Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur

Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

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

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user image Anonymous

posted on 27 Jan 2015

3 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: CPI, Projects, and academic achievements if any should be banked upon. If you have had an intern in the oil sector, make sure to highlight it.
Tips: Shortlisting was based on CPI, Category, Gender etc. (yeah… stop getting all judgmental! It's a PSU, what nelse do you expect?)

Round: Interview
Experience: My interview experience won't really help you, so I'll talk about those who made it. There is a great stress on technical skills. Typical topics asked were about distillation columns, cracking, separation processes, and basic thermodynamics. If you have done a course in Petroleum or have had an internship in a refinery, and if you can show you have enough knowledge on this topic, you are through.
Tips: IOCL was even offering a marketing profile. So I steered my interview that way, all my questions were about marketing and I answered them with gusto. (In retrospect this was a big mistake since they wanted IITians in technical roles alone. Most junta had technical interviews.)
After the interview I was sure I got through this time. I went straight to sleep. I woke up later that night to some loud noises (the gpl ones) only to find out that I hadn't been selected. I was heartbroken. I wondered all night if I made a big mistake by leaving all those companies which now seemed to be so good.

General Tips: Internship: (attention third year people!)
When it comes to the placement interview, internships play pivotal role. There are rarely any interviews where the interviewee isn't drilled on their internships. So, please don‟t treat an internship as a paid vacation. Good work done during the internship gives one the confidence that can very well bowl the interviewer over (as it did in my case :D). Believe me confidence does much more than get you a job; it determines success and failure in mostundertakings. Internship gives you the first chance to build that up … use it! 

Pre Placement Talks:
Please attend the ppts of at least those companies which fall into your sector of interest. At ppts you get to see a lot more things than the boring presentations and the pay package. Most companies bring along with them alumni who have spent a few years in the company. Observing or interacting with them will give you a good assessment of what you are going to be a few years from now if you join that company. For example I observed that alumni of XYZ Company were not as upbeat and confident as alumni of ABC Company (names have been hidden on request ;) ) even if XYZ was paying plenty more than ABC. I knew then and there that I would want to join ABC and never applied to XYZ. Be sure to utilize them and be sure to clear all your doubts and conceptions. Once you start attending presentations you will observe junta asking questions just to score brownie points with the speaker. Believe me it won't help one bit in landing them a job!

Resumes:
Making an appealing resume is the single most important step in the placement process and IITK is notorious for its bad resumes, so attend workshops. Like most IITK junta I sucked at making a resume (and still do), but whatever little skill I have, I got through workshops. One workshop I would advise everyone to attend is the resume making workshop of McKinsey. Get your resumes checked and edited by those who have been through placement especially by those from other IITs (I know this will hurt a lot of egos, but IITB's resumes are some of the best. Those dudes have mastered the art of making an impact with whatever little they've got, while we excel at doing exactly the opposite :P). Prepare an impactful resume and don't submit the same resume to every company, make changes based on the profile.

Prioritize. 
(For the first 14 days) During recession choose a sector if you must but not packages and companies. There's a whole life time left to fill your money bags. 
(Applicable after day 14): Don't choose too much. If you can live with that job for a year or two without hating yourself, take it! You can jump jobs later and purse higher education later to get into the right job.


Always take a calculated risk. 
Judge yourself based on the competition, your competencies etc and not on blind faith. And yes, remember when the stakes are high so are the losses.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
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posted on 20 Jan 2015

3 Interview Rounds

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Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Asked small technical questions. Focus on BTP.
Tips: Be clear on low CPI as PSU.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Questions on long term goals.
Tips: They were looking for technical oriented people.

College Name: IIT KANPUR
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1 Interview Round

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General Tips: 1. Deep study of Thermodynamics, turbo machinery, fluid mechanics
2. Detailed study of Energy System, IC engine, heat & mass transfer, Thermodynamics
3. Study of ESO 210 & Drives
College Name: IIT KANPUR
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user image Anonymous

posted on 14 Jan 2015

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Round: Technical Interview
Experience: 30 minutes duration

General Tips: Deep knowledge of Petrochemical engineering.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
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