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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
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Other Interview
Experience: Q1.Tell me about yourself.
Then I was asked about my past internship, PoRs
Then I was asked why I wanted to do a non core internship.
After that, I was asked a puzzle (Similar to a puzzle in the book "Heard on the Street".
Then I was asked a guesstimate question. It was: Estimate the amount of Surf (washing powder) used in India everyday.
It lasted for around half an hour. It was a telephonic round
Tips: Be thorough with your resume. They mainly asked resume based questions in this round.
Regarding puzzles and guesstimates, walk your interviewer through your answer.
General Tips: Be thorough with your resume.
Practice puzzles and guesstimates.
Practice a few cases.
Skills: Presentation Of Facts In Resume, Project And Internship, Guesstimate Skills, Case Solving Ability, Quantitative Aptitude
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Q1.Tell me about yourself.
Then I was asked about my past internship, PoRs
Then I was asked why I wanted to do a non core internship.
After that, I was asked a puzzle (Similar to a puzzle in the book "Heard on the Street".
Then I was asked a guesstimate question. It was: Estimate the amount of Surf (washing powder) used in India everyday.
It lasted for around half an hour. It was a telephonic round
Tips: Be thorough with your resume. They mainly asked resume based questions in this round.
Regarding puzzles and guesstimates, walk your interviewer through your answer.
General Tips: Be thorough with your resume.
Practice puzzles and guesstimates.
Practice a few cases.
Skills: Presentation Of Facts In Resume, Project And Internship, Guesstimate Skills, Case Solving Ability, Quantitative Aptitude
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
I applied via Campus Placement
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: 15 people were short listed from the entire lot.
Tips: High CGPA or course in R programming will be helpful in getting shortlisted.
Round: Telephonic interview
Experience: general HR questions like describe yourself was asked. I was questioned on my tennis knowledge (extra curricular) and detailed description of intern too.
Tips: Be thorough with your resume from start to end and you should be able to explain what you did in interview.
Round: Test
Experience: Difficult questions related to data interpretation mixed with probability were asked to solve within 7 minutes. One guess-estimate question and one case study type problem were asked to be solved within 23 minutes.
Tips: calculations should be done fast and assumptions properly written.
Duration: 30 minutes
Total Questions: 6
General Tips: Be very thorough with your resume and some general HR questions.
Skill Tips: Be calm and not get tensed is a must,
Skills: Analyzing And Problem Solving Skills
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: This is a very diverse company and major attraction is that it applies decision analytics to solve business problems. Being interested in a finance and coding a bit, this profile seemed the right fit.
Funny Moments: I was quizzed on my knowledge of tennis like how many Grand slam has Leander paes won and what was the semi final score of US open.
Experience: 15 people were short listed from the entire lot.
Tips: High CGPA or course in R programming will be helpful in getting shortlisted.
Round: Telephonic interview
Experience: general HR questions like describe yourself was asked. I was questioned on my tennis knowledge (extra curricular) and detailed description of intern too.
Tips: Be thorough with your resume from start to end and you should be able to explain what you did in interview.
Round: Test
Experience: Difficult questions related to data interpretation mixed with probability were asked to solve within 7 minutes. One guess-estimate question and one case study type problem were asked to be solved within 23 minutes.
Tips: calculations should be done fast and assumptions properly written.
Duration: 30 minutes
Total Questions: 6
General Tips: Be very thorough with your resume and some general HR questions.
Skill Tips: Be calm and not get tensed is a must,
Skills: Analyzing And Problem Solving Skills
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: This is a very diverse company and major attraction is that it applies decision analytics to solve business problems. Being interested in a finance and coding a bit, this profile seemed the right fit.
Funny Moments: I was quizzed on my knowledge of tennis like how many Grand slam has Leander paes won and what was the semi final score of US open.
I applied via Campus Placement
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Basic String manipulation - Convert "I am a boy" to "I%20am%20a%20boy" with no temporary arrays.
- Q2. What new thing did you learn about PayPal, from our presentation today?
- Q3. What is your strongest reason to join PayPal?
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: The MCQs - Quant part was easy. They had some good questions. It was quite interesting. Programming questions were mostly out of my domain,
The final code writing question was not that tough. We had half an hour to write the code, and I pretty much wrote it till the last minute and got the green tick.
Tips: Go well prepared in C, C++. They asked obscure MCQ questions which most junta doesn't know. Read 'bitwise operators'.
In the last question, we were allowed to write code only in C++/ Java. So, be prepped for that too.
Duration: 90 minutes
Total Questions: 21
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: First off, he asked my interests and we kicked off the convo with philosophy, competitive programming, hacking. Then, he gave a string manipulation question and I solved it with decent efforts.
The interviewers were very friendly and helpful throughout.
Since I am from Electrical Engineering background, they didn't ask too tough questions involving DSA.
Tips: They won't ask you any questions that are outside what you've learnt.
All they wanted to see was whether I was good at what I knew or not?
Don't lie and brag about any skills. Under sell and overwhelm.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: One word. Blissful. She talked quite well, in the sense that the conversation we had was quite genuine and warm.
Tips: Listen to the presentation keenly. Do some groundwork about the company - founders, latest developments, etc.
ASK QUESTIONS after the presentation. It helped me A LOT.
Be genuine and you;ll definitely rock it.
General Tips: Doing some competitive programming helps you big time in such interviews.
Skills: Programming, Basic C/C++, C Programming
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: Elon Muskk
Experience: The MCQs - Quant part was easy. They had some good questions. It was quite interesting. Programming questions were mostly out of my domain,
The final code writing question was not that tough. We had half an hour to write the code, and I pretty much wrote it till the last minute and got the green tick.
Tips: Go well prepared in C, C++. They asked obscure MCQ questions which most junta doesn't know. Read 'bitwise operators'.
In the last question, we were allowed to write code only in C++/ Java. So, be prepped for that too.
Duration: 90 minutes
Total Questions: 21
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: First off, he asked my interests and we kicked off the convo with philosophy, competitive programming, hacking. Then, he gave a string manipulation question and I solved it with decent efforts.
The interviewers were very friendly and helpful throughout.
Since I am from Electrical Engineering background, they didn't ask too tough questions involving DSA.
Tips: They won't ask you any questions that are outside what you've learnt.
All they wanted to see was whether I was good at what I knew or not?
Don't lie and brag about any skills. Under sell and overwhelm.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: One word. Blissful. She talked quite well, in the sense that the conversation we had was quite genuine and warm.
Tips: Listen to the presentation keenly. Do some groundwork about the company - founders, latest developments, etc.
ASK QUESTIONS after the presentation. It helped me A LOT.
Be genuine and you;ll definitely rock it.
General Tips: Doing some competitive programming helps you big time in such interviews.
Skills: Programming, Basic C/C++, C Programming
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: Elon Muskk
I applied via Campus Placement
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: The Aptitude test consisted of 60 questions to be completed in a duration of 60 minutes. The questions were very simple and the key here was to be quick in solving puzzles and problem solving. Next, there was an online coding round which consisted of 3 questions to be completed in a duration of 60 minutes. The questions here were also very basic including topics from pointers and strings. Overall, the test was easy to crack and didn't need any prior preparation.
Tips: Just practice some aptitude tests online. Also, be thorough with the basics of pointers and strings for the coding round.
Duration: 120 minutes
Total Questions: 63
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: The group discussion was totally driven by the hiring team. They chose the speaker and went through each of us one by one. It was a pretty short Group discussion.
Tips: Just listen to everyones points and keep noting your arguments down. If you are chosen to start the GD, then you will be most probably chosen to conclude it too. So, try to take everybody's opinions and shape a precise and to-the-point conclusion.
Duration: 15 minutes
General Tips: Just be cool throughout the process. It has nothing that can be prepared for.
Skill Tips: Practice. Practice. Practice.
Skills: Basic Coding, General Aptitude
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: The projects described in the Internship description were quite interesting.
Funny Moments: Got selected without a single interview! That's partly disappointing since we didn't get to discuss our intern profiles with them. It's funny that such a huge company can hire interns without even having an interview. It's not funny though.
Experience: The Aptitude test consisted of 60 questions to be completed in a duration of 60 minutes. The questions were very simple and the key here was to be quick in solving puzzles and problem solving. Next, there was an online coding round which consisted of 3 questions to be completed in a duration of 60 minutes. The questions here were also very basic including topics from pointers and strings. Overall, the test was easy to crack and didn't need any prior preparation.
Tips: Just practice some aptitude tests online. Also, be thorough with the basics of pointers and strings for the coding round.
Duration: 120 minutes
Total Questions: 63
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: The group discussion was totally driven by the hiring team. They chose the speaker and went through each of us one by one. It was a pretty short Group discussion.
Tips: Just listen to everyones points and keep noting your arguments down. If you are chosen to start the GD, then you will be most probably chosen to conclude it too. So, try to take everybody's opinions and shape a precise and to-the-point conclusion.
Duration: 15 minutes
General Tips: Just be cool throughout the process. It has nothing that can be prepared for.
Skill Tips: Practice. Practice. Practice.
Skills: Basic Coding, General Aptitude
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: The projects described in the Internship description were quite interesting.
Funny Moments: Got selected without a single interview! That's partly disappointing since we didn't get to discuss our intern profiles with them. It's funny that such a huge company can hire interns without even having an interview. It's not funny though.
6 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. There were two technical rounds and one HR round. In the first round I was asked to delete a node from a linked list
- Q2. A recursive program to print numbers in ascending order
- Q3. In the second round , I was asked to sort a string and find the alphabet which is repeated with the least relative distance
- Q4. Questions regarding my previous projects
- Q5. Asked about my interest in CS
- Q6. Projects in CS
- Q7. What is one thing that you like about PayPal after today's presentation?
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: The resume shortlist round was very fair and well structured as every one was given ample time to register for PayPal on the internship portal. The deadline was also extended for a day to give opportunity to people who might have forgotten to apply.
Tips: Make your resume tailored to the profile of the company. PayPal generally looks for people with good coding skills and a strong knowledge of algorithms. It will always help to describe a coding project in your resume.
Round: Test
Experience: It was fun to work out the aptitude section. Some of the questions were challenging
The coding section was very interesting. I enjoyed working on creating the algorithm to solve the problem.
Duration: 45 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The technical round was very good. Both the panelists were very friendly and they clearly described the problem statement. I was given ample time to work on the problems. The even helped me by giving hints whenever I got stuck
Tips: A good knowledge of Data Structures and Algorithm is required to et through the technical round
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The HR round was very casual. The manager took the candidates for short walk and spoke to us very informally. She also gave me tips on how to build my interest in coding.
General Tips: Just be cool during the interview . P
Skill Tips: One should have a good knowledge of data structures and experience in implementation of a problem
Skills: Java Programming, OOPS Using C++, Implementing Data Structures In C++, Algorithm, Data Structures, Coding Skills, Basic Coding, Aptitude
Duration: 2.5
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: My passion for coding led me to applying to PayPal . I also believe that the core values of the company strongly matches my values and ideas.
Experience: The resume shortlist round was very fair and well structured as every one was given ample time to register for PayPal on the internship portal. The deadline was also extended for a day to give opportunity to people who might have forgotten to apply.
Tips: Make your resume tailored to the profile of the company. PayPal generally looks for people with good coding skills and a strong knowledge of algorithms. It will always help to describe a coding project in your resume.
Round: Test
Experience: It was fun to work out the aptitude section. Some of the questions were challenging
The coding section was very interesting. I enjoyed working on creating the algorithm to solve the problem.
Duration: 45 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The technical round was very good. Both the panelists were very friendly and they clearly described the problem statement. I was given ample time to work on the problems. The even helped me by giving hints whenever I got stuck
Tips: A good knowledge of Data Structures and Algorithm is required to et through the technical round
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The HR round was very casual. The manager took the candidates for short walk and spoke to us very informally. She also gave me tips on how to build my interest in coding.
General Tips: Just be cool during the interview . P
Skill Tips: One should have a good knowledge of data structures and experience in implementation of a problem
Skills: Java Programming, OOPS Using C++, Implementing Data Structures In C++, Algorithm, Data Structures, Coding Skills, Basic Coding, Aptitude
Duration: 2.5
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: My passion for coding led me to applying to PayPal . I also believe that the core values of the company strongly matches my values and ideas.
I applied via Campus Placement
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Aptitude Section consisted of good logical questions. Also, there were 5 questions of basic coding concepts.
In the Coding Section, we were asked to write code for solving a problem on Hackerearth. 30 minutes were alloted for this section.
Tips: For the coding section. practice solving problems on Hackerearth and Hackerrank.
Duration: 45+30 minutes
Total Questions: 20+1
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: There were 2 rounds of technical interview. Questions from various concepts of Data Structures and Algorithms were asked. Also, questions related to the projects I had done were asked. The interviewers were very very friendly and overall it was a great experience.
Tips: Understand the concepts of Data structures and Algorithms thoroughly. Again, practice on Hackerearth and Hackerrank will help a lot.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: HR Interview was also nice. I was asked why I wanted to be a part of PayPal and what all I liked the most about the organisation. Our frequencies matched a lot on various topics. It was a very frank and friendly conversation.
Tips: Try to be frank and confident about anything you say. Do not be nervous at all.
Skill Tips: Understand the concepts thoroughly.
Skills: Coding Skills, Confi, Data Structures and Algorithms
Duration: 2.5
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Aptitude Section consisted of good logical questions. Also, there were 5 questions of basic coding concepts.
In the Coding Section, we were asked to write code for solving a problem on Hackerearth. 30 minutes were alloted for this section.
Tips: For the coding section. practice solving problems on Hackerearth and Hackerrank.
Duration: 45+30 minutes
Total Questions: 20+1
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: There were 2 rounds of technical interview. Questions from various concepts of Data Structures and Algorithms were asked. Also, questions related to the projects I had done were asked. The interviewers were very very friendly and overall it was a great experience.
Tips: Understand the concepts of Data structures and Algorithms thoroughly. Again, practice on Hackerearth and Hackerrank will help a lot.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: HR Interview was also nice. I was asked why I wanted to be a part of PayPal and what all I liked the most about the organisation. Our frequencies matched a lot on various topics. It was a very frank and friendly conversation.
Tips: Try to be frank and confident about anything you say. Do not be nervous at all.
Skill Tips: Understand the concepts thoroughly.
Skills: Coding Skills, Confi, Data Structures and Algorithms
Duration: 2.5
College Name: IIT Madras
I applied via Campus Placement
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Aptitude questions were logical, not tough. For coding, one question, not basic but very logical.
Tips: for coding part try practicing on hackerrank.
Duration: 45+30 minutes
Total Questions: 20+1
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Interviewer asked all about Linked list and Data structures and algorithm.
Tips: Atleast try learning some basic concepts of linked list, stacks, queues and binary tree.
General Tips: Interview was fair, without any partiality for girls/boys or B.Tech/Dual.
Skill Tips: Be confident and reply frankly. Never let them know that you are nervous.
Skills: Confidence
Duration: 2.5
College Name: IIT Madras
Funny Moments: "Lets go for a walk". HR interviewer will take you for a round to ask you HR questions.
Please prepare for two questions "Tell me something about you" and "Why PayPal, why not any other company".
Experience: Aptitude questions were logical, not tough. For coding, one question, not basic but very logical.
Tips: for coding part try practicing on hackerrank.
Duration: 45+30 minutes
Total Questions: 20+1
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Interviewer asked all about Linked list and Data structures and algorithm.
Tips: Atleast try learning some basic concepts of linked list, stacks, queues and binary tree.
General Tips: Interview was fair, without any partiality for girls/boys or B.Tech/Dual.
Skill Tips: Be confident and reply frankly. Never let them know that you are nervous.
Skills: Confidence
Duration: 2.5
College Name: IIT Madras
Funny Moments: "Lets go for a walk". HR interviewer will take you for a round to ask you HR questions.
Please prepare for two questions "Tell me something about you" and "Why PayPal, why not any other company".
I applied via Campus Placement
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Very easy! Just make a proper resume. Mention all your skills whether it be technical or something else.
Tips: If mentioning any projects done, they are definitely going to ask you about it in the interview. Be prepared.
Round: Test
Experience: Aptitude :
Intermediate level
Includes : Data interpretation, logical questions and finding output of C code
Last 5 questions will be related to C programming
Technical :
Technical was also moderated level. It will be C++/Java coding. Only one question. I was asked to find the length of longest palindrome in a given string.
Tips: Just try to do C programming related questions before because sometimes you may get stuck in some aptitude questions. If at all you get stuck, move ahead and come back later to that question.
Duration: 75 minutes
Total Questions: 21
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Questions asked were related to linked lists(singly/doubly), stacks, sorting, string manipulation etc.
Tips: Just be calm. If you know, say yes. If you can try, say it. If you don't know at all, just admit it. It'll be fine.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Similar to first technical interview.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Very easy
They basically try to know your background. Speak it boldly with confidence. Be enthusiastic, this will make an impression on them. They might ask "Why PayPal?". Be ready with it.
General Tips: Just be calm in HR irrespective of your technicals (in case it doesn't go well).
Skills: Way Of Answering, Communication Skills, C
Duration: 2.5
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Very easy! Just make a proper resume. Mention all your skills whether it be technical or something else.
Tips: If mentioning any projects done, they are definitely going to ask you about it in the interview. Be prepared.
Round: Test
Experience: Aptitude :
Intermediate level
Includes : Data interpretation, logical questions and finding output of C code
Last 5 questions will be related to C programming
Technical :
Technical was also moderated level. It will be C++/Java coding. Only one question. I was asked to find the length of longest palindrome in a given string.
Tips: Just try to do C programming related questions before because sometimes you may get stuck in some aptitude questions. If at all you get stuck, move ahead and come back later to that question.
Duration: 75 minutes
Total Questions: 21
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Questions asked were related to linked lists(singly/doubly), stacks, sorting, string manipulation etc.
Tips: Just be calm. If you know, say yes. If you can try, say it. If you don't know at all, just admit it. It'll be fine.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Similar to first technical interview.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Very easy
They basically try to know your background. Speak it boldly with confidence. Be enthusiastic, this will make an impression on them. They might ask "Why PayPal?". Be ready with it.
General Tips: Just be calm in HR irrespective of your technicals (in case it doesn't go well).
Skills: Way Of Answering, Communication Skills, C
Duration: 2.5
College Name: IIT Madras
I applied via Campus Placement
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Good one. Need to be really quick in solving basic math puzzles
Duration: 45min minutes
Round: Test
Experience: Simple question but make sure you don't do silly mistakes in the code
Tips: Practice basic coding problems
Duration: 30min minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Asked basic questions to test your skills. And obviously asked you to optimize your algorithm.
It was more like a discussion of stuff than an interview. I enjoyed it.
Tips: Be cool. Stay calm.
General Tips: Practice coding questions in any good website
Skills: Aptitude, Basic Coding
Duration: 2.5
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: It is a very well established company
Experience: Good one. Need to be really quick in solving basic math puzzles
Duration: 45min minutes
Round: Test
Experience: Simple question but make sure you don't do silly mistakes in the code
Tips: Practice basic coding problems
Duration: 30min minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Asked basic questions to test your skills. And obviously asked you to optimize your algorithm.
It was more like a discussion of stuff than an interview. I enjoyed it.
Tips: Be cool. Stay calm.
General Tips: Practice coding questions in any good website
Skills: Aptitude, Basic Coding
Duration: 2.5
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: It is a very well established company
Raunak Kalani
posted on 28 Sep 2015
I applied via Campus Placement
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Linked Lists and Stacks
- Q2. Sorting algo. Basic Datastructures
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: The test was fairly easy , but some questions required complete knowledge of the subject
Tips: Do some basic questions on C++ and Java programming like string operations etc.
Duration: 120 minutes
Total Questions: 20
Skills: Object Oriented Programming (OOP) Basics, Basic C/C++, Implementing Data Structures In C++, OOPS Using C++
Duration: 2.5
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: The test was fairly easy , but some questions required complete knowledge of the subject
Tips: Do some basic questions on C++ and Java programming like string operations etc.
Duration: 120 minutes
Total Questions: 20
Skills: Object Oriented Programming (OOP) Basics, Basic C/C++, Implementing Data Structures In C++, OOPS Using C++
Duration: 2.5
College Name: IIT Madras
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