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Filter interviews byIndian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai Placement Interview Questions
Updated
4 Dec 2024
1.2k interviews found
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Jan 2016.
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Almost everybody was shortlisted
Round: Test
Experience: Basic c/c++ coding question was asked for solving a geometry problem
Tips: Sheet metal works basics and coordinate geometry
Duration: 1 hour
Total Questions: 2
Skills: Mathematical Problems, Project And Internship, Coding Skills
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Almost everybody was shortlisted
Round: Test
Experience: Basic c/c++ coding question was asked for solving a geometry problem
Tips: Sheet metal works basics and coordinate geometry
Duration: 1 hour
Total Questions: 2
Skills: Mathematical Problems, Project And Internship, Coding Skills
College Name: IIT Madras
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016.
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Please briefly explain your resume points
- Q2. Case Study: How would you choose between a CFL bulb and an ordinary bulb
- Q3. Guesstimate: Estimate the number of pizzas consumed in a day in Chennai
- Q4. Suggest a business idea where you would use data analytics
- Q5. Explain how you would implement image processing
- Q6. Explain the steps involved in Voice Recognition
- Q7. What are your greatest strengths
- Q8. What are you weaknesses
- Q9. What is the average number of years an IITian would work for in a company
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: There were standard quantitative, logical reasoning, data interpretation and verbal ability questions split into 3 sections. Totally around 60 questions. Total Time allowed was around 1 hour.
Apart from this there was a behavioural assessment. It had 5 sections of 8 questions each. A video clipping would simulate situations that you might face during work. You have to answer what was the best way and the worst way to react in such a situation. Time allowed is unlimited. It took around 2 hours for me to complete it.
Tips: Prepare for the test using CAT material
Duration: 3 hours
Total Questions: 100
Round: Other Interview
Experience: There was only one round of interview. It was for around 30 minutes. They asked me to explain my resume points. The interview also consisted of a case study, a guesstimate and 2 technical questions on image processing and voice recognition and 3 standard HR questions. They also asked me to suggest a business idea where i would use data analytics.
Tips: Prepare for Case study using Day 1.0 book. Prepare for Guesstimates from material posted by BC. Prepare for HR questions for 64 HR questions book. If possible take courses related to data analytics. The courses which I undertook were Multivariate Data Analysis, Prognostics & Health Management of Machine Tools.
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: There were standard quantitative, logical reasoning, data interpretation and verbal ability questions split into 3 sections. Totally around 60 questions. Total Time allowed was around 1 hour.
Apart from this there was a behavioural assessment. It had 5 sections of 8 questions each. A video clipping would simulate situations that you might face during work. You have to answer what was the best way and the worst way to react in such a situation. Time allowed is unlimited. It took around 2 hours for me to complete it.
Tips: Prepare for the test using CAT material
Duration: 3 hours
Total Questions: 100
Round: Other Interview
Experience: There was only one round of interview. It was for around 30 minutes. They asked me to explain my resume points. The interview also consisted of a case study, a guesstimate and 2 technical questions on image processing and voice recognition and 3 standard HR questions. They also asked me to suggest a business idea where i would use data analytics.
Tips: Prepare for Case study using Day 1.0 book. Prepare for Guesstimates from material posted by BC. Prepare for HR questions for 64 HR questions book. If possible take courses related to data analytics. The courses which I undertook were Multivariate Data Analysis, Prognostics & Health Management of Machine Tools.
College Name: IIT Madras
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016.
6 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Questions regarding resume
- Q2. Tell me about yourself
- Q3. Are you thinking of applying for masters?
- Q4. What are the three most important qualities for success?
- Q5. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
- Q6. Tell me about some important event in terms of economics and how it has affected the markets?
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Most people with CGPA more than 7.5 made it to the test shortlist.
Round: Test
Experience: Not very different from the aptitude tests of most other companies. Technical test was also like an aptitude test but involved more questions from probability.
Duration: 1 hour
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I had course relating to multivariate data analysis and applied time series. The interviewer mostly checked how comfortable I am with thise topics. Following this he asked a probability question. How many times do you have to toss a coin until you get 2 heads in a row?
After this he asked about my project where I had mathematically solved partial differential equations. He asked more about the methods that I used and so on.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: A long interview with 2 panelists. It is very important to come well prepared for this rpund. It is okay if the technical round wasnt as good as expected but HR interview is critical.
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Most people with CGPA more than 7.5 made it to the test shortlist.
Round: Test
Experience: Not very different from the aptitude tests of most other companies. Technical test was also like an aptitude test but involved more questions from probability.
Duration: 1 hour
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I had course relating to multivariate data analysis and applied time series. The interviewer mostly checked how comfortable I am with thise topics. Following this he asked a probability question. How many times do you have to toss a coin until you get 2 heads in a row?
After this he asked about my project where I had mathematically solved partial differential equations. He asked more about the methods that I used and so on.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: A long interview with 2 panelists. It is very important to come well prepared for this rpund. It is okay if the technical round wasnt as good as expected but HR interview is critical.
College Name: IIT Madras
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016.
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Design 2 to 1 mux and project details
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: All are aptitude questions. Most of them are permutations and combinations questions.
Tips: Prepare aptitude well.
Duration: 1 hour
Total Questions: 25
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: They asked very simple questions. I was asked to design 1 serilizer 4 data lines to 1.They asked 1 aptitude question.
Tips: Prepare basic digital circuits such as mux, demux, decoder etc.
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: All are aptitude questions. Most of them are permutations and combinations questions.
Tips: Prepare aptitude well.
Duration: 1 hour
Total Questions: 25
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: They asked very simple questions. I was asked to design 1 serilizer 4 data lines to 1.They asked 1 aptitude question.
Tips: Prepare basic digital circuits such as mux, demux, decoder etc.
College Name: IIT Madras
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Jan 2016.
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. What are your Areas of Interest
- Q2. What do you know about Ubuntu
- Q3. Difference between Microcontroller and FPGA and basic questions on microcontrollers such as what does 32 in 32-bit microcontroller mean, etc
- Q4. Do you know Java,.NET,etc?
- Q5. Tell me about yourself
- Q6. What are your areas of improvement?
- Q7. What gives you kick?
- Q8. What are your strengths?
- Q9. Do you have any questions ?
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: I believe my resume was shortlisted by CGPA being above 8.5 and Programming Skills mentioned in it.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: My subjects of interest are Embedded Systems and C,C++ Programming which I mentioned in resume.
The interviewer asked me about my M.Tech project thoroughly and my past Work Experience. My project was in Robotics which was related to Embedded Systems.
Then, I was given a choice between Web page & Mobile App development and Embedded Firmware for which I said I am equally interested in both.
Tips: They needed a Software Engineer and I was very much inclined to Programming and did not hesitate to mention it so I got selected easily.
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: I believe my resume was shortlisted by CGPA being above 8.5 and Programming Skills mentioned in it.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: My subjects of interest are Embedded Systems and C,C++ Programming which I mentioned in resume.
The interviewer asked me about my M.Tech project thoroughly and my past Work Experience. My project was in Robotics which was related to Embedded Systems.
Then, I was given a choice between Web page & Mobile App development and Embedded Firmware for which I said I am equally interested in both.
Tips: They needed a Software Engineer and I was very much inclined to Programming and did not hesitate to mention it so I got selected easily.
College Name: IIT Madras
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016.
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Technical questions were based on IC engines, dome, strength of materials and few questions related to turbo-machines. Basically they covered almost every core topic. They are not based on bookish knowledge rather questions were related to practical applications.
Aptitude- this part is very important and is the deciding round. Try to score as high as possible in this section.
Tips: Practice aptitude, pariksha tests will serve the purpose.
Technical- apart from brushing all your core concepts, also go through sample mechanical engineering test questions on internet.
Duration: 45 minutes
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: Interview was completely technical. They asked me what were my projects and internships and which was the favorite one. Make sure u know everything about your project/internship. If it is IC Engines related they will grill u on that. Mine were on heat transfer (jet impingement cooling) and turbomachines. They asked me to explain about them.
They asked me about the ic engines lab experiment which was on emissions and asked me to draw the emission characteristics (co, Hc, NOx).
Other questions were related to porous media (my Btech project), cruising and idling conditions and air/fuel ratios, emission norms in India etc
Tips: Make sure in every explanation u give u should highlight the R&D aspect of it. They were particularly looking for people interested in R&D.
Brush all the core topics, especially IC engines. If you did any work related to ic engines they will ask u on that, else they will test your subject knowledge.
Also learn something about the latest technologies in automobiles and how bajaj contributed to them.
Skills: Technical knowledge, Interest in R&D
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Technical questions were based on IC engines, dome, strength of materials and few questions related to turbo-machines. Basically they covered almost every core topic. They are not based on bookish knowledge rather questions were related to practical applications.
Aptitude- this part is very important and is the deciding round. Try to score as high as possible in this section.
Tips: Practice aptitude, pariksha tests will serve the purpose.
Technical- apart from brushing all your core concepts, also go through sample mechanical engineering test questions on internet.
Duration: 45 minutes
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: Interview was completely technical. They asked me what were my projects and internships and which was the favorite one. Make sure u know everything about your project/internship. If it is IC Engines related they will grill u on that. Mine were on heat transfer (jet impingement cooling) and turbomachines. They asked me to explain about them.
They asked me about the ic engines lab experiment which was on emissions and asked me to draw the emission characteristics (co, Hc, NOx).
Other questions were related to porous media (my Btech project), cruising and idling conditions and air/fuel ratios, emission norms in India etc
Tips: Make sure in every explanation u give u should highlight the R&D aspect of it. They were particularly looking for people interested in R&D.
Brush all the core topics, especially IC engines. If you did any work related to ic engines they will ask u on that, else they will test your subject knowledge.
Also learn something about the latest technologies in automobiles and how bajaj contributed to them.
Skills: Technical knowledge, Interest in R&D
College Name: IIT Madras
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posted on 4 Dec 2016
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016.
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Tell me about about yourself? Walk me through your resume.
- Q2. Questions on my resume.
- Q3. So how's your DDP (Dual Degree Project) going?
- Q4. Why Rivigo?
- Q5. Why do you want to work in a start up?
- Q6. A small case to reduce the time it will take to travel from Chennai to Delhi by road.
- Q7. How do you earn someone's respect who don't respect others?
- Q8. If you are interested in working for a start up, why didn't you start one or why didn't you join in one your friends started?
- Q9. Since Rivigo is a logistics start up, why logistics?
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: 18 people were shortlisted for the first round of interview. They looked for positions of responsibility, all round activity through out your stay at IIT Madras.
Tips: My PORs helped me to get me through this round. (I think)
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: They were testing me if I am really interested to work for Rivigo. This was more of a HR round with very less technical questions related profile. My Dual degree project was in Optimisation, so was grilled a lot on my DDP.
Tips: I have a couple of PORs which helped to explain my strengths with examples. I have researched a lot about Rivigo, which helped me to pitch that I am interested to work there.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: It was a very short round asking me about the location preference, and my back ground.
Skills: Leadership Skills, Team Player, Interest In The Job, Commitment, Startups
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: 18 people were shortlisted for the first round of interview. They looked for positions of responsibility, all round activity through out your stay at IIT Madras.
Tips: My PORs helped me to get me through this round. (I think)
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: They were testing me if I am really interested to work for Rivigo. This was more of a HR round with very less technical questions related profile. My Dual degree project was in Optimisation, so was grilled a lot on my DDP.
Tips: I have a couple of PORs which helped to explain my strengths with examples. I have researched a lot about Rivigo, which helped me to pitch that I am interested to work there.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: It was a very short round asking me about the location preference, and my back ground.
Skills: Leadership Skills, Team Player, Interest In The Job, Commitment, Startups
College Name: IIT Madras
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016.
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Basic questions about resume - Explain the internships and projects
- Q2. Guesstimate - How many pen stands can you fit in a Boeing 747?
- Q3. Why do you not want to pursue research?
- Q4. What are the potential customers for a new credit card in chennai?
- Q5. Why do you want to join EXL? Why not some core company? Why not MBA?
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Aptitude test - Basic Quant questions including simple probability
Logical Reasoning questions
Tips: Needed to solve approx more than 35 questions to clear this round
Duration: 40 minutes
Total Questions: 40
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: -
Tips: Just be yourself. Talk normally.
Know what you write in resume and explain clearly
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: -
Tips: Prepare for HR questions properly.
Need to practice guesstimates, puzzles and a few simple cases very well
Skills: Problem Solving Abilties, Communication, Puzzle Solving Capability
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Aptitude test - Basic Quant questions including simple probability
Logical Reasoning questions
Tips: Needed to solve approx more than 35 questions to clear this round
Duration: 40 minutes
Total Questions: 40
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: -
Tips: Just be yourself. Talk normally.
Know what you write in resume and explain clearly
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: -
Tips: Prepare for HR questions properly.
Need to practice guesstimates, puzzles and a few simple cases very well
Skills: Problem Solving Abilties, Communication, Puzzle Solving Capability
College Name: IIT Madras
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016.
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. General Problem Solving Skills
- Q2. Basic HR Questions
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Unbounded Knapsack Problem
Tips: Prepare basic programming skills and typical coding questions especialy DP.
Duration: 3 hours
Total Questions: 1
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Evaluate how you aproach a problem.
Tips: Analytical and reasoning skills
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Which all companies did you give interview? Which one went well?
Tips: Say samsung is your first priority if you want the offer badly :-)
Skills: Analyzing And Problem Solving Skills, Approaching A Problem, Attitude
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Unbounded Knapsack Problem
Tips: Prepare basic programming skills and typical coding questions especialy DP.
Duration: 3 hours
Total Questions: 1
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Evaluate how you aproach a problem.
Tips: Analytical and reasoning skills
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Which all companies did you give interview? Which one went well?
Tips: Say samsung is your first priority if you want the offer badly :-)
Skills: Analyzing And Problem Solving Skills, Approaching A Problem, Attitude
College Name: IIT Madras
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016.
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Tested DSA and Aptitude
- Q2. Checked design aspect questions
- Q3. What do you know about company
Interview Preparation Tips
College Name: IIT Madras
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