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Filter interviews byIndian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai Placement Interview Questions
Updated
4 Dec 2024
1.2k interviews found
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. How many airports leave Chennai airport every day?
- Q2. Tell me 3 strengths of yours & 3 weaknesses
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: The questions were very easy. So everyone might have done well but the accuracy with speed is what that makes difference.
Tips: Practice! Practice! Practice! Even though you don’t want to attempt CAT you must definitely practice with material. Several practice tests will be available online too.
Round: Guesstimate Interview
Experience: It started with normal conversation where I was asked about my interests then followed by guesstimate and a puzzle. I did the guesstimate well. I stumbled while solving puzzle, but then I went over it again from the beginning and finally solved it.
Tips: If you feel that you are going in the wrong direction then ask the interviewer and start it from scratch without getting tensed. Its approach that will be observed not the outcome.
Round: Stress Interview
Experience: It was completely HR based stress interview. I was questioned about my weaknesses and I had to convince the interviewer by quoting examples of thing done by me. At the end there was general discussion about the company.
Tips: They were impressed with my intern work. Intern was based on project management and business analyst which was very close to the job I got selected in.
General Tips: Making resume should be started during summer itself. Just make sure of whatever you are saying. Don’t ever think of how the interviewer is feeling about your answer.Prepare well to talk about the company and its profile. Refer economic times/ ET retail time to time.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Experience: The questions were very easy. So everyone might have done well but the accuracy with speed is what that makes difference.
Tips: Practice! Practice! Practice! Even though you don’t want to attempt CAT you must definitely practice with material. Several practice tests will be available online too.
Round: Guesstimate Interview
Experience: It started with normal conversation where I was asked about my interests then followed by guesstimate and a puzzle. I did the guesstimate well. I stumbled while solving puzzle, but then I went over it again from the beginning and finally solved it.
Tips: If you feel that you are going in the wrong direction then ask the interviewer and start it from scratch without getting tensed. Its approach that will be observed not the outcome.
Round: Stress Interview
Experience: It was completely HR based stress interview. I was questioned about my weaknesses and I had to convince the interviewer by quoting examples of thing done by me. At the end there was general discussion about the company.
Tips: They were impressed with my intern work. Intern was based on project management and business analyst which was very close to the job I got selected in.
General Tips: Making resume should be started during summer itself. Just make sure of whatever you are saying. Don’t ever think of how the interviewer is feeling about your answer.Prepare well to talk about the company and its profile. Refer economic times/ ET retail time to time.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Increase the sales of Sofas over the next three months
- Q2. Set up a Cab service like Ola in Chennai and develop a strategy to optimize costs and revenue etc
- Q3. If you’re a consultant for a Multiplex Cinemas, What would you do to create revenue generation avenues?
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: It was an easy exam(The UL one). Basic quant questions were asked. But easy exams are tricky ones. You cannot afford to make mistakes. So speed and accuracy were expected.
There are lot of companies that short list based on aptitude test. Most of them shortlist around 40-50 people for the next round. So CAT preparation(or the likes of CAT,GRE etc) is a MUST even if you are not actually giving CAT. Speed and Accuracy is required. Practice infinite. Only then you can make it to the short list.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: It was a happy round. I had to talk about me, which is easy if you are well aware of who you are and what you want. I was fortunate, I was asked an easy puzzle midway and a small Guesstimate.
Tips: Keeping Calm and Talking whatever I know in a confident way helped a lot. Also, asking him a bunch of questions about the company.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: It was a 40 minute interview.This interview had a bit untidy start. It took time for me to handle the first question, where I had to increase the sales of sofas. But I took my time, jotted down my thoughts and never stopped again. So, stay cool throughout and it helps. I could do well in all 3 questions.
Tips: Talking to the interviewer about whatever you know in the smartest way always helps. I guess my minor helped. Doing the common stuff is more than enough.
General Tips: Basic Practice for Interview is a must. Find a friend and start asking interview questions to each other. Mock Interviews help.
Use Insti life to find what you want to do for the rest of your life, and give your best in finding it. Placements are like any other course, If you really want to get them..You will…No matter what.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Experience: It was an easy exam(The UL one). Basic quant questions were asked. But easy exams are tricky ones. You cannot afford to make mistakes. So speed and accuracy were expected.
There are lot of companies that short list based on aptitude test. Most of them shortlist around 40-50 people for the next round. So CAT preparation(or the likes of CAT,GRE etc) is a MUST even if you are not actually giving CAT. Speed and Accuracy is required. Practice infinite. Only then you can make it to the short list.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: It was a happy round. I had to talk about me, which is easy if you are well aware of who you are and what you want. I was fortunate, I was asked an easy puzzle midway and a small Guesstimate.
Tips: Keeping Calm and Talking whatever I know in a confident way helped a lot. Also, asking him a bunch of questions about the company.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: It was a 40 minute interview.This interview had a bit untidy start. It took time for me to handle the first question, where I had to increase the sales of sofas. But I took my time, jotted down my thoughts and never stopped again. So, stay cool throughout and it helps. I could do well in all 3 questions.
Tips: Talking to the interviewer about whatever you know in the smartest way always helps. I guess my minor helped. Doing the common stuff is more than enough.
General Tips: Basic Practice for Interview is a must. Find a friend and start asking interview questions to each other. Mock Interviews help.
Use Insti life to find what you want to do for the rest of your life, and give your best in finding it. Placements are like any other course, If you really want to get them..You will…No matter what.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
2 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: 6-7 students for group.
2 topics one after the other.
Looking for your knowledge on current affairs,
Duration: 15-20 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Core questions from resume and general questions like Density of concrete.
They tested Core knowledge.
For other batch, general topics like Telangana and Andhra Pradesh issue was asked.
General Tips: Prepare well to answer Project and company updates’ related questions. Start preparation for non core companies from summer so that it will be useful for CAT also.
Core- CG is the most important. Choose electives and projects according to your preferred sector. Prepare puzzles. Guesstimate –Create situations and work with groups. Improve Speaking skills,
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Experience: 6-7 students for group.
2 topics one after the other.
Looking for your knowledge on current affairs,
Duration: 15-20 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Core questions from resume and general questions like Density of concrete.
They tested Core knowledge.
For other batch, general topics like Telangana and Andhra Pradesh issue was asked.
General Tips: Prepare well to answer Project and company updates’ related questions. Start preparation for non core companies from summer so that it will be useful for CAT also.
Core- CG is the most important. Choose electives and projects according to your preferred sector. Prepare puzzles. Guesstimate –Create situations and work with groups. Improve Speaking skills,
College Name: IIT MADRAS
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Effective lengths of columns with different boundary conditions.
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Questions were about guesstimates, resume points and very few simple technical questions.
General Tips: Try not to go about applying for every odd company just because you are nervous about placements. Make a list of companies and learn all you can about them and their process.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Experience: Questions were about guesstimates, resume points and very few simple technical questions.
General Tips: Try not to go about applying for every odd company just because you are nervous about placements. Make a list of companies and learn all you can about them and their process.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Why this company?
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: The test had three sections:VerbalQuantsReasoning
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 50-60
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Hypothetical problems. Asked lot of questions from projects mentioned in Resume. Moslty Infra. /DDP.
Guesstimate problems. Approach is important, not the answer.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Asked general HR questions, like the one mentioned above.
Case Study:- wanted to know how I am going to approach a problem which was happened recently in Trissur PPP. Other than obvious solution.Any hypothetical problems occurring in the projects can be asked.
General Tips: For Core.:- Learn Basics. Put only core projects in resume.
Non Core:- Knowledge & Communication skills are most important. More Emphasis on PoR, Extra Curricular, NGO work etc.
First year – Put fight. Change the Branch. Possibly EE or CS. Rest all are same.
Second /Third year- Decide whether you want to work in CORE or non Core and start work accordingly.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Experience: The test had three sections:VerbalQuantsReasoning
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 50-60
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Hypothetical problems. Asked lot of questions from projects mentioned in Resume. Moslty Infra. /DDP.
Guesstimate problems. Approach is important, not the answer.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Asked general HR questions, like the one mentioned above.
Case Study:- wanted to know how I am going to approach a problem which was happened recently in Trissur PPP. Other than obvious solution.Any hypothetical problems occurring in the projects can be asked.
General Tips: For Core.:- Learn Basics. Put only core projects in resume.
Non Core:- Knowledge & Communication skills are most important. More Emphasis on PoR, Extra Curricular, NGO work etc.
First year – Put fight. Change the Branch. Possibly EE or CS. Rest all are same.
Second /Third year- Decide whether you want to work in CORE or non Core and start work accordingly.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Why interested to join their company?
- Q2. How you suit the profile they offered?
- Q3. Number of cars needed to start a city like Vijayawada?
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Questions are of CAT Standard.Conducted by CoCubes Subjects: English, logical Reasoning. quant.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: There were about 2 or 3 interview rounds.
General Tips: First years - Improve vocabulary.
2nd Year – Internship or project in summer at least to know the sector.
Interview preparation should start from Summer. Prepare case studies and Guesstimates in November. Focus on all points in resume.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Experience: Questions are of CAT Standard.Conducted by CoCubes Subjects: English, logical Reasoning. quant.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: There were about 2 or 3 interview rounds.
General Tips: First years - Improve vocabulary.
2nd Year – Internship or project in summer at least to know the sector.
Interview preparation should start from Summer. Prepare case studies and Guesstimates in November. Focus on all points in resume.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. What was my favorite product?
- Q2. Give examples of good products and bad products.
- Q3. If good, why is it good? And if bad, what can be done to make it better?
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: For Product management, I highlighted points in my resume. Sponsorship and PR core worked in my favour.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: It lasted for about 45 minutes. He basically tested my knowledge on product management. He asked my questions on marketing, growth, demographic penetration.
Round: Other Interview
Experience: Second interview was basically a follow up, lasted for almost an hour. He tested me on my consistency and some guesstimates. Like estimate the number of mobile internet users of Quora (which was my favorite product/service)
Tips: Knowledge wasn’t tested as such in any field. Important skill was estimation/prediction.
In the second interview, he followed up on questions from the first interview, so he tested me on my consistency. Consistency is very important!!
General Tips: Do's: If you have a project of your own that would work in your favor. Do many side projects.
Don't's: don't put gen start-ups. You will have to justify those
Practice Quant much earlier. It sets the base for the placement scene. Practice up. Other than that, keep doing the stuff your BC sends. I think that's sufficient. I think reading Economic Times might also help.
First year guys would be free. They should explore a lot of things. The second year, select the option you would want to pursue. Third year, start prioritizing.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Experience: For Product management, I highlighted points in my resume. Sponsorship and PR core worked in my favour.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: It lasted for about 45 minutes. He basically tested my knowledge on product management. He asked my questions on marketing, growth, demographic penetration.
Round: Other Interview
Experience: Second interview was basically a follow up, lasted for almost an hour. He tested me on my consistency and some guesstimates. Like estimate the number of mobile internet users of Quora (which was my favorite product/service)
Tips: Knowledge wasn’t tested as such in any field. Important skill was estimation/prediction.
In the second interview, he followed up on questions from the first interview, so he tested me on my consistency. Consistency is very important!!
General Tips: Do's: If you have a project of your own that would work in your favor. Do many side projects.
Don't's: don't put gen start-ups. You will have to justify those
Practice Quant much earlier. It sets the base for the placement scene. Practice up. Other than that, keep doing the stuff your BC sends. I think that's sufficient. I think reading Economic Times might also help.
First year guys would be free. They should explore a lot of things. The second year, select the option you would want to pursue. Third year, start prioritizing.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Tell me about yourself
- Q2. Name 2 sectors where you will invest and 2 sectors where you won’t? Why?
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Resume shortlist based on exposure to finance field.
Tips: Exposure to finance will be beneficial.
Round: Test
Experience: Essay test. Timing 1 hr. 2 essays on general topics. Q1. Why Finance? (Compulsory to answer)Q2. What India needs to do to become a superpower by 2020? (optional 1 out of 2 questions).
Tips: English skills, grammar and essay writing skills will be beneficial.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: 2 rounds.Starts with general HR questions like: Tell me about yourself.
Then a thorough review of my resume and detailed question on finance courses and internship. Questions on the basis of my answers to this question were asked. So make sure you know what you are talking about.
Current events questions. Take on market as in where to invest and where not to with proper reasoning.Some simple puzzles and behavioral questions.
Then they let us ask if we have any questions.
Tips: Be confident and have logics to your answer and a certain finance inclination.
HR is very important in Non-core. People sort of leave it at last minute and then they sound like scripted in interview. SO give yourself some time at least 10-15 days for getting your HR answers look right and real. Speak in front of friends or mirror.
General Tips: 1st and 2nd year:
Just explore different options to figure out your interests. Don’t restrict yourself and try every opportunity you get in any field.
3rd year:
Polish you selected area of interest. Talk to seniors and figure out best way forward for you.
4th year:
keep learning and make sure you have direction in your interest and not do anything and everything that comes your way in an interest field. Your resume should tell a “ I figured my interest out” like story.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Experience: Resume shortlist based on exposure to finance field.
Tips: Exposure to finance will be beneficial.
Round: Test
Experience: Essay test. Timing 1 hr. 2 essays on general topics. Q1. Why Finance? (Compulsory to answer)Q2. What India needs to do to become a superpower by 2020? (optional 1 out of 2 questions).
Tips: English skills, grammar and essay writing skills will be beneficial.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: 2 rounds.Starts with general HR questions like: Tell me about yourself.
Then a thorough review of my resume and detailed question on finance courses and internship. Questions on the basis of my answers to this question were asked. So make sure you know what you are talking about.
Current events questions. Take on market as in where to invest and where not to with proper reasoning.Some simple puzzles and behavioral questions.
Then they let us ask if we have any questions.
Tips: Be confident and have logics to your answer and a certain finance inclination.
HR is very important in Non-core. People sort of leave it at last minute and then they sound like scripted in interview. SO give yourself some time at least 10-15 days for getting your HR answers look right and real. Speak in front of friends or mirror.
General Tips: 1st and 2nd year:
Just explore different options to figure out your interests. Don’t restrict yourself and try every opportunity you get in any field.
3rd year:
Polish you selected area of interest. Talk to seniors and figure out best way forward for you.
4th year:
keep learning and make sure you have direction in your interest and not do anything and everything that comes your way in an interest field. Your resume should tell a “ I figured my interest out” like story.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
6 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Resume shortlist around 120 from entire batch.
Mainly CG and overall performance. Any minor fin point in resume is sufficient to get shortlisted
Round: Test
Experience: Essay test: It tests your general awareness about different events and your motivation towards fin apart from the obvious grammar.
Tips: Your true motivation towards fin. Grammatical skills, English writing skills and knowledge of various sectors / general knowledge will help you write better argumentative precise answers
Round: HR Interview
Experience: : Consisted mainly of HR and resume and minor fin basic questions. This was an elimination round.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Questions related to various sectors, investment in stocks, trends of companies, markets, 2 puzzles & a guesstimate. Questions on my internship which they found impressive
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: Case & Guesstimate: case part was deciding for selection
General Tips: Pursue all your
interests with full passion. Do not compromise on
Acads and Cg at any cost. PLEASE do not pursue
things for resume points.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Experience: Resume shortlist around 120 from entire batch.
Mainly CG and overall performance. Any minor fin point in resume is sufficient to get shortlisted
Round: Test
Experience: Essay test: It tests your general awareness about different events and your motivation towards fin apart from the obvious grammar.
Tips: Your true motivation towards fin. Grammatical skills, English writing skills and knowledge of various sectors / general knowledge will help you write better argumentative precise answers
Round: HR Interview
Experience: : Consisted mainly of HR and resume and minor fin basic questions. This was an elimination round.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Questions related to various sectors, investment in stocks, trends of companies, markets, 2 puzzles & a guesstimate. Questions on my internship which they found impressive
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: Case & Guesstimate: case part was deciding for selection
General Tips: Pursue all your
interests with full passion. Do not compromise on
Acads and Cg at any cost. PLEASE do not pursue
things for resume points.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Resume points like PoRs matter for only top companies like BCG, McKinsey. If resume is poor, have to compensate by doing well in tests.
Round: Test
Experience: Usual non-core pattern. Quant, logic, datainterpretation, English.
Round: Guesstimate Interview
Experience: Had worked on a project in TIFR. Was asked, if you are to sell this, how much will you sell this for? “In a football field,calculate the distance run by a player”.
General Tips: Prepare for CAT. Start
preparing in July.
Skill Tips: Get your resume reviewed from your seniorsStart preparation for quants by end of July. Had help from alumni too.
Skills: English based
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Experience: Resume points like PoRs matter for only top companies like BCG, McKinsey. If resume is poor, have to compensate by doing well in tests.
Round: Test
Experience: Usual non-core pattern. Quant, logic, datainterpretation, English.
Round: Guesstimate Interview
Experience: Had worked on a project in TIFR. Was asked, if you are to sell this, how much will you sell this for? “In a football field,calculate the distance run by a player”.
General Tips: Prepare for CAT. Start
preparing in July.
Skill Tips: Get your resume reviewed from your seniorsStart preparation for quants by end of July. Had help from alumni too.
Skills: English based
College Name: IIT MADRAS
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