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Updated
4 Dec 2024
1.2k interviews found
I applied via Campus Placement
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Filling the form on the HUL careers page was great as it eventually helped me in preparation for the non-technical questions asked in the interview
Tips: I think the four questions on the careers page should be given more importance
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: It was informative and fun.
Duration: 25 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I was extremely happy by the way this interview was conducted as it wasn't testing of memory power (formulas or diagrams), rather the testing of my approach towards real life problems and how I would go about solving them, which is basically what one needs to do at any company
Round: HR Interview
Experience: This interview consisted of questions like, tell me about yourself, why HUL, why should HUL choose you, etc. which I believe are important questions and it's answers should be considered important by a company as it gives insight into a candidate's mind, character and plans for the future
General Tips: I would advice people not to prepare TOO MUCH in things which are not going to be helpful for them anywhere apart from the selection process. I would rather suggest them to concentrate on their everyday work (projects, academics, etc.) which is one of the major criteria of their selection, and just go along with the process.
Also another extremely important thing is believing in yourself and the things you have done as it will significantly add to your confidence during the interview. Also be truthful. Do not make up things or increase impact of your success than what it actually was
Skills: Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Ability To Think On Your Feet, Project, Knowledge Gained Through Recent Research Project, Approaching A Problem, Technical Analysis
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: I want to become an industrialist, and HUL is one of the biggest which can offer me a lifetime experience. Also, their internship is extremely structured and their leadership program is amazing
Experience: Filling the form on the HUL careers page was great as it eventually helped me in preparation for the non-technical questions asked in the interview
Tips: I think the four questions on the careers page should be given more importance
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: It was informative and fun.
Duration: 25 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I was extremely happy by the way this interview was conducted as it wasn't testing of memory power (formulas or diagrams), rather the testing of my approach towards real life problems and how I would go about solving them, which is basically what one needs to do at any company
Round: HR Interview
Experience: This interview consisted of questions like, tell me about yourself, why HUL, why should HUL choose you, etc. which I believe are important questions and it's answers should be considered important by a company as it gives insight into a candidate's mind, character and plans for the future
General Tips: I would advice people not to prepare TOO MUCH in things which are not going to be helpful for them anywhere apart from the selection process. I would rather suggest them to concentrate on their everyday work (projects, academics, etc.) which is one of the major criteria of their selection, and just go along with the process.
Also another extremely important thing is believing in yourself and the things you have done as it will significantly add to your confidence during the interview. Also be truthful. Do not make up things or increase impact of your success than what it actually was
Skills: Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Ability To Think On Your Feet, Project, Knowledge Gained Through Recent Research Project, Approaching A Problem, Technical Analysis
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: I want to become an industrialist, and HUL is one of the biggest which can offer me a lifetime experience. Also, their internship is extremely structured and their leadership program is amazing
I applied via Campus Placement
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Interesting test, not rigorous but tricky/popular questions. Unfamiliar terms in CS and ML. Attempted all except coding question, second-guessed unknown questions
Duration: 90 minutes
Total Questions: 29
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Only a single round of around 45-50 minutes. Asked about basic probability, questions from coursework, and a simple logical puzzle which builded up as each part was answered (two lane channel in which two agents are approaching each other on the same lane, each has a sensor to detect incoming agents in same lane, paired with switching capability. But switching is non-directional, i.e., both A and B will switch and still be on a collision course- problem was to introduce stochasticity into the process etc etc)
General Tips: From feedback of friends, many puzzles asked directly from book mentioned (with possibly some variation).
Skills: Logical Reasoning, Probability And Statistics
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Funny Moments: Interview from 8-9 am, waited for second round till 3 pm, then got to know that interview are over and final discussion would begin. Had no hope
Experience: Interesting test, not rigorous but tricky/popular questions. Unfamiliar terms in CS and ML. Attempted all except coding question, second-guessed unknown questions
Duration: 90 minutes
Total Questions: 29
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Only a single round of around 45-50 minutes. Asked about basic probability, questions from coursework, and a simple logical puzzle which builded up as each part was answered (two lane channel in which two agents are approaching each other on the same lane, each has a sensor to detect incoming agents in same lane, paired with switching capability. But switching is non-directional, i.e., both A and B will switch and still be on a collision course- problem was to introduce stochasticity into the process etc etc)
General Tips: From feedback of friends, many puzzles asked directly from book mentioned (with possibly some variation).
Skills: Logical Reasoning, Probability And Statistics
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Funny Moments: Interview from 8-9 am, waited for second round till 3 pm, then got to know that interview are over and final discussion would begin. Had no hope
I applied via Campus Placement
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. 25 horses puzzle
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Tips: Concentrate on one topic properly
Duration: 90 minutes
Total Questions: 20
Skills: Basic Coding, Logical Reasoning, Aptitude, Probabiity
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Tips: Concentrate on one topic properly
Duration: 90 minutes
Total Questions: 20
Skills: Basic Coding, Logical Reasoning, Aptitude, Probabiity
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
I applied via Campus Placement
2 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: exam was easy.
Tips: Be good in C programming
Duration: 75 minutes
Total Questions: 3
General Tips: Should be good in atleast c or c++
Skills: Algorithms And Data Structures
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: The accomodation and facilities
Funny Moments: Interviews are not funny.
Experience: exam was easy.
Tips: Be good in C programming
Duration: 75 minutes
Total Questions: 3
General Tips: Should be good in atleast c or c++
Skills: Algorithms And Data Structures
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: The accomodation and facilities
Funny Moments: Interviews are not funny.
I applied via Campus Placement
7 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Linked list Algorithms
- Q2. Queue based questions
- Q3. Probability based questions
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Tips: Know all your course projects well.
Round: Test
Experience: Solved mostly quant section.
Tips: Solving at least one of the sections well will suffice.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Wasn't able to answer some fully .
Tips: Know all technical details of your course projects .
Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: Had to re-think again of all the possibilities .
Tips: Think of all possible ways . do not hurry towards the answer . approach to the problem is mainly what they see
General Tips: Know everything you wrote in the resume . do not hurry towards an answer . don't be biased in yhinking
Skills: Probabiity
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: The profile of the company
Tips: Know all your course projects well.
Round: Test
Experience: Solved mostly quant section.
Tips: Solving at least one of the sections well will suffice.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Wasn't able to answer some fully .
Tips: Know all technical details of your course projects .
Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: Had to re-think again of all the possibilities .
Tips: Think of all possible ways . do not hurry towards the answer . approach to the problem is mainly what they see
General Tips: Know everything you wrote in the resume . do not hurry towards an answer . don't be biased in yhinking
Skills: Probabiity
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: The profile of the company
I applied via Campus Placement
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Implement atoi()
- Q2. Delete node from singly linked list given only node address(head not given)
- Q3. Find largest profit that can be made from buying and selling a stock once given 30 days price info
- Q4. Given a 2n element array with n odd and n even nos, modify it so that all even indices have odd nos while odd indices have even nos
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Simple questions to test coding skills. Pretty straightforward.
Tips: You can use only C, C++, and Java. Make sure you can code and debug fast in this round. Try to do all 3 to go directly to the interview.
Duration: 75 minutes
Total Questions: 3
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: 3 rounds of technical interview with varied questions.
Tips: Review data structures and algorithms. Try implementing standard functions like atoi(), strcpy() etc. with emphasis on corner cases,
General Tips: Keep cool. Interviewers are really nice. If you are stuck, tell them.
Skill Tips: Mostly based on conceptual understanding.
Skills:
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: Great work environment. Good for writing to your CV and kickstarting your career.
Experience: Simple questions to test coding skills. Pretty straightforward.
Tips: You can use only C, C++, and Java. Make sure you can code and debug fast in this round. Try to do all 3 to go directly to the interview.
Duration: 75 minutes
Total Questions: 3
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: 3 rounds of technical interview with varied questions.
Tips: Review data structures and algorithms. Try implementing standard functions like atoi(), strcpy() etc. with emphasis on corner cases,
General Tips: Keep cool. Interviewers are really nice. If you are stuck, tell them.
Skill Tips: Mostly based on conceptual understanding.
Skills:
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: Great work environment. Good for writing to your CV and kickstarting your career.
I applied via Campus Placement
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Questions on Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics
- Q2. Describe your previous Intern
- Q3. Describe about your extra/co-curricular activities
- Q4. Why ITC?
- Q5. Describe about yourself
- Q6. Describe all the projects mentioned in your resume
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: This step is one of the most important steps in the process. Here, you have no say whatsoever. Your entire life written on one side of a page is what decides if you are eligible for the internship. I spent almost 6-7 hours everyday for a week to prepare my resume.
Tips: Always get your resume reviewed by 3/4 seniors. Not only your immediate seniors, but also pass outs. This helps a lot since they have way more experience as compared to you in this aspect.
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: I had deep confidence in myself for clearing Group Discussion, since I felt I could talk my way through any situation. It is very important to talk to your group members beforehand. This helps in establishing a connect with others, making it easy for you to open up to them.
Tips: Please turn off your phone, or at least turn it silent. During my GD, one guy's phone rang, and the room suddenly turned awkward. Talk freely. No need to look at the moderators. Have a normal discussion and speak your heart out, but do not dominate. Also, do not repeat points, and do not speak unless you have a valid point.
Duration: 25 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: My interview was very relaxed. There were others who found it tough to answer questions asked in the interviews. Do revise the relevant courses before going for interview. ITC has a form named KITES, which you are supposed to fill while submitting your resume. Fill it properly, and go through it before going for resume.
Tips: Be fluent in English, it helps more than you think. Do not lie about anything in your resume. They definitely ask you questions based on what you have written in your resume and KITES form.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: My second interview was very peaceful. I was just asked about my projects. I felt they were testing me on how involved I was with my previous projects.
Tips: Feel relaxed if you have reached till here. You are a very possible candidate for the internship. Just be yourself!
General Tips: Be relaxed. If you are worthy, you shall get the internship. Discuss with your friends on how you will answer the HR questions.
Skill Tips: Revise these courses before the internship process starts.
Skills: Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: This is one of the few companies that come to IIT Madras on day 1 of internship drive. I talked to my seniors who interned at ITC. The way in which this company is different is that the work profile is a techno-managerial one, and a purely technical one. This lies in my interest.
Experience: This step is one of the most important steps in the process. Here, you have no say whatsoever. Your entire life written on one side of a page is what decides if you are eligible for the internship. I spent almost 6-7 hours everyday for a week to prepare my resume.
Tips: Always get your resume reviewed by 3/4 seniors. Not only your immediate seniors, but also pass outs. This helps a lot since they have way more experience as compared to you in this aspect.
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: I had deep confidence in myself for clearing Group Discussion, since I felt I could talk my way through any situation. It is very important to talk to your group members beforehand. This helps in establishing a connect with others, making it easy for you to open up to them.
Tips: Please turn off your phone, or at least turn it silent. During my GD, one guy's phone rang, and the room suddenly turned awkward. Talk freely. No need to look at the moderators. Have a normal discussion and speak your heart out, but do not dominate. Also, do not repeat points, and do not speak unless you have a valid point.
Duration: 25 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: My interview was very relaxed. There were others who found it tough to answer questions asked in the interviews. Do revise the relevant courses before going for interview. ITC has a form named KITES, which you are supposed to fill while submitting your resume. Fill it properly, and go through it before going for resume.
Tips: Be fluent in English, it helps more than you think. Do not lie about anything in your resume. They definitely ask you questions based on what you have written in your resume and KITES form.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: My second interview was very peaceful. I was just asked about my projects. I felt they were testing me on how involved I was with my previous projects.
Tips: Feel relaxed if you have reached till here. You are a very possible candidate for the internship. Just be yourself!
General Tips: Be relaxed. If you are worthy, you shall get the internship. Discuss with your friends on how you will answer the HR questions.
Skill Tips: Revise these courses before the internship process starts.
Skills: Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: This is one of the few companies that come to IIT Madras on day 1 of internship drive. I talked to my seniors who interned at ITC. The way in which this company is different is that the work profile is a techno-managerial one, and a purely technical one. This lies in my interest.
I applied via Campus Placement
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: The resume shortlist was based upon a CG cut off - around 8.6+
So, only if you have a CG greater than that can you apply. Although afterwards your CG won't matter in the final selection.
Tips: Make your resume as clear and crisp as possible - it should be self explanatory in most aspects.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: General HR questions were asked like - "Tell me about yourself" , "Walk me through your resume" among others
Also, they asked questions especially about the summer internships that you did - so prepare for that well
Tips: The book "64 HR questions" can be helpful in this matter
Skill Tips: Write all these answers beforehand and practice them - also be sure not to memorize them as that gives a bad impression
Skills: Broader aspects of life, Clearity of thoughts, Communication
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: FMCG company, growing business, ample of scope to learn and advance, reputed brands
Funny Moments: the interview wasn't entirely formal, once or twice jokes were cracked by the panellists and me being the subject of it
Experience: The resume shortlist was based upon a CG cut off - around 8.6+
So, only if you have a CG greater than that can you apply. Although afterwards your CG won't matter in the final selection.
Tips: Make your resume as clear and crisp as possible - it should be self explanatory in most aspects.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: General HR questions were asked like - "Tell me about yourself" , "Walk me through your resume" among others
Also, they asked questions especially about the summer internships that you did - so prepare for that well
Tips: The book "64 HR questions" can be helpful in this matter
Skill Tips: Write all these answers beforehand and practice them - also be sure not to memorize them as that gives a bad impression
Skills: Broader aspects of life, Clearity of thoughts, Communication
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: FMCG company, growing business, ample of scope to learn and advance, reputed brands
Funny Moments: the interview wasn't entirely formal, once or twice jokes were cracked by the panellists and me being the subject of it
Akula Suma Padma Mounika
posted on 21 Aug 2016
I applied via Campus Placement
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: It was based on cgpa shortlist
Round: Test
Experience: Most of the questions are based on probability.There are some 2-3 theoritical questions and one english question.Most of the questions(nearly 17)are easy.
Duration: 45 minutes
Total Questions: 20
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I had 2 rounds of interview.The first round was both HR and Technical type.I was asked questions based on probability,logical reasoning and analytics.
The second round was Technical.One question is based on probability and the other was on graph theory as I have done the course.
General Tips: Just be cool so that you will be able to think .You can easily crack the interview if you have some knowledge of probability.
Skills: Logical Thinking
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: I am interested in non core .Basically
Experience: It was based on cgpa shortlist
Round: Test
Experience: Most of the questions are based on probability.There are some 2-3 theoritical questions and one english question.Most of the questions(nearly 17)are easy.
Duration: 45 minutes
Total Questions: 20
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I had 2 rounds of interview.The first round was both HR and Technical type.I was asked questions based on probability,logical reasoning and analytics.
The second round was Technical.One question is based on probability and the other was on graph theory as I have done the course.
General Tips: Just be cool so that you will be able to think .You can easily crack the interview if you have some knowledge of probability.
Skills: Logical Thinking
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: I am interested in non core .Basically
I applied via Campus Placement
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Standard Resume Shortlist
Tips: N/A
Skill Tips: -
Skills: Project And Internship
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Standard Resume Shortlist
Tips: N/A
Skill Tips: -
Skills: Project And Internship
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
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