Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai

Chennai, Tamil Nadu

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

Updated 4 Dec 2024

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I applied via Campus Placement

1 Interview Round

Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I knew some financial terms through the net and I could talk about it to some extent but the interviewer was an expert and corrected me a few times which made me focus on following questions so that I could answer them to my full knowledge.
Tips: Be prepared for whatever profile you are applying for and be thorough if you want to talk about a certain topic in depth.

Skill Tips: Be sure of yourself and think aloud so that no mistakes are made when solving.
Skills: Approaching a problem
Duration: 2 months
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: I am interested in finance and this internship has offered me a chance to explore and I thank my institute and my company for this.
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Interview Questions

user image Rathna Kumar

posted on 24 Aug 2015

I applied via Campus Placement

3 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: It was very enjoyable and peaceful
Tips: be calm and try to develop relationship with the interviewer

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: It is based on everything
Tips: try to have high cg

Skills: Talking
Duration: 2 Months
College Name: IIT Madras
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3 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Very easy test
Tips: Prepare well for trees and linked lists related questions.
Duration: 90 minutes
Total Questions: 15+2

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The experience was not so good and I am surprised to get selected.
Tips: Go unprepared and answer questions without feeling any stress as the questions are easy. But stress makes them difficult.

Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: Work related to ML was my basic motivation
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OPTIMISATION Interview Questions

user image Bhuvanesh Rajendran

posted on 24 Aug 2015

I applied via Campus Placement

4 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: The resume short list was done in a unbiased manner. They look for the projects you have done and your positions of responsibilities. i was really glad when i was shortlisted for the interview.
Tips: explain the projects that you have done in a short and a crisp manner. explain your positions of responsibilities within 1 or 2 lines.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: It was really a new experience as it was the first time i am sitting for a proper official interview. The panel members ensured that i was not nervous. As the interview progressed i lost all my fear and it was like a casual chat.
Tips: Feel confident before you sit for the interview. Be frank with the panel members. They'll get to know what your telling is right or not. don't be silent. shoiw them your thought process. never be silent for any question.

General Tips: be very confident in what you talk. never lie in front of them. keep your answers short and crisp.
Skill Tips: they'll look for your passion towards the company. so browse through their profile before you attend the interview. Also be clear why do you want to apply for their company. don't give formal replies like it is a good company. let your answer be unique.
Skills: how much you are interested in the company?
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: It was a fastest developing FMCG in india. I likes the way they have improved over the last 10 15 years. moreover they offer you core intern with optimisation.
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Software Devolopment ( and ML ) Interview Questions

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posted on 24 Aug 2015

I applied via Campus Placement

5 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

  • Q1. What is linear regression ? How do you find the estimates of the coefficient vector.
  • Q2. He drew a distribution of data points into two classes. Construct a decision tree for the distribution. Write pseudo code for the same.
  • Q3. Discussed about my past internship which was also in ML
  • Q4. Consider the Uber cabs company. There are many factors that determine the availability of the drivers and the demand of the users. Model this scenario from an M...read more
  • Q5. A simple probability question involving likelihood estimate.
  • Q6. What are the problems of over-fitting ? How do we remove it ?

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: The first round was in multiple choice format. Most of the questions were from I/O in C , C++ and Java. There were few questions on operating systems and other topics in CS. Most of them were easy and the only factor is time. You have exactly 30 mins to solve 15 MCQs.
Tips: Be prepared in C , C++ and Java. If you are new to any of these languages , at least have a look at the basic input output functions.
In my class they basically selected everybody to the coding round. However it is always good to write as best as you can since they look at cumulative score at the end.
Duration: 30 minutes
Total Questions: 15

Round: Test
Experience: There was a coding round for the selected students. In my class everyone was selected to this round.There were 2 questions :

1 ) Given a Binary tree find sum of data at all the boundary nodes. A boundary node was defined , which basically evaluates to any node on the left most path , right most path and the leaves.

2) Given 2 numbers in a linked list form i.e each digit of a number in a node of the linked list , return the linked list that is the difference of the two input linked lists.
Tips: Coding is only perfected by practice. Have a good understanding of Data structures and common algorithmic paradigms including DP , Divide and Conquer, greedy etc.
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 2

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Here's the deal : The group of students selected are seated in a big room. A problem statement is put up as a power point slide ,and you are expected to come up with appropriate data structures and algorithms to solve the problem. There are mentors who assist you ( if needed ). You have to explain your approach and write a (psuedo) code for your idea.

In my case the problem statement was as follows :
"Consider a game as follows : There is a 4X4 size game board. On each slot in the board a dice is placed. The dice has a character ( a ,b ,c .. ) printed on it. There is a character on every side of the dice. Now find all the words that can be made (in the wordament game style ) by the characters on the top face of the 16 dices. Now also write a shuffle function that shuffles the board.
Tips: It was an easy backtracking question. If you can improve your data structure , it would fetch you extra points.
Duration: 60 minutes

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Basically I applied for a machine learning profile. So all the technical questions were from basics of ML. If you have good basics in ML , the interview is very easy. I was doing ML this semester only. So he might have limited with basics :P
Tips: Tell your mentor if you are not aware of a particular approach to ML classification( or regression) . He ll teach you the basics(literally :P ) and then ask questions.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: It is okay if you don't come up with great model. I only knew about Linear Regression and modeled it accordingly.
I took --- > Y = ( Demand/Availability) as my output variable and identified a few input parameters. He was satisfied with that :P

In the third question he elaborated a little more on Bias and variance.
Tips: Basic ML is more than enough.

General Tips: Be confident. Dress properly for interviews. If you get the internship more than happy. If not : remember this " Success is going from failure to failure WITHOUT losing enthusiasm"
Skills: Algorithms , Data Structures, Machine Learning, C, C++, Java
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: My long term goal is to be a data scientist. So an ML profile at Microsoft was the best thing I could get now :P
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user image Anurag Arakala

posted on 24 Aug 2015

I applied via Campus Placement

3 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Anybody with a C.G.P.A of greater than 8.5 would get selected.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: The first question the interviewer asks is "Tell me about yourself" . He also asks about your family. Then he focuses mostly on your projects and will test if you have got any industrial exposure.
Tips: There is no separate round for interview. Both HR and technical combined. The interviewer doesn't ask many questions and after the completion of interview you feel like it lasted for not more than 10 minutes. So you have to be very talkative in the interview and whenever you have the opportunity, pitch about your organisational and management skills. Convince them you can effectively manage people.

General Tips: grab the oppertunity to pitch about your organisational and management skills as there are require for qualifying but wont be asked in the interview.
Skill Tips: Industrial Exposure,
Active participation in projexts,
organisational ad people manageent skills
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: Wipro is the fastest growing FMCG companies and is expanding very fast. I feel like I could contribute more to a well progressing establishment rather than an already well established company.
Funny Moments: the interviewers are very peaceful and you can speak to them very freely.
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user image Ramprashanth Mohanasundaram

posted on 24 Aug 2015

I applied via Campus Placement

1 Interview Round

Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I was not able to give an exact response and was criticized by the interviewer for not knowing such basic stuff despite having a high CGPA.
Tips: My tip would be to not panic in such a situation as it will affect your focus in answering other questions.

General Tips: ITC looks for people who have a strong inclination towards core. Make sure to project yourself as an all rounder.
Skill Tips: Be honest in whatever you would like to say.
Skills: Humility, Time management, Passion, Leadership
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: ITC is one of India's leading industrial giants. Their products and services have been recognized world over. The projects offered at ITC are really challenging and will push our limits further.
Funny Moments: I was asked if I knew Hindi in my interview, for which I responded to the interviewer in Hindi. They liked the cheeky gesture and the mom
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core Interview Questions

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posted on 24 Aug 2015

I applied via Campus Placement

2 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: it was really challenging and the level of the test is really good.
Tips: everything is fine!!

General Tips: It will be better if number of rounds is reduced for interview. and add hr round if possible.
Skills: Quant, analytics and coding
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: I'm passionate about finance and GS is an awesome investment banking firm and also the stipend attracted me.
Funny Moments: Entire interview process is just awesome.
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user image Pavithra Sivakumar

posted on 24 Aug 2015

I applied via Campus Placement

5 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: It was pretty much easy. Almost all got through
Tips: Highlight your extra curricular and co curricular and PORs and Finance courses like POE or development planning

Round: Test
Experience: Pretty much easy too. They select on both test and resume basis.
Tips: Probability, Verbal and statement reasoning.
Duration: 45min minutes
Total Questions: 20

Round: HR Interview
Experience: They are friendly and not stressful
Tips: Why amex?
describe your life before IIT.
Why not nomura?
Questions from resume.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: They didnt ask me many questions. they asked me only one - solve square root 33
Tips: They ask more of easy questions and one tough question that no one could answer. If you answered that is a brownie

General Tips: Make sure your resume fiits into one page.
bold important points
add numbers like suppose you were a finance coord - say how much amount you handled
Skill Tips: Revise till bayes' thereom
Skills: Probability, Data analytics
Duration: 2 and half
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: I wanted a company where I can put my math into use and at the same time explore analytics.
Funny Moments: They are very very very friendly with you :)
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I applied via Campus Placement

5 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: I WAS SHORTLISTED FOR NOMURA'S WHOLESALE STRATEGY AND STRUCTURING PROFILES
Tips: MAKE A GOOD RESUME WHICH REFLECTS WHATEVER YOU'VE DONE IN LIFE

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: MY INTERVIEWER WAS A VERY NICE PERSON.HE ASKED ME SOME FINANCE QUESTIONS AND I WAS ABLE TO ANSWER THEM.HE GAVE ME A LOT OF TIME TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS AND DIDN'T PUT PRESSURE ON ME.
Tips: DON'T FEEL STRESSED.BE PREPARED ON WHATEVER YOU'VE MENTIONED IN YOUR RESUME.KEEP CALM AND DO WELL!

Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: THE CASE STUDY WAS REGARDING A BANK WANTING TO FIX ITS ATM BUSINESS. SOME INFORMATION WAS GIVEN AND I WAS ASKED TO PREPARE A GRAPH/SOME METRICS ON WHICH THE BANK WOULD BASE ITS FUTURE DECISIONS. IN ANOTHER CASE STUDY INTERVIEW I WAS ASKED TO FORMULATE A STRATEGY FOR AN INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL CHAIN TO SETUP ITS BUSINESS IN INDIA.
Tips: BE GOOD WITH SOME BASIC FIGURES LIKE AGE DIVISION,POPULATION ETC.TRY TO ARTICULATE YOUR VIEWS BY PUTTING THEM DOWN IN THE FORM OF METRICS.BE CONFIDENT ON YOUR DECISIONS

Round: Guesstimate Interview
Experience: I WAS ASKED TO GUESSTIMATE THE NUMBER OF AUTOS IN CHENNAI
Tips: KEEP SOME FIGURES MEMORISED LIKE INDIA'S POPULATION,AGE DIVISION, NUMBER OF PEOPLE BELOW POVERTY LINE ETC.ALSO MAKE LOGICAL ASSUMPTIONS.

General Tips: BE A SMART PERSON IN GENERAL.DON'T SOUND UNINTELLIGENT.KEEP YOUR CALM AND BE CONFIDENT
Skill Tips: PREPARE ATLEAST BASIC FINANCE AND BE AWARE ABOUT THE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FIELD.
Skills: FINANCE SKILLS, LOGICAL THINKING ABILITIES
Duration: 8 WEEKS
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: I AM EXTREMELY INTERESTED IN FINANCE AND MORE SPECIFICALLY INVESTMENT BANKING.NOMURA OFFERED ME A PROFILE THAT IS PROBABLY NOT OFFERED BY ANY COMPANY AT THE ENTRY LEVEL.
Funny Moments: I HAD MANY JOVIAL MOMENTS DURING MY INTERVIEWS.
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