Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur

Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

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

Updated 27 Dec 2024

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posted on 20 Aug 2015

6 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Duration: 60 minutes minutes

Round: Test
Duration: 30 minutes minutes

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: The shortlist came only 3-4 hrs before the commencement of interviews so I didn’t have enough time to prepare anything extra after the list was forwarded.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The interviewee had a cross-sectional diagram of a fuel injector and there was a graph plotted versus time against it, showing the variation of fuel pressure at 2 places, positions of movable parts in the plug, etc based on which he asked me to tell how the fuel injector worked. He later also asked me force analysis of a movable rod in the injector. Initially, he was mainly asking me the questions related to engines though I told him that my interest area is FEM and simulations. Once my interview was over and I moved out, after 2-3 minutes he again called me back and this time he asked me technical questions related to my interest area only. I answered almost all questions related to engines correctly, so you need to be prepared to answer questions which are not your interest area. I failed to answer a question about variation of stresses over the length of a bended circular beam and I also said that I am not good at fluid mechanics when he asked me about it.


General Tips: Do’s :
1) Revise all courses well beforehand.
2) Get your resumes reviewed by others or at least review it yourself multiple times and ensure that there are at least no spelling or grammatical mistakes.
3) Be prepared to answer any questions related to any software/concept/mechanism mentioned in your resume.
4) Be prepared to answer questions like Tell me about yourself, why this company, why should we choose you/what sets you apart compared to others etc.
5) Ask seniors what all to prepare for specific companies you are targeting.

Don’ts :
1) Don’t target everything that comes. If you don’t get specific to what kind of job you want you may end up not being prepared for either of them.
2) Don’t claim software's or concepts that you don’t know well or haven’t contributed anything to in your resume.
3) Don’t by heart answers to obvious questions word to word. Just make up the points and frame it on spot.
4) Don’t think that because of poor CPI you don’t have any chance. Preparation matters a lot. People with low CPI but good preparation get placed on day 1.

College Name: IIT Kanpur
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posted on 5 Feb 2015

3 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Interview
Experience: It was a technical+HR round.
Tips: Write genuine HR answers.

General Tips: Select the sector that interests you and start revising core courses from the start of your placement semester.
Prepare for non-core also as the options in core sector are limited.
Learn from your failures and keep preparing for upcoming companies.  But do not lose hope.
Talk to seniors already placed in the company that you have targeted. try to attend ppts of all companies where you really want to go.Give some mock interviews. They can boost your confidence.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Motivation: I was interested in a core mechanical job.
Bosch was on my top list as it makes tools and machines parts that are essentially the bread and butter of mechanical engineering.
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posted on 24 Jan 2015

4 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: They took a test which was a combination of Aptitude and Technical problems. Aptitude part was scoring while technical part was very difficult. The level of the questions was not easy. They shortlisted around 14 candidates after the test.
Duration: 30 minutes
Total Questions: 30

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I did some nice projects in my department and tried to shift the attention on those during my interview. I was able to explain each and every intricacies of it and was send directly to the HR interview. HR interview was pretty unconventional as they didn't asked the general questions I had prepared for.

General Tips: 1. My resume focused mainly on the projects I had undergone and I was able to shift my interview in that direction. 
2. It happens that if any point in your resume matches with their domain then you can easily make through. The preparation of core involves the revision of the courses undergone during the entire BTech like I was asked about the TA101 in one of the technical interview. TA201 is very important for the manufacturing jobs.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
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