Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai

Chennai, Tamil Nadu

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Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai Placement Interview Questions

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posted on 9 Jan 2016

1 Interview Round

Interview Questions

  • Q1. Insert a node in a Linked List, if a pointer to a node(it's not a head pointer) of Linked List is given.
  • Q2. What is the Time Complexity of Binary Search and it's derivation
  • Q3. Write code for QuickSort
  • Q4. Write code for Fibonacci Series using Recursion, Iteration and Dynamic Programming
  • Q5. How to implement an operation with Stacks which will be similar to Queue
  • Q6. Write code for MergeSort
  • Q7. 2 types of detective ball puzzles
  • Q8. 25 Horses, 5 Tracks, 3 Fastest Puzzle
  • Q9. How the letters of a text are determined(Basically about OCR)
  • Q10. Write code for Insertion Sort and Selection Sort and find their time complexities and also the cases where their usage is efficient
  • Q11. Explain about Counting Sort
  • Q12. When we type a part of a word in chrome, how is it able to show all the types of words, which are consisted of that part

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: First Question, at the start I was not able to answer and he gave me an hint(He asked me the insertion in an array). So, I got the idea for the insertion in Linked List and was able to answer it.
Remaining questions, I was able to answer confidently.
Tips: Take your own time in answering a question and be clear over your answer before telling about the code that you have written.
If you don't know an answer for some question, just keep telling him simple cases(which are valid), so that the interviewer will sometimes try to guide you through the solution.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I was able to answer all the questions confidently, since I know the answers for them, But the last question was out of my scope and I explained based on my intuition and knowledge.
Tips: Take your own time in answering a question and be clear over your answer before telling about the code that you have written.
If you don't know an answer for some question, just keep telling him simple cases(which are valid), so that the interviewer will sometimes try to guide you through the solution.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I have given the answers for 1&2 questions with clear explanation. And the third question is again out of my scope and I explained this also based intuition.
Tips: Take your own time in answering a question and be clear over your answer before telling about the code that you have written.
If you don't know an answer for some question, just keep telling him simple cases(which are valid), so that the interviewer will sometimes try to guide you through the solution.

General Tips: Take your own time in answering a question and be clear over your answer before telling about the code that you have written.
If you don't know an answer for some question, just keep telling him simple cases(which are valid), so that the interviewer will sometimes try to guide you through the solution.
Skill Tips: Take your own time in answering a question and be clear over your answer before telling about the code that you have written.
If you don't know an answer for some question, just keep telling him simple cases(which are valid), so that the interviewer will sometimes try to guide you through the solution.
Skills: Logical Puzzles, Algorithms And DataStructures
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: 1. Primary Reason: Passionate about Programming and Problem solving.
2. The profile is software Engineer.
3. You can see your idea, having an impact on the society which is possible with this type of company.
4. And a good package.
Funny Moments: Nothing Really...
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