Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
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5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Tell me about yourself. Questions regarding Iron-Carbon diagram and CCT curves
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Basically there were some aptitude questions which were easy and English grammer(10th level) was asked. About technical aspect, questions were mostly factual.
Tips: For technical, prepare specifically for factual questions from your coursework. For aptitude part, focus on speed of solving problems.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Questions: 90
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: I was asked about myself and extra-curricular activities first followed by some technical questions about iron-carbon phase diagram and lever rule.
Tips: Course work would suffice
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Basically there were some aptitude questions which were easy and English grammer(10th level) was asked. About technical aspect, questions were mostly factual.
Tips: For technical, prepare specifically for factual questions from your coursework. For aptitude part, focus on speed of solving problems.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Questions: 90
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: I was asked about myself and extra-curricular activities first followed by some technical questions about iron-carbon phase diagram and lever rule.
Tips: Course work would suffice
College Name: IIT Madras
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Iron-Carbon Phase diagram, CCT curves, Pearlite,lever rule
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: It was online test and was aptitude section first. Questions were easy and later there were questions on English grammer and comprehension which would require 10th level knowledge. At last there will be 25 technical questions. Surprisingly, most of them were factual.
Tips: Pick up any aptitude book and practise it to improve your problem solving speed.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Questions: 90
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: I was asked to draw Iron Carbon phase diagram and CCT curves. I was also tested about lever rule and eutectoid composition.
Tips: Coursework would suffice
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: It was online test and was aptitude section first. Questions were easy and later there were questions on English grammer and comprehension which would require 10th level knowledge. At last there will be 25 technical questions. Surprisingly, most of them were factual.
Tips: Pick up any aptitude book and practise it to improve your problem solving speed.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Questions: 90
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: I was asked to draw Iron Carbon phase diagram and CCT curves. I was also tested about lever rule and eutectoid composition.
Tips: Coursework would suffice
College Name: IIT Madras
I was interviewed in Aug 2017.
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. True Stress Strain,Engineering Stress strain, Drawing,Casting, Forging
- Q2. Manufacturing Processes
- Q3. Asked mostly about co-curricular projects or course projects.
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: It was a decent test with sufficient time
Tips: Quantitative : Basic questions similar to online quant tests.
Be good with and solve a few papers before.
Technical: Focus on Strength of materials, Refrigeration, and TurboMachinery, IC engines, Design of Machne elements(Bearings, gears, shafts etc), Manufacturing Processes.
Read about automotive applications of these machine elements.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Questions: 90
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Based on Resume.Very Chill and helped me out even though I forgot the fundamentals.Was able to pick up quickly and interviewer might be impressed with that.
Tips: Be thorough with resume projects and course work.Be careful with your resume content as he can go to any extent about any project done.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Went very smoothly.Asked about my role in the teams I worked with.
Tips: Resume based things. Be confident and answer clearly
Skills: Knowledge on automotive applications, Manufaturing Processes for automotive applications
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: It was a decent test with sufficient time
Tips: Quantitative : Basic questions similar to online quant tests.
Be good with and solve a few papers before.
Technical: Focus on Strength of materials, Refrigeration, and TurboMachinery, IC engines, Design of Machne elements(Bearings, gears, shafts etc), Manufacturing Processes.
Read about automotive applications of these machine elements.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Questions: 90
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Based on Resume.Very Chill and helped me out even though I forgot the fundamentals.Was able to pick up quickly and interviewer might be impressed with that.
Tips: Be thorough with resume projects and course work.Be careful with your resume content as he can go to any extent about any project done.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Went very smoothly.Asked about my role in the teams I worked with.
Tips: Resume based things. Be confident and answer clearly
Skills: Knowledge on automotive applications, Manufaturing Processes for automotive applications
College Name: IIT Madras
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Introduce yourself.
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: It was a joint campus placement drive for IIT Madras and IISc Bangalore. I have applied through IIT Madras placement cell portal and based on company profile requirement and my M. Tech Specialisation and project work, my resume has got shortlisted. I have applied for the profile - Engines and Alternate Fuels. I have completed my M. Tech in Thermal Engineering and I have done the project in Internal Combustion Engine Laboratory.
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: It was a joint campus placement drive for IIT Madras and IISc Bangalore. I have applied through IIT Madras placement cell portal and based on company profile requirement and my M. Tech Specialisation and project work, my resume has got shortlisted. I have applied for the profile - Engines and Alternate Fuels. I have completed my M. Tech in Thermal Engineering and I have done the project in Internal Combustion Engine Laboratory.
College Name: IIT Madras
I was interviewed in Dec 2016.
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Write the algorithm for reversing the string
- Q2. Write an algorithm to select the number between min and maximum from a number series and that number shouldn't be a multiple of 10
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- Q5. My interview was just after demonetization. So question was, assume you are CEO of Paytm. What will be your key values and what will be your strategy to add mor...read more
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Aptitude part was pretty straightforward. Make sure you don't loose too much time on one question. Most of the questions were very easy. Number series, men working hours, probability and simple math calculations are enough to crack the test.
Coding part will definitely have one easy question (mostly will be on sorting algos). Basic coding knowledge is enough for this part.
Tips: Aptitude : Speed is the key. Since questions are easy, one who gets more than others will be shortlistled for the Interviews.
Coding: Make sure you solve atleast 1 problem correctly. And then try to attempt others.
Duration: 1 hour
Total Questions: 28
Round: Behavioural Interview
Experience: They also asked basic interview hr questions. Be prepared with your stories. If One of your story can make you look out of the stand, it will definitely work for this round. Strengths, weakness and where do you see yourself after 5 years.
Tips: Be confident. And be ready to defend your answers.
Skills: Math Puzzles, Algorithms And Data Structures, HR Skills, Inter Person Communication Skills
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Aptitude part was pretty straightforward. Make sure you don't loose too much time on one question. Most of the questions were very easy. Number series, men working hours, probability and simple math calculations are enough to crack the test.
Coding part will definitely have one easy question (mostly will be on sorting algos). Basic coding knowledge is enough for this part.
Tips: Aptitude : Speed is the key. Since questions are easy, one who gets more than others will be shortlistled for the Interviews.
Coding: Make sure you solve atleast 1 problem correctly. And then try to attempt others.
Duration: 1 hour
Total Questions: 28
Round: Behavioural Interview
Experience: They also asked basic interview hr questions. Be prepared with your stories. If One of your story can make you look out of the stand, it will definitely work for this round. Strengths, weakness and where do you see yourself after 5 years.
Tips: Be confident. And be ready to defend your answers.
Skills: Math Puzzles, Algorithms And Data Structures, HR Skills, Inter Person Communication Skills
College Name: IIT Madras
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Hey whatsup? (demo)
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Everything you can expect. (demo)
Duration: 2 hours
Total Questions: 100
Round: Behavioural Interview
Experience: Everything you can imagine (demo)
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Everything you can expect. (demo)
Duration: 2 hours
Total Questions: 100
Round: Behavioural Interview
Experience: Everything you can imagine (demo)
College Name: IIT Madras
I was interviewed in Dec 2016.
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Difference between a two stroke and a four stroke engine?
- Q2. Pictorial representation of a SI engine with valve opening and showing tdc and bdc.
- Q3. What change will u make or what improvement will you do to any product manufactured by TVS?
- Q4. Tell me about yourself.
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Basic aptitude questions including a few basic technical questions
Duration: 1 hour
Total Questions: 60
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: Interviewers were friendly, started with a casual talk, about themselves then asking about me, my interests and stuff, then they got into technical stuff followed by few HR questions
Tips: Be free and answer confidently
Skills: Presence Of Mind, Technical Skills, Behavioural Skills
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Basic aptitude questions including a few basic technical questions
Duration: 1 hour
Total Questions: 60
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: Interviewers were friendly, started with a casual talk, about themselves then asking about me, my interests and stuff, then they got into technical stuff followed by few HR questions
Tips: Be free and answer confidently
Skills: Presence Of Mind, Technical Skills, Behavioural Skills
College Name: IIT Madras
I was interviewed before May 2016.
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. famous gold puzzle
- Q2. Case study related: sales were increasing but the monthly profits were falling.
- Q3. problem identification - how to reduce per delivery cost from Rs. 75 (hypothetical value).
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: based on Cg.
No test was conducted.
Round: Group Activity
Experience: Nil
I selected this round by mistake.
there was only 1 round.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: We had 3 rounds of interview - first HR followed by two case study rounds. There were three panellist, one HR and the other two technical ones.
First round was specificaly HR round. They asked puzzles as well for this round. But even in the subsequent rounds, they didn't limit themselves to case studies but asked a few basic introduction questions as well. Some standard puzzles were asked in this round - a famous gold puzzle was asked to me. When I told that I know the answer, then they didn't grill me on it. The panellist were insti guys only - so questions like 'Why Saarang coreship ?' and 'Why choosing this track ?' were asked. The HR round also had a bit of senior junior interaction taste - question like 'Most interesting thing in insti' was asked. The 2nd and 3rd round were case study rounds both related to food-delivery only, Swiggy being related to that field. 1st one was a classic case study - sales were increasing but the monthly profits were falling. I solved it and gave suggestions to them. They were asking for data to support our claim. Out of 20-25 students from the first round, only 4 went to 2nd round and subsequently 3 to the 3rd round. 3rd round case study was about problem identification - how to reduce per delivery cost from Rs. 75 (hypothetical value). This was an open ended question and so was different from the first case study.
Tips: As it is a startup so I expected questions broadly related to 3 categories - HR, puzzles, and case studies. For puzzles and case studies - Day 1.0 is the book. Casing point is the book from which you can get even more difficult case studies. I also found a very good link in Quora - in which all the possible puzzles were given. Some HR questions like 'Why startup ?' & 'Why not the convenional company ?' were expected. I reffered to websites like 'themuse.com' for career planning which was very useful.
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: based on Cg.
No test was conducted.
Round: Group Activity
Experience: Nil
I selected this round by mistake.
there was only 1 round.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: We had 3 rounds of interview - first HR followed by two case study rounds. There were three panellist, one HR and the other two technical ones.
First round was specificaly HR round. They asked puzzles as well for this round. But even in the subsequent rounds, they didn't limit themselves to case studies but asked a few basic introduction questions as well. Some standard puzzles were asked in this round - a famous gold puzzle was asked to me. When I told that I know the answer, then they didn't grill me on it. The panellist were insti guys only - so questions like 'Why Saarang coreship ?' and 'Why choosing this track ?' were asked. The HR round also had a bit of senior junior interaction taste - question like 'Most interesting thing in insti' was asked. The 2nd and 3rd round were case study rounds both related to food-delivery only, Swiggy being related to that field. 1st one was a classic case study - sales were increasing but the monthly profits were falling. I solved it and gave suggestions to them. They were asking for data to support our claim. Out of 20-25 students from the first round, only 4 went to 2nd round and subsequently 3 to the 3rd round. 3rd round case study was about problem identification - how to reduce per delivery cost from Rs. 75 (hypothetical value). This was an open ended question and so was different from the first case study.
Tips: As it is a startup so I expected questions broadly related to 3 categories - HR, puzzles, and case studies. For puzzles and case studies - Day 1.0 is the book. Casing point is the book from which you can get even more difficult case studies. I also found a very good link in Quora - in which all the possible puzzles were given. Some HR questions like 'Why startup ?' & 'Why not the convenional company ?' were expected. I reffered to websites like 'themuse.com' for career planning which was very useful.
College Name: IIT Madras
I was interviewed before May 2016.
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. *Technical Interview About heat and mass transfer
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: We had to fill basic questions regarding that company which doesn't as such required any prior preparation. The questions were limited to 'Why Reliance ?' and such stuff. We also had to attach a photograph on this form/sheet.
For the test there were cutoff marks for both the sections and you have to complete both successfully. No CG criteria was there in this test selection.
Duration: 1 hour
Round: HR Interview
Experience: They started by the 'introduce yourself' question. Then they came to core questions - questions about different types of heat pumps used in the industry, knowledge about heat engine & carnot cycle. CRE basic question like % of excess oxygen in methane combustion. Questions abot pressure drop in a pipeline, basic factors affecting the pressure drop and such stuff. They also asked questions and grilled about cyclone separator beacuse that was related to my internship. Lastly they gave 4 different sector options and the preference of me in joining them - R&D, New projects, Already existing projects, and one another. I did one research intern, so they asked whether or not I wanted to pursue higher studies.
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: We had to fill basic questions regarding that company which doesn't as such required any prior preparation. The questions were limited to 'Why Reliance ?' and such stuff. We also had to attach a photograph on this form/sheet.
For the test there were cutoff marks for both the sections and you have to complete both successfully. No CG criteria was there in this test selection.
Duration: 1 hour
Round: HR Interview
Experience: They started by the 'introduce yourself' question. Then they came to core questions - questions about different types of heat pumps used in the industry, knowledge about heat engine & carnot cycle. CRE basic question like % of excess oxygen in methane combustion. Questions abot pressure drop in a pipeline, basic factors affecting the pressure drop and such stuff. They also asked questions and grilled about cyclone separator beacuse that was related to my internship. Lastly they gave 4 different sector options and the preference of me in joining them - R&D, New projects, Already existing projects, and one another. I did one research intern, so they asked whether or not I wanted to pursue higher studies.
College Name: IIT Madras
I was interviewed before May 2016.
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Concentrated mainly on heat transfer and mass transfer.
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Technical Interview
Tips: Questions on knowledge of industry and knowledge that is applicable. Since he had computative background it was about using aspen,Matlab etc. to solve proplems. Plus, familiarty with chemical industry-pumps, distillation columns, HEX etc and other quick logical questions
College Name: IIT Madras
Tips: Questions on knowledge of industry and knowledge that is applicable. Since he had computative background it was about using aspen,Matlab etc. to solve proplems. Plus, familiarty with chemical industry-pumps, distillation columns, HEX etc and other quick logical questions
College Name: IIT Madras
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