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sai nishanth padala
posted on 28 Aug 2015
I applied via Campus Placement
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Questions based on resume and coding questions
- Q2. Questions from various courses I took which I mentioned in my resume
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 Questions
- Q1. Implement a 3 bit asynchronous counter using T flip flops
- Q2. Questions on Verilog and VHDL coding. What is the always block used for?
- Q3. Circuit diagram of MUX and DEMUX using gates?
- Q4. Find factorial of a given number recursively
- Q5. Making a full adder using 2 half adders
- Q6. Reducing complexity of a given algorithm by suggesting a better one
- Q7. Why do you want to join Texas Instruments?
- Q8. What changes do you notice within you after coming to IIT?
- Q9. What are your hobbies?
- Q10. If I ask one of your friends about you, what response will I get?
- Q11. Tell something which your friends don't know about you
- Q12. Do you have a question for me?
- Q13. How was your technical round?
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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Ujjawal Soni
posted on 27 Aug 2015
I applied via Campus Placement
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: MCQs are puzzles and basic probability problems.
For 1 coding question, we had to write a pseudo code and for other the complete code in any programming language.
Creative question was to test the thinking of the participant on some technological idea.
Tips: Practice basic probability and pseudo code writing before going for the test.
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 8
General Tips: The company wants to see how innovative the participant is , so Creative question has a high weightage, so don't skip that question.
Skills: Probability Concepts, Algorithms and Data Structures, Creative thinking
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: I am interested in research internship in digital media. Also, I got a good positive feedback from seniors who interned there, about the work culture and quality of work company does.
Experience: MCQs are puzzles and basic probability problems.
For 1 coding question, we had to write a pseudo code and for other the complete code in any programming language.
Creative question was to test the thinking of the participant on some technological idea.
Tips: Practice basic probability and pseudo code writing before going for the test.
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 8
General Tips: The company wants to see how innovative the participant is , so Creative question has a high weightage, so don't skip that question.
Skills: Probability Concepts, Algorithms and Data Structures, Creative thinking
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: I am interested in research internship in digital media. Also, I got a good positive feedback from seniors who interned there, about the work culture and quality of work company does.
I applied via Campus Placement
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Sort an array such that all elements at even indices are smaller than their neighbouring odd indexed elements, and all odd indexed elements are greater than the...read more
- Q2. Given two nodes of a binary tree, find their first common ancestor
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: pleasant :)
Tips: Be good at basic math and puzzle questions
Duration: 60 minutes minutes
Total Questions: 8
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: good
Skills: coding, maths(esp probability)
Duration: 2 months
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: pleasant :)
Tips: Be good at basic math and puzzle questions
Duration: 60 minutes minutes
Total Questions: 8
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: good
Skills: coding, maths(esp probability)
Duration: 2 months
College Name: IIT Madras
I applied via Campus Placement
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. First question was about a robot and tracking his movements.Given a string of moves a robot makes check if he ends up at the location he starts from?
- Q2. Given a list of stars and their distances from the earth.Find an efficient solution to find the k closest stars to earth?
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: The online coding test is not that difficult. The questions are very easy. Only thing is that you have to come up with an efficient solution.The naive solutions are fairly obvious.
Tips: Practice some algorithms questions.
Duration: 90 minutes
Total Questions: 2
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: First question was very simple. I was asked for the solution first and then to write the code on paper and show it to him.Second question requires more time to think.
Tips: A good knowledge of data structures and algorithms will help you clear the interview with ease.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The guy asking questions makes you feel relaxed. He will give you a feedback about the test and the questions asked in the test. I appreciated the feedback. He pointed out things i could have done better.
Tips: The HR interview is relatively easy. Its just a chat about you and your interests and some other questions like "why should I hire you?".
General Tips: A good knowledge of Data structures and Algorithms will help clear the interview and the test.
Skill Tips: Practice Data structures and Algorithms questions.
Skills: Data structures and Algorithms, Coming up with efficient solutions
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: I wanted to apply for Flipkart as I have seen its meteoric rise in the past few years. It has transformed the wasy people shop in India.
Experience: The online coding test is not that difficult. The questions are very easy. Only thing is that you have to come up with an efficient solution.The naive solutions are fairly obvious.
Tips: Practice some algorithms questions.
Duration: 90 minutes
Total Questions: 2
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: First question was very simple. I was asked for the solution first and then to write the code on paper and show it to him.Second question requires more time to think.
Tips: A good knowledge of data structures and algorithms will help you clear the interview with ease.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The guy asking questions makes you feel relaxed. He will give you a feedback about the test and the questions asked in the test. I appreciated the feedback. He pointed out things i could have done better.
Tips: The HR interview is relatively easy. Its just a chat about you and your interests and some other questions like "why should I hire you?".
General Tips: A good knowledge of Data structures and Algorithms will help clear the interview and the test.
Skill Tips: Practice Data structures and Algorithms questions.
Skills: Data structures and Algorithms, Coming up with efficient solutions
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: I wanted to apply for Flipkart as I have seen its meteoric rise in the past few years. It has transformed the wasy people shop in India.
I applied via Campus Placement
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: It was a good one but both questions would have been easy if we know more libraries in java
Tips: Both the questions were related to bigint. It could have been better if both questions were from different areas
Duration: 90 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I felt my interview went fine since i was able to answer most of their questions.They gave many hints even if i didn't get the right one
Tips: Everything was fine
Round: HR Interview
Experience: I was able to see myself how i responded to questions asked regarding me and sometimes i was just blabbering
Tips: nothing
General Tips: One must be good at datastrucures and algorithms
Skill Tips: nothing
Skills: Datastructures and Algorithms
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: I wanted to do something for the company where I ordered many of my things
Funny Moments: No funny moments as such but I enjoyed talking to the hr interviewer
Experience: It was a good one but both questions would have been easy if we know more libraries in java
Tips: Both the questions were related to bigint. It could have been better if both questions were from different areas
Duration: 90 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I felt my interview went fine since i was able to answer most of their questions.They gave many hints even if i didn't get the right one
Tips: Everything was fine
Round: HR Interview
Experience: I was able to see myself how i responded to questions asked regarding me and sometimes i was just blabbering
Tips: nothing
General Tips: One must be good at datastrucures and algorithms
Skill Tips: nothing
Skills: Datastructures and Algorithms
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: I wanted to do something for the company where I ordered many of my things
Funny Moments: No funny moments as such but I enjoyed talking to the hr interviewer
PRASHANTH SRINIVASAN
posted on 25 Aug 2015
I applied via Campus Placement
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Resume Questions. Discussion on current affairs. Specific sector based questions. Extremely basic questions on products which full-service investment banks work...read more
- Q2. Probability and Modelling question - Guessing number from 1-64 and minimising number of tries for guessing it
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: It took me a while to figure it out. Most optimised method is to halving the range of numbers on each guess. Basically a variation of binary search
Tips: Prepare quant methods from Heard on the street
Round: Other Interview
Tips: Be ready for questions on why finance career, are you sitting for any other investment banking firm . It is important you explain to them your understanding on what derivatives are , what asset classes are. If you have background on economics /development theory you can talk about economy like recession,inflation and capital markets.
General Tips: Be very confident. The more you speak will make your interviewer to ask more questions about you. Also express genuine interest in finance by initiating conversation about market and economic current affairs . Be very frank if you do not have finance fundaes. Know what profile your sitting for- Very important.
Skill Tips: heard on the street - just graze it through
Skills: Quant
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: New learning experience. Company has good workload for interns and high expectations from them.
Experience: It took me a while to figure it out. Most optimised method is to halving the range of numbers on each guess. Basically a variation of binary search
Tips: Prepare quant methods from Heard on the street
Round: Other Interview
Tips: Be ready for questions on why finance career, are you sitting for any other investment banking firm . It is important you explain to them your understanding on what derivatives are , what asset classes are. If you have background on economics /development theory you can talk about economy like recession,inflation and capital markets.
General Tips: Be very confident. The more you speak will make your interviewer to ask more questions about you. Also express genuine interest in finance by initiating conversation about market and economic current affairs . Be very frank if you do not have finance fundaes. Know what profile your sitting for- Very important.
Skill Tips: heard on the street - just graze it through
Skills: Quant
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: New learning experience. Company has good workload for interns and high expectations from them.
I applied via Campus Placement
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. How will you print all the subsets of a given set?
- Q2. Best complexity for finding the largest number in a set
- Q3. Best complexity for finding two largest numbers in a set
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: The questions in the quant section were mostly based on probability and calculus. There were also a few questions on series and sequences. The CS section tested mostly on time complexity and algorithms. Data structures were also tested in a few questions here and there.
Tips: Preparing probability and data structures and algorithms will suffice to clear the test.
Duration: 90 min minutes
Total Questions: 30
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The questions were again based on data structures which makes it all the very important to study a course in these topics. They were not looking for a solution. All they were interested was the thought process. Clearly explain the steps you are thinking without any hesitation. They are kind enough to help you :)
Skill Tips: Keep solving logic puzzles from different sources and try to explain the solutions to your friends.
Skills: Solving logic puzzles
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: I really liked the motive of the company and the way they approach at solutions. I'm really looking forward to working with an amazing team!
Experience: The questions in the quant section were mostly based on probability and calculus. There were also a few questions on series and sequences. The CS section tested mostly on time complexity and algorithms. Data structures were also tested in a few questions here and there.
Tips: Preparing probability and data structures and algorithms will suffice to clear the test.
Duration: 90 min minutes
Total Questions: 30
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The questions were again based on data structures which makes it all the very important to study a course in these topics. They were not looking for a solution. All they were interested was the thought process. Clearly explain the steps you are thinking without any hesitation. They are kind enough to help you :)
Skill Tips: Keep solving logic puzzles from different sources and try to explain the solutions to your friends.
Skills: Solving logic puzzles
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: I really liked the motive of the company and the way they approach at solutions. I'm really looking forward to working with an amazing team!
I applied via Campus Placement
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: The test started very late due to some technical issues and space issues. So , It helped us to be far more relaxed.
Duration: 11/2 hr minutes
Total Questions: 2
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The Overall Technical Interview was a mixture of innovation and apprehension and it really helped me to get my strengths and weaknesses out. The questions outsmarted me at the beginning, Later I did.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: HR was very friendly. He asked about my strengths and weaknesses. And then we continued talking about the nature of work and sincerity and technicality expected from my side, while taking a stroll in cool night air.
Skills: Algorithms and DataStructures
Duration: 2 months
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: The work specification
Experience: The test started very late due to some technical issues and space issues. So , It helped us to be far more relaxed.
Duration: 11/2 hr minutes
Total Questions: 2
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The Overall Technical Interview was a mixture of innovation and apprehension and it really helped me to get my strengths and weaknesses out. The questions outsmarted me at the beginning, Later I did.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: HR was very friendly. He asked about my strengths and weaknesses. And then we continued talking about the nature of work and sincerity and technicality expected from my side, while taking a stroll in cool night air.
Skills: Algorithms and DataStructures
Duration: 2 months
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: The work specification
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