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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2 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Easy paper with some english questions
Tips: Anyone who cracked jee can manage it
Duration: 30 min minutes

Round: Test
Experience: Questions on chemical engineering are asked. All are theoretical based. Thermodynamics questions were little hard
Tips: Concentrate on mass heat and momentum transfer and thermodynamics. Basic level is fine
Duration: 30 min minutes

Skills:
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
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1 Interview Round

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Interview questions were mostly core. Here and there a few HR questions were asked. A lot of questions on Heat,mass transfer. They asked some very basic HR questions to see if i was prepared.
Tips: They look for students who have good conceptual knowledge of fundamentals of core courses.They look for students genuinely interested in core profile and hence grilled me on core knowledge.

Skill Tips: Solved some mock core tests given by BC. Brushed up on important concepts in CRE, HT, MT, momentum transfer etc.Looked at GATE papers of past five years.
Skills: Core Courses Understanding., Knowledge About Industries., Project And Internship.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
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4 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Arithmetic was easy but as far as technical is concerned I got no clue.
Tips: Refer thermodynaics, rac
Duration: 30 minutes
Total Questions: 40

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I'm unprepared. I'm tensed. But the panel is cool so in 30 seconds or so I got settled and answered them just like that.
Tips: Make them believe that you are a died hard fan of Mfg. industry but don't do too much over-action! A positive minded friend will be a lot of help.

General Tips: A good night sleep.
Skill Tips: If you had a proper interview for coordship, It will be of great help. If there is a chance say something where you demonstrated Ownership mindset, Excellence, Customer Value, One Team and Integrity.
Skills: Analytical, Commitment
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Motivation: I want to get into a core company.
Funny Moments: I used the washroom for 20 times during the interview! A hug helped me to reduce my tensions.
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4 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: the test had aptitude and technical sections in equal parts. the aptitude part was very easy, you have to score almost full in this section if you are from IITs. The technical part was also easy, but you have to get your basics right to score well in the test.Once you got through the test round,you have great chances of getting the job.During my placement, they selected people who scored above 90%.
Tips: In the technical round, all the topics will be covered, so you should be clear with your basics in all the topics.I had to put special attention on topics such as pumps since it was not taught for us.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: If you have an above average CGPA, they try really hard to eliminate you in the technical round, so brace yourself and be ready for it.If you are an average pointer,you will find it relatively easy, you will get through the round provided you don't show your stupidity.
Mine was a stress interview right from the start, they didn't agree upon whatever I said. In fact at one point one of the interviewer turned towards another and just said "yeh kuch bhi boltha hai yaar". At the end I got through. I attribute my success to the tolerance and patience I showed during the interview.Whatever they say try not to give up and try to answer their questions in a crisp manner.
They asked questions about my projects as well as questions on application of chemical engineering in the industry.
Tips: I attribute my success to the tolerance and patience I showed during the interview.Whatever they say try not to give up and try to answer their questions in a crisp manner.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: All the candidates who got through the technical round got the jobs.So as you can understand the HR round is "Naam ke vasthe" atleast during my placement.

General Tips: Especially for this company people need not bother about their communication skills. If you just can communicate your ideas in english that's suffice.
Skill Tips: If you aim for Reliance, preparing for GATE really helps you.
Skills: chemical engineering basics, stress handling ability
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Motivation: Wanted to do work in core chemical engineering.And in reliance, since it has the largest petroleum refinery in Asia you will have great learning oppurtunity.
Funny Moments: In my first round of interview, they really tried to stress me out. At one point in the interview they looked as if they were not interested in whatever I say and one of the interviewer tried to show that intent by telling the other interviewer "Yeh kuch bhi boltha hai yaar"(He is bullshitting). But since I knew that I was not bullshitting, I didn't yield to the stress and answered all the questions patiently.
In the HR round, since there was a point about chemistry Olympiad, they asked me a question on chemistry. I didn't really know the answer but I tried to answer it. The interviewer was a chemistry graduate and she got visibly angry at my effort of answering. She yelled at me and created an impression I screwed it up.But at the end she suddenly burst into a laugh and told that I got the job.Happy ending atleast :)
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4 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Core- 30 questions + aptitude- 20 questions . There was negative marking.
Tips: 1) The aptitude part of the paper was similar to CAT, although it was much easier.
2) The core part had questions mainly from DOME , turbomachines and Hydraulics.
Duration: 50 minutes

Round: Interview
Experience: It was fully core. Basically it was all from turbomachines and DoME.

Although there was no separate HR round, few questions such as why reliance, how do you see yourself after three years were asked.

Skill Tips: Fifteen days before the placement is sufficient if one targets only core. However, if one targets non-core, then starting early would definitely help.
A candidate must ensure analysis of CGPA Vs Percentage of people placed in core, so that junta could have clear target and prepare accordingly.
Skills: Core fundaes
College Name: IIT MADRAS
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3 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: There were two parts to the test. They give you the second part once the first one is complete.
Tips: You can prepare by reading up on Quant, Core Mechanical- Manufacture, Turbo, Material Science and little Heat Transfer.
Duration: 90 minutes

Round: Interview
Experience: Only the mechanical core was tested in this round.
Tips: They were looking for electives related to BTP or Department Projects.

Round: Interview
Experience: This was combined with the technical round.
Tips: Enough technical knowledge and CGPA can get you through this.

General Tips: A go at the mechanical placement website will surely help the applicants.
Skills: Mechanical Core
College Name: IIT MADRAS
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4 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

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Round: Interview
Experience: The main courses in mechanical engineering from which they ask questions are:
IC Engine
Fluid Mechanics
Strength Of Material
Turbo Machinery

There was no group discussion.
Two rounds of interview: Test and PI
There was no HR round.
Tips: Be well prepared with your resume
Try to start your interview really well
Be prepared with the fundamentals for technical questions

General Tips: Start preparing atleast 2-3 monts in advance
Brush up your fundamentals of the core subject
Take more numbers of mock GD's and PI's
Read HR questions and relevent course work for non core companies
College Name: IIT Madras
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3 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: A test consisting of 50 questions of which 30 were core questions and the other 20 wereaptitude ones. It had negative marking.The aptitude questions were similar to CAT questions but much easier.
Total Questions: 50

Round: Interview
Experience: One round of interview including a technical round.Technical questions were asked and a thorough knowledge of core was necessary.No separate HR round, but basic HR questions were asked.Questions on BTPs and relevant technical details were asked
Tips: Thorough core preparation on concentrated selected areas of turbo machines, Hydraulics, DOME is necessary.

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College Name: IIT Madras
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