Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai

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

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user image sathoori aravind

posted on 3 Dec 2016

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016.

4 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Almost every one who has applied for the profile has been shortlisted for the test

Round: Test
Experience: It has english , programming , logical reasoning and math questions equally in different sections with a total time of 40 min to solve and you can switch between the sections.
Duration: 40 minutes
Total Questions: 40

Round: Test
Experience: It has two programming questions and Every one has got different questions. I got kadane's algorithm and K closest elements for a number in a sorted array
Duration: 40 minutes
Total Questions: 2

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Sorted Array with some unknown rotation and a value 'k' is given. Find whether that element is present in the array or not.
Tips: First find the starting point(least element position) of the sorted array in O(log n). Then sort the array and with binary search find whether that element is present in the array or not.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Question 1: An array with 0's and 1's is given and we need to find largest square sub matrix with 1's.
Question 2: Binary search tree deletion
Tips: 1)For the first question give dynamic programming solution in bottom up manner.
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They will mostly ask atleast one question related to trees. So be prepared for that and you might also asked to code.

College Name: IIT Madras
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user image Sai Siril Reddy

posted on 6 Oct 2015

I applied via Campus Placement

3 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: It was a coding test which tests your implementation skills rather than algorithmic skills. We were given two questions one on strings and other one on linked lists.
Tips: Do basic problems of hackerrank and also problems on geeksforgeeks
Duration: 1hr minute
Total Questions: 2

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Basic algortihms were asked in this round and also data structures.
Tips: Be thorough with basic data structures and algorithms

Skills: Java, Data Structures, C, Algorithms
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
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user image Anonymous

posted on 2 Jul 2015

1 Interview Round

Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

General Tips: In resume: (tips)  For non-core, mention related POR’s.  If not sure about courses (related to the company’s profile) mention later towards the end of the resume.  Focus on quantifying your work. Display the work through numbers. Eg. 100% increase in the efficiency of the process due to my involvement.  Arrange the items either by dates or through importance.  It is preferred if peaks are mentioned at the top of the resume.  Check for formatting errors.  Restrict every item in the resume within 1 line. This is done to save space & add up more data.  Try not to exceed 1 page. In interview: *don’t display negativity: end in a positive tone (when asked about your weakness).
College Name: IIT MADRAS
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user image Anonymous

posted on 2 Jul 2015

1 Interview Round

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: HR Interview
Tips: (Missed 1st round)  2nd round: A probability based puzzle was asked followed by other general questions. The candidate was given an opportunity to ask questions to the company. Suggestion- Ask them about their company or processes they carry out.  For some students there was a 3rd-round: The interviewer started off with HR questions. The candidate was asked to explain about the project & related questions were asked. A guesstimate was asked to make about the profits of an Ola cab driver. Manish specifically asked them about the verticals of profiles offered by the company when he was asked to ask them some questions.

College Name: IIT MADRAS
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user image Anonymous

posted on 2 Jul 2015

4 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: A selection test was used to screen the applicants initially, with MCQ questions, focusing on quant abilities, analytical ability. A testplatform ‘Cocubes’ is used by almost all companies to conduct the tests. I had good quant ability, which helped me ace the tests.
Duration: 60 minutes minutes

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: I did not attend a single GD. But Tanuj, my friend, had attended quite a few, and he can be approached for GD fundaes ;)

Round: HR Interview
Experience: There were two rounds of Interview.A total of 150 people wereselected for a first round of interview, out of which 40 students were shortlisted to form a ‘priority’ list. All 150 students were interviewed for asecond time; the students not in the priority list underwent a HR interview followed by a second main interview, while the candidates in the priority list were directly interviewed by the main panel. Only 6 candidates from the non-priority list made it to the final interview.Communication skills and puzzle solving ability were given importance in the interview. The shortlist was released late, and the coordinator in charge of handling Ola Cabs got busy with some other work, so when I went to Sabarmati hostel, I had to rush directly to the interview. Due to this, I could not maintain composure and performed poorly; I didn’t solve even one simple puzzle. But I explained my position to the interviewer, and the interviewer agreed to re-interview me; I performed well in the re-interview. The interview lasted for about an hour orso.The experience gained inspeaking to a lot of clients helped improve my communication skills, which wasvital in helping me get placed. My re-interview went really well; the guesstimate of the approximate expenditure incurred by Ola Cabs Ltd. was almost spot on, and this helped me in getting placed.
Tips: With regards to placement nervousness, NOT being nervous is a sign of overconfidence; everyone is nervous, but it'simportant to not be nervous beyond a limit.Building arapport with the interviewer was very important in getting placed early.Placement is a conversation and not a ‘ragging session’ for the interviewee toget tensed and nervous. In my interview with housing.com, I eventually ended up speaking to the interviewer in Hindi :) NEVER PUT FALSE DETAILS IN YOUR RESUME OR INTERVIEW. It is impossible to pull off a lie in an interview.

General Tips: Maintain a high CGPA. There were many companies for which he didn’t get shortlisted, only because of my CGPA. I performed well in tests, had good quant ability,good communication skills, the other points in my resume, such as hisinternship performance was very good, and I had good PoRs. Everything in my resume was good except CGPA. Even if I had performed exceptionally well in thetests, and if the company decides to shortlist based on test performance and CGPA, I wouldn’t have got shortlisted, the sole culprit being his low CGPA. Maintaining a CGPA about 8 is critical to getting shortlisted for interviews. That doesn’t mean that peoplewith low CGPA won’t get placed; But for that to happen, a lot of otherfactors, such as good communication skills, quant ability, performance intests, puzzle solving ability etc are needed to overcome the minus points dueto low CGPA.Certifications like NCFM help for finance; having such a certification made no difference to Ola CabsLtd.’s selection procedure. I didn’t have any of these certifications.
Skill Tips: I started off very late,hence couldn’t do any online courses. But itwould be difficult, if not impossible, to learn vast subjects like coding oranalytics during the 7th/9thsemester, as the pressure of placement preparation, academics, tests etc would be too much to bear. Don’tuse final year to start learning coding/analytics.With regards to placement preparation, be open to many choices, as it will be difficult if one fixates on a particular type of job. There were some friends of mine who applied only for one type of jobs, e.g. analytics. If one does that,there is a good chance that one might cup in the interview, and thus end upwithout a job. Also, one can never be sure if they would like a certain type ofprofile; it might look interesting at first, but might become boring sometimein the future. So one must be open to all options.Istarted preparing for placements 2 monthsbefore placements i.e. during late September.With regards to whether starting early helps, it depends on other factors; there are people who prepare for just 15 days and thulp placements, while there are others who prepare for months but end up with not-so-exciting offers.
Skills: Communication Skills, Puzzle Solving Ability
College Name: IIT MADRAS
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user image Anonymous

posted on 1 Jul 2015

4 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

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
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user image Anonymous

posted on 30 Jun 2015

4 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: focus on first round of clearance ( MCQ) rather than directly starting with GD. nterview preparation you should start early.
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 50

College Name: IIT MADRAS
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user image Rahul Kandalam

posted on 14 Jan 2015

4 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

  • Q1. Standard HR: Tell me about yourself, why this company and how do you think we help you reach your goals?
  • Q2. Tell me one cool thing you got to do at IIT
  • Q3. Why did you choose IIT and do you regret it? What's different here?
  • Q4. What is a portfolio? How do you measure risk?
  • Q5. What is beta? What is Value at risk? What is formula for beta?
  • Q6. What is covariance? How does it measure sensitivity? What is volatility?
  • Q7. What is WACC? How do value a company? Suggest a method that can help you decide on project undertaking?

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: It was not tough. Practiced lots of quant questions.Couldn't manage time for verbal. Overall, it was okay! I lost five minutes over one question.
Tips: Face the verbal questions at the end if there is no specific cut off.Score in quant and then touch verbal part.Don't spend more than 2 mins on a question.
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 60

Round: Interview
Experience: It was very informal and I told them that I got to work as a student consultant for a space mission when she asked me about the cool stuff I did here. I tried to impress her by telling her how I made use of my time here at IIT and how important it is to use the opportunities when they are at arm length distance.
Tips: Be honest and impress HR. Try to smile and be active. They like active and positive people.And prepare for standard HR questions.

Round: Interview
Experience: It was a pure finance interview as my resume as completely finance type.I told all questions without any issues and these are standard questions if you expect finance type profile.
Tips: Be sure of what you put in your resume. If you cannot answer what's in your resume, you will be screwed.Try to steer your interview towards your stronghold and then make it impressive.If you don't know anything, let them know. It is totally fine.

Skill Tips: "Focus your skills when they say: Tell me about yourself.So they will get back to you saying: "You were saying you are strong in this. Can you elaborate". Just screw it."
Skills: Finance Knowledge, Analytical
College Name: IIT Madras
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