Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
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4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: technical interview
Experience: In the first round they started with basic question like “Tell me about yourself?” . The entire technical questions were basic from the two books I suggested above. He asked me about 4-5 questions related to my M.Tech thesis work. The interviews went only for 20-25 min.
Round: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW
Experience: The second round was also based on basic and about 20-30 min.Third round was about 40-45 min in which all the question were based on resume. He asked me on every point which I have mentioned in my resume. He also asked to write algorithm related some basic puzzles.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: I was asked basic HR questions.
General Tips: Final Tips :
1. Resume plays the most important role in the selection. Make sure that you prepare well for the points you are writing in your resume.
2. Identify the companies you want to target. Be pragmatic in your choice and prepare accordingly.
3. For the aptitude problems form a group of people who are targeting same or relevant companies and discuss various problems. It will help you in understanding concepts/problems in less time.
College Name: IIT Kanpur
Experience: In the first round they started with basic question like “Tell me about yourself?” . The entire technical questions were basic from the two books I suggested above. He asked me about 4-5 questions related to my M.Tech thesis work. The interviews went only for 20-25 min.
Round: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW
Experience: The second round was also based on basic and about 20-30 min.Third round was about 40-45 min in which all the question were based on resume. He asked me on every point which I have mentioned in my resume. He also asked to write algorithm related some basic puzzles.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: I was asked basic HR questions.
General Tips: Final Tips :
1. Resume plays the most important role in the selection. Make sure that you prepare well for the points you are writing in your resume.
2. Identify the companies you want to target. Be pragmatic in your choice and prepare accordingly.
3. For the aptitude problems form a group of people who are targeting same or relevant companies and discuss various problems. It will help you in understanding concepts/problems in less time.
College Name: IIT Kanpur
2 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: They asked me about my thesis and some device related questions as my thesis was on modelling of device. Questions were basic and were related to variation of device parameters with environmental factors and other parameters. Apart from that, several questions related to basic digital circuits were also asked concerning flip flops, latches, setup time and hold time. The technical interview went on for approximately 1 hour.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The HR round lasted for about 5 mins only. The HR person asked me whether I were interested in going for PhD or not and about my hobbies and interests. Overall, the interviewers are very friendly and asked basic questions only.
Tips: Prepare your CV well, have a good CPI, do your thesis sincerely, concentrate on your basics and you will stand a very good chance of getting selected.
General Tips: Do the courses thoroughly, make good course projects and start preparing for the placement session at least 1 month early.
Don’t ever mention to them that you are interested in higher studies even if you are applying. In case you don’t get a job at your targeted company, don’t lose hope and move on to the next one.
Concentrate on your preparation and the things that are of utmost importance, don’t get bogged down by pressure. Be optimistic and cheerful, because confidence really helps during interviews.
Final Tips :
1. Be confident and enthusiastic in your response to questions because you have to make them understand that you are interested in the profile.
2. Chalk out a plan to strengthen your strong points and address the weak ones.
College Name: IIT Kanpur
Experience: They asked me about my thesis and some device related questions as my thesis was on modelling of device. Questions were basic and were related to variation of device parameters with environmental factors and other parameters. Apart from that, several questions related to basic digital circuits were also asked concerning flip flops, latches, setup time and hold time. The technical interview went on for approximately 1 hour.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The HR round lasted for about 5 mins only. The HR person asked me whether I were interested in going for PhD or not and about my hobbies and interests. Overall, the interviewers are very friendly and asked basic questions only.
Tips: Prepare your CV well, have a good CPI, do your thesis sincerely, concentrate on your basics and you will stand a very good chance of getting selected.
General Tips: Do the courses thoroughly, make good course projects and start preparing for the placement session at least 1 month early.
Don’t ever mention to them that you are interested in higher studies even if you are applying. In case you don’t get a job at your targeted company, don’t lose hope and move on to the next one.
Concentrate on your preparation and the things that are of utmost importance, don’t get bogged down by pressure. Be optimistic and cheerful, because confidence really helps during interviews.
Final Tips :
1. Be confident and enthusiastic in your response to questions because you have to make them understand that you are interested in the profile.
2. Chalk out a plan to strengthen your strong points and address the weak ones.
College Name: IIT Kanpur
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Family background
- Q2. Flexibility on work timings
- Q3. Adjustability to Bangalore
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: There were four to five rounds of interviews, for different profiles on various electrical engineering topics. The technical interviews comprised of some questions from analog and digital electronics, M.Tech. Thesis etc.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The HR interview had routine HR questions.
General Tips: Most of the times, things go on as they are supposed to, we do what we are assigned, meet deadlines and get it over with. Knowing what to do after four or five years of study at IIT is one of those deciding phases where we have to do something out of routine, think about what we actually want, what we can get from where we are. Here is an account of how I went about making my decisions and preparing for it. In one of those routine placement
talks, a speaker remarked, ‘there are two ways you can choose a career- by extrapolation from what you have right now and by interpolation from your long term goal’. This helps one realize the importance of identification of long term goal. In my opinion, once a person is convinced about that, it is easy to pull off an interview; more importantly, it is easy to identify which options to prepare for.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Experience: There were four to five rounds of interviews, for different profiles on various electrical engineering topics. The technical interviews comprised of some questions from analog and digital electronics, M.Tech. Thesis etc.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The HR interview had routine HR questions.
General Tips: Most of the times, things go on as they are supposed to, we do what we are assigned, meet deadlines and get it over with. Knowing what to do after four or five years of study at IIT is one of those deciding phases where we have to do something out of routine, think about what we actually want, what we can get from where we are. Here is an account of how I went about making my decisions and preparing for it. In one of those routine placement
talks, a speaker remarked, ‘there are two ways you can choose a career- by extrapolation from what you have right now and by interpolation from your long term goal’. This helps one realize the importance of identification of long term goal. In my opinion, once a person is convinced about that, it is easy to pull off an interview; more importantly, it is easy to identify which options to prepare for.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: This was the most important thing that mattered in my case as I had no internship experience. I had clearly reflected my strong points in my resume.
Tips: CPI plays a major role.
Revise everything you write in your resume thoroughly.
Round: Interview
Experience: The interview lasted for around 20-25 minutes. I had mentioned my interests to be logic design and computer architecture, basically
the hardware profile, in my introduction. So I was asked some questions on architecture like ILP, Superscalar and out-of-order processors, If Intel’s processors are out-of-order, etc. the entire flow of questions was based on my answers.After these, I was asked HR type questions like my interests apart from academics, where do I see myself 5 years down the line, why not PhD , if I would like to work in US, etc.The interviewer had read my resume thoroughly and probably was impressed by it, and I was not asked any questions based on my resume. Good CPI and all courses and projects strongly aligning with Intel’s work was strong point in my selection.
General Tips: If you are targeting core companies like Intel, choose the right courses and thesis (like Microelectronics/VLSI) in your third year and do them sincerely. Do not mention that you want to do your PhD.Intel does not prefer B.Tech Students, so watch out for that while choosing your target companies in placements.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Motivation: I had strong interests in Computer architecture and VLSI. So basically I was lookingfor a job in hardware profile in semiconductor industry and Intel is the biggest name in the semiconductor domain, thus making it my first choice.
Experience: This was the most important thing that mattered in my case as I had no internship experience. I had clearly reflected my strong points in my resume.
Tips: CPI plays a major role.
Revise everything you write in your resume thoroughly.
Round: Interview
Experience: The interview lasted for around 20-25 minutes. I had mentioned my interests to be logic design and computer architecture, basically
the hardware profile, in my introduction. So I was asked some questions on architecture like ILP, Superscalar and out-of-order processors, If Intel’s processors are out-of-order, etc. the entire flow of questions was based on my answers.After these, I was asked HR type questions like my interests apart from academics, where do I see myself 5 years down the line, why not PhD , if I would like to work in US, etc.The interviewer had read my resume thoroughly and probably was impressed by it, and I was not asked any questions based on my resume. Good CPI and all courses and projects strongly aligning with Intel’s work was strong point in my selection.
General Tips: If you are targeting core companies like Intel, choose the right courses and thesis (like Microelectronics/VLSI) in your third year and do them sincerely. Do not mention that you want to do your PhD.Intel does not prefer B.Tech Students, so watch out for that while choosing your target companies in placements.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Motivation: I had strong interests in Computer architecture and VLSI. So basically I was lookingfor a job in hardware profile in semiconductor industry and Intel is the biggest name in the semiconductor domain, thus making it my first choice.
Interview Preparation Tips
General Tips: Well I may be the most suited guy for writing this because I have seen it all during the recruitment process and I would try to take you through the problems one faces during the process and what I think one should do to not lose pace during these times. What I would also like to touch upon are the initiatives one should
take way before the recruitment process in order to be well prepared at the D day rather than crunching at the last hour.
Problems you might face before hand-
Most of these problems are something you will create for yourself and as it is, you are the only one who can do away with these problems. Well I would list out all the dilemmas(:O) you might face:-
1. Lots of semester load to deal with...what to do....how to start: First of all don’t give yourself this crap that you can’t find time. This is the most common crap people come up with. The second point people give is that the professor is breathing down their neck and they need to meet deadlines etc etc. Well in either case I would say that if you have started your preparation at the end of august or mid sept, even with these problems you will easily complete the course I just mentioned.
2. Well I am super man and I want to do GRE/CAT/ land the best job ever: First of all if you think that you are a superman and you can actually do this, you are welcome to do so. But for the unlucky people who are not blessed with superhuman capabilities, I would like you to follow these pointers. Spread out your preparation for each. CAT preparations only require you to brush up your English, rest is a piece of cake. So CAT preparations generally can be carried out hand in hand with your job preparations, moreover the DI preparation for CAT might come in handy. Well as for GRE preparations I would suggest get an early date, way early in Sept and get it over with. Later it will only clutter up your schedule and generally dates in November tend to screw up the whole schedule itself.
3. Oh....I have my exams....I have CAT the next day.....Placement is about to start what to do?...
Well most of these questions won’t come if you have covered up your course material. But generally it’s the non-ideal reality that hits you hard. You might be just half way through your preparation, CAT might be already out of the bag and GRE would have somehow made its way to November to screw you up. Well this is the time to prioritize things. Set your priorities which are best in line with your career goals. You want a job/higher studies/management. You can’t pick out all three; not even two. You only get to choose one. So, if you want to have your options open prepare early, otherwise, keep yourself satisfied with one. If you set your priorities, you have lesser to prepare, you can be more thorough at what you prepare and you have the edge at least on those guys who have not set their priorities.
The D-day:-
Well if you have gone through the previous sections you are more so ready to get grinded. In this section I would like to underline all the do’s and don’ts during the placement procedure. These hold for all people whether they are prepared or not with their course material and with their barrage of HR questions.
Do’s-
1. Prepare for interviews and GDs s much as possible. Mock interviews and GD sessions with wingmates will help. Practice your interview questions before a mirror. Try practicing talking smoothly rather than vomiting out crammed up answers.
2. Do some research. Concentrate on the company next in line and (re)view their material. Find out the company and job profile. Find out if you and the job they offer are a perfect fit.
3. Be thorough with your resume. Resume is like a pledge and if you are slack with even a single point it is treated like cheating.
4. Constantly review the job database.
Don’ts
1. Don’t sulk- Sulking is not going to help your cause. It might push you to the limit.
2. Don’t rush through interviews
3. Don’t be low on confidence.
4. Don’t get frustrated.
5. Don’t compare- Many people below you in capacity and capability might have already been placed and many much better than you might still be in line.
6. Don’t freak out- This is my example. I applied for a company in which I didn’t intend to go and ended up getting a spot offer in that. I couldn’t sit for the procedure further and my dream company was yet to come. Just learn from this and try not to get into such a situation.
Well all the above do’s and don’ts are just what I should have done and what I shouldn’t have done. Please refer to other seniors’ feedbacks to get a picture of a total loser and then try not to be one(:D). I believe if you are in line with this, you are already sitting with a job.
Got a job, now what?
Well you have a job, it means you did most of the things correct. Now come the unique cases. These cases
might be multiple job offers, spot offers etc etc. I can only describe my experience with my share of unique cases. These are multiple offers and spot offers. First of all, always keep in mind the following things-
1. SPO is there to help you but it can’t sometimes.
2. Rules are there to be followed and will be broken.
SPOT OFFER!!!-First of all spot offers are something against the guidelines for the companies. But they do make spot offers. In this case always first consult your most trusted personnel in the SPO and try to have things sorted out with his help. If you are happy to join, accept the offer but if not, try to get out of it. I couldn't, so I don’t know the means. You can always find out form the seniors.
MULTIPLE OFFER!!!- This I think is something you need to decide yourself. Once you have job offers from more than one company, always try to take a clear perspective. You have more than a day to sort this out. Do your further research. This research is how big the company is?/how good the pay package is?/how good your life is going to be?/how good is the work culture?etc etc. Take these things into consideration before deciding. Well in my case I had an option between Intel and some other company.
The way I have referred to it makes my choice obvious. My considerations were as follows:-
1. Intel is the biggest semiconductor company
2. Intel is one of the best workplaces voted over time.
3. Intel is a giant and has a long history compared to the other company which was a startup.
4. The pay was initially not clear but turned out to be equal( I dint consider it at tat time though)
Some other factors were also there. Like I would like to pursue an MS later and Intel would surely help
my cause. These are the ways one should think before accepting an offer. Always keep in high regard your life and your convenience at the job you are selecting. Then the money might play a big role and your career too but still I would recommend your life and your convenience comes first.
AFTER YOU GOT A JOB!!!- Go on a trip of India. Find your inner peace. Do some meditation on the Himalayas. Do a padayatra from Kashmir to Kanyakumari. Do whatever you want but please pass in all the courses of the final semester. Also try to cover up the course material relevant to your job before joining. I think it would help. But first and foremost, give a big treat and have a bash.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
take way before the recruitment process in order to be well prepared at the D day rather than crunching at the last hour.
Problems you might face before hand-
Most of these problems are something you will create for yourself and as it is, you are the only one who can do away with these problems. Well I would list out all the dilemmas(:O) you might face:-
1. Lots of semester load to deal with...what to do....how to start: First of all don’t give yourself this crap that you can’t find time. This is the most common crap people come up with. The second point people give is that the professor is breathing down their neck and they need to meet deadlines etc etc. Well in either case I would say that if you have started your preparation at the end of august or mid sept, even with these problems you will easily complete the course I just mentioned.
2. Well I am super man and I want to do GRE/CAT/ land the best job ever: First of all if you think that you are a superman and you can actually do this, you are welcome to do so. But for the unlucky people who are not blessed with superhuman capabilities, I would like you to follow these pointers. Spread out your preparation for each. CAT preparations only require you to brush up your English, rest is a piece of cake. So CAT preparations generally can be carried out hand in hand with your job preparations, moreover the DI preparation for CAT might come in handy. Well as for GRE preparations I would suggest get an early date, way early in Sept and get it over with. Later it will only clutter up your schedule and generally dates in November tend to screw up the whole schedule itself.
3. Oh....I have my exams....I have CAT the next day.....Placement is about to start what to do?...
Well most of these questions won’t come if you have covered up your course material. But generally it’s the non-ideal reality that hits you hard. You might be just half way through your preparation, CAT might be already out of the bag and GRE would have somehow made its way to November to screw you up. Well this is the time to prioritize things. Set your priorities which are best in line with your career goals. You want a job/higher studies/management. You can’t pick out all three; not even two. You only get to choose one. So, if you want to have your options open prepare early, otherwise, keep yourself satisfied with one. If you set your priorities, you have lesser to prepare, you can be more thorough at what you prepare and you have the edge at least on those guys who have not set their priorities.
The D-day:-
Well if you have gone through the previous sections you are more so ready to get grinded. In this section I would like to underline all the do’s and don’ts during the placement procedure. These hold for all people whether they are prepared or not with their course material and with their barrage of HR questions.
Do’s-
1. Prepare for interviews and GDs s much as possible. Mock interviews and GD sessions with wingmates will help. Practice your interview questions before a mirror. Try practicing talking smoothly rather than vomiting out crammed up answers.
2. Do some research. Concentrate on the company next in line and (re)view their material. Find out the company and job profile. Find out if you and the job they offer are a perfect fit.
3. Be thorough with your resume. Resume is like a pledge and if you are slack with even a single point it is treated like cheating.
4. Constantly review the job database.
Don’ts
1. Don’t sulk- Sulking is not going to help your cause. It might push you to the limit.
2. Don’t rush through interviews
3. Don’t be low on confidence.
4. Don’t get frustrated.
5. Don’t compare- Many people below you in capacity and capability might have already been placed and many much better than you might still be in line.
6. Don’t freak out- This is my example. I applied for a company in which I didn’t intend to go and ended up getting a spot offer in that. I couldn’t sit for the procedure further and my dream company was yet to come. Just learn from this and try not to get into such a situation.
Well all the above do’s and don’ts are just what I should have done and what I shouldn’t have done. Please refer to other seniors’ feedbacks to get a picture of a total loser and then try not to be one(:D). I believe if you are in line with this, you are already sitting with a job.
Got a job, now what?
Well you have a job, it means you did most of the things correct. Now come the unique cases. These cases
might be multiple job offers, spot offers etc etc. I can only describe my experience with my share of unique cases. These are multiple offers and spot offers. First of all, always keep in mind the following things-
1. SPO is there to help you but it can’t sometimes.
2. Rules are there to be followed and will be broken.
SPOT OFFER!!!-First of all spot offers are something against the guidelines for the companies. But they do make spot offers. In this case always first consult your most trusted personnel in the SPO and try to have things sorted out with his help. If you are happy to join, accept the offer but if not, try to get out of it. I couldn't, so I don’t know the means. You can always find out form the seniors.
MULTIPLE OFFER!!!- This I think is something you need to decide yourself. Once you have job offers from more than one company, always try to take a clear perspective. You have more than a day to sort this out. Do your further research. This research is how big the company is?/how good the pay package is?/how good your life is going to be?/how good is the work culture?etc etc. Take these things into consideration before deciding. Well in my case I had an option between Intel and some other company.
The way I have referred to it makes my choice obvious. My considerations were as follows:-
1. Intel is the biggest semiconductor company
2. Intel is one of the best workplaces voted over time.
3. Intel is a giant and has a long history compared to the other company which was a startup.
4. The pay was initially not clear but turned out to be equal( I dint consider it at tat time though)
Some other factors were also there. Like I would like to pursue an MS later and Intel would surely help
my cause. These are the ways one should think before accepting an offer. Always keep in high regard your life and your convenience at the job you are selecting. Then the money might play a big role and your career too but still I would recommend your life and your convenience comes first.
AFTER YOU GOT A JOB!!!- Go on a trip of India. Find your inner peace. Do some meditation on the Himalayas. Do a padayatra from Kashmir to Kanyakumari. Do whatever you want but please pass in all the courses of the final semester. Also try to cover up the course material relevant to your job before joining. I think it would help. But first and foremost, give a big treat and have a bash.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Interview Preparation Tips
General Tips: Some general background:
1. Always stress on learning the concepts, not the course.
2. Have faith in yourself and your abilities, and thus be confident. You have made it so far and you may not be the best, but you certainly are good. (For a fact this may not necessarily be true but saying this to yourself once in a while helps build self confidence).
3. Know that the one interviewing you may or may not be an expert in the area you are good at. What this means is expect questions on each project that you have done, because if he/she is an expert in the area of even one of your projects, get ready to be screwed on that one.
With this in hand, and by talking to your seniors learn the smaller yet important points of what a company desires, what this kind of job demands from you. Luckily if you are a dual degree student you will have a fabulous experience of seeing your batch get placed, so just help them prepare in whatever way you can, as if even you were to sit in the interviews. Best way to fast pace your preparation is to do it with people you are real comfortable with. (This is so because if they take a mock interview they know what exactly could make you
uncomfortable, your closest friends know you best. Ask them to mock interview you and screw you hard enough to see how much stress you can handle). Having a few leadership and team work skills is always an added bonus to your resume, make sure at least one such point is a spike (or high impact) in your CV, and highlight it
well. Make sure you know adequate examples to back it up. In a lecture by Dr. C.V.R. Murthy he once told “When you need to present yourself to someone on a topic XYZ make sure if you know 100% you only tell 10% because then you can use the rest of the 90% to answer questions which are extensions to your work”. This aspect is something you should follow throughout your UG career. When you write a term paper, when you do a project always document it so that you have a copy of what you did. For example till this date I have done like over 25+ projects at IITK, but I have documentation for only 19. This led to the fact that I could not put those 6 projects in the best way I could, because I could not even remember how I had done it. Now you would want to object here, “How the hell am I supposed to write just 10% if I haven’t done enough and to make my resume good I need to write a few things which I hope I will be able to explain.”
If you are a final year student reading this, then I don’t have a answer for you so far except that try to make the best use of your BTP. However, for others make sure you don’t lose the heart to learn things that go beyond the scope of the course and sometimes your project. Remember that your achievement are not important always, what is important is how you achieved it. What challenges you went past. You did a great job if you over came a dozen challenges to achieve a single point of success, than if you had a project which had just one challenge and you could achieve it with impressive results.
How I got success:
1. Did PI, GD, Mock Interview sessions with my batch It helped me achieve better control on expression, accent and ability to speak with a good flow. Practicing PI’s is important so that your answers to the generic HR kind questions become more structured after each PI you take.
2. Always documented my work
This helps you because it will reduce your revision time from weeks to a couple of hours (if you did the projects yourself) else from months to weeks at least.3. Know what courses are important for Job preparation. Once you know this before hand, make your you give these courses adequate time while studying, for example for EE students with interest in microelectronics courses like EE610 and EE619, EE210, ESC102 and EE370 are extremely important. So rather than revising these in the end (which is like an enormous task) try to emphasize on them while they are taught. This will reduce the time you will need in the end to revise the basics.
4. Internship/BTP/M.Tech. Thesis
This is going to be a definite question in your interview. So prepare it well, this is one section where B.Tech student have a heavy advantage, they have all these afresh and hence can explain it on a day to day basis. Whereas M.Tech/Dual students have done their interns long time back. Thus, may not recollect it to the best of their knowledge, so I spent time here to revise my intern well. Because it was one aspect which was connected to all the courses I had done and I could really make a good impact here if given an opportunity. (Lucky for me I got
that).
5. Practice Standard Questions
I spend most of my time doing this, than revising courses. Did as many practice questions as I could, If I did not remember some topic I went back and revised it. But never during the prep did I open a book to revise an entire course.
6. Know the company
This is perhaps the place where the company gives you an opportunity to show how much you know and care about them, how much are you attached to this job, and how much you like it really. Read as much as you can about the company. I spent like 5-6 hrs before the interview to do this. The Interview:
1. Be well dressed, hold good posture and show you are confident yet anxious.
2. You and your interviewer are equals so talk like that, assume you have a job and you are going to take it. He is not someone so great that you need to fear him. Try to talk eye to eye, speak with confidence (even if you know you are wrong).
3. Pause before you start answering (take time to think) or you can fall in trap question like a piece of cake.4. Show your approach and thought process, be aware the counter questions he/she asks can be to check your confidence or in reality to correct your mistake.
5. Given an opportunity to answer a open ended question, make the best use of it. For example I screwed up my first interview trying to explain my Internship, but I adapted quickly and after 30 mins in my second interview I gave a much better explanation.
6. Sometime you might be asked a field/course of interest; tell the one you are great at. Thus find a good justification to prove why it is your favorite if it’s different from your BTP/Thesis.
7. If you get the opportunity to ask a question, ask one which wasn’t brought up in the PPT. If you don’t get an opportunity make one, and still ask the question.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
1. Always stress on learning the concepts, not the course.
2. Have faith in yourself and your abilities, and thus be confident. You have made it so far and you may not be the best, but you certainly are good. (For a fact this may not necessarily be true but saying this to yourself once in a while helps build self confidence).
3. Know that the one interviewing you may or may not be an expert in the area you are good at. What this means is expect questions on each project that you have done, because if he/she is an expert in the area of even one of your projects, get ready to be screwed on that one.
With this in hand, and by talking to your seniors learn the smaller yet important points of what a company desires, what this kind of job demands from you. Luckily if you are a dual degree student you will have a fabulous experience of seeing your batch get placed, so just help them prepare in whatever way you can, as if even you were to sit in the interviews. Best way to fast pace your preparation is to do it with people you are real comfortable with. (This is so because if they take a mock interview they know what exactly could make you
uncomfortable, your closest friends know you best. Ask them to mock interview you and screw you hard enough to see how much stress you can handle). Having a few leadership and team work skills is always an added bonus to your resume, make sure at least one such point is a spike (or high impact) in your CV, and highlight it
well. Make sure you know adequate examples to back it up. In a lecture by Dr. C.V.R. Murthy he once told “When you need to present yourself to someone on a topic XYZ make sure if you know 100% you only tell 10% because then you can use the rest of the 90% to answer questions which are extensions to your work”. This aspect is something you should follow throughout your UG career. When you write a term paper, when you do a project always document it so that you have a copy of what you did. For example till this date I have done like over 25+ projects at IITK, but I have documentation for only 19. This led to the fact that I could not put those 6 projects in the best way I could, because I could not even remember how I had done it. Now you would want to object here, “How the hell am I supposed to write just 10% if I haven’t done enough and to make my resume good I need to write a few things which I hope I will be able to explain.”
If you are a final year student reading this, then I don’t have a answer for you so far except that try to make the best use of your BTP. However, for others make sure you don’t lose the heart to learn things that go beyond the scope of the course and sometimes your project. Remember that your achievement are not important always, what is important is how you achieved it. What challenges you went past. You did a great job if you over came a dozen challenges to achieve a single point of success, than if you had a project which had just one challenge and you could achieve it with impressive results.
How I got success:
1. Did PI, GD, Mock Interview sessions with my batch It helped me achieve better control on expression, accent and ability to speak with a good flow. Practicing PI’s is important so that your answers to the generic HR kind questions become more structured after each PI you take.
2. Always documented my work
This helps you because it will reduce your revision time from weeks to a couple of hours (if you did the projects yourself) else from months to weeks at least.3. Know what courses are important for Job preparation. Once you know this before hand, make your you give these courses adequate time while studying, for example for EE students with interest in microelectronics courses like EE610 and EE619, EE210, ESC102 and EE370 are extremely important. So rather than revising these in the end (which is like an enormous task) try to emphasize on them while they are taught. This will reduce the time you will need in the end to revise the basics.
4. Internship/BTP/M.Tech. Thesis
This is going to be a definite question in your interview. So prepare it well, this is one section where B.Tech student have a heavy advantage, they have all these afresh and hence can explain it on a day to day basis. Whereas M.Tech/Dual students have done their interns long time back. Thus, may not recollect it to the best of their knowledge, so I spent time here to revise my intern well. Because it was one aspect which was connected to all the courses I had done and I could really make a good impact here if given an opportunity. (Lucky for me I got
that).
5. Practice Standard Questions
I spend most of my time doing this, than revising courses. Did as many practice questions as I could, If I did not remember some topic I went back and revised it. But never during the prep did I open a book to revise an entire course.
6. Know the company
This is perhaps the place where the company gives you an opportunity to show how much you know and care about them, how much are you attached to this job, and how much you like it really. Read as much as you can about the company. I spent like 5-6 hrs before the interview to do this. The Interview:
1. Be well dressed, hold good posture and show you are confident yet anxious.
2. You and your interviewer are equals so talk like that, assume you have a job and you are going to take it. He is not someone so great that you need to fear him. Try to talk eye to eye, speak with confidence (even if you know you are wrong).
3. Pause before you start answering (take time to think) or you can fall in trap question like a piece of cake.4. Show your approach and thought process, be aware the counter questions he/she asks can be to check your confidence or in reality to correct your mistake.
5. Given an opportunity to answer a open ended question, make the best use of it. For example I screwed up my first interview trying to explain my Internship, but I adapted quickly and after 30 mins in my second interview I gave a much better explanation.
6. Sometime you might be asked a field/course of interest; tell the one you are great at. Thus find a good justification to prove why it is your favorite if it’s different from your BTP/Thesis.
7. If you get the opportunity to ask a question, ask one which wasn’t brought up in the PPT. If you don’t get an opportunity make one, and still ask the question.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Differential amplifier, and how to increase its gain and bandwidth ?
- Q2. Current mirror
- Q3. Short channel effects, and how to avoid them during the design ?
- Q4. Output stage
- Q5. Family background
- Q6. Why INTEL ?
- Q7. What is your stand on ethics ?
- Q8. Are you a team player ?
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: It had 2 rounds. They shortlisted students for 4 different profiles (Analog, Digital, Architecture and Structural design).
Briefly discussed the intern work. The interview ended with discussion on INTEL's latest technology and how Bangalore center works towards achieving it.
Tips: For analog, prepare basics like single-stage amplifiers and differential amplifiers well.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: They were looking for someone with sound fundamentals and ability to think if confronted with a problem rather than doing
mundane spoon fed work.
Tips: Most importantly know your resume in and out.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Experience: It had 2 rounds. They shortlisted students for 4 different profiles (Analog, Digital, Architecture and Structural design).
Briefly discussed the intern work. The interview ended with discussion on INTEL's latest technology and how Bangalore center works towards achieving it.
Tips: For analog, prepare basics like single-stage amplifiers and differential amplifiers well.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: They were looking for someone with sound fundamentals and ability to think if confronted with a problem rather than doing
mundane spoon fed work.
Tips: Most importantly know your resume in and out.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Give instance when you stood up for your belief and convinced others to go along with you
- Q2. How did you stopped someone doing something that is not right...?
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Not very clear but major role players were CPI and Projects.
Tips: Do write your area of interest clearly and your major projects you are highlighting in your resume should be of that area, otherwise they might interview you for wrong area and you might miss out as few students did. So be clear about that. And don’t think you can get away with casual or fuzzy answers.
Round: Interview
Experience: Technical Interview was related to the field they have shortlisted you. There were 3 panel for EE guys,1 for shortlisted candidate for Analog Area, 1 for shortlisted candidate for Digital and 1 for Architecture. For me it was mixed of Analog and digital with some device also. Questions regarding Short channel effects were asked. Then questions related to Diff-Amp were asked. Then there were questions on Digital logic, need of C-Mos , Charge sharing and distribution in C-Mos devices, Capacitance curve and its region. And then there were questions on Timing Issues, skew, jitter and some tricky question revolving around timing analysis. Questions regarding data transfer and propagation and read-write methodology were also asked. It was not about finding an answer it was finding how depth and clear knowledge a candidate has and what is his/her thinking process. If you get stuck somewhere while answering they will give you hints but don't seek hints for every answers.
Round: Interview
Experience: HR questions were the usual questions which are generally asked everywhere, revolving around judging my character. Few scenarios were given which conflicts between ethics and personal gains.
General Tips: I always intended to find a core job in semiconductor industry and for the same I planned my curriculum inaccordance with it. I took all courses related to VLSI area EE dept has to offer which included digital, analog and devices. I learnt some architecture also with the help of my batch-mates who have done CSE architecture course.
For those who are planning to get a core job my suggestions would be: Maintain a good CPI as it is the first criteria they will shortlist you.
Have good understanding of the subject. Do study devices also as companies frequently ask questions based on devices and practice from yourself.
Don't rely on SPO as they will not be preparing you for core companies. Do get information from your seniors about the preparations. If you have done your courses sincerely then it will take about 1-2 months to complete the preparations. And prepare along with your batchmates aiming for same area as it will help everyone. Don't try to go alone.
Skill Tips: Since I did courses of all areas of VLSI from devices to digital I was able to answer the wide range of questions put in front of me. I never tried to make a guess, I simply said that some things I forgot, but I was able to say that because most of the questions I was able to answer. Also, I prepared HR questions beforehand and had some instances in my mind to quote when put under those scenario. The probable reasons for my selection were a good CPI , clarity about subject and wide range of topics I covered duringmy courses.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Experience: Not very clear but major role players were CPI and Projects.
Tips: Do write your area of interest clearly and your major projects you are highlighting in your resume should be of that area, otherwise they might interview you for wrong area and you might miss out as few students did. So be clear about that. And don’t think you can get away with casual or fuzzy answers.
Round: Interview
Experience: Technical Interview was related to the field they have shortlisted you. There were 3 panel for EE guys,1 for shortlisted candidate for Analog Area, 1 for shortlisted candidate for Digital and 1 for Architecture. For me it was mixed of Analog and digital with some device also. Questions regarding Short channel effects were asked. Then questions related to Diff-Amp were asked. Then there were questions on Digital logic, need of C-Mos , Charge sharing and distribution in C-Mos devices, Capacitance curve and its region. And then there were questions on Timing Issues, skew, jitter and some tricky question revolving around timing analysis. Questions regarding data transfer and propagation and read-write methodology were also asked. It was not about finding an answer it was finding how depth and clear knowledge a candidate has and what is his/her thinking process. If you get stuck somewhere while answering they will give you hints but don't seek hints for every answers.
Round: Interview
Experience: HR questions were the usual questions which are generally asked everywhere, revolving around judging my character. Few scenarios were given which conflicts between ethics and personal gains.
General Tips: I always intended to find a core job in semiconductor industry and for the same I planned my curriculum inaccordance with it. I took all courses related to VLSI area EE dept has to offer which included digital, analog and devices. I learnt some architecture also with the help of my batch-mates who have done CSE architecture course.
For those who are planning to get a core job my suggestions would be: Maintain a good CPI as it is the first criteria they will shortlist you.
Have good understanding of the subject. Do study devices also as companies frequently ask questions based on devices and practice from yourself.
Don't rely on SPO as they will not be preparing you for core companies. Do get information from your seniors about the preparations. If you have done your courses sincerely then it will take about 1-2 months to complete the preparations. And prepare along with your batchmates aiming for same area as it will help everyone. Don't try to go alone.
Skill Tips: Since I did courses of all areas of VLSI from devices to digital I was able to answer the wide range of questions put in front of me. I never tried to make a guess, I simply said that some things I forgot, but I was able to say that because most of the questions I was able to answer. Also, I prepared HR questions beforehand and had some instances in my mind to quote when put under those scenario. The probable reasons for my selection were a good CPI , clarity about subject and wide range of topics I covered duringmy courses.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Project-based
- Q2. Internship-based
- Q3. Would you like to go for higher studies in future?
- Q4. Where do you see yourself ten years from now?
- Q5. What do you think about the company?
- Q6. What is your family background?
- Q7. Tell us about your ethics and beliefs.
- Q8. How did you like Bangalore when you were doing your internship over there?
- Q9. Where would you like to settle after a few years?
- Q10. Technical -2
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Mainly they were looking for my interest in the field of VLSI design and good communication skills.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Initially they themselves told about the company, what they expected from me, their present work and future. Then they asked a few simple questions.
Round: Other Interview
Experience: Most of the questions asked in the interview focused upon microprocessors. These questions required thorough knowledge about microprocessors. A few questions were very tough such as a question about pipelining which is usually taught in advanced questions. They also asked some electronic questions which could be done on the spot. Besides I was also asked about my B-Tech project and work in summer internship in detail.
General Tips: 1. A B-Tech project in VLSI design and a CPI of about 8.9 was the cut off criteria for B-Tech electrical students.
2. Be honest when making your resume about your project and interns.
3. You need to have good knowledge about microelectronics.
4. Another 4th year course of EE-618(analog circuits) is also helpful.
Skill Tips: In order to succeed in this interview you need to be honest in telling about the projects you have done. They can easily find out if you give them false details about the projects.
Skills: Microelectronics
College Name: IIT- Kanpur
Experience: Mainly they were looking for my interest in the field of VLSI design and good communication skills.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Initially they themselves told about the company, what they expected from me, their present work and future. Then they asked a few simple questions.
Round: Other Interview
Experience: Most of the questions asked in the interview focused upon microprocessors. These questions required thorough knowledge about microprocessors. A few questions were very tough such as a question about pipelining which is usually taught in advanced questions. They also asked some electronic questions which could be done on the spot. Besides I was also asked about my B-Tech project and work in summer internship in detail.
General Tips: 1. A B-Tech project in VLSI design and a CPI of about 8.9 was the cut off criteria for B-Tech electrical students.
2. Be honest when making your resume about your project and interns.
3. You need to have good knowledge about microelectronics.
4. Another 4th year course of EE-618(analog circuits) is also helpful.
Skill Tips: In order to succeed in this interview you need to be honest in telling about the projects you have done. They can easily find out if you give them false details about the projects.
Skills: Microelectronics
College Name: IIT- Kanpur
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