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Filter interviews byIndian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai Placement Interview Questions
Updated
4 Dec 2024
23 interviews found
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016.
1 Interview Round
Interview Questions
- Q1. Binary tree question. Check if left child is less than right child. Recursive and iterative implementation
- Q2. Check if a string is a substring in another string. Discussed speed (not time complexity). not neccessarily always correct but fast
- Q3. Maze question. write code on paper in 5 mins. automatically check if function is correct (not testcases)
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Technical Interview
Tips: Practice writing code on paper
College Name: IIT Madras
Tips: Practice writing code on paper
College Name: IIT Madras
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016.
6 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Circular queues, binary trees, recursion
- Q2. Asked about project
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: 3 very simple questions on hackerrank.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Questions: 3
Round: Group Discussion
Duration: 1 hour
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Asked me to code up a simple question
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: 3 very simple questions on hackerrank.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Questions: 3
Round: Group Discussion
Duration: 1 hour
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Asked me to code up a simple question
College Name: IIT Madras
Software Engineer International Interview Questions
Vamsi Krishna
posted on 2 Dec 2016
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016.
6 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. 2 coding questions, Projects,
- Q2. Coding questions, Projects, ML, cloud, Parallel Computing
- Q3. Discussions on projects
- Q4. Redmond Interview
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Easy coding questions.
Duration: 2 hours
Total Questions: 3
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Two coding questions and discussions.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Most of the focus on coding questions, and projects and discussions on other computer science topics.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: With in 5 minutes round is finished.
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: 3 Coding questions, Projects, Many HR questions, lot of disscusions on other cs topics.
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Easy coding questions.
Duration: 2 hours
Total Questions: 3
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Two coding questions and discussions.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Most of the focus on coding questions, and projects and discussions on other computer science topics.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: With in 5 minutes round is finished.
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: 3 Coding questions, Projects, Many HR questions, lot of disscusions on other cs topics.
College Name: IIT Madras
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Jan 2016.
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Finding a loop in a directed graph, find the last element in a binary tree
- Q2. On circular queue and finding the last number which is highest and contains same number. Of digits a the given numbber
- Q3. Tell me your passions and what. Is the one thing I want to know about you
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Coding round based on logic was given
Tips: Practice coding
Duration: 2 hours
Total Questions: 3
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Coding round based on logic was given
Tips: Practice coding
Duration: 2 hours
Total Questions: 3
College Name: IIT Madras
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016.
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Data structures
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: 3 coding questions.
Tips: Prepare data structures well
Duration: 2 hours
Total Questions: 3
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: 2 coding questions on prem and paper.
Tips: Consider all test cases, provide comments on code
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Mostly checked problem solving skills, some questions regarding your project, operating systems
Tips: Be confident, try and get the hints provided
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: 3 coding questions.
Tips: Prepare data structures well
Duration: 2 hours
Total Questions: 3
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: 2 coding questions on prem and paper.
Tips: Consider all test cases, provide comments on code
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Mostly checked problem solving skills, some questions regarding your project, operating systems
Tips: Be confident, try and get the hints provided
College Name: IIT Madras
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016.
6 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Coding Questions and Thinking Process Analysis.
- Q2. Analysis about app performance
- Q3. Discussion about the project mentioned in resume.
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Two questions were given and we are supposed to write code for the same.
Tips: Whatever idea is there, just discuss with interviewer.
Duration: 1 hour
Total Questions: 2
Round: Problem Statement
Experience: You have to solve the question for next round.
Tips: Practice coding well.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: A coding question was given, but much difficult one, they were looking for approach.
Tips: Share your thought Process Clearly.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: A full depth project round was there. They asked my role and responsibility.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: An application was given to you and you have to make it better the way you can.
Skills: Technical Questions, Technical Analysis, Ability To Cope Up With Stress
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Two questions were given and we are supposed to write code for the same.
Tips: Whatever idea is there, just discuss with interviewer.
Duration: 1 hour
Total Questions: 2
Round: Problem Statement
Experience: You have to solve the question for next round.
Tips: Practice coding well.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: A coding question was given, but much difficult one, they were looking for approach.
Tips: Share your thought Process Clearly.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: A full depth project round was there. They asked my role and responsibility.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: An application was given to you and you have to make it better the way you can.
Skills: Technical Questions, Technical Analysis, Ability To Cope Up With Stress
College Name: IIT Madras
I applied via Campus Placement
2 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: exam was easy.
Tips: Be good in C programming
Duration: 75 minutes
Total Questions: 3
General Tips: Should be good in atleast c or c++
Skills: Algorithms And Data Structures
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: The accomodation and facilities
Funny Moments: Interviews are not funny.
Experience: exam was easy.
Tips: Be good in C programming
Duration: 75 minutes
Total Questions: 3
General Tips: Should be good in atleast c or c++
Skills: Algorithms And Data Structures
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: The accomodation and facilities
Funny Moments: Interviews are not funny.
I applied via Campus Placement
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Implement atoi()
- Q2. Delete node from singly linked list given only node address(head not given)
- Q3. Find largest profit that can be made from buying and selling a stock once given 30 days price info
- Q4. Given a 2n element array with n odd and n even nos, modify it so that all even indices have odd nos while odd indices have even nos
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Simple questions to test coding skills. Pretty straightforward.
Tips: You can use only C, C++, and Java. Make sure you can code and debug fast in this round. Try to do all 3 to go directly to the interview.
Duration: 75 minutes
Total Questions: 3
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: 3 rounds of technical interview with varied questions.
Tips: Review data structures and algorithms. Try implementing standard functions like atoi(), strcpy() etc. with emphasis on corner cases,
General Tips: Keep cool. Interviewers are really nice. If you are stuck, tell them.
Skill Tips: Mostly based on conceptual understanding.
Skills:
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: Great work environment. Good for writing to your CV and kickstarting your career.
Experience: Simple questions to test coding skills. Pretty straightforward.
Tips: You can use only C, C++, and Java. Make sure you can code and debug fast in this round. Try to do all 3 to go directly to the interview.
Duration: 75 minutes
Total Questions: 3
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: 3 rounds of technical interview with varied questions.
Tips: Review data structures and algorithms. Try implementing standard functions like atoi(), strcpy() etc. with emphasis on corner cases,
General Tips: Keep cool. Interviewers are really nice. If you are stuck, tell them.
Skill Tips: Mostly based on conceptual understanding.
Skills:
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: Great work environment. Good for writing to your CV and kickstarting your career.
I applied via Campus Placement
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Algorithmic Coding, Testing, Databases & other CS Concepts
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Decent knowledge of coding was needed.Speed was of essence.
Tips: Practice coding and be quick.
Duration: 75 minutes
Total Questions: 3
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I had 3 technical interviews.The interviewers were very friendly.It involved writing paper on code which required me to be very precise and error free.
Tips: Practice coding.Practice writing code on paper and thinking out loud.
General Tips: Prepare well and be confident.
Skills: Unit Testing, Implementation Of Code Using OOPS, Database, Algorithms And Data Structures
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: Microsoft.The company speaks
Experience: Decent knowledge of coding was needed.Speed was of essence.
Tips: Practice coding and be quick.
Duration: 75 minutes
Total Questions: 3
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I had 3 technical interviews.The interviewers were very friendly.It involved writing paper on code which required me to be very precise and error free.
Tips: Practice coding.Practice writing code on paper and thinking out loud.
General Tips: Prepare well and be confident.
Skills: Unit Testing, Implementation Of Code Using OOPS, Database, Algorithms And Data Structures
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: Microsoft.The company speaks
I applied via Campus Placement
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Testing whether every left child's value is less than the right child's value in a binary tree
- Q2. Cloning a linked list-like structure
- Q3. Finding the nth character in a stream of bytes
- Q4. Rearranging a string so no consecutive characters are the same
- Q5. Finding the next highest palindrome
- Q6. To canonicalize a directory path
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: The test started an hour late, which could have been avoided with some better planning. The test experience was pretty good for me since I am used to using HackerRank's online platform for competitive coding.
Tips: Maybe a little sample session before the actual test would help.
Duration: 75 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I enjoyed the interview experience; the panel was friendly and encouraging.
General Tips: Nice interview, questions were well thought out.
Skills: Algorithms And Data Structures
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: What interests me about Microsoft is the nature and the scale of the work they're doing. Every day they impact billions of people worldwide, and I would love to be a part of this organization.
Experience: The test started an hour late, which could have been avoided with some better planning. The test experience was pretty good for me since I am used to using HackerRank's online platform for competitive coding.
Tips: Maybe a little sample session before the actual test would help.
Duration: 75 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I enjoyed the interview experience; the panel was friendly and encouraging.
General Tips: Nice interview, questions were well thought out.
Skills: Algorithms And Data Structures
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: What interests me about Microsoft is the nature and the scale of the work they're doing. Every day they impact billions of people worldwide, and I would love to be a part of this organization.
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