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Updated
4 Dec 2024
1.2k interviews found
I applied via Campus Placement
2 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: While filling the essay form I did a lot of soul-searching. I understood myself better and appreciated my finer qualities.
Tips: First understand the profile the company wants. List all your interests and compare it with the profile. Pick the points from your interest list which you feel are relevant to the profile the company seeks. Pitch them in the appropriate manner.
General Tips: Just be yourself during interview. Be humble be calm and don't forget to smile. Don't lie in your resume and tell the truth like what you exactly feel. It is the interviewer who knows the parameters to judge you, so keep your points concise, do not exaggerate, and hope for the best.
Skills: Resume Writing, Interpersonal communication
Duration: 10 weeks
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: I had the prerequisite knowledge and experience about this profile that I learned from my team Raftar (FSAE Team, IIT Madras ). Mostly I got motivation from my friends and team leader Mohit.
Funny Moments: During the HR interview, in one question I started talking about Doraemon. After some time I started talking about women and girlfriends in general.
Experience: While filling the essay form I did a lot of soul-searching. I understood myself better and appreciated my finer qualities.
Tips: First understand the profile the company wants. List all your interests and compare it with the profile. Pick the points from your interest list which you feel are relevant to the profile the company seeks. Pitch them in the appropriate manner.
General Tips: Just be yourself during interview. Be humble be calm and don't forget to smile. Don't lie in your resume and tell the truth like what you exactly feel. It is the interviewer who knows the parameters to judge you, so keep your points concise, do not exaggerate, and hope for the best.
Skills: Resume Writing, Interpersonal communication
Duration: 10 weeks
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: I had the prerequisite knowledge and experience about this profile that I learned from my team Raftar (FSAE Team, IIT Madras ). Mostly I got motivation from my friends and team leader Mohit.
Funny Moments: During the HR interview, in one question I started talking about Doraemon. After some time I started talking about women and girlfriends in general.
I applied via Campus Placement
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Shortlist procedure:
Shortlist was based on resume and a HR essay about Sony.
Sony cares only about your extra tech activities (Tech stuff that you do on your own and not as part of some Course..). It doesn't care even about your CGPA.
My resume was plain and simple with only one highlighted E2A Hackathon project and about my CORE internship in NARL, Tirupathi
As my resume doesn't have much of projects (which Sony looks for) I tried to write my essay as good as possible
Till my interview ending I thought that was the reason why I got shortlisted out of 100 people that applied for Sony but Japanese HR told at the end of interview that he didn't like the essay at all :-(
Tips: Highlight your Projects but not all of them, only the important ones.
I did quite a few other projects but I only highlighted this project.
I tried to write my resume in such a way that it makes the interviewer feel that I am dedicated to one particular thing at a time and after gaining sufficient knowledge, experience form that I moved onto another project.
Also they look for what do you do in your free time as in did you learn any programming languages in your free time...
Round: HR Interview
Experience: For me Technical and HR interview happened simultaneously.
Any interview can never get more easier than that.
None of the shortlisted candidates felt any kind of pressure, tension or discomfort during the interview.
My interview was as if I was talking to my friends. They were so kind down to earth and polite.
Some questions asked were:
1)Tell me about yourself? I didn't say anything wantedly (I don't like this question at all)
2)About Sony and Sony products used by me
3)Explain all the technical work done by you
4)anything that you know about the profile/work (about how Bluetooth headphones work... in my case)
5)parents opinion on Japanese intern
Tips: There was one more guy who is much ahead of me all the above mentioned projects... but maybe the reason why they selected me is because I was confident and didn't have any other second thoughts than cracking the interview .
One of my friend still had confusion whether to do research intern or Core intern.
Skill Tips: Do we have the zeal to work and do something productive, really good product on you own without someone always pushing you to do it.
They test this in different ways. Except the HR questions about JAPAN none of us had same questions, one had questions about courses she did. One guy had a lot of CFI projects (I had none) but they didn't ask him to explain about his projects. All questions seemed so random for us.
With all these random questions they somehow correlated to find their best match. One thing which I can say is those interviewers are highly qualified and their selection process is not random
Skills: Working on your own
Duration: 2.29
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: SONY name needs no introduction.
Experience: Shortlist procedure:
Shortlist was based on resume and a HR essay about Sony.
Sony cares only about your extra tech activities (Tech stuff that you do on your own and not as part of some Course..). It doesn't care even about your CGPA.
My resume was plain and simple with only one highlighted E2A Hackathon project and about my CORE internship in NARL, Tirupathi
As my resume doesn't have much of projects (which Sony looks for) I tried to write my essay as good as possible
Till my interview ending I thought that was the reason why I got shortlisted out of 100 people that applied for Sony but Japanese HR told at the end of interview that he didn't like the essay at all :-(
Tips: Highlight your Projects but not all of them, only the important ones.
I did quite a few other projects but I only highlighted this project.
I tried to write my resume in such a way that it makes the interviewer feel that I am dedicated to one particular thing at a time and after gaining sufficient knowledge, experience form that I moved onto another project.
Also they look for what do you do in your free time as in did you learn any programming languages in your free time...
Round: HR Interview
Experience: For me Technical and HR interview happened simultaneously.
Any interview can never get more easier than that.
None of the shortlisted candidates felt any kind of pressure, tension or discomfort during the interview.
My interview was as if I was talking to my friends. They were so kind down to earth and polite.
Some questions asked were:
1)Tell me about yourself? I didn't say anything wantedly (I don't like this question at all)
2)About Sony and Sony products used by me
3)Explain all the technical work done by you
4)anything that you know about the profile/work (about how Bluetooth headphones work... in my case)
5)parents opinion on Japanese intern
Tips: There was one more guy who is much ahead of me all the above mentioned projects... but maybe the reason why they selected me is because I was confident and didn't have any other second thoughts than cracking the interview .
One of my friend still had confusion whether to do research intern or Core intern.
Skill Tips: Do we have the zeal to work and do something productive, really good product on you own without someone always pushing you to do it.
They test this in different ways. Except the HR questions about JAPAN none of us had same questions, one had questions about courses she did. One guy had a lot of CFI projects (I had none) but they didn't ask him to explain about his projects. All questions seemed so random for us.
With all these random questions they somehow correlated to find their best match. One thing which I can say is those interviewers are highly qualified and their selection process is not random
Skills: Working on your own
Duration: 2.29
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: SONY name needs no introduction.
I applied via Campus Placement
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: It was Data Interpretation.Time constraint. It was important to look for easier questions than solve the ones which were time consuming. Just a notch tougher that DI of CAT.
Tips: Look for easier problems in the paper. Avoid silly mistakes.
Round: Other Interview
Experience: I had 3 interviews all of which were case studies. The difficulty level kept increasing as the interview process moved forward. Became very math intensive. Be sure you be very logical while answering and consider all the basic factors which affect the profitability of a particular change.
Tips: Keep talking to the interviewer. They help. Be confident
General Tips: Be very confident. Try avoiding silly mistakes. Apologize to them if you commit any.
Skills: Basic Econimics, Framing equations out of given data, Making sense of the given data, Basic knowledge of how the products in the case studies work
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: One of the best in its field.
Funny Moments: I had to have a quick break(Had to pee) in middle of a problem during the 3rd interview. The guy was chilled out and he understood and permitted me. But it was awkward to ask such a thing.
Experience: It was Data Interpretation.Time constraint. It was important to look for easier questions than solve the ones which were time consuming. Just a notch tougher that DI of CAT.
Tips: Look for easier problems in the paper. Avoid silly mistakes.
Round: Other Interview
Experience: I had 3 interviews all of which were case studies. The difficulty level kept increasing as the interview process moved forward. Became very math intensive. Be sure you be very logical while answering and consider all the basic factors which affect the profitability of a particular change.
Tips: Keep talking to the interviewer. They help. Be confident
General Tips: Be very confident. Try avoiding silly mistakes. Apologize to them if you commit any.
Skills: Basic Econimics, Framing equations out of given data, Making sense of the given data, Basic knowledge of how the products in the case studies work
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: One of the best in its field.
Funny Moments: I had to have a quick break(Had to pee) in middle of a problem during the 3rd interview. The guy was chilled out and he understood and permitted me. But it was awkward to ask such a thing.
I applied via Campus Placement
1 Interview Round
Interview Questions
- Q1. Questions were mainly about compiler basics and logical questions
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The interviewer was very friendly and encouraging.
Tips: Don't become stressed and think carefully before answering
Skills:
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: The interviewer was very friendly and encouraging.
Tips: Don't become stressed and think carefully before answering
Skills:
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
I applied via Campus Placement
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: was tough , since there were lots of questions from the topics i haven't studied.
Tips: prepare yourself before going to test......attempt only that part (analog/digital) which u have prepared .....this will save your time.
Duration: 90 minutes
Total Questions: 60
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Was good . Questions asked were challenging and tricky , I answered most of them.
Tips: They will ask u the topics u know, then they will ask questions on that. They are very friendly so if u are stuck at some step ask them , they will help you.......asking is better than keeping quiet.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Was very lite.
Tips: Just be yourself......selection mostly depends only on technical interview...so need not to worry about this.
Skills: Apptitude, analog and digital knowledge
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: was tough , since there were lots of questions from the topics i haven't studied.
Tips: prepare yourself before going to test......attempt only that part (analog/digital) which u have prepared .....this will save your time.
Duration: 90 minutes
Total Questions: 60
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Was good . Questions asked were challenging and tricky , I answered most of them.
Tips: They will ask u the topics u know, then they will ask questions on that. They are very friendly so if u are stuck at some step ask them , they will help you.......asking is better than keeping quiet.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Was very lite.
Tips: Just be yourself......selection mostly depends only on technical interview...so need not to worry about this.
Skills: Apptitude, analog and digital knowledge
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
I applied via Campus Placement
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: The test is conducted in hacker rank in Electrical DCF. The questions are asked in Probability, Coding, Data Structures and Algorithms.
Tips: Just go through your probability notes and DSA notes and your Advanced and Computer Programming lab assignments.
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 8
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I stammerd a bit as it is my first interview but I was able to answer Q 1 and 3 and 2 with a small help as for 2 I was trying for answer which is "Not possible" as the sum of elements is odd.
Tips: Be cool the questions will be easy. You just have to think peacefully and answer them. Question asked doesn't mean it will have an answer.
Skills: Probability, Data Structures and Algorithms., Aptitude
Duration: 2.5
College Name: Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Motivation: I want to do Reasearch and get patents which will be useful for my Higher Studies.
Experience: The test is conducted in hacker rank in Electrical DCF. The questions are asked in Probability, Coding, Data Structures and Algorithms.
Tips: Just go through your probability notes and DSA notes and your Advanced and Computer Programming lab assignments.
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 8
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I stammerd a bit as it is my first interview but I was able to answer Q 1 and 3 and 2 with a small help as for 2 I was trying for answer which is "Not possible" as the sum of elements is odd.
Tips: Be cool the questions will be easy. You just have to think peacefully and answer them. Question asked doesn't mean it will have an answer.
Skills: Probability, Data Structures and Algorithms., Aptitude
Duration: 2.5
College Name: Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Motivation: I want to do Reasearch and get patents which will be useful for my Higher Studies.
I applied via Campus Placement
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Multiple choice questions pretty much covered everything. This included details of big O notation , concepts from computer organisation etc . Be a little careful while writing outputs as there might be misleading options.
Duration: 90 minutes
Total Questions: 22
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Building part was quite easy . Should have a little practice of writing code on paper.
Be careful about edge cases . The interviewer took it pretty seriously (things like root node should not be null)
Skills: Data Structures And Algorithms, C and one Object oriented language, Computer Organisation, Basic Aptitude topics like Combinatorics
Duration: 2 months
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Multiple choice questions pretty much covered everything. This included details of big O notation , concepts from computer organisation etc . Be a little careful while writing outputs as there might be misleading options.
Duration: 90 minutes
Total Questions: 22
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Building part was quite easy . Should have a little practice of writing code on paper.
Be careful about edge cases . The interviewer took it pretty seriously (things like root node should not be null)
Skills: Data Structures And Algorithms, C and one Object oriented language, Computer Organisation, Basic Aptitude topics like Combinatorics
Duration: 2 months
College Name: IIT Madras
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posted on 28 Aug 2015
I applied via Campus Placement
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Out of 20 MCQ's ,I think I solved 13-15 MCQ's Correctly. I solved easy MCQ's first and spent sometime on tough one's.
MCQ's were simple to tough I/O questions ,OS Questions etc.
In coding round they asked one D.P problem and one problem related to stack . I solved the stack question. So I can say
I did OK on this round and got selected to Interview.
Tips: Get comfortable with Data structures and Algorithms, and also have some basic idea of OS,DBMS.
Duration: 1:30 minute
Total Questions: 22
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The Interviewer was friendly and first he asked questions about my projects, previous internship etc .
He then gave me a question related to B-Tree and asked me to tell the algorithm. First I gave naive solution, then he told me to improve efficiency. Though I took some time, I eventually arrived at a efficient solution. He asked to code that algo in any programming language. so I coded the algo in Java within 10 minutes. He went through my code thoroughly and corrected some minor mistakes. After this he asked if I have any questions for him, I then asked some questions related to work profile. After this round I was called for another techincal round. This round lasted for 50 minutes.
Tips: I prepared from geeks for geeks for interviews and I think it helps a lot. Think out loud as Interviewer also observes your thought process.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: This round was a breeze as the Interviewer was very warm and he asked me various questions related to the courses
I took. I think he asked questions related to prob theory,OS,discrete Maths etc. I answered most of them correctly.
This round lasted for 45 minutes.
Tips: As said above think out loud and have a good presence of mind. It helps if you revise the courses mentioned in your resume.
General Tips: Practice programming a lot, preferably from Hacker rank etc. Come prepared for the Interview.
Don't panic and have a fresh mind for interview
Skills: Programming, problem solving
Duration: 2 Months
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: It's a good company,offering a decent stipend and one more thing it's in Hyderabad which is my hometown.
Funny Moments: Nothing that I remember of.
Experience: Out of 20 MCQ's ,I think I solved 13-15 MCQ's Correctly. I solved easy MCQ's first and spent sometime on tough one's.
MCQ's were simple to tough I/O questions ,OS Questions etc.
In coding round they asked one D.P problem and one problem related to stack . I solved the stack question. So I can say
I did OK on this round and got selected to Interview.
Tips: Get comfortable with Data structures and Algorithms, and also have some basic idea of OS,DBMS.
Duration: 1:30 minute
Total Questions: 22
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The Interviewer was friendly and first he asked questions about my projects, previous internship etc .
He then gave me a question related to B-Tree and asked me to tell the algorithm. First I gave naive solution, then he told me to improve efficiency. Though I took some time, I eventually arrived at a efficient solution. He asked to code that algo in any programming language. so I coded the algo in Java within 10 minutes. He went through my code thoroughly and corrected some minor mistakes. After this he asked if I have any questions for him, I then asked some questions related to work profile. After this round I was called for another techincal round. This round lasted for 50 minutes.
Tips: I prepared from geeks for geeks for interviews and I think it helps a lot. Think out loud as Interviewer also observes your thought process.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: This round was a breeze as the Interviewer was very warm and he asked me various questions related to the courses
I took. I think he asked questions related to prob theory,OS,discrete Maths etc. I answered most of them correctly.
This round lasted for 45 minutes.
Tips: As said above think out loud and have a good presence of mind. It helps if you revise the courses mentioned in your resume.
General Tips: Practice programming a lot, preferably from Hacker rank etc. Come prepared for the Interview.
Don't panic and have a fresh mind for interview
Skills: Programming, problem solving
Duration: 2 Months
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: It's a good company,offering a decent stipend and one more thing it's in Hyderabad which is my hometown.
Funny Moments: Nothing that I remember of.
I applied via Campus Placement
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: The aptitude questions were easy. 100% score in the aptitude part won't be a problem.
The Analog part was tough. There were questions mostly on circuits with nMOS, pMOS and BJT. Also a lot of LCR circuit based questions were there.
The Digital part was moderate. Some basic logic questions, K-map solving, delay calculation were there.
Tips: I don't think any special preparation is required for the aptitude part. Also, during exam its good to start with the aptitude part.
For analog and digital part, proper knowledge of electric and magnetic circuits, analog circuits and digital circuits is required.
Duration: 2 hours minutes
Total Questions: 60
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I got selected for the digital profile and so only questions related to digital circuits were asked to me. During the technical interview, the questions asked were easy and very basic. Just a quick revision of digital circuits course enabled me to answer most of the questions correctly.
Tips: Before going to the interview, make sure that you revise the digital circuits course, at least the basic part if not everything.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The HR experience was awesome. Questions asked were interesting and I loved answering them.
Tips: Make sure that you speak clearly and confidently. Don't be silent for any question. Say something at least and keep your nerve at the same time. When the interviewer asks whether you have a question for him/her, make sure to be prepared with something. All the Best !!
Skills: Knowledge of basic digital circuits, Reasoning power and aptitude, Confidence , Programming skills in any language like C, Java, etc., Hardware description languages : VHDL and Verilog
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: I have always been passionate about working on Microprocessors and the coding involved. Texas Instruments, being one of the leading semiconductors company would provide me an awesome opportunity to realize my passion.
Experience: The aptitude questions were easy. 100% score in the aptitude part won't be a problem.
The Analog part was tough. There were questions mostly on circuits with nMOS, pMOS and BJT. Also a lot of LCR circuit based questions were there.
The Digital part was moderate. Some basic logic questions, K-map solving, delay calculation were there.
Tips: I don't think any special preparation is required for the aptitude part. Also, during exam its good to start with the aptitude part.
For analog and digital part, proper knowledge of electric and magnetic circuits, analog circuits and digital circuits is required.
Duration: 2 hours minutes
Total Questions: 60
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I got selected for the digital profile and so only questions related to digital circuits were asked to me. During the technical interview, the questions asked were easy and very basic. Just a quick revision of digital circuits course enabled me to answer most of the questions correctly.
Tips: Before going to the interview, make sure that you revise the digital circuits course, at least the basic part if not everything.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The HR experience was awesome. Questions asked were interesting and I loved answering them.
Tips: Make sure that you speak clearly and confidently. Don't be silent for any question. Say something at least and keep your nerve at the same time. When the interviewer asks whether you have a question for him/her, make sure to be prepared with something. All the Best !!
Skills: Knowledge of basic digital circuits, Reasoning power and aptitude, Confidence , Programming skills in any language like C, Java, etc., Hardware description languages : VHDL and Verilog
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: I have always been passionate about working on Microprocessors and the coding involved. Texas Instruments, being one of the leading semiconductors company would provide me an awesome opportunity to realize my passion.
I applied via Campus Placement
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: The test has three parts , Analog, Digital and aptitude. Every part has 20 questions . The technical parts are of slightly higher difficulty than what is taught generally. For the aptitude part, the questions are pretty straightforward and are simple enough to do .
Tips: Check out video lectures on IITM VLSI page for analog courses.
Duration: 120 minutes
Total Questions: 60
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The questions for Digital profile are simple and if you brush through any digital systems book like Morris Mano, then you will be able to answer all the questions. For some students they asked two rounds and for others they only had one.
Tips: Keep your cool. The questions will be very logical So if you don't know it ,you can solve it there
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The HR interview has questions like Why TI? Where did you hear about TI first? What inspired you to be an engineer ? What are your plans for further studies ? etc.
Tips: It is supposed to be more like a conversation than an interview. So be yourself and know about your interests because if you can't answer questions about your life , then that is not a good sign.
General Tips: Talk to them . After the interview before you leave get to know a little about them like their name and other things. Since they asked you so much about yourself it does make sense to ask them back so that you will learn a little more about the company and their attitude.
Skill Tips: They only tested if you can think on your feet.
Duration: Two
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: It is one of the best Core companies in Electrical and Electronics that invests heavily in R&D . So I was motivated to apply
Experience: The test has three parts , Analog, Digital and aptitude. Every part has 20 questions . The technical parts are of slightly higher difficulty than what is taught generally. For the aptitude part, the questions are pretty straightforward and are simple enough to do .
Tips: Check out video lectures on IITM VLSI page for analog courses.
Duration: 120 minutes
Total Questions: 60
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The questions for Digital profile are simple and if you brush through any digital systems book like Morris Mano, then you will be able to answer all the questions. For some students they asked two rounds and for others they only had one.
Tips: Keep your cool. The questions will be very logical So if you don't know it ,you can solve it there
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The HR interview has questions like Why TI? Where did you hear about TI first? What inspired you to be an engineer ? What are your plans for further studies ? etc.
Tips: It is supposed to be more like a conversation than an interview. So be yourself and know about your interests because if you can't answer questions about your life , then that is not a good sign.
General Tips: Talk to them . After the interview before you leave get to know a little about them like their name and other things. Since they asked you so much about yourself it does make sense to ask them back so that you will learn a little more about the company and their attitude.
Skill Tips: They only tested if you can think on your feet.
Duration: Two
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: It is one of the best Core companies in Electrical and Electronics that invests heavily in R&D . So I was motivated to apply
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