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Filter interviews byIndian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai Placement Interview Questions
Updated
4 Dec 2024
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5 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Data Interpretation- PI chart and bar graphs- simple questions but complex calculations Quantitative aptitude-simple and generic There was negative marking The questions were simple.
Tips: Answer after reading a paragraph.
Duration: 1 hrs. minute
Round: Guesstimate Interview
Experience: A second shortlist was prepared. 20 out of 60-70 were selected.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: Once the interviewer gives a case, you need to discuss it with him. What are his requirements and problems, Finally come up with a solution after analysis. They gave 7 offers finally, 5 accepted them.
General Tips: They didn’t really ask me anything about my resume even though my resume was completely core. They also didn’t ask me any HR questions. I don’t think the resume counted at all. Not much preparation is required because the questions are generic.
Skill Tips: Be aware of current prices and news. Know about your internship very well. Know about core courses. Read up all the material that the BC shares. Keep yourself updated. Read the newspaper regularly.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Experience: Data Interpretation- PI chart and bar graphs- simple questions but complex calculations Quantitative aptitude-simple and generic There was negative marking The questions were simple.
Tips: Answer after reading a paragraph.
Duration: 1 hrs. minute
Round: Guesstimate Interview
Experience: A second shortlist was prepared. 20 out of 60-70 were selected.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: Once the interviewer gives a case, you need to discuss it with him. What are his requirements and problems, Finally come up with a solution after analysis. They gave 7 offers finally, 5 accepted them.
General Tips: They didn’t really ask me anything about my resume even though my resume was completely core. They also didn’t ask me any HR questions. I don’t think the resume counted at all. Not much preparation is required because the questions are generic.
Skill Tips: Be aware of current prices and news. Know about your internship very well. Know about core courses. Read up all the material that the BC shares. Keep yourself updated. Read the newspaper regularly.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: The Group Discussion happened in groups of six. We were also given five minutes of prep time. We were presented with five different energy sources available in a hypothetical region.
Tips: The objective was to choose the best alternative to solve the energy crisis in the region.
Duration: 20 minutes
Round: Other Interview
Experience: This round was primarily core based. The first few questions were a set of typical HR introductory questions. Next thequestions were primarily about my interships and projects. I found this round pretty fast paced and rapid. They would randomly pick something from my resume and would ask me to briefly explain it. Then there were tons of follow up questions. There were also a few HR questions which were behavioural in nature - wherein you would be asked to give an instance from your life that illustrated a competency like people skills conflict resolution etc.
Tips: Be through with everything on your resume.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Reasonably laid back and chilled out. I was interviewed by the CEO and an MD of the ITC Paper and Packaging division. I also got to ask a couple of questions in the end.
General Tips: Interviews are nothing but a story telling competition. Pick a unifying theme and prepare a story for yourself. This should come out in the first two/three minutes of the interview. Make sure you have a rationale behind having done everything you have put in your resume. The interviewers look at your resume in its totality and not as bunch of independent spikes. Google the company. Check out their latest corporate news, product lauches etc. Have answers ready for the following questions - Introduce yourself (2-3 minutes pitch. Clear, concise and well bucketed as acads/interns etc), Strengths & Weaknesses (Pick 3 each and back them up with instances from ur life) and Long term and short term goals (Make sure they are alligned with the firm's culture). Follow the STAR approach (Google it) to answer HR questions. DO NOT mug up answers to standard HR questions. You'll sound unnatural and fake and won't strike a chord with the interviewer. Have a set of bullet points ready and go over them in a way you would when you meet someone on a train.
Skill Tips: Make sure you are able to speak constructively about every line in your resume. Have a clear understanding of every project/internship. Revise all your courses from a practical standpoint. I would highly recommend going through the Lab experiments and their respective chapters in McCabe & Smith. Apart from Core, I was focusing on Finance. I had cleared CFA level 1 and so I revised the syllabus once. I would recommend reading the Econ, CorpFin, Portfolio Management and Derivatives portions of the level 1 syllabus. Reading ET everyday can be of great help in the interview andGD. Also pick and read about any five major Fin/Econ episodes in the world. Apart from that practice puzzles regularly. And MOST importantly prep for CAT. Almost all the companies beyond Day 1.1 have CAT based tests as a shortlisting criteria.
Skills: Confidence while communicating., Clarity in arguments., Practical application of concepts.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Experience: The Group Discussion happened in groups of six. We were also given five minutes of prep time. We were presented with five different energy sources available in a hypothetical region.
Tips: The objective was to choose the best alternative to solve the energy crisis in the region.
Duration: 20 minutes
Round: Other Interview
Experience: This round was primarily core based. The first few questions were a set of typical HR introductory questions. Next thequestions were primarily about my interships and projects. I found this round pretty fast paced and rapid. They would randomly pick something from my resume and would ask me to briefly explain it. Then there were tons of follow up questions. There were also a few HR questions which were behavioural in nature - wherein you would be asked to give an instance from your life that illustrated a competency like people skills conflict resolution etc.
Tips: Be through with everything on your resume.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Reasonably laid back and chilled out. I was interviewed by the CEO and an MD of the ITC Paper and Packaging division. I also got to ask a couple of questions in the end.
General Tips: Interviews are nothing but a story telling competition. Pick a unifying theme and prepare a story for yourself. This should come out in the first two/three minutes of the interview. Make sure you have a rationale behind having done everything you have put in your resume. The interviewers look at your resume in its totality and not as bunch of independent spikes. Google the company. Check out their latest corporate news, product lauches etc. Have answers ready for the following questions - Introduce yourself (2-3 minutes pitch. Clear, concise and well bucketed as acads/interns etc), Strengths & Weaknesses (Pick 3 each and back them up with instances from ur life) and Long term and short term goals (Make sure they are alligned with the firm's culture). Follow the STAR approach (Google it) to answer HR questions. DO NOT mug up answers to standard HR questions. You'll sound unnatural and fake and won't strike a chord with the interviewer. Have a set of bullet points ready and go over them in a way you would when you meet someone on a train.
Skill Tips: Make sure you are able to speak constructively about every line in your resume. Have a clear understanding of every project/internship. Revise all your courses from a practical standpoint. I would highly recommend going through the Lab experiments and their respective chapters in McCabe & Smith. Apart from Core, I was focusing on Finance. I had cleared CFA level 1 and so I revised the syllabus once. I would recommend reading the Econ, CorpFin, Portfolio Management and Derivatives portions of the level 1 syllabus. Reading ET everyday can be of great help in the interview andGD. Also pick and read about any five major Fin/Econ episodes in the world. Apart from that practice puzzles regularly. And MOST importantly prep for CAT. Almost all the companies beyond Day 1.1 have CAT based tests as a shortlisting criteria.
Skills: Confidence while communicating., Clarity in arguments., Practical application of concepts.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: 3-4 case study with multiple choice answers.
Duration: 60-65 mins minutes
Round: Preparation round
Experience: A meeting was held where each and every selected candidate in test is assigned a buddy(company official).
Tips: You should maintain a good relation with him so that you can call him anytime to solve a case study together
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Each round (5 round) was HR based and case study was given.
Tips: Objective and clear with all resume points.
General Tips: Objective and clear with all resume points. Basically I am good at speaking,so I didn't prepare much for interview.
Skill Tips: Solved 3-4 case study with my PSG buddy. Solved 45-50 case studies before the interview from many materials.
Skills: Adapting to many situations., Leading different organization basically PORs.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Experience: 3-4 case study with multiple choice answers.
Duration: 60-65 mins minutes
Round: Preparation round
Experience: A meeting was held where each and every selected candidate in test is assigned a buddy(company official).
Tips: You should maintain a good relation with him so that you can call him anytime to solve a case study together
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Each round (5 round) was HR based and case study was given.
Tips: Objective and clear with all resume points.
General Tips: Objective and clear with all resume points. Basically I am good at speaking,so I didn't prepare much for interview.
Skill Tips: Solved 3-4 case study with my PSG buddy. Solved 45-50 case studies before the interview from many materials.
Skills: Adapting to many situations., Leading different organization basically PORs.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Interview
Experience: Tested how much I was interested into this profile.
Round: Interview
Experience: They tested how good was I in applying what I know.
Round: Interview
Experience: They tested my logic.
Round: Interview
Experience: Tested my subject knowledge.
Round: interview
Experience: They tried to know about me.
General Tips: I choose my minors in economics, took electives in management, did an non-core intern and checked that I am thorough with courses. I didn't prepare for core, I was just being thorough with my resume.
Skills: Logic, Handling stress.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Experience: Tested how much I was interested into this profile.
Round: Interview
Experience: They tested how good was I in applying what I know.
Round: Interview
Experience: They tested my logic.
Round: Interview
Experience: Tested my subject knowledge.
Round: interview
Experience: They tried to know about me.
General Tips: I choose my minors in economics, took electives in management, did an non-core intern and checked that I am thorough with courses. I didn't prepare for core, I was just being thorough with my resume.
Skills: Logic, Handling stress.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Anonymous
posted on 2 Jul 2015
1 Interview Round
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Interview questions were mostly core. Here and there a few HR questions were asked. A lot of questions on Heat,mass transfer. They asked some very basic HR questions to see if i was prepared.
Tips: They look for students who have good conceptual knowledge of fundamentals of core courses.They look for students genuinely interested in core profile and hence grilled me on core knowledge.
Skill Tips: Solved some mock core tests given by BC. Brushed up on important concepts in CRE, HT, MT, momentum transfer etc.Looked at GATE papers of past five years.
Skills: Core Courses Understanding., Knowledge About Industries., Project And Internship.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Experience: Interview questions were mostly core. Here and there a few HR questions were asked. A lot of questions on Heat,mass transfer. They asked some very basic HR questions to see if i was prepared.
Tips: They look for students who have good conceptual knowledge of fundamentals of core courses.They look for students genuinely interested in core profile and hence grilled me on core knowledge.
Skill Tips: Solved some mock core tests given by BC. Brushed up on important concepts in CRE, HT, MT, momentum transfer etc.Looked at GATE papers of past five years.
Skills: Core Courses Understanding., Knowledge About Industries., Project And Internship.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: .
General Tips: Resume doesn’t really matter, but specific things in it can be looked at. CGPA does not matter as well. Build up your skills, engage with teams and startups in the institute.
Skills: Big Data Analytics, C++, Statistics , Regression
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Experience: .
General Tips: Resume doesn’t really matter, but specific things in it can be looked at. CGPA does not matter as well. Build up your skills, engage with teams and startups in the institute.
Skills: Big Data Analytics, C++, Statistics , Regression
College Name: IIT MADRAS
1 Interview Round
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: HR Interview
Experience: resume grilling, puzzles asked if you have got no analytics background, finance background is not required.
Skills: analytical skills
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Experience: resume grilling, puzzles asked if you have got no analytics background, finance background is not required.
Skills: analytical skills
College Name: IIT MADRAS
2 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: The problem will be given for you to analyse and it is very important that you style what you speak to carry forward a constructive discussion with the interviewers. They will look at how you apply your knowledge to build a solution
Tips: The 2 important things that you need to keep in mind are as follows ï Breaking the problem down to the absolute basic ï Following a systematic and structured way of solving the problems
Round: HR Interview
Tips: Be very honest and frank with your answers. The candidate was psychoanalyzed and asked to respond to analysis done by company on himself.
General Tips: Resume should have a narrative of life in insti. List your passions and skills. Lookout for spikes in resume. Distinguishing your work from other people in institute. Attend resume making sessions to understand how to reflect them in resumeContact seniors who have joined the company to go through resume and suggest changes. Good Leadership PoRs will be appreciated. Important to quantify achievements in resume as companies like to see spike/impact that you have created.November – Prep for Case interview in a rigorous manner
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Experience: The problem will be given for you to analyse and it is very important that you style what you speak to carry forward a constructive discussion with the interviewers. They will look at how you apply your knowledge to build a solution
Tips: The 2 important things that you need to keep in mind are as follows ï Breaking the problem down to the absolute basic ï Following a systematic and structured way of solving the problems
Round: HR Interview
Tips: Be very honest and frank with your answers. The candidate was psychoanalyzed and asked to respond to analysis done by company on himself.
General Tips: Resume should have a narrative of life in insti. List your passions and skills. Lookout for spikes in resume. Distinguishing your work from other people in institute. Attend resume making sessions to understand how to reflect them in resumeContact seniors who have joined the company to go through resume and suggest changes. Good Leadership PoRs will be appreciated. Important to quantify achievements in resume as companies like to see spike/impact that you have created.November – Prep for Case interview in a rigorous manner
College Name: IIT MADRAS
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Tips: A general aptitude written test was there. It is a bit more difficult as compared to other screening tests.
Round: HR Interview
Tips: There were 4 rounds of interviews – 2 guesstimates, 1 HR and 1 case study round. They look at your approach to the guesstimate and not the final answer. They expect you to able to solve puzzles as well. The guesstimates are very important to solve. The case study round is pretty easy. PoRs aren’t really important.
General Tips: Caseinpoint and Case interview cracked will help too. Manage your slots well on the day. Apart from that studying in groups help more for placements.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Tips: A general aptitude written test was there. It is a bit more difficult as compared to other screening tests.
Round: HR Interview
Tips: There were 4 rounds of interviews – 2 guesstimates, 1 HR and 1 case study round. They look at your approach to the guesstimate and not the final answer. They expect you to able to solve puzzles as well. The guesstimates are very important to solve. The case study round is pretty easy. PoRs aren’t really important.
General Tips: Caseinpoint and Case interview cracked will help too. Manage your slots well on the day. Apart from that studying in groups help more for placements.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: 20-30 people will be shortlisted.
Tips: Mckinsey looks for 3-4 spikes in your resume. For instance, Leadership Extraordinary papers Good at academics Music, Arts, etc.Shortlisting happens through resume. You have 30 seconds to impress the HR. Make a 1 page resume giving your key achievements. Contact seniors from the firms if you’re interested. Start preparing your resume in the month of August. Proofread and make 68 drafts till it becomes perfect. Do not write things which you’re not confident about. Explain achievements in a single line
Round: HR Interview
Tips: 15 minutes – general questions/conversation (about yourself, on resume points)
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: Two cases would be given. The possible solutions and views should be discussed with the interviewer. It is more like a conversation between the interviewee and the interviewer. They check on the approach to the given problem. Mainly break down your problem, take your time and don’t bounce onto the solution. Discuss the problem with them and move it like a conversation. Mckinsey interviews are interviewee driven. Move it in the direction you are comfortable with.
Tips: They would request you to ask one question to them – ask sensible questions such as growth curve, feedback about the interview, etc.
General Tips: Do not lie. Be confident and focus on a maximum of 2-3 sectors during placements.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Experience: 20-30 people will be shortlisted.
Tips: Mckinsey looks for 3-4 spikes in your resume. For instance, Leadership Extraordinary papers Good at academics Music, Arts, etc.Shortlisting happens through resume. You have 30 seconds to impress the HR. Make a 1 page resume giving your key achievements. Contact seniors from the firms if you’re interested. Start preparing your resume in the month of August. Proofread and make 68 drafts till it becomes perfect. Do not write things which you’re not confident about. Explain achievements in a single line
Round: HR Interview
Tips: 15 minutes – general questions/conversation (about yourself, on resume points)
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: Two cases would be given. The possible solutions and views should be discussed with the interviewer. It is more like a conversation between the interviewee and the interviewer. They check on the approach to the given problem. Mainly break down your problem, take your time and don’t bounce onto the solution. Discuss the problem with them and move it like a conversation. Mckinsey interviews are interviewee driven. Move it in the direction you are comfortable with.
Tips: They would request you to ask one question to them – ask sensible questions such as growth curve, feedback about the interview, etc.
General Tips: Do not lie. Be confident and focus on a maximum of 2-3 sectors during placements.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
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