Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
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Filter interviews byIndian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur Placement Interview Questions
Updated
27 Dec 2024
18 interviews found
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Do you know what it is like working in a factory?
- Q2. Why not higher studies?
- Q3. Do you have ethical issues regarding working in a cigarette factory etc?
- Q4. Reasons why I did not consider other options (higher studies, IAS, I-banks and so on).
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: Prepare to answer like your willingness to take up a job which involves routine work (might get boring after some time) and working with factory workers etc. Some projects to probably check the soundness of technical knowledge
College Name: IIT Kanpur
Experience: Prepare to answer like your willingness to take up a job which involves routine work (might get boring after some time) and working with factory workers etc. Some projects to probably check the soundness of technical knowledge
College Name: IIT Kanpur
I was interviewed in Dec 2016.
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: General Resume Shortlist. The company was open for EE, ME and CHE departments. If you have a decent CPI(>8) with a some extra curriculars, you can expect yourself to be safely go through this round. There is an application for with few HR questions , which they use if you reach the interview round,
Tips: Try to cover all aspects in your resume. And make sure whatever you write, you must have the ability to defend it,
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: A person dies and various reasons were mentioned of his death from different perspective. We need to rank those reasons on the basis of discussion.
Tips: In our group. 3-4 odd guys started fighting just in order to prove their point. Therefore those guys that gave 2-3 good points in between, went through the next interview round. Its not about speaking more, but about speaking sensible.
Duration: 20 minutes
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: First Interview was taken by management of the committee, who did not have great experience at the firm. It was mostly resume based. So you must know each and everything about your resume. In my case, since I have done considerable research, their focus was why I am not going to go for research as this would be managerial. The trick was to convince them that this is what I want to do.
Tips: Be confident in what you answer. Always keep in mind that you know yourself more about your projects that anyone else. So even if you don't remember completely. just speak with confidence. This gives them the expression that you know what you are saying,
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: I was given the second round just after my first. They stopped the next candidate going in the panel. and sent me first. That gave me an indication that they are really very serious about taking me. This one was held with the senior management officials of the company. They were more interested about the work I have done earlier in the internships, along with how I can contribute to the organisation. Also they were quite impressed by my answers in the application form.
Tips: If you believe that you have done enough work during your undergraduate, you will yourself feel confident about your chances.
College Name: IIT Kanpur
Experience: General Resume Shortlist. The company was open for EE, ME and CHE departments. If you have a decent CPI(>8) with a some extra curriculars, you can expect yourself to be safely go through this round. There is an application for with few HR questions , which they use if you reach the interview round,
Tips: Try to cover all aspects in your resume. And make sure whatever you write, you must have the ability to defend it,
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: A person dies and various reasons were mentioned of his death from different perspective. We need to rank those reasons on the basis of discussion.
Tips: In our group. 3-4 odd guys started fighting just in order to prove their point. Therefore those guys that gave 2-3 good points in between, went through the next interview round. Its not about speaking more, but about speaking sensible.
Duration: 20 minutes
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: First Interview was taken by management of the committee, who did not have great experience at the firm. It was mostly resume based. So you must know each and everything about your resume. In my case, since I have done considerable research, their focus was why I am not going to go for research as this would be managerial. The trick was to convince them that this is what I want to do.
Tips: Be confident in what you answer. Always keep in mind that you know yourself more about your projects that anyone else. So even if you don't remember completely. just speak with confidence. This gives them the expression that you know what you are saying,
Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: I was given the second round just after my first. They stopped the next candidate going in the panel. and sent me first. That gave me an indication that they are really very serious about taking me. This one was held with the senior management officials of the company. They were more interested about the work I have done earlier in the internships, along with how I can contribute to the organisation. Also they were quite impressed by my answers in the application form.
Tips: If you believe that you have done enough work during your undergraduate, you will yourself feel confident about your chances.
College Name: IIT Kanpur
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Form
Experience: It includes few question related to your grades, projects/internship, POR, extracurricular activities and 2 or 3 HR based questions, Details are as follow:
-Few personal details specifically Semester wise SPI, GRE score etc.
-Details of internship/projects, extracurricular activities, PORs etc.
-Your short terms and long term objectives
-Why do you want to work with ITC
-What do you think is your most significant achievement
-Give an instance where you put Mind Over Matter
-Your social engagement
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: ITC GD is based on a given case where you have to prioritize the given set of things. One GD group consist of 8 students and approximately 25 min time duration. There are 3 person to judge a single GD and hence its almost a fare GD.
Tips: Please follow all the general rules of GD that is : Don’t shout, don’t be aggressive etc.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: ITC interview was scheduled on 1st December from 6 am to 11 am . My interview started with a question “Tell me something about yourself” I started with my school life and then gradually moved towards IITK life and here I described about My most significant achievement of IITK i.e. “TEAM ABUS-DCS” with the help of designs I carried in my file and there after the rest of the interview was based on TEAM ABUS-DCS projects. No extra technical question were asked to me.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: My HR interview too was started with a question “Tell me something about yourself” and there were few questions about my family, school life, hobbies, and major portion of interview was focused on TEAM ABUS-DCS.
I answered few of the HR questions in Hindi and this is the point where I become friendly with the interviewer and then a general conversation started about my projects and family. I was lucky to have such a smooth experience , The day was not at all hectic for me.
General Tips: Do’s :
-Make your priority very clear.
-Make a general time timeline for your placement preparation to keep track of your time.
-Prepare for the placement with a positive hope but at the same time you have to be realistic.
-Make a group in wing or outside wing, it will help you to make your placement preparation easy and interesting
-Take healthy food and keep yourself healthy
Dont’s :
-Don’t underestimate yourself.
-Don’t prepare alone otherwise soon you will be bored/tired of preparation.
Skill Tips: Be confident and clear what you want. Don’t compare yourself with any one, all have different circumstances and skills. Try to make out the best what you have already learned. A regular self- analysis and a little meditation would get you through your dream company At last I hope you have found something important in this article that will help you to plan your placement preparation.
College Name: IIT Kanpur
Experience: It includes few question related to your grades, projects/internship, POR, extracurricular activities and 2 or 3 HR based questions, Details are as follow:
-Few personal details specifically Semester wise SPI, GRE score etc.
-Details of internship/projects, extracurricular activities, PORs etc.
-Your short terms and long term objectives
-Why do you want to work with ITC
-What do you think is your most significant achievement
-Give an instance where you put Mind Over Matter
-Your social engagement
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: ITC GD is based on a given case where you have to prioritize the given set of things. One GD group consist of 8 students and approximately 25 min time duration. There are 3 person to judge a single GD and hence its almost a fare GD.
Tips: Please follow all the general rules of GD that is : Don’t shout, don’t be aggressive etc.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: ITC interview was scheduled on 1st December from 6 am to 11 am . My interview started with a question “Tell me something about yourself” I started with my school life and then gradually moved towards IITK life and here I described about My most significant achievement of IITK i.e. “TEAM ABUS-DCS” with the help of designs I carried in my file and there after the rest of the interview was based on TEAM ABUS-DCS projects. No extra technical question were asked to me.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: My HR interview too was started with a question “Tell me something about yourself” and there were few questions about my family, school life, hobbies, and major portion of interview was focused on TEAM ABUS-DCS.
I answered few of the HR questions in Hindi and this is the point where I become friendly with the interviewer and then a general conversation started about my projects and family. I was lucky to have such a smooth experience , The day was not at all hectic for me.
General Tips: Do’s :
-Make your priority very clear.
-Make a general time timeline for your placement preparation to keep track of your time.
-Prepare for the placement with a positive hope but at the same time you have to be realistic.
-Make a group in wing or outside wing, it will help you to make your placement preparation easy and interesting
-Take healthy food and keep yourself healthy
Dont’s :
-Don’t underestimate yourself.
-Don’t prepare alone otherwise soon you will be bored/tired of preparation.
Skill Tips: Be confident and clear what you want. Don’t compare yourself with any one, all have different circumstances and skills. Try to make out the best what you have already learned. A regular self- analysis and a little meditation would get you through your dream company At last I hope you have found something important in this article that will help you to plan your placement preparation.
College Name: IIT Kanpur
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: The initial shortlist was done on the basis of resume, CGPA and Branch.
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: It was a case study based GD. Three minutes time was given to read the case which was about a plane which had crashed and the whole scenario was explained. There were 7 survivors and one had to choose an appropriate leader among them who would lead them either out of the jungle to nearest occupied area or help them survive to wait for reinforcements.
It is always good to read the case early and look to initiate the discussion. But be careful to let others read as well. I did the same. Next after putting your points try to steer the discussion in the right direction. People were getting very emotional and excited and were looking to speak without bothering that rest of the participants were listening to them. There was a time in the GD when 5 people out of 8 were speaking at once leading to chaos. I opted to keep quiet and tried to listen as much as I could, appreciating good points put up by few of them. Finally, I interrupted to tell them to speak one by one and passed the discussion to one of them, who was making some valid points. At the end, look to conclude while taking into consideration valid points put up by others (this demonstrates you are an active listener) and add your own creative/innovative points. There were two observers both of whom took my final HR interview.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: In technical round they were three interviewers one was an electrical engineering alumni of IITR who asked me technical questions and rest were mostly observing. Firstly, I was asked Tell me about yourself? I explained about my life at IIT Roorkee, about my participation in Cognizance, about my hobbies like squash and then about my family. I went on speaking for about 15-20 minutes, I was hoping they would interrupt me at some point. Finally, I was left with nothing to say as I had told them everything. They were like Phew!! As if I was telling them a story. Next, they asked about my internship. What did I do? How as an electrical engineer I gave my inputs to the internship?
Next, they asked about my B.Tech. project? My guides name? What I was doing in the project? I explained it all on a sheet of paper. I don’t think he was able to understand what I was telling, so he interrupted.
Then he asked about my favorite subject in electrical engineering and my grades in that subject. He also inquired about my department rank.
Next he asked me some technical questions: What is floating point neutral? What is earth résistance and some others. I was able to answer most of them and rest which I didn’t know I told him after some deliberation straight away that I didn’t know the right answer. One important thing that helped me here is that I spoke put my thinking process and the interviewer also helped me to reach the final answer. Finally he asked me to tell something interesting about myself? That ended the interview.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: For the next round, there were two interviewers; they asked me why my SGPA had fallen in last semester? I told them as it was a tough semester in EE nd hence my SGPA had dropped. Next they asked me about how I manage conflicting priorities in life. I answered to them in reference to the previous question that after scoring less SGPA in the last semester I was disappointed and in some part of my mind I was blaming my participation in Cognizance as the reason for it. This semester I had to choose to be the convener of the festival. It was an important decision as it would affect my studies. I told them as studies were my top priority in IITR as it always has been. Rather than giving up on the team which I was to lead, I told them I decided to take this as a challenge and correct my mistakes. And now my aim is to score an SGPA over 9 this semester while conducting the festival successfully. They looked impressed and this ended the interview.
Tips: Study your resume well especially internship. Don’t add any internship (2nd year) where you haven’t done anything.Prepare your technical/core subjects practical/application based. Last but not the least, be yourself.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Experience: The initial shortlist was done on the basis of resume, CGPA and Branch.
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: It was a case study based GD. Three minutes time was given to read the case which was about a plane which had crashed and the whole scenario was explained. There were 7 survivors and one had to choose an appropriate leader among them who would lead them either out of the jungle to nearest occupied area or help them survive to wait for reinforcements.
It is always good to read the case early and look to initiate the discussion. But be careful to let others read as well. I did the same. Next after putting your points try to steer the discussion in the right direction. People were getting very emotional and excited and were looking to speak without bothering that rest of the participants were listening to them. There was a time in the GD when 5 people out of 8 were speaking at once leading to chaos. I opted to keep quiet and tried to listen as much as I could, appreciating good points put up by few of them. Finally, I interrupted to tell them to speak one by one and passed the discussion to one of them, who was making some valid points. At the end, look to conclude while taking into consideration valid points put up by others (this demonstrates you are an active listener) and add your own creative/innovative points. There were two observers both of whom took my final HR interview.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: In technical round they were three interviewers one was an electrical engineering alumni of IITR who asked me technical questions and rest were mostly observing. Firstly, I was asked Tell me about yourself? I explained about my life at IIT Roorkee, about my participation in Cognizance, about my hobbies like squash and then about my family. I went on speaking for about 15-20 minutes, I was hoping they would interrupt me at some point. Finally, I was left with nothing to say as I had told them everything. They were like Phew!! As if I was telling them a story. Next, they asked about my internship. What did I do? How as an electrical engineer I gave my inputs to the internship?
Next, they asked about my B.Tech. project? My guides name? What I was doing in the project? I explained it all on a sheet of paper. I don’t think he was able to understand what I was telling, so he interrupted.
Then he asked about my favorite subject in electrical engineering and my grades in that subject. He also inquired about my department rank.
Next he asked me some technical questions: What is floating point neutral? What is earth résistance and some others. I was able to answer most of them and rest which I didn’t know I told him after some deliberation straight away that I didn’t know the right answer. One important thing that helped me here is that I spoke put my thinking process and the interviewer also helped me to reach the final answer. Finally he asked me to tell something interesting about myself? That ended the interview.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: For the next round, there were two interviewers; they asked me why my SGPA had fallen in last semester? I told them as it was a tough semester in EE nd hence my SGPA had dropped. Next they asked me about how I manage conflicting priorities in life. I answered to them in reference to the previous question that after scoring less SGPA in the last semester I was disappointed and in some part of my mind I was blaming my participation in Cognizance as the reason for it. This semester I had to choose to be the convener of the festival. It was an important decision as it would affect my studies. I told them as studies were my top priority in IITR as it always has been. Rather than giving up on the team which I was to lead, I told them I decided to take this as a challenge and correct my mistakes. And now my aim is to score an SGPA over 9 this semester while conducting the festival successfully. They looked impressed and this ended the interview.
Tips: Study your resume well especially internship. Don’t add any internship (2nd year) where you haven’t done anything.Prepare your technical/core subjects practical/application based. Last but not the least, be yourself.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Tell us about yourself
- Q2. What are your strengths, weaknesses, achievements and failures?
- Q3. Why did you choose this branch?
- Q4. Why this particular sector?
- Q5. Why this firm?
- Q6. Which other companies are you interviewing and why do you chose us over them?
- Q7. Why not pursue higher studies?
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Making a resume is a vital step in for placement preparation. Resume is your first impression.
Tips: Try to make it as impactful as possible. Align your resume according to the needs of the company.
Round: Group Discussion
Tips: Practice a lot since it is an inevitable part of the process. Improve communication skills by speaking inpromptu on as many topics as you can.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: This is the final step for many companies. You simply can't afford to lose here.
Tips: Take mock interviews. Moreover, well prepared answers to these questions will give you the confidence to crack the personal interview.
General Tips: Choose your career option early. Do not run after monetary benefits while selecting your career option.
Skills: Engineering Chemistry, Core Mechanical Engineering topics, Specific Electrical Engineering topics
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Experience: Making a resume is a vital step in for placement preparation. Resume is your first impression.
Tips: Try to make it as impactful as possible. Align your resume according to the needs of the company.
Round: Group Discussion
Tips: Practice a lot since it is an inevitable part of the process. Improve communication skills by speaking inpromptu on as many topics as you can.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: This is the final step for many companies. You simply can't afford to lose here.
Tips: Take mock interviews. Moreover, well prepared answers to these questions will give you the confidence to crack the personal interview.
General Tips: Choose your career option early. Do not run after monetary benefits while selecting your career option.
Skills: Engineering Chemistry, Core Mechanical Engineering topics, Specific Electrical Engineering topics
College Name: IIT KANPUR
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: form
Tips: Please give a lot of time to your ITC form, and try to review it with the help of as many people as you can,
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Initially i was terrified of GD's. But after I started preparing for GD's during my 5th semester, I grew confident with it.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: That is the final round
General Tips: First you have to start thinking about yourself, and be yourself. They want to hire you and not a projected image of someone else. Do not copy HR answers from others. Do not waste time.Don’t be over or under confident.Don’t judge anyone’s profile. If you are shortlisted, start preparing
for it. Don’t try to take each and every sector.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Tips: Please give a lot of time to your ITC form, and try to review it with the help of as many people as you can,
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Initially i was terrified of GD's. But after I started preparing for GD's during my 5th semester, I grew confident with it.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: That is the final round
General Tips: First you have to start thinking about yourself, and be yourself. They want to hire you and not a projected image of someone else. Do not copy HR answers from others. Do not waste time.Don’t be over or under confident.Don’t judge anyone’s profile. If you are shortlisted, start preparing
for it. Don’t try to take each and every sector.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Tell us about yourself, family background and campus stay
- Q2. About internship
- Q3. Why ITC?
- Q4. What is a boundary layer flow, how is it different from main stream flow? How does it vary with Reynold's number?
- Q5. Difference between Bernoulli equation and Navier Stokes equation
- Q6. Calculation of tonnage rating of a room
- Q7. Kevin Planck and Clausius statement of second law of thermodynamics
- Q8. Vapour compression refrigeration, T-s diagram
- Q9. Which port is bigger in size for IC engines?
- Q10. You seem to be very soft spoken, would you be able to manage a group of 50-60 people?
- Q11. About my qualities that my friends associate me with
- Q12. Why not research?
- Q13. Regarding internship
- Q14. Why did you join Entrepreneurship cell?
- Q15. What is a Nyquist plot, uses?
- Q16. PID Controller, uses, advantages and disadvantages
- Q17. PD and PI controllers
- Q18. Which controller should we use in a rotary tobacco drier?
- Q19. What other companies are you interviewing today?
- Q20. Regarding interview with MHI
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Form
Experience: It included questions regarding campus activities, and some HR questions, like- Semester SPI details, GRE/CAT/GMAT scores if applicable, projects, summer internships, short-term and long-term objectives, Why ITC?, Most significant achievement, Whether we have engaged with the community through developmental actives addressing social or environmental concern, 'give an instance where you out your mind over matter',
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: We had 5 minute to study the case and 15 minutes to discuss it in a group of 8 people.
Tips: It is a good idea to learn the possible GD questions beforehand . The cases repeat every year across different campuses.
Do not engage in any kind of shouting in the GD.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: There were two interviews, a mix of technical and HR, but mostly on the technical side. Duration: 25-30 minutes
Tips: You should be clear with your summer internships and the projects that you have done. You can expect technical cross-questioning on the same. The technical problems basically focus on applying the knowledge from the courses you study.
Technical topics important for ITC branch wise are as follows:
Chemical: Basic fluid mechanics, Pumps, Fans, Cmpressors and their characteristic curves, Heat engines and Refrigeration cycles, Working of coolers and ACs, Psychrometry, Heat and Mass transfer basics.
Mechanical: Four bar linkages, Cams, Gears, Basic mechanics of solids, PID control mechanism, Energy systems, Plus above mentioned topics.
Electrical: Motors, PID control mechanisms, 3 phase distribution systems, Characteristic curves of machines, transformer, Basic electronic circuits.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The panel in the second round consisted of another factory manager/head and the Vice HR Head, ITC.
General Tips: Try to attend as many sessions as possible which are organized by SPO.
Do not waste time in placement politics or discussing about it. This will only derail you from your dream company.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Motivation: ITC is one of the most admired and rapidly growing Indian company with a diversified presence in FMCG, paperboard and packaging, Agriculture and IT sector which offers great business exposure.
It has a very good base and brand value if your want to do your MBA after a few years of work experience.
Experience: It included questions regarding campus activities, and some HR questions, like- Semester SPI details, GRE/CAT/GMAT scores if applicable, projects, summer internships, short-term and long-term objectives, Why ITC?, Most significant achievement, Whether we have engaged with the community through developmental actives addressing social or environmental concern, 'give an instance where you out your mind over matter',
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: We had 5 minute to study the case and 15 minutes to discuss it in a group of 8 people.
Tips: It is a good idea to learn the possible GD questions beforehand . The cases repeat every year across different campuses.
Do not engage in any kind of shouting in the GD.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: There were two interviews, a mix of technical and HR, but mostly on the technical side. Duration: 25-30 minutes
Tips: You should be clear with your summer internships and the projects that you have done. You can expect technical cross-questioning on the same. The technical problems basically focus on applying the knowledge from the courses you study.
Technical topics important for ITC branch wise are as follows:
Chemical: Basic fluid mechanics, Pumps, Fans, Cmpressors and their characteristic curves, Heat engines and Refrigeration cycles, Working of coolers and ACs, Psychrometry, Heat and Mass transfer basics.
Mechanical: Four bar linkages, Cams, Gears, Basic mechanics of solids, PID control mechanism, Energy systems, Plus above mentioned topics.
Electrical: Motors, PID control mechanisms, 3 phase distribution systems, Characteristic curves of machines, transformer, Basic electronic circuits.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The panel in the second round consisted of another factory manager/head and the Vice HR Head, ITC.
General Tips: Try to attend as many sessions as possible which are organized by SPO.
Do not waste time in placement politics or discussing about it. This will only derail you from your dream company.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Motivation: ITC is one of the most admired and rapidly growing Indian company with a diversified presence in FMCG, paperboard and packaging, Agriculture and IT sector which offers great business exposure.
It has a very good base and brand value if your want to do your MBA after a few years of work experience.
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Do you know what it is like working in a factory?
- Q2. Do you realize how mundane and routine the job is?
- Q3. Have you ever been to a factory before?
- Q4. Why not higher studies ?
- Q5. Do you have ethical issues regarding working in a cigarette factory?
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: The GD was a typical ITC GD. The problem was similar to the one given during internship GDs. An old man died due to medical emergency and role of various factors up in hierarchy was described. His wife grieved because they did not save enough money for their old age. The doctor did not admit him earlier in accordance with the hospital rules. Similarly, the hospital administration had already exhausted its charitable funds and the government had reduced expenditure on health (the government was elected by the people on this basis as mentioned in their manifesto). Based on the information given, the group was required to rate people/organizations in terms of their responsibility for the old man’s death. Five minutes
were given in the beginning for individual ranking and 20 minutes for discussion and group ranking.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: There were two people in the panel: one from technical background and the other a HR manager. Having known that I was also appearing in other companies on day one, they asked me about which one will I choose if offered by both ITC and Intel. This point came up several times during the interview and resulted in a long debate.
Starting with my internship, they asked me about key learning and technical description of the project and its impact. Discussed leadership roles, long term goals, how does ITC fit into that etc. Questions based on what I had filled in the form were asked, reasons why I did not opt for other options (higher studies, IAS, I-banks) and so on.
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: The GD was a typical ITC GD. The problem was similar to the one given during internship GDs. An old man died due to medical emergency and role of various factors up in hierarchy was described. His wife grieved because they did not save enough money for their old age. The doctor did not admit him earlier in accordance with the hospital rules. Similarly, the hospital administration had already exhausted its charitable funds and the government had reduced expenditure on health (the government was elected by the people on this basis as mentioned in their manifesto). Based on the information given, the group was required to rate people/organizations in terms of their responsibility for the old man’s death. Five minutes
were given in the beginning for individual ranking and 20 minutes for discussion and group ranking.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: There were two people in the panel: one from technical background and the other a HR manager. Having known that I was also appearing in other companies on day one, they asked me about which one will I choose if offered by both ITC and Intel. This point came up several times during the interview and resulted in a long debate.
Starting with my internship, they asked me about key learning and technical description of the project and its impact. Discussed leadership roles, long term goals, how does ITC fit into that etc. Questions based on what I had filled in the form were asked, reasons why I did not opt for other options (higher studies, IAS, I-banks) and so on.
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
2 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: The GD was easy, based on a case study.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The first round of interview started with general HR questions like tell me about yourself, why ITC, why not so good cpi in first year and so on. Somehow the mention of industrial tour came and from there on, all the questions were based on TATA steel and steel-making in general (we went to Jamshedpur for our industrial tour). In case of ITC it is very important to know about the company fully. Hence reading the company’s website before the interview helps. I was asked its motto and when I answered it correctly the entire panel was very impressed.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The 2nd round was a one-on-one interview. What went wrong here was that I knew about my major projects (like btp, summer intern) very well but didn't remember the exact details of the TA project that I had done during my 3rd
semester. The interviewer somehow found that project quite interesting and kept on asking me questions about it and I couldn't answer many. Later, he jumped onto the term paper that I had written for one of the psychology courses and again I stumbled. Hence I feel I didn’t know my resume too well at that time (just focused on the main projects) and perhaps that went against me.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Experience: The GD was easy, based on a case study.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The first round of interview started with general HR questions like tell me about yourself, why ITC, why not so good cpi in first year and so on. Somehow the mention of industrial tour came and from there on, all the questions were based on TATA steel and steel-making in general (we went to Jamshedpur for our industrial tour). In case of ITC it is very important to know about the company fully. Hence reading the company’s website before the interview helps. I was asked its motto and when I answered it correctly the entire panel was very impressed.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The 2nd round was a one-on-one interview. What went wrong here was that I knew about my major projects (like btp, summer intern) very well but didn't remember the exact details of the TA project that I had done during my 3rd
semester. The interviewer somehow found that project quite interesting and kept on asking me questions about it and I couldn't answer many. Later, he jumped onto the term paper that I had written for one of the psychology courses and again I stumbled. Hence I feel I didn’t know my resume too well at that time (just focused on the main projects) and perhaps that went against me.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: The application procedure of ITC requires you to submit the resume and fill their form. The form contains various question on your projects, attitude, extra-curricular activities etc. Fill the form honestly because this form will be the base of your interview
Making resume is very important step for placement preparation and hence take it very seriously. In summers I started building my resume. I used all the resources available on the student placement office IITK website along with help from seniors and my wing mates, to prepare a one page resume to fit for ITC profile. It took almost one month for me to get the final version of resume through which I can apply for the company.Form : It includes few question related to your grades, projects/internship, Position of responsibilities(POR), extracurricular activities and 2 or 3 HR based questions, Details are as follow:
Few personal details specifically Semester wise SPI, GRE score etc.
Details of internship/projects, extracurricular activities, PORs etc.
Your short terms and long term objectives
Why do u want to work with ITC
What do you think is your most significant achievement
Give an instance where you put Mind Over Matter
Your social engagement
Tips: Be honest and creative while making resume
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: ITC GD is based on a given case where you have to prioritize the given set of things. One GD group consist of 8 students and approximately 25 min time duration. There are 3 person to judge a single GD and hence its almost a fare GD.
Tips: Please follow all the general rules of GD that is : Don’t shout, don’t be aggressive etc.
Round: Interview
Experience: Before the interview I was very nervous and It was a sleepless night. And it was my first professional interview and it went very smooth. During internship I was failed to clear GD rounds for ITC and HUL and then I decided not to apply in any other companies .Hence this interview was very first interview for me.ITC interview was scheduled on 1st December from 6 am to 11 am . My interview started with a question “Tell me something about yourself” I started with my school life and then gradually moved towards IITK life and here I described about My most significant achievement of IITK i.e. “TEAM ABUS-DCS” with the help of designs I carried in my file and there after the rest of the interview was based on TEAM ABUS-DCS projects. No extra technical question were asked to me. Some of my friends who were selected for ITC interview told me that they were grilled over Technical question based on pumps, Thermodynamics cycles etc.
Topics generally asked in the ITC interview: - Pumps, cooling towers, Thermodynamics(TD) cycles, TD laws, desert coolers, Refrigeration cycle, Valves, Mixers, Process control scheme, ,Distillation columns, VLE, Derivation of Navier stokes equation, Bernoulli equation etc. I used my notes and Wikipedia to revise all these topics.
Tips: Do’s and Don’ts:
Do’s :
Make your priority very clear
Make a general time timeline for your placement preparation to keep track of your time
Prepare for the placement with a positive hope but at the same time you have to be realistic
Make a group in wing or outside wing, it will help you to make your placement preparation easy and interesting
Take healthy food and keep yourself healthy
Don’t’s :
Don’t underestimate your self
Don’t prepare alone otherwise soon you will be bored/tired of preparation
Round: Interview
Experience: My HR interview too was started with a question “Tell me something about yourself” and there were few questions about my family, school life, hobbies, and major portion of interview was focused on TEAM ABUS-DCS
Here question were based on both types i.e. HR and technical. I answered few of the HR questions in Hindi and this is the point where I become friendly with the interviewer and then a general conversation started about my projects and family. I was lucky to have such a smooth experience , The day was not at all hectic for me. The only time between my interview and declaration of final results was the most tensed time for me.
Tips: Be honest and cool
Skill Tips: These skills can not be developed in just a day, Be sincere throughout your academic duration and do your assignments regularly to improve technical skills. Try to get involved in some management activities as well.
Follow the books which your professor recommends you while doing a course work, For final revision follow your class notes. Along with my notes I also used wikipedia for the revision.
If any of your topic is too weak, Then follow the corresponding NPTEL lectures on youtube
Skills: Technical skills, Communications skills, Management skills, Frankness
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Motivation: ITC is one of the leading Indian company in FMCG sector which constantly endeavours to benchmark its products, services and processes to global standards and thus best suitable for the job
ITC's Core Values are aimed at developing a customer-focused, high-performance organization, which creates value for all its stakeholders.
Wide business insight. ITC being a conglomerate, gives an exposure of diverse functions like supply chain, marketing etc.
Experience: The application procedure of ITC requires you to submit the resume and fill their form. The form contains various question on your projects, attitude, extra-curricular activities etc. Fill the form honestly because this form will be the base of your interview
Making resume is very important step for placement preparation and hence take it very seriously. In summers I started building my resume. I used all the resources available on the student placement office IITK website along with help from seniors and my wing mates, to prepare a one page resume to fit for ITC profile. It took almost one month for me to get the final version of resume through which I can apply for the company.Form : It includes few question related to your grades, projects/internship, Position of responsibilities(POR), extracurricular activities and 2 or 3 HR based questions, Details are as follow:
Few personal details specifically Semester wise SPI, GRE score etc.
Details of internship/projects, extracurricular activities, PORs etc.
Your short terms and long term objectives
Why do u want to work with ITC
What do you think is your most significant achievement
Give an instance where you put Mind Over Matter
Your social engagement
Tips: Be honest and creative while making resume
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: ITC GD is based on a given case where you have to prioritize the given set of things. One GD group consist of 8 students and approximately 25 min time duration. There are 3 person to judge a single GD and hence its almost a fare GD.
Tips: Please follow all the general rules of GD that is : Don’t shout, don’t be aggressive etc.
Round: Interview
Experience: Before the interview I was very nervous and It was a sleepless night. And it was my first professional interview and it went very smooth. During internship I was failed to clear GD rounds for ITC and HUL and then I decided not to apply in any other companies .Hence this interview was very first interview for me.ITC interview was scheduled on 1st December from 6 am to 11 am . My interview started with a question “Tell me something about yourself” I started with my school life and then gradually moved towards IITK life and here I described about My most significant achievement of IITK i.e. “TEAM ABUS-DCS” with the help of designs I carried in my file and there after the rest of the interview was based on TEAM ABUS-DCS projects. No extra technical question were asked to me. Some of my friends who were selected for ITC interview told me that they were grilled over Technical question based on pumps, Thermodynamics cycles etc.
Topics generally asked in the ITC interview: - Pumps, cooling towers, Thermodynamics(TD) cycles, TD laws, desert coolers, Refrigeration cycle, Valves, Mixers, Process control scheme, ,Distillation columns, VLE, Derivation of Navier stokes equation, Bernoulli equation etc. I used my notes and Wikipedia to revise all these topics.
Tips: Do’s and Don’ts:
Do’s :
Make your priority very clear
Make a general time timeline for your placement preparation to keep track of your time
Prepare for the placement with a positive hope but at the same time you have to be realistic
Make a group in wing or outside wing, it will help you to make your placement preparation easy and interesting
Take healthy food and keep yourself healthy
Don’t’s :
Don’t underestimate your self
Don’t prepare alone otherwise soon you will be bored/tired of preparation
Round: Interview
Experience: My HR interview too was started with a question “Tell me something about yourself” and there were few questions about my family, school life, hobbies, and major portion of interview was focused on TEAM ABUS-DCS
Here question were based on both types i.e. HR and technical. I answered few of the HR questions in Hindi and this is the point where I become friendly with the interviewer and then a general conversation started about my projects and family. I was lucky to have such a smooth experience , The day was not at all hectic for me. The only time between my interview and declaration of final results was the most tensed time for me.
Tips: Be honest and cool
Skill Tips: These skills can not be developed in just a day, Be sincere throughout your academic duration and do your assignments regularly to improve technical skills. Try to get involved in some management activities as well.
Follow the books which your professor recommends you while doing a course work, For final revision follow your class notes. Along with my notes I also used wikipedia for the revision.
If any of your topic is too weak, Then follow the corresponding NPTEL lectures on youtube
Skills: Technical skills, Communications skills, Management skills, Frankness
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Motivation: ITC is one of the leading Indian company in FMCG sector which constantly endeavours to benchmark its products, services and processes to global standards and thus best suitable for the job
ITC's Core Values are aimed at developing a customer-focused, high-performance organization, which creates value for all its stakeholders.
Wide business insight. ITC being a conglomerate, gives an exposure of diverse functions like supply chain, marketing etc.
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