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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: Quant, Sequence series, Basic mathematics
Each question was given a specific time after which other question appeared on screen and you cannot go back to the previous question. So this was a bit stressful.
12 people got selected.
Duration: 30 minutes
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: The moderator picked each and every guy and asked him/her to put his/her views, and then time was allocated to debate on the points raised. In total 15 mins GD. No elimination through GD. Basic GD skills were looked for that is ability to speak and to drive the discussion to a positive direction.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Just 1 round of interview. Mostly HR question were asked. Resume based questions were asked. Basically HR questions were asked.
Round: Resume Shortlist
Tips: Interview was basically the criteria for selection. The internship, project POR everything mattered. Co-curricular activities were also asked.
General Tips: I think i was selected because I was able to justify my skill set properly. I gave valid explanations of my skill sets, I was able to justify my internships. Projecting my confidence level was an added advantage. Decide your future i.e. what is your area of interest and then prepare for it.
Having a good POR always help.
CGPA should be above 8.
Have mock interviews with a wingmates.
During internship work properly.
Skill Tips: Prepare for CAT. Quant, Puzzles, Case studies are important. Mock GDs and Mock PIs with wing-mates are very important. Revised all basic courses. All app-mech courses, solved some questions from unsolved section of any text book. Ensure you have mock GDs and mock PIs with wingmates.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Experience: Quant, Sequence series, Basic mathematics
Each question was given a specific time after which other question appeared on screen and you cannot go back to the previous question. So this was a bit stressful.
12 people got selected.
Duration: 30 minutes
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: The moderator picked each and every guy and asked him/her to put his/her views, and then time was allocated to debate on the points raised. In total 15 mins GD. No elimination through GD. Basic GD skills were looked for that is ability to speak and to drive the discussion to a positive direction.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Just 1 round of interview. Mostly HR question were asked. Resume based questions were asked. Basically HR questions were asked.
Round: Resume Shortlist
Tips: Interview was basically the criteria for selection. The internship, project POR everything mattered. Co-curricular activities were also asked.
General Tips: I think i was selected because I was able to justify my skill set properly. I gave valid explanations of my skill sets, I was able to justify my internships. Projecting my confidence level was an added advantage. Decide your future i.e. what is your area of interest and then prepare for it.
Having a good POR always help.
CGPA should be above 8.
Have mock interviews with a wingmates.
During internship work properly.
Skill Tips: Prepare for CAT. Quant, Puzzles, Case studies are important. Mock GDs and Mock PIs with wing-mates are very important. Revised all basic courses. All app-mech courses, solved some questions from unsolved section of any text book. Ensure you have mock GDs and mock PIs with wingmates.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: CGPA about 8.00
Tips: Criterion for getting shortlisted for test - CGPA > 8.0
for GD - the score in their test
There was no shortlist after GD (all were called for PI) but they were looking to eliminate those who talked about technology and research instead.
Round: Test
Experience: There was a simple test on English and basic level Math. A timed test (no calculators allowed). CAT preparation can help but not exactly necessary.
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: The profile is all about teamwork and hence GD was an important part of the selection procedure. The panelist, then, tried to confuse us by citing examples of advanced technology and research in the context of "smarter planet". He was actually looking for people who talked about "ideas for business expansions" and not about "knowledge of advanced technology".
Round: Interview
Experience: There was just one round of HR interview. Predominantly resume based. The interviewer just had a chat with me, asked about my hometown, discussed a few extra curriculars I had mentioned in my resume. There was this one common question about teamwork. He asked for my experiences of teamwork and what I had learned from them. I think he was also looking for communication skills.
General Tips: 1. 9.66 CGPA in Management minor stream, overall CGPA > 8.0
2. Internship at IMaCS where I worked in teams with MBA grads
1st and 2nd years - explore all branches, all fields, as much as possible. Maintain good CG. Have some extra curriculars.
2nd years - get your passport asap. do a core intern to get an idea of your field and also to fill your resume.
3rd years - decide whether or not you want to app. (I converted to dual degree because I was still indecisive on this).
If your CG is low and you are bent on apping, do some extra projects, put papers and maintain relation with profs.
Skill Tips: I did not particularly prepare for non-core. I just solved a couple of quant papers. I did not particularly prepare for core companies. I did observe that going through structures and geotech courses really helped my classmates land core jobs.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Experience: CGPA about 8.00
Tips: Criterion for getting shortlisted for test - CGPA > 8.0
for GD - the score in their test
There was no shortlist after GD (all were called for PI) but they were looking to eliminate those who talked about technology and research instead.
Round: Test
Experience: There was a simple test on English and basic level Math. A timed test (no calculators allowed). CAT preparation can help but not exactly necessary.
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: The profile is all about teamwork and hence GD was an important part of the selection procedure. The panelist, then, tried to confuse us by citing examples of advanced technology and research in the context of "smarter planet". He was actually looking for people who talked about "ideas for business expansions" and not about "knowledge of advanced technology".
Round: Interview
Experience: There was just one round of HR interview. Predominantly resume based. The interviewer just had a chat with me, asked about my hometown, discussed a few extra curriculars I had mentioned in my resume. There was this one common question about teamwork. He asked for my experiences of teamwork and what I had learned from them. I think he was also looking for communication skills.
General Tips: 1. 9.66 CGPA in Management minor stream, overall CGPA > 8.0
2. Internship at IMaCS where I worked in teams with MBA grads
1st and 2nd years - explore all branches, all fields, as much as possible. Maintain good CG. Have some extra curriculars.
2nd years - get your passport asap. do a core intern to get an idea of your field and also to fill your resume.
3rd years - decide whether or not you want to app. (I converted to dual degree because I was still indecisive on this).
If your CG is low and you are bent on apping, do some extra projects, put papers and maintain relation with profs.
Skill Tips: I did not particularly prepare for non-core. I just solved a couple of quant papers. I did not particularly prepare for core companies. I did observe that going through structures and geotech courses really helped my classmates land core jobs.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. What are your plans for the future?
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: They look for how you react in a team.whether you give chance to other ,your calmness,ability to conclude,ability to work in the team.
Duration: 20 minutes
Round: Interview
Experience: They tested whatever you used during your intern and some basic engineering concepts.
Round: Interview
Tips: Prepare general questions like introduce yourself,explain your interns and projects,explain your goal.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Experience: They look for how you react in a team.whether you give chance to other ,your calmness,ability to conclude,ability to work in the team.
Duration: 20 minutes
Round: Interview
Experience: They tested whatever you used during your intern and some basic engineering concepts.
Round: Interview
Tips: Prepare general questions like introduce yourself,explain your interns and projects,explain your goal.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Interview
Experience: There was one round Technical cum HR interview.
A.For Technical: The subject knowledge and skills tested are: 1.Ansys Fundas . 2.Hands on project. B.For HR. "why healthcare sector when there are better apportunities elsewhere"? was the main question and there were some follow up questions based on my answer.
Skills: Ansys
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Experience: There was one round Technical cum HR interview.
A.For Technical: The subject knowledge and skills tested are: 1.Ansys Fundas . 2.Hands on project. B.For HR. "why healthcare sector when there are better apportunities elsewhere"? was the main question and there were some follow up questions based on my answer.
Skills: Ansys
College Name: IIT MADRAS
1 Interview Round
Interview Questions
- Q1. One building designed for some place like delhi later supposed to shifted to chennai then will yo do changes in the design?if yes explain
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: One round Technical cum HR interview
Typical PSU interview ,casual questions about my project and questions related to that only-Earthquake effect on structures and its design process. Richter scale and any other scale for earthquake.
Wind and Earthquake code provisions like return period in both cases, severemost Earthquake ever occured on ground.
Skill Tips: Generally Questions Asked from your project so clear the concept of project. Earthquake effect on a structure and its design process was asked.
Skills: Based on project
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Experience: One round Technical cum HR interview
Typical PSU interview ,casual questions about my project and questions related to that only-Earthquake effect on structures and its design process. Richter scale and any other scale for earthquake.
Wind and Earthquake code provisions like return period in both cases, severemost Earthquake ever occured on ground.
Skill Tips: Generally Questions Asked from your project so clear the concept of project. Earthquake effect on a structure and its design process was asked.
Skills: Based on project
College Name: IIT MADRAS
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Initial shortlisting was based on resume
Tips: A good resume ensure your selection for interview
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: There was one round Technical cum HR Interview
For technical
The questions were on basics of power systems(Undergraduate stuff) but more oriented towards PGCIL work that is related to Transformers,Generators,Transmission lines etc.
Apart from this basic knowledge of HVDC were tested.also questions were asked related to the indian powergrid like voltage levelsuse of phasor ,measurement units,Interconnection of grids, major HVDC links etc.
For HR
They asked about my hobbies,schooling etc.general HR questions ,nothing peculiar
Tips: 1.Focus on the Basics of power systems(mostly undergraduate level)
2.Also go through reports(Technical,about future plans,enquiry reports of grid collapse) which found on PGCIL website and other websites like ministry of power,CERC etc.
General Tips: One has to be very confident and relaxed
Skill Tips: They will see how your knowledge in power systems help PGCIL .so Focus on topic related to PGCIL like Generators,Transformers,Transmission lines etc.
Skills: Substation Automation, Power systems
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Experience: Initial shortlisting was based on resume
Tips: A good resume ensure your selection for interview
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: There was one round Technical cum HR Interview
For technical
The questions were on basics of power systems(Undergraduate stuff) but more oriented towards PGCIL work that is related to Transformers,Generators,Transmission lines etc.
Apart from this basic knowledge of HVDC were tested.also questions were asked related to the indian powergrid like voltage levelsuse of phasor ,measurement units,Interconnection of grids, major HVDC links etc.
For HR
They asked about my hobbies,schooling etc.general HR questions ,nothing peculiar
Tips: 1.Focus on the Basics of power systems(mostly undergraduate level)
2.Also go through reports(Technical,about future plans,enquiry reports of grid collapse) which found on PGCIL website and other websites like ministry of power,CERC etc.
General Tips: One has to be very confident and relaxed
Skill Tips: They will see how your knowledge in power systems help PGCIL .so Focus on topic related to PGCIL like Generators,Transformers,Transmission lines etc.
Skills: Substation Automation, Power systems
College Name: IIT MADRAS
2 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Other Interview
Experience: There is one round combined interview(Technical+HR)
They have mentioned very clearly what they are looking for.
In HR they asked questions based on hobbies
Tips: Since they have mentioned very clearly what they are looking for so give more importance to that things
Skill Tips: Refresh all basics but particularly Thermal engineering not entire mechanical engineering
Skills: Thermal engineering, Mechanical engineering
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Experience: There is one round combined interview(Technical+HR)
They have mentioned very clearly what they are looking for.
In HR they asked questions based on hobbies
Tips: Since they have mentioned very clearly what they are looking for so give more importance to that things
Skill Tips: Refresh all basics but particularly Thermal engineering not entire mechanical engineering
Skills: Thermal engineering, Mechanical engineering
College Name: IIT MADRAS
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Test was consist of two sections
1.Quant
2.Aptitude
Tips: Since initial shortlisting was based on Test so focus on Quant and Aptitude
Duration: 40 minutes
Total Questions: 30
Round: Interview
Experience: Tested communication skill for the purpose of client interaction.
Round: Interview
Experience: Asked Questions relating to resume. the first part of the 2nd round was mostly on my intern,the profile of which matched with what they were looking for.Data mining ,Data analyst etc.they went in depth about my intern and asked every detail of how i proceeded in getting the final results. second part focussed on PAYPAL .
Tips: They didn't expect the candidate to know everything about PAYPAL but it is always good to know about the company as much as you can before attending the interview.
Round: Interview
Experience: They looked at the approach and tried to push us to the limits.
The most important factor is how you approach the problem and not if you end up with result then there was other question,they tested the approach even for that one.
Tips: Preparation on guesstimate and case studies will help you deal with question like that.
Skills: Communication skill, Problem solving skill
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Experience: Test was consist of two sections
1.Quant
2.Aptitude
Tips: Since initial shortlisting was based on Test so focus on Quant and Aptitude
Duration: 40 minutes
Total Questions: 30
Round: Interview
Experience: Tested communication skill for the purpose of client interaction.
Round: Interview
Experience: Asked Questions relating to resume. the first part of the 2nd round was mostly on my intern,the profile of which matched with what they were looking for.Data mining ,Data analyst etc.they went in depth about my intern and asked every detail of how i proceeded in getting the final results. second part focussed on PAYPAL .
Tips: They didn't expect the candidate to know everything about PAYPAL but it is always good to know about the company as much as you can before attending the interview.
Round: Interview
Experience: They looked at the approach and tried to push us to the limits.
The most important factor is how you approach the problem and not if you end up with result then there was other question,they tested the approach even for that one.
Tips: Preparation on guesstimate and case studies will help you deal with question like that.
Skills: Communication skill, Problem solving skill
College Name: IIT MADRAS
2 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: 10 members were part of GD.
We were warned in between that they wanted it to be a discussion and not a debate.they also warned us against interrupting others while they were speaking . one person was rejected and the reason was for speaking too fast during the GD.
Duration: 10 minutes
Round:
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Experience: A single round of interview was conducted with a combined Technical and HR.
In Technical Round
A case study was given on the previous night and the interview was mostly about that.
The case study was very similar to the assigments in biomedical device innovation
Questions were asked in HR
1.Why consulting?
2.Why should we hire you?
3.How long are you going to stay in this company?
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Experience: 10 members were part of GD.
We were warned in between that they wanted it to be a discussion and not a debate.they also warned us against interrupting others while they were speaking . one person was rejected and the reason was for speaking too fast during the GD.
Duration: 10 minutes
Round:
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Experience: A single round of interview was conducted with a combined Technical and HR.
In Technical Round
A case study was given on the previous night and the interview was mostly about that.
The case study was very similar to the assigments in biomedical device innovation
Questions were asked in HR
1.Why consulting?
2.Why should we hire you?
3.How long are you going to stay in this company?
College Name: IIT MADRAS
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Initial shorlisting was based on One Hour written test
Questions on Data structure,Operating system and logics were asked in the test
Tips: Focus on Quant,coding and algorithms
Duration: 60 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Subject knowledge and skills tested in technical interview are:
1.Programming skills
2.Operating systems
3.Puzzels
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Very general questions like -why this company,tell something about yourself were asked .
General Tips: Discuss the logical questions with friends and prefer the group studies .
Skill Tips: Online materials are very useful for logical questions
Skills: Basics of C, Data structures, Networks, Puzzels
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Experience: Initial shorlisting was based on One Hour written test
Questions on Data structure,Operating system and logics were asked in the test
Tips: Focus on Quant,coding and algorithms
Duration: 60 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Subject knowledge and skills tested in technical interview are:
1.Programming skills
2.Operating systems
3.Puzzels
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Very general questions like -why this company,tell something about yourself were asked .
General Tips: Discuss the logical questions with friends and prefer the group studies .
Skill Tips: Online materials are very useful for logical questions
Skills: Basics of C, Data structures, Networks, Puzzels
College Name: IIT MADRAS
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