas. You must also reflect that you welcome travelling and interacting with unknown people.
Skills: Dynamic Personality, Creative Thinking, Extra-curricular Activities, Speaking Skills, Logical And Structured Thinking
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Around 55 people shortlisted.
Tips: In my understanding, the shortlisting was done on the basis of performance in different kind of engagements shown in the resume. I made a separate section of 'Policy Engagement' which was unique and which could have drawn the attention. So play by your strength and be different.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: First interview involved going through a few of the resume points and getting tested for some market estimation problems. My interview got direction from 'Describe Yourself' question where I spoke about one of my hobbies and how I am planning to take it to the next level. Then I was asked what kind of topics I follow in current affairs as I showed it as my interest.
I was then asked to run through my resume and the interviewer got interested in an internship which was related to GST. Then I was asked a simple Case related to GST which involved segmenting, structuring and guesstimating.
From the, the discussion went into my Conferences and Position of responsibilities where the interviewer was trying to understand what kind of person I am. So I crafted my answers around some of my qualities and took reference of the elements from conference/competitions/PoPs to support it.
Overall interview went very smooth and lasted around 30mins.
Tips: For case, bring out new dimensions related to the case
'Tell me about yourself' type icebreaker questions are very crucial in such kind of interview as they set the direction for the rest of the interview. So do practice it and develop a few pointers around which you can create your sentences then and there. Never mug it word by word. Let it come naturally.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: What are the things you like to do?
What are the things you are good at?
What are the things which you are good at but you don't like to do?
Amidst these fancy questions, the HR round was chilled out with the interviewer just trying to understand me as a person and what qualities I have. He also introduced me to the various domains available in the company and asked which one would I like to choose and why. I related the profile to some of the work I have done in Insti and said that I would like to test many waters. Then he asked me why I want this company and other such questions
Tips: Don't piss off the HR by showing attitude or acting stupidly.
At the end, every interviewer will give a chance to ask questions. So ask smart or generic questions. For example, I asked primarily about the work culture in the company.
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: This interview was with the MD of the company, Mr. Kuldeep Jain. He was more interested in going through my resume closely by himself then me explaining my points. So it was peace. I was asked why my CGPA is low and how would I fit in the company. He asked me about the location preference and reasons for it. He was also interested in knowing a project I did before for a course
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: The final one with 2 other panelists. The person asked me to describe myself. Plus he explored a few technical questions as well but very easy ones like future technologies in Solar and 3 sources of renewable energy. They also tested if I would like to do a job which require pitching and convincing clients. For that I gave a positive reply supporting it with a reference to my constitution committee related work which I have done previously.
Tips: They are looking for people who are fun to work with. Not the serious ones. Hence it is important to project yourself as a dynamic person with different interest areas. You must also reflect that you welcome travelling and interacting with unknown people.
Skills: Dynamic Personality, Creative Thinking, Extra-curricular Activities, Speaking Skills, Logical And Structured Thinking
College Name: IIT Madras
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Jan 2016.
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. To print magic numbers
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: One programming question and another question to design a flipbook at a high level.
Tips: Being proficient with programming will help for both questions. For the last one, you have to be creative.
Duration: 1 hour
Total Questions: 2
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: Its a standard qyestion, just google and you'll know.
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: One programming question and another question to design a flipbook at a high level.
Tips: Being proficient with programming will help for both questions. For the last one, you have to be creative.
Duration: 1 hour
Total Questions: 2
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: Its a standard qyestion, just google and you'll know.
College Name: IIT Madras
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016.
7 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Usual HR eval.
- Q2. Case Interview
- Q3. Case: A toothpaste company is seeing decline in its revenues and margin. What would you do?
- Q4. Partner interview. He was trying to assess how good a fit I was to the company. A little stress assessment was also there.
- Q5. How do you think you are a good fit for the company, coming from a very niche engineering discipline? Why should we hire and shell out so much money to train yo...read more
- Q6. Tell me about a recent problem you faced and how you overcame it.
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: I think they looked for CG and/or good internship experiences.
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: People who spoke up with at least 2-3 sentences were selected for the next round. 6 out of 10 of us were selected.
Tips: If you aren't able to start the GD, it's alright. Just cash in on any opportunity to speak, and more importantly, speak to the point.
Duration: 20 minutes
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: It was a pretty straight forward profitability case. No numbers were involved - very qualitative. The interview went on for about an hour. It was a one-on-one and he also asked me some HR.
Tips: The interviewers generally are pretty helpful and you can ask for help if you are royally stuck in between. Practice a few cases and get a grasp on the problem solving framework(s).
Round: Behavioural Interview
Experience: You can make out that the questions were in essence, the common 'Why hire you?' type HR questions. Even when they try to stress you out, keep calm and answer what you know.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Final round. You are mostly in, if you have reached this level.
Tips: Most people think that this round might be casual but it's better to prep for HR questions as well. Tell me about yourself; Strengths and weaknesses; Why EY? Why consulting?; Why should we hire you?
Skills: Problem Solving Skills, Communication, Case Solving Ability
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: I think they looked for CG and/or good internship experiences.
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: People who spoke up with at least 2-3 sentences were selected for the next round. 6 out of 10 of us were selected.
Tips: If you aren't able to start the GD, it's alright. Just cash in on any opportunity to speak, and more importantly, speak to the point.
Duration: 20 minutes
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: It was a pretty straight forward profitability case. No numbers were involved - very qualitative. The interview went on for about an hour. It was a one-on-one and he also asked me some HR.
Tips: The interviewers generally are pretty helpful and you can ask for help if you are royally stuck in between. Practice a few cases and get a grasp on the problem solving framework(s).
Round: Behavioural Interview
Experience: You can make out that the questions were in essence, the common 'Why hire you?' type HR questions. Even when they try to stress you out, keep calm and answer what you know.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Final round. You are mostly in, if you have reached this level.
Tips: Most people think that this round might be casual but it's better to prep for HR questions as well. Tell me about yourself; Strengths and weaknesses; Why EY? Why consulting?; Why should we hire you?
Skills: Problem Solving Skills, Communication, Case Solving Ability
College Name: IIT Madras
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016.
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Shortlisted based on resume
Tips: resumes focusing on consult/management may not get selected. Core Research/industry experience could count.
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: Few Technical questions based on Optics, some HR type questions, some creativity questions. Questions on past projects.
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: Few Technical questions, some HR type questions. Questions on past projects. One guesstimate
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: Skype interview with the founder. Past projects, guesstimates, technical questions.
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Shortlisted based on resume
Tips: resumes focusing on consult/management may not get selected. Core Research/industry experience could count.
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: Few Technical questions based on Optics, some HR type questions, some creativity questions. Questions on past projects.
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: Few Technical questions, some HR type questions. Questions on past projects. One guesstimate
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: Skype interview with the founder. Past projects, guesstimates, technical questions.
College Name: IIT Madras
SUNEEL KUMAR MATAM
posted on 4 Dec 2016
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016.
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Explain neural networks, backpropagation?
- Q2. Why not higher studies? Questions on technical details of project
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Apart from resume shortlist, there was a preliminary interview to know your experience in analytics. Some probability questions were asked
Tips: Prepare probablity and stat.
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: Probability and statistics questions. Be able to explain projects thoroughly.
Tips: Be well prepared with resume points.
Skills: Analytics And Coding
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Apart from resume shortlist, there was a preliminary interview to know your experience in analytics. Some probability questions were asked
Tips: Prepare probablity and stat.
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: Probability and statistics questions. Be able to explain projects thoroughly.
Tips: Be well prepared with resume points.
Skills: Analytics And Coding
College Name: IIT Madras
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