Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
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I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Jan 2022.
2 Interview Rounds
1
Coding Test Round
Two Coding questions were asked -
1- Graph Connectivity with threshold
2-Find length of longest subsequence of one string which is substring of another string
2
Technical Round (3 Questions)
- Q1. N-Queens, Snake and Ladder Problem, Second Most repeated word in a sequence
- Q2. Replace every element with the greatest element on the right side
- Q3. Special Keyboard DP Problem
Interview Preparation Tips
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be calm and believe in your preparation. You will definitely get good results.
I applied via Campus Placement
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Tell me about self
- Q2. Malloc vs calloc
- Q3. Work of VISA
- Q4. Cyber security related question
- Q5. Few probability questions
- Q6. One question on trees
- Q7. One on DP
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: 3 questions on hacker rank
1) something related to OOP. No option of using C or C++.
2)given string of numbers and k. k is number of elements taken continuously and find its minimum. Now of all the numbers for which minimum is found, find the maximum.
eg-k=3, array=1 4 2 3 3. So minimums are-1,2,2. Max of these is 2.
3) tree related question
Did not attempt 1st one. 12/13 cases passed in 2nd(run time error) and wrote something in 3rd(though none of the cases passed.
My friend had similar thing, but he was not selected for next round(probably because he did not write enough in 3rd question)
Tips: Don't just revise DS, try it by writing code as well
Don't lose hope even if you could not solve any question in which all the test cases were passed
Duration: 1h minute
Total Questions: 3
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I never expected to make it through but I was shortlisted(7 shortlisted) for interview.
Telephonic interview-lasted for around 40min.
He went through my resume but didn't ask much questions from it
Skills:
Duration: 2-3
College Name: IIT Kanpur
Experience: 3 questions on hacker rank
1) something related to OOP. No option of using C or C++.
2)given string of numbers and k. k is number of elements taken continuously and find its minimum. Now of all the numbers for which minimum is found, find the maximum.
eg-k=3, array=1 4 2 3 3. So minimums are-1,2,2. Max of these is 2.
3) tree related question
Did not attempt 1st one. 12/13 cases passed in 2nd(run time error) and wrote something in 3rd(though none of the cases passed.
My friend had similar thing, but he was not selected for next round(probably because he did not write enough in 3rd question)
Tips: Don't just revise DS, try it by writing code as well
Don't lose hope even if you could not solve any question in which all the test cases were passed
Duration: 1h minute
Total Questions: 3
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I never expected to make it through but I was shortlisted(7 shortlisted) for interview.
Telephonic interview-lasted for around 40min.
He went through my resume but didn't ask much questions from it
Skills:
Duration: 2-3
College Name: IIT Kanpur
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: There were two simple coding problems and MCQs were based on Machine Learning, Networking, OS, Application Security, Programming (OOP and Java), etc.
Duration: 75 minutes minutes
Round: Technical interview
Experience: My first interview was scheduled at 6:00 am. I reached a bit late and waited for about an hour and finally went in at 7:00 am. The first round (40 mins) was based on resume and was mostly technical. The first few questions were on OOP and software development cycle, etc. I told him that I do not know about these since I was targeting for the data science profile. I was asked about projects and a few questions were on fast fourier transform algorithms, how to efficiently invert a sparse matrix, big data and optimization.
Round: HR interview
Experience: The second round (30 mins) was HR which was being conducted by a foreigner. He asked me questions about my short term and long term goals, how technology is going to transform our future, etc.
Round: HR INTERVIEW
Experience: The third round (5 mins) was again HR where I was asked about team work, compensation, relocation, etc.
General Tips: 1) Be clear about your priorities and preferences. Also, keep in mind the specific slottings.
2) Start preparing as early as possible, summer is a good time.
3) Know your resume very well. Do not write unnecessary things that you cannot defend/explain.
4) In the interviews, try to relate your expertise/knowledge to your projects.
5) Aptitude and Coding preparation should be done sincerely even if you have a good profile for a company because shortlisting are based on these tests.
6) For non-CSE junta, get in ease with JAVA/C++. It helps in the coding tests, C can be limiting.
College Name: IIT Kanpur
Motivation: I was interested in a job which involves machine learning and optimization because I wanted to go for higher studies in the same after 1-2 years of job experience. Initially, I had Samsung research, IBM and Opera in mind. Visa was coming to the campus for the first time and they had this Data Science profile which seemed good to me. Moreover, they were just opening up offices in India and thus could offer extensive learning opportunities.
Experience: There were two simple coding problems and MCQs were based on Machine Learning, Networking, OS, Application Security, Programming (OOP and Java), etc.
Duration: 75 minutes minutes
Round: Technical interview
Experience: My first interview was scheduled at 6:00 am. I reached a bit late and waited for about an hour and finally went in at 7:00 am. The first round (40 mins) was based on resume and was mostly technical. The first few questions were on OOP and software development cycle, etc. I told him that I do not know about these since I was targeting for the data science profile. I was asked about projects and a few questions were on fast fourier transform algorithms, how to efficiently invert a sparse matrix, big data and optimization.
Round: HR interview
Experience: The second round (30 mins) was HR which was being conducted by a foreigner. He asked me questions about my short term and long term goals, how technology is going to transform our future, etc.
Round: HR INTERVIEW
Experience: The third round (5 mins) was again HR where I was asked about team work, compensation, relocation, etc.
General Tips: 1) Be clear about your priorities and preferences. Also, keep in mind the specific slottings.
2) Start preparing as early as possible, summer is a good time.
3) Know your resume very well. Do not write unnecessary things that you cannot defend/explain.
4) In the interviews, try to relate your expertise/knowledge to your projects.
5) Aptitude and Coding preparation should be done sincerely even if you have a good profile for a company because shortlisting are based on these tests.
6) For non-CSE junta, get in ease with JAVA/C++. It helps in the coding tests, C can be limiting.
College Name: IIT Kanpur
Motivation: I was interested in a job which involves machine learning and optimization because I wanted to go for higher studies in the same after 1-2 years of job experience. Initially, I had Samsung research, IBM and Opera in mind. Visa was coming to the campus for the first time and they had this Data Science profile which seemed good to me. Moreover, they were just opening up offices in India and thus could offer extensive learning opportunities.
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The technical interview included a VP round which was more of a resume round. I concentrated my interview (VP round) on Machine learning which my field is. This was kind of a trick because many people screwed up this round. Hence, VP offered to me to work in VISA HQ.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: This technical round included questions from almost all topics of CS (SQL query, coding, Networks, Security, Hadoop and Map-Reduce).
General Tips: Do’s :
1) Start right from August
2) Prepare basics of subjects
3) Try to code using pen and paper
4) Code as many problems as you can from all domains with only 1 language (C/C++/Java)
5) Keep a friend with you at all times during interviews. If you are selected for more than 1
companies in 1 slot, ask your friend to manage your interview schedules given he knows your
priorities. I was not in a position to attend more than 2 interviews in the same slot.
Don’ts :
1) Don’t lose hope if you are not shortlisted for your dream company or any company of your choice because being an IITian you have large number of better choices and which would fit in your profile better.
2) Don’t argue with the interviewers and never pretend that you are over smart in a given domain.
3) Do not take HR rounds lightly even if you are sitting for CS companies.
Final Tips :
Start your preparation early. Placement is 90% preparation and 10% luck.
College Name: IIT Kanpur
Experience: The technical interview included a VP round which was more of a resume round. I concentrated my interview (VP round) on Machine learning which my field is. This was kind of a trick because many people screwed up this round. Hence, VP offered to me to work in VISA HQ.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: This technical round included questions from almost all topics of CS (SQL query, coding, Networks, Security, Hadoop and Map-Reduce).
General Tips: Do’s :
1) Start right from August
2) Prepare basics of subjects
3) Try to code using pen and paper
4) Code as many problems as you can from all domains with only 1 language (C/C++/Java)
5) Keep a friend with you at all times during interviews. If you are selected for more than 1
companies in 1 slot, ask your friend to manage your interview schedules given he knows your
priorities. I was not in a position to attend more than 2 interviews in the same slot.
Don’ts :
1) Don’t lose hope if you are not shortlisted for your dream company or any company of your choice because being an IITian you have large number of better choices and which would fit in your profile better.
2) Don’t argue with the interviewers and never pretend that you are over smart in a given domain.
3) Do not take HR rounds lightly even if you are sitting for CS companies.
Final Tips :
Start your preparation early. Placement is 90% preparation and 10% luck.
College Name: IIT Kanpur
6 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Technical Interview
Tips: Have a good grasp of DS algo, java, etc.(Here CGPA doesn't matter)
General Tips: Do’s and Don’ts :
1. Be confident and to be confident prepare well.
2. Set the priority of your companies
3. Don't start preparation at end. Don't ignore the content of resume.
Be confident and start preparation as soon as possible.
College Name: IIT Kanpur
Tips: Have a good grasp of DS algo, java, etc.(Here CGPA doesn't matter)
General Tips: Do’s and Don’ts :
1. Be confident and to be confident prepare well.
2. Set the priority of your companies
3. Don't start preparation at end. Don't ignore the content of resume.
Be confident and start preparation as soon as possible.
College Name: IIT Kanpur
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Duration: 120 minutes
Total Questions: 42
Round: Test
Experience: There was a test for VISA which had following sections:
Assessment Composition:
1. Coding Skills: 2 Questions - Very simple problems - 30 marks total
2. Programming: 10 Questions - Simple Java Questions --Access modifiers, inline function, Red black tree, heap
3. Machine Learning Hadoop MCQ: 6 Questions You can't answer a single question if ML/BigData is remote-land for you.
4. Networking MCQ: 6 Questions - Again basics. Data layer questions. IP class basic question, fields in ethernet header.
5. Operating System: 6 Questions - Memory management mostly
6. Infrastructure: 6 Questions - Real life scenarios - server client questions.
7. Application Security: 6 Questions
Duration: 120 minutes
Total Questions: 42
Round: Interview
Experience: Questions from all CS subjects including coding
Tips: They shortlisted 29 students for the final interviews on Day 1 Slot 1.
There were 2 rounds of technical interview and 1 interview.
General Tips: Do’s
1) Start right from August
2) Prepare basics of subjects
3) Try to code using pen and paper
4) Code as many problems as you can from all domains with only 1 language (C/C++/Java)
5) Keep a friend with you at all times during interviews. If you are selected for more than 1 companies in 1 slot, ask your friend to manage your interview schedules given he knows your priorities. I was not in a position to attend more than 2 interviews in the same slot.
Don’ts
1) Don’t lose hope if you are not shortlisted for your dream company or any company of your choice because being an IITian you have large number of better choices and which would fit in your profile better.
2) Don’t argue with the interviewers and never pretend that your are over smart in a given domain.
3) Do not take HR rounds lightly even if you are sitting for CS companies.
Skills: C++
College Name: IIT Kanpur
Motivation: Role of my interest
Duration: 120 minutes
Total Questions: 42
Round: Test
Experience: There was a test for VISA which had following sections:
Assessment Composition:
1. Coding Skills: 2 Questions - Very simple problems - 30 marks total
2. Programming: 10 Questions - Simple Java Questions --Access modifiers, inline function, Red black tree, heap
3. Machine Learning Hadoop MCQ: 6 Questions You can't answer a single question if ML/BigData is remote-land for you.
4. Networking MCQ: 6 Questions - Again basics. Data layer questions. IP class basic question, fields in ethernet header.
5. Operating System: 6 Questions - Memory management mostly
6. Infrastructure: 6 Questions - Real life scenarios - server client questions.
7. Application Security: 6 Questions
Duration: 120 minutes
Total Questions: 42
Round: Interview
Experience: Questions from all CS subjects including coding
Tips: They shortlisted 29 students for the final interviews on Day 1 Slot 1.
There were 2 rounds of technical interview and 1 interview.
General Tips: Do’s
1) Start right from August
2) Prepare basics of subjects
3) Try to code using pen and paper
4) Code as many problems as you can from all domains with only 1 language (C/C++/Java)
5) Keep a friend with you at all times during interviews. If you are selected for more than 1 companies in 1 slot, ask your friend to manage your interview schedules given he knows your priorities. I was not in a position to attend more than 2 interviews in the same slot.
Don’ts
1) Don’t lose hope if you are not shortlisted for your dream company or any company of your choice because being an IITian you have large number of better choices and which would fit in your profile better.
2) Don’t argue with the interviewers and never pretend that your are over smart in a given domain.
3) Do not take HR rounds lightly even if you are sitting for CS companies.
Skills: C++
College Name: IIT Kanpur
Motivation: Role of my interest
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