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Updated
4 Dec 2024
1.2k interviews found
I applied via Campus Placement
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Easy
Tips: Read data strucuctures and Alogorithms
Duration: 30 minutes
Total Questions: 15
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Good.
Tips: Think of design
Duration: 60 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Good
Tips: Read data structures and algorithms
General Tips: Learn Data structures and Algorithms welll.
Skill Tips: Know Data structures and Algorithms
Skills: Data structures and Algorithms, General coding and problem solving
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Easy
Tips: Read data strucuctures and Alogorithms
Duration: 30 minutes
Total Questions: 15
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Good.
Tips: Think of design
Duration: 60 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Good
Tips: Read data structures and algorithms
General Tips: Learn Data structures and Algorithms welll.
Skill Tips: Know Data structures and Algorithms
Skills: Data structures and Algorithms, General coding and problem solving
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Arjun Prasannan
posted on 24 Aug 2015
I applied via Campus Placement
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: I had a decent resume ,with highlight on my Projects,Internships ,POR's and Extracurricular Activities.
Tips: Try to format the resume well,with highlight on your strong points
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Simple HR questions
Tips: Answer the questions genuinely and with lots of enthusiasm
General Tips: Be confident
Skill Tips: Try to do a good 2nd year internship
Skills: Internships
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: One of the fastest growing FMCG's of the country
Funny Moments: We were discussing about Malayalam Cinema in the interview.
Experience: I had a decent resume ,with highlight on my Projects,Internships ,POR's and Extracurricular Activities.
Tips: Try to format the resume well,with highlight on your strong points
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Simple HR questions
Tips: Answer the questions genuinely and with lots of enthusiasm
General Tips: Be confident
Skill Tips: Try to do a good 2nd year internship
Skills: Internships
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: One of the fastest growing FMCG's of the country
Funny Moments: We were discussing about Malayalam Cinema in the interview.
I applied via Campus Placement
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Learnt a lot about how to write resume. What to include what not to include also one thing one realises is that whatever you do in college will matter if you can present it nicely.
Tips: Write a neat resume.
See things are properly aligned
Do not write paragraphs write in points
Try to write everything in concise manner
state your achievements first
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Learnt how being relaxed and confident is all that matters.
Tips: Be yourself,be polite and when you speak be confident.Try to speak interesting points and don't speak just for the sake of it.Speak less but bring out points that are actually great.
Duration: 30 minutes
General Tips: Write resume professionally, get it reviewed by someone.Do not write something on your resume which is not right as because of it you might not be able to stay calm and this can affect your interview.
In a GD no need to speak much just put nice points and portray a nice body language.
Finally just be yourself don't try to fake a different personality as that would just take away from your confidence.
Skill Tips: Just be calm during the interview and be yourself.
Skills: Speaking Skill, Technical Skill, Slight Pressure handling
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: Diverse fields that the company is involved in gives me a chance to grow and learn in all these fields.Chance to not only apply the engineering I have learn't till now but also grow both technical and interpersonal skills through the amazing mentorship programme.
Experience: Learnt a lot about how to write resume. What to include what not to include also one thing one realises is that whatever you do in college will matter if you can present it nicely.
Tips: Write a neat resume.
See things are properly aligned
Do not write paragraphs write in points
Try to write everything in concise manner
state your achievements first
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Learnt how being relaxed and confident is all that matters.
Tips: Be yourself,be polite and when you speak be confident.Try to speak interesting points and don't speak just for the sake of it.Speak less but bring out points that are actually great.
Duration: 30 minutes
General Tips: Write resume professionally, get it reviewed by someone.Do not write something on your resume which is not right as because of it you might not be able to stay calm and this can affect your interview.
In a GD no need to speak much just put nice points and portray a nice body language.
Finally just be yourself don't try to fake a different personality as that would just take away from your confidence.
Skill Tips: Just be calm during the interview and be yourself.
Skills: Speaking Skill, Technical Skill, Slight Pressure handling
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: Diverse fields that the company is involved in gives me a chance to grow and learn in all these fields.Chance to not only apply the engineering I have learn't till now but also grow both technical and interpersonal skills through the amazing mentorship programme.
I applied via Campus Placement
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Questions on probabilty
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Fairly challenging. Sections 1 and 2 covered probability and sequences & series.
Tips: Know your probability well!
Duration: 1.5 hrs minutes
Total Questions: 30
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Required logical thinking more than an in-depth knowledge of probability.
Tips: Would do to know some basic definitions (Stochastic process, Markov chain, etc.)
General Tips: Keep calm! Interviewers are very supportive!
Skills: Probability, Logic
Duration: 10 weeks
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: Amazing atmosph
Experience: Fairly challenging. Sections 1 and 2 covered probability and sequences & series.
Tips: Know your probability well!
Duration: 1.5 hrs minutes
Total Questions: 30
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Required logical thinking more than an in-depth knowledge of probability.
Tips: Would do to know some basic definitions (Stochastic process, Markov chain, etc.)
General Tips: Keep calm! Interviewers are very supportive!
Skills: Probability, Logic
Duration: 10 weeks
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: Amazing atmosph
I applied via Campus Placement
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Tell about all the laws of thermodynamic. And why the entropy is continuously increasing
- Q2. Define a team
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Overall it was a really good experience.Initially i was slightly nervous but when i felt like i am able to answer most of the questions properly then i got the confidence. My interviewer was also really nice, he helped me wherever i needed. About the topics i did not know i informed him that this topic has not been taught but still i will try to show some approach towards the problem.
Tips: Be cool, do not feel nervous. Show the right approach towards the problem, even if you are not able to reach the results it does not matter. Because although they want to see how much you know but mostly they see how you handle the pressure under tough situation.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Basically it was also kind of technical interview. But yes few HR questions were also there. Since i had done in my first round i was really confident and i was able to answer everything really well.
Tips: The confidence you gain that you are already selected in first round, use that. You will do well
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: It was good experience talking in front of people and trying to convince them about what you are saying is correct and finally getting the feel of team effort required to reach up to some conclusion
Tips: Speak and Speak clearly with proper points
Duration: 20 minutes
General Tips: Feel confident and prepare well and show the right approach towards the problem
Skill Tips: Prepare well about technical stuff and for HR know about yourself and how you can contribute to that particular companies. Show those qualities to them
Skills: Technical skill and speaking skill
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: One of the biggest FMCG company and here i can learn many new thing and here i can apply my technical knowledge practically which i have learnt theoretically
Experience: Overall it was a really good experience.Initially i was slightly nervous but when i felt like i am able to answer most of the questions properly then i got the confidence. My interviewer was also really nice, he helped me wherever i needed. About the topics i did not know i informed him that this topic has not been taught but still i will try to show some approach towards the problem.
Tips: Be cool, do not feel nervous. Show the right approach towards the problem, even if you are not able to reach the results it does not matter. Because although they want to see how much you know but mostly they see how you handle the pressure under tough situation.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Basically it was also kind of technical interview. But yes few HR questions were also there. Since i had done in my first round i was really confident and i was able to answer everything really well.
Tips: The confidence you gain that you are already selected in first round, use that. You will do well
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: It was good experience talking in front of people and trying to convince them about what you are saying is correct and finally getting the feel of team effort required to reach up to some conclusion
Tips: Speak and Speak clearly with proper points
Duration: 20 minutes
General Tips: Feel confident and prepare well and show the right approach towards the problem
Skill Tips: Prepare well about technical stuff and for HR know about yourself and how you can contribute to that particular companies. Show those qualities to them
Skills: Technical skill and speaking skill
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: One of the biggest FMCG company and here i can learn many new thing and here i can apply my technical knowledge practically which i have learnt theoretically
I applied via Campus Placement
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: There was only resume shortlist for the interview. All the people with descent resume were shortlisted.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: I was asked to explain my projects and PORs in brief and then questions were asked based on those. He also asked some HR questions related to my explanation. Also asked about the company.
Tips: Be thorough on your every resume point.
General Tips: Be normal through the interview. The interviewer was nice and friendly and hence, there's no need to get nervous.
Skill Tips: From your different projects and PORs try to show your team working abilities.
Skills: Team working ability, Knowledge of projects undertaken
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: There was only resume shortlist for the interview. All the people with descent resume were shortlisted.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: I was asked to explain my projects and PORs in brief and then questions were asked based on those. He also asked some HR questions related to my explanation. Also asked about the company.
Tips: Be thorough on your every resume point.
General Tips: Be normal through the interview. The interviewer was nice and friendly and hence, there's no need to get nervous.
Skill Tips: From your different projects and PORs try to show your team working abilities.
Skills: Team working ability, Knowledge of projects undertaken
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
I applied via IIT Madras
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Question about 3 men randomly assigned 3 hats which can be white or black
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: Initially I had a general idea of how to solve the question. The interviewer understood that he needed to provide me direction and was good enough to do so. Eventually I was able to solve it.
Tips: Stay calm. Convey your thought process. Never feel that asking for help is not a good idea.
General Tips: Stay calm and collected. Do not be intimidated by the company's name. Explain your thought process and never be ashamed to ask for help.
Skill Tips: Think on your feet even if problem is outside your comfort zone.
Skills: Quantitative
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Initially I had a general idea of how to solve the question. The interviewer understood that he needed to provide me direction and was good enough to do so. Eventually I was able to solve it.
Tips: Stay calm. Convey your thought process. Never feel that asking for help is not a good idea.
General Tips: Stay calm and collected. Do not be intimidated by the company's name. Explain your thought process and never be ashamed to ask for help.
Skill Tips: Think on your feet even if problem is outside your comfort zone.
Skills: Quantitative
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
I applied via Campus Placement
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: The app I had to fill for ITC was really really very intensive. It took me quite some time to just come up with what I could write in my app.
Tips: But have patience while writing your app, be honest (however you can tone it up, but being within limits of genuineness). Write it preferably when you are relaxed and don't do it in a haste. It does really matter what you write in your app sometimes.
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: My group overall was a very decent one. We performed well as a team. And almost everybody could and did speak really well.
Tips: I personally feel it doesn't matter much as to who begins or concludes a GD. Just that whenever you get to speak, be logical and make sense. Your contribution should help in driving the group towards a conclusion. Avoid redundant reiteration of points already been made and try to be systematic, as in have a proper plan that helps finish your discussion in time and speak it out loud if you have one.Speak or refute a person only when you have a solid point and be very very polite and considerate.
Duration: 25 minutes
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Went very peacefully, without much stress, without any load, just went on talking in the flow and seemed to have got over in a flick.
Tips: Be smiling always. Even if you are nervous, don't let it be apparent, fake confidence. Believe me it really helps! Apart from that, be honest and more importantly be yourself. It's really as simple as that!
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Funny Moments: My first interview begins with the interviewer commenting on the way I was dressed and tells me that it was so impeccable and that he feels ashamed to sit in front of me. And then some more general and somewhat fun questions, just to make me feel comfortable.
Experience: The app I had to fill for ITC was really really very intensive. It took me quite some time to just come up with what I could write in my app.
Tips: But have patience while writing your app, be honest (however you can tone it up, but being within limits of genuineness). Write it preferably when you are relaxed and don't do it in a haste. It does really matter what you write in your app sometimes.
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: My group overall was a very decent one. We performed well as a team. And almost everybody could and did speak really well.
Tips: I personally feel it doesn't matter much as to who begins or concludes a GD. Just that whenever you get to speak, be logical and make sense. Your contribution should help in driving the group towards a conclusion. Avoid redundant reiteration of points already been made and try to be systematic, as in have a proper plan that helps finish your discussion in time and speak it out loud if you have one.Speak or refute a person only when you have a solid point and be very very polite and considerate.
Duration: 25 minutes
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Went very peacefully, without much stress, without any load, just went on talking in the flow and seemed to have got over in a flick.
Tips: Be smiling always. Even if you are nervous, don't let it be apparent, fake confidence. Believe me it really helps! Apart from that, be honest and more importantly be yourself. It's really as simple as that!
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Funny Moments: My first interview begins with the interviewer commenting on the way I was dressed and tells me that it was so impeccable and that he feels ashamed to sit in front of me. And then some more general and somewhat fun questions, just to make me feel comfortable.
Anonymous
posted on 24 Aug 2015
I applied via Campus Placement
6 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Seating Arrangement
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- Q3. Life in IIT
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: They shortlisted pretty much everyone who took a probability course.
Tips: Well, take a probab course.
Round: Test
Experience: This was an Online test, consisting of questions from logical reasoning and probability. IMHO, it was very easy to score full marks in the test, but i am not very sure if they considered it for the final interview shortlist.
Tips: Brush up on probability, esp inferential statistics et al.
Duration: 30 minutes
Total Questions: 30
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The usual Run-Me-Through-Your-Resume happened. I found the interview very interesting and quite challenging. It first started with a simple question in combinatorics, the interviewer kept adding incremental questions to the first problem until it became something interesting,a Poisson process, afaik.
They also asked me to calculate square roots of certain numbers by hand correct to 3 decimal places.
Tips: Think out loud. And clarify your queries as they come. I asked for a few hints then and there, and they obliged. I think they look at your thinking process more than the mistakes you commit during the interview, which may simply arise due to fear and/or lack of confidence.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: This was a standard puzzle question.I told them I had seen this before so they modified it a little, and i used back tracking to arrive at the answer.
2-3 small puzzles later, they asked me about my previous internships, esp about one which was in the domain of ML and Computer Vision. They asked me what problems i faced and how i over came them.
After this, they started telling me about the profiles available, they asked me if I had any questions for them. The interviewers were very friendly, and they were sharing some anecdotes as well.
Tips: Pay attention to the PPT/Profile Summary document/Campus Talk. If you are interested in Analytics, its better to do some project or internship in that area, before hand, a small reality check to gauge your interest in Analytics. They ask for a knowledge of Python/SAS/Hive/Excel. Do mention if you have used any of these at some point of time to handle big data or to do data processing.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: This was the final interview, though the order isn't always followed. They asked me about my life before college and now. Asked me about my peer group, professors, environment in general.
Some personal questions followed. And, finally they asked me for a location preference, and that was it.
Tips: Well, just talk naturally.
General Tips: Dress formally. And keep a smiling face.
Skills: Maths(esp Probability), Basic Aptitude Topics Like Combinatorics
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: Their profile was good based on feedback from seniors, and I was interested in the field, so I applied.
Experience: They shortlisted pretty much everyone who took a probability course.
Tips: Well, take a probab course.
Round: Test
Experience: This was an Online test, consisting of questions from logical reasoning and probability. IMHO, it was very easy to score full marks in the test, but i am not very sure if they considered it for the final interview shortlist.
Tips: Brush up on probability, esp inferential statistics et al.
Duration: 30 minutes
Total Questions: 30
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The usual Run-Me-Through-Your-Resume happened. I found the interview very interesting and quite challenging. It first started with a simple question in combinatorics, the interviewer kept adding incremental questions to the first problem until it became something interesting,a Poisson process, afaik.
They also asked me to calculate square roots of certain numbers by hand correct to 3 decimal places.
Tips: Think out loud. And clarify your queries as they come. I asked for a few hints then and there, and they obliged. I think they look at your thinking process more than the mistakes you commit during the interview, which may simply arise due to fear and/or lack of confidence.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: This was a standard puzzle question.I told them I had seen this before so they modified it a little, and i used back tracking to arrive at the answer.
2-3 small puzzles later, they asked me about my previous internships, esp about one which was in the domain of ML and Computer Vision. They asked me what problems i faced and how i over came them.
After this, they started telling me about the profiles available, they asked me if I had any questions for them. The interviewers were very friendly, and they were sharing some anecdotes as well.
Tips: Pay attention to the PPT/Profile Summary document/Campus Talk. If you are interested in Analytics, its better to do some project or internship in that area, before hand, a small reality check to gauge your interest in Analytics. They ask for a knowledge of Python/SAS/Hive/Excel. Do mention if you have used any of these at some point of time to handle big data or to do data processing.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: This was the final interview, though the order isn't always followed. They asked me about my life before college and now. Asked me about my peer group, professors, environment in general.
Some personal questions followed. And, finally they asked me for a location preference, and that was it.
Tips: Well, just talk naturally.
General Tips: Dress formally. And keep a smiling face.
Skills: Maths(esp Probability), Basic Aptitude Topics Like Combinatorics
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: Their profile was good based on feedback from seniors, and I was interested in the field, so I applied.
I applied via Campus Placement
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. A question based on probability of maximizing profit
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Easy, time was sufficient, Mostly Quantitative Aptitude
Tips: Chill and steam on till the end
Duration: 45 minutes
Total Questions: 15
Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: Question was simple I forgot to take into account a factor in my equation but was able to correct my answer immediately upon given a hint
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Nothing special routine HR Questions
General Tips: Relax know yourself and your resume back and front
Skill Tips: A programming background helps
Skills: Quantitative Aptitude
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: To get PPO and pursue an MBA abroad also the stipend is not bad
Funny Moments: When he asked me how much I wanted AmEx I told him that I told the Microsoft Interviewer that I would take an offer from AmEx irrespective. This was before I got interviewed for Microsoft.
PS I got offers from both AmEx and Microsoft
Experience: Easy, time was sufficient, Mostly Quantitative Aptitude
Tips: Chill and steam on till the end
Duration: 45 minutes
Total Questions: 15
Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: Question was simple I forgot to take into account a factor in my equation but was able to correct my answer immediately upon given a hint
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Nothing special routine HR Questions
General Tips: Relax know yourself and your resume back and front
Skill Tips: A programming background helps
Skills: Quantitative Aptitude
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: To get PPO and pursue an MBA abroad also the stipend is not bad
Funny Moments: When he asked me how much I wanted AmEx I told him that I told the Microsoft Interviewer that I would take an offer from AmEx irrespective. This was before I got interviewed for Microsoft.
PS I got offers from both AmEx and Microsoft
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