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Updated
4 Dec 2024
1.2k interviews found
I applied via Campus Placement
1 Interview Round
Interview Questions
- Q1. Questions from resume about computer science or IT related points
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: After the customary " Tell my about Yourself" and "Why Barclays?", I was asked about my previous internship ( which was in IT domain ) and an android game that I had made. I just explained both of them completely and gave the interviewer a demo of my game.
Tips: Having points in your resume (projects, internships etc.) that prove your coding aptitude definitely helps. Explain everything completely with full clarity along with all the steps you took, the things you learned and most importantly the difficulties faces and how you overcame them. ( I spoke for 15 to 20 mins straight)
General Tips: Speak confidently and be positive. Also shake your interviewer's hand.
Skill Tips: You mostly wont be tested on coding if you have projects as a proof of your skill.
Skills: Big Data Analytics, Analytical Skills, Basic Coding, IT Skills, Ability To Deliver On A Project
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: Global exposure, best in terms of stipend and other facilities.
Funny Moments: I had to run all the way back to my hostel mid interview as I wasn't having my game in my phone initially.
Experience: After the customary " Tell my about Yourself" and "Why Barclays?", I was asked about my previous internship ( which was in IT domain ) and an android game that I had made. I just explained both of them completely and gave the interviewer a demo of my game.
Tips: Having points in your resume (projects, internships etc.) that prove your coding aptitude definitely helps. Explain everything completely with full clarity along with all the steps you took, the things you learned and most importantly the difficulties faces and how you overcame them. ( I spoke for 15 to 20 mins straight)
General Tips: Speak confidently and be positive. Also shake your interviewer's hand.
Skill Tips: You mostly wont be tested on coding if you have projects as a proof of your skill.
Skills: Big Data Analytics, Analytical Skills, Basic Coding, IT Skills, Ability To Deliver On A Project
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: Global exposure, best in terms of stipend and other facilities.
Funny Moments: I had to run all the way back to my hostel mid interview as I wasn't having my game in my phone initially.
I applied via Campus Placement
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Being from CS department even though CG is LESS i got through it.
Tips: Here Only CG matters..i don't say that it should be too good...but it should be atleast meeting the minimum requirements.
Round: Test
Experience: The questions were very good....I loved to spend time on some of these questions
Tips: Having experience in writing aptitude test will give an edge...but dont worry even if you doesn't have any experience its ok.The Trick is how you mange your Time.Accuracy counts.So Be in a search for the Next Easiest Question.
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 60
Round: Test
Experience: The questions were not too tough algorithamically.I got the First question in less than 5 minutes but the next two i got compilation errors.
Tips: first check all the questions and find which is easy and try attempting it in the order of ease. Doing 2 of 3 Correctly will Guarantee you a pass to the next round.
Duration: 60 MINUTES minutes
Total Questions: 3
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Being My First GD it looked to me as a New Experience.I have Just said how it relates to me and added if it helped an Induvidual like me then I definitely believe that it had done a lot to the world.(said both YES and NO)Thats it!!!!!!!!!!!
Tips: Don't Focus on how many point you have to say but Saying the points which are sharp and have a relation to Yourself or a real world induvidual would help.DON'T PANIC.BE COOL.
Duration: 30 minutes minutes
General Tips: DON'T feel BAD if you have a low CG when compared to others.JUST BELIEVE in YOURSELF and GOD will definitely help you.THE key is whatever is you might do just go and GIVE YOUR BEST.
Skill Tips: Experience helps!!!!But MORE than that TIME "COUNTS"
Skills: Verbal Ability, Data Interpretation, General Aptitude
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: HIGH REPUTATION COMPANY,STUDENT FRIENDLY COMPANY,World Class company & Stipend.
Experience: Being from CS department even though CG is LESS i got through it.
Tips: Here Only CG matters..i don't say that it should be too good...but it should be atleast meeting the minimum requirements.
Round: Test
Experience: The questions were very good....I loved to spend time on some of these questions
Tips: Having experience in writing aptitude test will give an edge...but dont worry even if you doesn't have any experience its ok.The Trick is how you mange your Time.Accuracy counts.So Be in a search for the Next Easiest Question.
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 60
Round: Test
Experience: The questions were not too tough algorithamically.I got the First question in less than 5 minutes but the next two i got compilation errors.
Tips: first check all the questions and find which is easy and try attempting it in the order of ease. Doing 2 of 3 Correctly will Guarantee you a pass to the next round.
Duration: 60 MINUTES minutes
Total Questions: 3
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Being My First GD it looked to me as a New Experience.I have Just said how it relates to me and added if it helped an Induvidual like me then I definitely believe that it had done a lot to the world.(said both YES and NO)Thats it!!!!!!!!!!!
Tips: Don't Focus on how many point you have to say but Saying the points which are sharp and have a relation to Yourself or a real world induvidual would help.DON'T PANIC.BE COOL.
Duration: 30 minutes minutes
General Tips: DON'T feel BAD if you have a low CG when compared to others.JUST BELIEVE in YOURSELF and GOD will definitely help you.THE key is whatever is you might do just go and GIVE YOUR BEST.
Skill Tips: Experience helps!!!!But MORE than that TIME "COUNTS"
Skills: Verbal Ability, Data Interpretation, General Aptitude
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: HIGH REPUTATION COMPANY,STUDENT FRIENDLY COMPANY,World Class company & Stipend.
I applied via Campus Placement
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Tips: Be honest and have complete understanding of what you have written in your resume
Round: Group Discussion
Tips: Be patient and give answers , Do not jump to conclusions
General Tips: Be relaxed before the interview / test for every company. Do not prepare by studying all night etc , doesn't help , Go through the profile of the company before coming for the interview
Skills: Interest In The Job, Internet of things, General Aptitude, Coding Skills, Basic Coding
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: Interested to gain knowledge in this field
Tips: Be honest and have complete understanding of what you have written in your resume
Round: Group Discussion
Tips: Be patient and give answers , Do not jump to conclusions
General Tips: Be relaxed before the interview / test for every company. Do not prepare by studying all night etc , doesn't help , Go through the profile of the company before coming for the interview
Skills: Interest In The Job, Internet of things, General Aptitude, Coding Skills, Basic Coding
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: Interested to gain knowledge in this field
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 Questions
- Q1. 100 white eggs and 100 black eggs are distributed in 2 bags and now choosen a egg. The way to be distribute the eggs so that the probability of getting a black ...read more
- Q2. Given an array of 1 to 30 numbers put minus before some numbers so that sum of elements in array is zero
- Q3. Given a binary tree print the left most element in each level. Note: Nodes need not have children. It's not complete binary tree
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 Questions
- Q1. Given a binary tree, build a doubly linked list for the leaves of the tree in the given order without using any extra space
- Q2. Given a table m*n , find the number of ways of reaching from one corner to opposite corner, if a person can only move in two directions( towards the goal)
- Q3. A person can take one or two steps at a time. Find the number of ways in which n steps can be travelled
- Q4. Take a infix expression as input and print its postfix expression
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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