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Updated
4 Dec 2024
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4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Initial shortlisting was based on 1 hour written test.
Questions on Quant,Codingand Algorithms were asked in the test
Tips: Focus on quant,coding and algorithms
Duration: 60 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The subject knowledge and skills tested in Technical interview are:
1.Math
2.Coding
Tips: Good math knowledge is required.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: General HR question were asked in this round.
Skills: Data structure, Algorithms, Math, Coding
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Experience: Initial shortlisting was based on 1 hour written test.
Questions on Quant,Codingand Algorithms were asked in the test
Tips: Focus on quant,coding and algorithms
Duration: 60 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The subject knowledge and skills tested in Technical interview are:
1.Math
2.Coding
Tips: Good math knowledge is required.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: General HR question were asked in this round.
Skills: Data structure, Algorithms, Math, Coding
College Name: IIT MADRAS
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: CGPA above 8.
Round: Test
Experience: Simple quant questions, 2 sections, 20 - 30 min each. Calculators were not allowed.
Duration: 60 minutes
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: 11 members were part of the GD! They were under the impression that students from IITs are usually interested in technology, research and engineering. Your enthu/understanding of what a 'business consultant' does is what is tested in the GD. Just before the GD, they said that they would explain what they meant by "smarter planet". They
confused us by mentioning some technological innovations (like solar power, prosthetic limbs, artificial heart, brain, GPS, etc.) as examples of smarter planet. After the GD, they were able to simply separate those candidates who talked about business consulting from those candidates who got confused and talked about technology.
Duration: 30 minutes
Round: Interview
Experience: 1. The first 3 minutes was just a general talk about my hometown, junior college, etc. ( I think he was also from Andhra)
2. He went through my resume and asked me why I put certain points, like my BITSAT score in there. He also pointed out that there was nothing much regarding sports. I just made defending arguments.
3. He asked me about my teamwork, instances of good and bad teamwork, what I have learned from my experiences of teamwork in IIT. He said that the profile would need me to work in teams with IIM grads and asked me how I could manage.
General Tips: 3 things:1. I had 9.67 CGPA in Management minor and this added weight to my non-core side.2. I did an internship at IMaCS in infrastructure consulting. I was able to put pseud that I worked in teams with MBA grads during that internship and that we worked well. I think I also spoke well about my teamwork in class projects.3. During the GD, I gave a good example of business consulting (something regarding Maruthi Suzuki which I recalled from Marketing Management class). It gave them a strong opinion that I'm into business consulting.
Skill Tips: Practicing early in the semester would definitely help for any kind of placement.
Skills: quant, puzzle solving
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Motivation: I was apping, so I didn't prepare properly. However, I must suggest those who app, (not the ones who are bent on going abroad, but the ones like me, like cats on the wall) to attend all the placement tests and put proper fight during placements. I'm not saying that you should practice quant months earlier or mug up the finance material. (Its great if you can do that too, but I expect you'd be busy with GRE, TOEFL, etc.) I suggest you to finish (or pause) your SOPs and stuff before the third week of November and attend all the companies' tests and get placed early. A good placement is not only a big relief but it also allows you to drop your safe universities and apply to more strong. I didn't attend a couple of tests and regretted it during placements(getting placed on 16th day is not exactly Christmas) Never ever mention GRE or MS or any higher studies, for that matter, in any placement interview if you want to get placed in that company, no matter how friendly or understanding the interviewer might seem to be. (I got rejected in the first round itself in a couple of companies for doing this.)
Experience: CGPA above 8.
Round: Test
Experience: Simple quant questions, 2 sections, 20 - 30 min each. Calculators were not allowed.
Duration: 60 minutes
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: 11 members were part of the GD! They were under the impression that students from IITs are usually interested in technology, research and engineering. Your enthu/understanding of what a 'business consultant' does is what is tested in the GD. Just before the GD, they said that they would explain what they meant by "smarter planet". They
confused us by mentioning some technological innovations (like solar power, prosthetic limbs, artificial heart, brain, GPS, etc.) as examples of smarter planet. After the GD, they were able to simply separate those candidates who talked about business consulting from those candidates who got confused and talked about technology.
Duration: 30 minutes
Round: Interview
Experience: 1. The first 3 minutes was just a general talk about my hometown, junior college, etc. ( I think he was also from Andhra)
2. He went through my resume and asked me why I put certain points, like my BITSAT score in there. He also pointed out that there was nothing much regarding sports. I just made defending arguments.
3. He asked me about my teamwork, instances of good and bad teamwork, what I have learned from my experiences of teamwork in IIT. He said that the profile would need me to work in teams with IIM grads and asked me how I could manage.
General Tips: 3 things:1. I had 9.67 CGPA in Management minor and this added weight to my non-core side.2. I did an internship at IMaCS in infrastructure consulting. I was able to put pseud that I worked in teams with MBA grads during that internship and that we worked well. I think I also spoke well about my teamwork in class projects.3. During the GD, I gave a good example of business consulting (something regarding Maruthi Suzuki which I recalled from Marketing Management class). It gave them a strong opinion that I'm into business consulting.
Skill Tips: Practicing early in the semester would definitely help for any kind of placement.
Skills: quant, puzzle solving
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Motivation: I was apping, so I didn't prepare properly. However, I must suggest those who app, (not the ones who are bent on going abroad, but the ones like me, like cats on the wall) to attend all the placement tests and put proper fight during placements. I'm not saying that you should practice quant months earlier or mug up the finance material. (Its great if you can do that too, but I expect you'd be busy with GRE, TOEFL, etc.) I suggest you to finish (or pause) your SOPs and stuff before the third week of November and attend all the companies' tests and get placed early. A good placement is not only a big relief but it also allows you to drop your safe universities and apply to more strong. I didn't attend a couple of tests and regretted it during placements(getting placed on 16th day is not exactly Christmas) Never ever mention GRE or MS or any higher studies, for that matter, in any placement interview if you want to get placed in that company, no matter how friendly or understanding the interviewer might seem to be. (I got rejected in the first round itself in a couple of companies for doing this.)
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: It contained two sections:
1.Aptitude
2.Reasoning
Duration: 45 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: A single round of interview was conducted with a combined Technical and HR.
Domain knowledge required in lean and programming
Tips: As mentioned above,Domain knowledge required in lean and programming is the prime criteria for the selection.
General Tips: No special preparation is required as it is a core company and they wanted basic domain knowledge of lean implementation.
Skills: Leans principles and tools for construction
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Experience: It contained two sections:
1.Aptitude
2.Reasoning
Duration: 45 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: A single round of interview was conducted with a combined Technical and HR.
Domain knowledge required in lean and programming
Tips: As mentioned above,Domain knowledge required in lean and programming is the prime criteria for the selection.
General Tips: No special preparation is required as it is a core company and they wanted basic domain knowledge of lean implementation.
Skills: Leans principles and tools for construction
College Name: IIT MADRAS
6 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Tell me about yourself
- Q2. Why you want to join IBM
- Q3. Why you don’t want to go for PhD
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: CGPA above 8 + written test +online test
Round: Test
Tips: Prepare from Online Tutorials for Number Series and Device Modelling Basics from Karmalkar Lectures.
Duration: 90 + 30 minutes
Round: HR Interview
Experience: HR will ask you a lot of common questions.
Tips: Prepare some of the expected questions in advance.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I opted for Computational Lithography Group at IBM_ SRDC So questions were based on that profile
VLSI, Semiconductors (BJT, MOS), ASIC Design Flow, CMOS Process Flow.
Tips: They are looking for VLSI, Digital IC Design, Device Modelling. Do prepare these them well. Prepare from VLSI (NDG Lectures), Device Modelling (Karmalkar Lectures), Dig IC Design (Class Notes).
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Experience: CGPA above 8 + written test +online test
Round: Test
Tips: Prepare from Online Tutorials for Number Series and Device Modelling Basics from Karmalkar Lectures.
Duration: 90 + 30 minutes
Round: HR Interview
Experience: HR will ask you a lot of common questions.
Tips: Prepare some of the expected questions in advance.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I opted for Computational Lithography Group at IBM_ SRDC So questions were based on that profile
VLSI, Semiconductors (BJT, MOS), ASIC Design Flow, CMOS Process Flow.
Tips: They are looking for VLSI, Digital IC Design, Device Modelling. Do prepare these them well. Prepare from VLSI (NDG Lectures), Device Modelling (Karmalkar Lectures), Dig IC Design (Class Notes).
College Name: IIT MADRAS
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: CGPA above 8
Round: Test
Experience: These involve questions from aptitude.
Tips: R S Agarwal's book on aptitude is enough for preparation.
Duration: 80 minutes
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: 11 members were part of the GD. The GD was not a rejection round.
Duration: 20 minutes
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Basic Questions.
Tips: Just prepare normal questions for HR.
General Tips: Prepare from placement material from LAN.
Prepare basic fundaes.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Experience: CGPA above 8
Round: Test
Experience: These involve questions from aptitude.
Tips: R S Agarwal's book on aptitude is enough for preparation.
Duration: 80 minutes
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: 11 members were part of the GD. The GD was not a rejection round.
Duration: 20 minutes
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Basic Questions.
Tips: Just prepare normal questions for HR.
General Tips: Prepare from placement material from LAN.
Prepare basic fundaes.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Explain about yourself
- Q2. What is the rerason for choosing consultancy?
- Q3. Why are you hoping for BCG?
- Q4. Tell us few of your strengths and weaknesses
- Q5. Share your biggest failure
- Q6. Give some instances of leadership, team building, etc
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: They looked for peaks. Acads, Internships, CGPA, extra andco -curricular, POR's.
I had an all rounded resume.
I started resume preparation by August
Tips: Should start resume preparation by June.
Round: Group Activity
Experience: 1. A case Interview preparation workshop. They explained what exactly we could expect as case interviews. Also, they conducted one on one case interviews with us.
2. A BCG dinner was organized for the 22 shortlisted candidates. This gave us an insight of what the company does. We could all interact with about 10-12 employees at BCG at different levels. This was non- evaluatory.
3. Buddy interaction programme. We were all allotted buddies who were like our mentors. They were extremely personal and helped us both with case interviews and the personal interviews and about matters pertaining to the company in general. This was non- evaluatory.
Tips: na
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Each interviewer had his style. None of them were particularly stress interviews. But its good to be prepared with your resume. I was asked a case in which my intern was my case and I had to re-do it with different constraints given by the interviewer.
Tips: Be thorough with your resume.
General Tips: Start preparing your resume at the earliest .
Skill Tips: Case study preparation in groups maximum of 3 people.
One can youtube the videos of victor cheng.
Skills: Case study
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Motivation: I had concrete reasons of getting into a consultancy and had a clear cut ling term goal which was aligned to a consultancy.
Experience: They looked for peaks. Acads, Internships, CGPA, extra andco -curricular, POR's.
I had an all rounded resume.
I started resume preparation by August
Tips: Should start resume preparation by June.
Round: Group Activity
Experience: 1. A case Interview preparation workshop. They explained what exactly we could expect as case interviews. Also, they conducted one on one case interviews with us.
2. A BCG dinner was organized for the 22 shortlisted candidates. This gave us an insight of what the company does. We could all interact with about 10-12 employees at BCG at different levels. This was non- evaluatory.
3. Buddy interaction programme. We were all allotted buddies who were like our mentors. They were extremely personal and helped us both with case interviews and the personal interviews and about matters pertaining to the company in general. This was non- evaluatory.
Tips: na
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Each interviewer had his style. None of them were particularly stress interviews. But its good to be prepared with your resume. I was asked a case in which my intern was my case and I had to re-do it with different constraints given by the interviewer.
Tips: Be thorough with your resume.
General Tips: Start preparing your resume at the earliest .
Skill Tips: Case study preparation in groups maximum of 3 people.
One can youtube the videos of victor cheng.
Skills: Case study
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Motivation: I had concrete reasons of getting into a consultancy and had a clear cut ling term goal which was aligned to a consultancy.
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Solve a case study
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Your resume can only get you an interview. Beyond that, I guess everyone is on an equal footing. I believe that once shortlisted for a consulting interview, your CGPA and/or extracurricular achievements don’t matter so much that it can make your selection.
Tips: Made a good resume (after dozens of iterations).
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: I solved in 20 mins, all the while explaining to interviewer my thought process.
My 2nd, 3rd and 4th round of case interviewers did not spend any time on 'chit chat' and went on directly to give me a case.
Tips: I believe what they were looking for was confidence, clarity of thought process, logical deduction at every stage of problem solving and poise, if and when you go wrong and realize your mistake. Case interviews are a simulated work environment; the interviewers will treat your performance as a proxy of how you would do in everyday consulting work. This includes checking for 'fit' or likeability.
There was not much time spent on discussing my resume and/or HR questions, so I should have been selected because I did the case studies well. However, please do not consider this as a reason to not bother about your resume at all. Consult interviewers may pick up any point/word on the resume and you do not want to be in a situation where you can’t explain/talk enough about what is asked. I had spent considerable time preparing for everything on my resume.
General Tips: 1. Made a good resume (after dozens of iterations) and knew it well
2. Prepared for HR questions, rather than just looking up answers online
3. Practiced GDs, did mock interviews as frequently as possible
4. Revised quant
5. Current affairs. And by that, I don’t mean just knowing what is going on, but having an opinion about all sorts of issues
6. Didn’t spend too much time after one particular sector/company. And got to know every company/sector's style of interviewing from seniors who are placed there. Attended all placement talks to understand what each company is looking for.
Skill Tips: It is necessary to understand the consulting interview process well, as there are specific traits which firms are looking for in future consultants and which they will definitely test through case interviews. I did so by practicing cases with friends and seniors working in consulting
Skills: case studies
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Funny Moments: I should have prepared core subjects, even though I was not too enthu about joining a core company. I interviewed with ITC, but did badly in the technical round and wasn’t called for a 2nd round of interview. Fortunately, things went well for me in the end so it did not matter.
Experience: Your resume can only get you an interview. Beyond that, I guess everyone is on an equal footing. I believe that once shortlisted for a consulting interview, your CGPA and/or extracurricular achievements don’t matter so much that it can make your selection.
Tips: Made a good resume (after dozens of iterations).
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: I solved in 20 mins, all the while explaining to interviewer my thought process.
My 2nd, 3rd and 4th round of case interviewers did not spend any time on 'chit chat' and went on directly to give me a case.
Tips: I believe what they were looking for was confidence, clarity of thought process, logical deduction at every stage of problem solving and poise, if and when you go wrong and realize your mistake. Case interviews are a simulated work environment; the interviewers will treat your performance as a proxy of how you would do in everyday consulting work. This includes checking for 'fit' or likeability.
There was not much time spent on discussing my resume and/or HR questions, so I should have been selected because I did the case studies well. However, please do not consider this as a reason to not bother about your resume at all. Consult interviewers may pick up any point/word on the resume and you do not want to be in a situation where you can’t explain/talk enough about what is asked. I had spent considerable time preparing for everything on my resume.
General Tips: 1. Made a good resume (after dozens of iterations) and knew it well
2. Prepared for HR questions, rather than just looking up answers online
3. Practiced GDs, did mock interviews as frequently as possible
4. Revised quant
5. Current affairs. And by that, I don’t mean just knowing what is going on, but having an opinion about all sorts of issues
6. Didn’t spend too much time after one particular sector/company. And got to know every company/sector's style of interviewing from seniors who are placed there. Attended all placement talks to understand what each company is looking for.
Skill Tips: It is necessary to understand the consulting interview process well, as there are specific traits which firms are looking for in future consultants and which they will definitely test through case interviews. I did so by practicing cases with friends and seniors working in consulting
Skills: case studies
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Funny Moments: I should have prepared core subjects, even though I was not too enthu about joining a core company. I interviewed with ITC, but did badly in the technical round and wasn’t called for a 2nd round of interview. Fortunately, things went well for me in the end so it did not matter.
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Give an overview of your resume?
- Q2. Choose any two points and explain them
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: It includes man tech, IC engines, strength of materials, heat transfer, etc.
Tips: Make sure to read important subjects.
Duration: 2hrs minutes
Total Questions: written
Round: Interview
Experience: I was able to answer well. Since I had a core background i could go through it.
Tips: Make sure you are thorough with your resume and you are able to communicate it well.
Prepare yourself by having some mock interviews with your friends.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Experience: It includes man tech, IC engines, strength of materials, heat transfer, etc.
Tips: Make sure to read important subjects.
Duration: 2hrs minutes
Total Questions: written
Round: Interview
Experience: I was able to answer well. Since I had a core background i could go through it.
Tips: Make sure you are thorough with your resume and you are able to communicate it well.
Prepare yourself by having some mock interviews with your friends.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Questions asked in the test from core
Tips: Answer all the questions since there was no negative marking
Duration: 120 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: There was two technical interviews
The subject knowledge and skills tested in technical round are:
1.C programming
2.Data structure and Algorithms
3.Network basics
Skill Tips: Most important is C then Data structure and Algorithms then Little bit of Network Basics
Skills: C programming, Data structure, Network Basics, Algorithms
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Experience: Questions asked in the test from core
Tips: Answer all the questions since there was no negative marking
Duration: 120 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: There was two technical interviews
The subject knowledge and skills tested in technical round are:
1.C programming
2.Data structure and Algorithms
3.Network basics
Skill Tips: Most important is C then Data structure and Algorithms then Little bit of Network Basics
Skills: C programming, Data structure, Network Basics, Algorithms
College Name: IIT MADRAS
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Questions asked from core in CAT formatI prepared for test by focussing on topics:
1.Digital Circuits
2.Digital IC designs
3.C programming
Duration: 120 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: There were two Technical interview.during the course of each interview, you will have to solve a lot of digital circuit design problems.
1st Interview(Extremely localized and in depth)
1.Verilog (design of sequential circuits)
2.FSM Design(Sequence detection and coding it in verilog)
3.Digital circuit topologies(Design choices made on the basis of topologies)
4.Digital circuit Design(problem solving)
5.Timing Analysis(cause of violation and rectification)
2nd Interview(very diverse set of topics)
1.Verilog state machines(very detailed)
2.Digital verification
3.Quantum Physics(minor)(poisson bracket(commutability and eigen basics))
4.Control systems(phase and gain margins)
5.Communication systems (SNR and modulation techniques)
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Questions were asked from work location preference
Tips: Mainly questions are asked from work location preference so you have to clear about work location preferences
General Tips: Keeping in touch with see programming helps a lot.
Learning Data structure and algorithms seems to give you an edge.
Skill Tips: Reading alone will not help.you need to solve problems on these topics
Skills: Digital IC Design, CAD for VLSI, Computer Architecture
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Experience: Questions asked from core in CAT formatI prepared for test by focussing on topics:
1.Digital Circuits
2.Digital IC designs
3.C programming
Duration: 120 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: There were two Technical interview.during the course of each interview, you will have to solve a lot of digital circuit design problems.
1st Interview(Extremely localized and in depth)
1.Verilog (design of sequential circuits)
2.FSM Design(Sequence detection and coding it in verilog)
3.Digital circuit topologies(Design choices made on the basis of topologies)
4.Digital circuit Design(problem solving)
5.Timing Analysis(cause of violation and rectification)
2nd Interview(very diverse set of topics)
1.Verilog state machines(very detailed)
2.Digital verification
3.Quantum Physics(minor)(poisson bracket(commutability and eigen basics))
4.Control systems(phase and gain margins)
5.Communication systems (SNR and modulation techniques)
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Questions were asked from work location preference
Tips: Mainly questions are asked from work location preference so you have to clear about work location preferences
General Tips: Keeping in touch with see programming helps a lot.
Learning Data structure and algorithms seems to give you an edge.
Skill Tips: Reading alone will not help.you need to solve problems on these topics
Skills: Digital IC Design, CAD for VLSI, Computer Architecture
College Name: IIT MADRAS
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