Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai

Chennai, Tamil Nadu

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

Updated 4 Dec 2024

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user image S Easwaran

posted on 18 Mar 2016

I applied via Campus Placement

4 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

  • Q1. The questions were simple and 'Get to know you types'
  • Q2. As my minor was nano, he drilled me on the concepts concerning medical applications of the same
  • Q3. If I had to propose a project, what would it be?
  • Q4. What does Philips HIC do?

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: I believe that they were looking bio-products design. I had not worked in that field myself but had some courses and experiences in startups which revolved around the same. I made sure my resume emphasized these points.
Tips: Simply put, make sure you are what they are looking for for their profile. Don't write something false but make sure you know how to modify the truth to fit their interest

Round: HR Interview
Experience: I have sweat as much in my entire life as I did in that air-conditioned interview room. The interview was through Skype. I made sure that I never gave up on the point that I had made the base for my pitch - 'Openness and ability to form new innovative idea'. I made sure that in every question, I was able to bring out this point and also show him my other qualities complemented the same. At the end I think that it was my confidence that did the trick.
Tips: Make sure your body language and voice shows your confidence in what you are saying and make sure you pitch your strengths as often as possible revolving around what they might be requiring you to do at the internship.

Skill Tips: Just try and make sure you send out the signals which make them realize you have the ability to work across domains using the specialized knowledge you have in your area of expertise. You need to show them that you can use your knowledge base creatively to solve some issue they might be working on at that time.
Skills: Creative Thinking
Duration: -
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: The main reason I wanted this was that this had both the ingredients that I wanted for an internship, Research and Development as Profile and an industry exposure in a company like Philips.
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user image Bhagyesh Chaturvedi

posted on 17 Mar 2016

I applied via Campus Placement

1 Interview Round

Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Decent experience, mainly talked about my projects. No technical questions were asked.
Tips: Read up a little bit about the company and the sort of projects they have. Try to show them how the projects you have done align well with the work they do at Philips HIC.

Skills:
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
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4 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

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
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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
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4 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: One written objective test focusing on quant.
Tips: CAT preparation should suffice.
Duration: 30 minutes

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Participation and leading the group towards consensus.

Round: Interview
Experience: Ansys experience, hands-on projects are plus pointsThere is no special HR round. "Why healthcare sector when there are 'better' opportunities elsewhere?" was the main question and there were a few follow up questions based on the answer.I told them that I was not bent on any job profile and hence I am open to try healthcare.And probably I can use my skills better in this job. He was impressed with my answers and went on describing the profile for 10 minutes.
Tips: Be thorough with your projects and internships, your work, what you learnt, and what the deliverables were, etc.Core preparation will only take you through the tests only, After that its all about your projects, internships and HR.

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College Name: IIT Madras
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