Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai

Chennai, Tamil Nadu

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Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai Placement Interview Questions

Updated 4 Dec 2024

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I applied via Campus Placement

4 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Based on Projects and CGPA

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: It was quite direct. I explained what I did in the project

Skills: Understanding Ability, Understanding Of Problem
Duration: 1.5
College Name: IIT Madras
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Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: It helped me recognise my presentation skills and how you should organise yourself so that you would get a best impression from the recruiter .......
Tips: More time you spend on your resume more is the probability you get shortlisted and get them reviewed by your seniors which helps a lot in improving your resume

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: They were very much impressed by my projects and i got selected mostly because of my projects. In the interview also they concentrated all the questions based on my project work and the profile they offered me was also based on my projects and the understanding i develop on working on the projects
Tips: make sure you portray all the projects and activites you do as part of your ciriculum and outside in a proper manner so that they get a proper idea of your work ...... your resumes gets shortlisted based on the projects that are available with them and they would map them with your skills so if you portray them according your chances of getting shortlisted is more

Skill Tips: don't panic and the panel will be very interactive so feel as if your talking to someone you know .....
in technical questions it does not matter if you don't know the answer admit it but don't commit yourself to a wrong answer
Skills: Technical Questions, 1)communication
Duration: 6 weeks
College Name: IIT Madras
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posted on 8 Oct 2015

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4 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

  • Q1. Technical questions based of items of interest

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Problems were not too difficult, and simplifying them to polynomial time was necessary
Tips: Book art of programming can help
Duration: 120 minutes

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Pleasant. The problems were somewhat challenging, requiring some amounts of thought.

General Tips: Study course material and
Skills: Basics Of Computer Science, Computer Science, Basic Subject Knowledge, Programming
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: Wanting to know how to work in a challenging and international environment.
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posted on 7 Oct 2015

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3 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: General covered English and some basic logic. Coding tested fundamentals, like conversion between data types. You are allowed to use C/C++/Java/Python. Break between two parts. Quite a simple test if you are thorough in coding fundamentals
Tips: Be careful during coding and avoid silly mistakes
Duration: 120 minutes
Total Questions: 63

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Was structured by the people who conducted it. We need to think clearly and present our points. Tests your communication and listening skills
Tips: Keep calm and listen to others when they speak
Duration: 20 minutes

Skill Tips: Need to just keep calm and not make silly errors.
Skills: 1)communication, Basic Coding
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
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posted on 6 Oct 2015

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3 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: It was a coding test which tests your implementation skills rather than algorithmic skills. We were given two questions one on strings and other one on linked lists.
Tips: Do basic problems of hackerrank and also problems on geeksforgeeks
Duration: 1hr minute
Total Questions: 2

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Basic algortihms were asked in this round and also data structures.
Tips: Be thorough with basic data structures and algorithms

Skills: Java, Data Structures, C, Algorithms
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
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posted on 1 Oct 2015

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Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I have answered 1st question but i didn't the answer for the second. I frankly told that i don't know the concept behind it. My project not a tough one. I admitted that its not tough and said that i just hooked onto an easier problem.
Tips: Be frank and reveal yourself infront of the interviewer. Know your interests and tell the same.

General Tips: Know yourself and be frank
Skill Tips: Make sure that you are thorough with the basic concepts in whatever coursework you have done
Skills: Approaching A Problem, Basic technical knowledge, Stability
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: I want to explore how complex systems work and i think robotics is a first step in that direction. Not many core companies were available to us. Most of the companies were coding. In the limited options, this is the best one.
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posted on 1 Oct 2015

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3 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Decent
Tips: Do some ground work about the company

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Decent
Tips: knowledge about C is expected

General Tips: Stay Calm during the interview.Be Truthful
Skills:
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: Liked their profile
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3 Interview Rounds

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Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: All of them got selected.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Resume based questions.Mostly based on the projects or work you do.
Tips: Be good with your resume.

Skill Tips: Be good with your resume and be free.
Skills: What you have learnt till now, Your depth in subject
Duration: 2-3
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: Robotics design so interested.
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posted on 1 Oct 2015

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6 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Test was pretty simple. Was able to do almost all the questions and had written the code peacefully
Tips: Please Increase the difficulty level of the test by some amount

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Technical Interview also was pretty easy.
Tips: Ask us to solve a problem or write some code and modify it accordingly.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: HR interview was a bit puzzling but at the end it was very good.

General Tips: Don't be afraid of the interviewers. They're very friendly. Even at times if they ask you questions which you may not be able to answer properly, say what you have to with confidence and speak in an audible tone all the time which doesn't make the interviewers get bored after a moment. Most importantly, be honest and do tell them what truly are your future goals even if you think the interviewers may not like to hear that.
Skills: How well do you speak when your mistakes and weak points are pointed out
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Funny Moments: After asking me some questions they asked me about the recently watched movie and when did I watch it. I told them everything. They discussed about the scenes in the movie. After all this they said, somtetime ago you said you don't get enough time to study then how did you get time to watch a movie. And all of us laughed on that. :P :D
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posted on 30 Sep 2015

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4 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Tips: Project / Internship in analytics would add more value to resume

Round: Other Interview
Experience: It was telephonic interview again elimination one.
-- puzzle, resume specific questions were asked
Tips: - Be thorough with your resume and past internships/Projects

Round: Problem Statement
Experience: i didn't get enough time to solve all questions in data interpretation. Basically it was designed to test how we perform under pressure
Tips: Don't get tensed if you couldn't solve all problems. Solving two/ three correctly would help you to get through

General Tips: -Be clear with your resume. be very specific
- Solve as many Puzzles as possible

Skills: Puzzle Solving Capability, Basic Preparation, Analyzing And Problem Solving Skills
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: I was very much interested in analytics and Exl does analytics in all verticals
Funny Moments: --
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