Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur
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Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur Placement Interview Questions
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27 Dec 2024
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2 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I was the first candidate. I answered all the questions right but I had this feeling that interviewer was not happy. My friend actually converted this technical interview into an HR interview and got selected without much technical so I do not know the actual reason behind my rejection.
College Name: IIT Kanpur
Experience: I was the first candidate. I answered all the questions right but I had this feeling that interviewer was not happy. My friend actually converted this technical interview into an HR interview and got selected without much technical so I do not know the actual reason behind my rejection.
College Name: IIT Kanpur
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: 60 questions; quant, verbal and DI; 20 each, simple.
Total Questions: 60
Round: Test
Experience: Second round was coding based.
Duration: 60 minutes minutes
Total Questions: 3
College Name: IIT Kanpur
Experience: 60 questions; quant, verbal and DI; 20 each, simple.
Total Questions: 60
Round: Test
Experience: Second round was coding based.
Duration: 60 minutes minutes
Total Questions: 3
College Name: IIT Kanpur
8 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: 20 objective and 5 subjective in 1 hour; based on probability, combinatorics and puzzle-based
Duration: 60 minutes minutes
Total Questions: 25
Round: Case study interview
Experience: One case – A retail chain (eg. Reliance Fresh, Spencer, etc) has identified a location for a new outlet. You are a hired consultant to help them decide if they should open the outlet or not. Then he asked me about my thoughts about the Opera placement screening test followed by a few questions on team management: What would you do if a specific person is trying to dominate and have his way in the team?, etc.
Round: GUESSTIMATE INTERVIEW
Experience: A guesstimate – Amount of water used in IIT Kanpur campus. 4 questions on probability ranging from simple to average. Eg: There are three doors. One goes straight to heaven, one goes to hell and sends you back after 1 day, and the last one goes to hell and sends you back after 2 days and the doors are shuffled randomly after you come back. What is the expected number of days until you reach heaven?
Round: gUESSTIMATE INTERVIEW
Experience: Guesstimate : if cars are to be stacked from New York to New Delhi, how many would be required?
College Name: IIT Kanpur
Experience: 20 objective and 5 subjective in 1 hour; based on probability, combinatorics and puzzle-based
Duration: 60 minutes minutes
Total Questions: 25
Round: Case study interview
Experience: One case – A retail chain (eg. Reliance Fresh, Spencer, etc) has identified a location for a new outlet. You are a hired consultant to help them decide if they should open the outlet or not. Then he asked me about my thoughts about the Opera placement screening test followed by a few questions on team management: What would you do if a specific person is trying to dominate and have his way in the team?, etc.
Round: GUESSTIMATE INTERVIEW
Experience: A guesstimate – Amount of water used in IIT Kanpur campus. 4 questions on probability ranging from simple to average. Eg: There are three doors. One goes straight to heaven, one goes to hell and sends you back after 1 day, and the last one goes to hell and sends you back after 2 days and the doors are shuffled randomly after you come back. What is the expected number of days until you reach heaven?
Round: gUESSTIMATE INTERVIEW
Experience: Guesstimate : if cars are to be stacked from New York to New Delhi, how many would be required?
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.
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: technical interview
Experience: I was primarily interested in Analog design and told them upfront that I want to be interviewed in Analog profile. They asked me to draw an amplifier and explain that circuit, starting from biasing to small signal gain and small signal models, frequency response and voltage swings. Once done, they asked me about my EE610 course project and the challenges faced by me and how did I overcome them, time taken to make the layout of the circuit and effect of parasitic in the design.
Round: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW
Experience: They asked me about differential amplifiers, about the various advantages and disadvantages of CS, CD and CG amplifier stages.
College Name: IIT Kanpur
Experience: I was primarily interested in Analog design and told them upfront that I want to be interviewed in Analog profile. They asked me to draw an amplifier and explain that circuit, starting from biasing to small signal gain and small signal models, frequency response and voltage swings. Once done, they asked me about my EE610 course project and the challenges faced by me and how did I overcome them, time taken to make the layout of the circuit and effect of parasitic in the design.
Round: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW
Experience: They asked me about differential amplifiers, about the various advantages and disadvantages of CS, CD and CG amplifier stages.
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 Preparation Tips
Round: stress interview
Experience: During EXL, the first interview was a totally stressful one. The interviewer was interrupting me all the time and countering me when I was answering him. Then he gave me a puzzle, which seemed fairly easy to me. But as I started on the puzzle, he started asking me about my hobbies to interrupt me again. I patiently answered the question and then solved the puzzle. He gave me 2 more puzzles, which again I was able to solve. Then, he asked me to give an approach for a guess estimate, which I was able to do easily. My preparation on Cases, Puzzles and Guesstimates was fairly low as compared to others. But I was able to solve them because I was very relaxed in the interview.
Tips: Keeping calm is imperative.
Round: HR interview
Experience: The second round was a complete HR interview. All the questions were either from my resume or about my interest in EXL. Once, he was through with them, he asked me a puzzle which I’d never heard before. But I was able to solve it with a small hint from the interviewer.
Tips: It is important to think loud and let the interviewer know what is going through your mind.
General Tips: Do’s –
Manage Time well, try to attend all classes so that you don’t have to study too much before the exams (or simply choose such courses).
Try to keep your personal database of which companies you’ve applied for, which day are they coming and what your status of preparation for them is etc.
If you have more than 1 interview in a slot, try to take a friend along with you who can attend your calls when you’re in an interview. Even if you have 1 interview, still I’d recommend taking a friend along with you. Talking with a friend always eases pressure.
Stay Relaxed. You might have to wait for 2-3 hours for your interview slot.
Don'ts-
Don’t waste time in the semester. Prepare.
Don’t get nervous in the interview. You might not be able to solve a puzzle or a case if you are nervous. Try to be as normal as you can be.
Don’t rely heavily on one company. A company might reject you on the basis of a small mistake. Prepare for more than one.
College Name: IIT Kanpur
Experience: During EXL, the first interview was a totally stressful one. The interviewer was interrupting me all the time and countering me when I was answering him. Then he gave me a puzzle, which seemed fairly easy to me. But as I started on the puzzle, he started asking me about my hobbies to interrupt me again. I patiently answered the question and then solved the puzzle. He gave me 2 more puzzles, which again I was able to solve. Then, he asked me to give an approach for a guess estimate, which I was able to do easily. My preparation on Cases, Puzzles and Guesstimates was fairly low as compared to others. But I was able to solve them because I was very relaxed in the interview.
Tips: Keeping calm is imperative.
Round: HR interview
Experience: The second round was a complete HR interview. All the questions were either from my resume or about my interest in EXL. Once, he was through with them, he asked me a puzzle which I’d never heard before. But I was able to solve it with a small hint from the interviewer.
Tips: It is important to think loud and let the interviewer know what is going through your mind.
General Tips: Do’s –
Manage Time well, try to attend all classes so that you don’t have to study too much before the exams (or simply choose such courses).
Try to keep your personal database of which companies you’ve applied for, which day are they coming and what your status of preparation for them is etc.
If you have more than 1 interview in a slot, try to take a friend along with you who can attend your calls when you’re in an interview. Even if you have 1 interview, still I’d recommend taking a friend along with you. Talking with a friend always eases pressure.
Stay Relaxed. You might have to wait for 2-3 hours for your interview slot.
Don'ts-
Don’t waste time in the semester. Prepare.
Don’t get nervous in the interview. You might not be able to solve a puzzle or a case if you are nervous. Try to be as normal as you can be.
Don’t rely heavily on one company. A company might reject you on the basis of a small mistake. Prepare for more than one.
College Name: IIT Kanpur
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: The process started on 30th night with the GD for Credit Suisse. It was in groups of 8, duration 10 mins, the topics were common knowledge like entrepreneurship in India, FDI etc and though knowing and reading current news would be an advantage, but nevertheless you can do good with good presence of mind. My group’s topic was entrepreneurship in India and I knew nothing about it. Initially I was worried that I would not have anything to speak. But during the course of the discussion, lots of ideas kept coming to me as people started speaking randomly on the topic. Though I could speak only 2-3 times in the discussion but I made sure that I had substantive points and that I was clearly stating them. I think that was what got me through it.
Round: Puzzle interview
Experience: In their 1st, they asked the same beginning questions on resume, spent some time on my intern work moving on to 2 puzzles and then end. It was short and went really well according to me. Therefore, probably, I was directly forwarded for a 2nd round.
Round: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW
Experience: This was a bit more technical one and seeing my intern and background in economics, they asked me questions on financial markets, current policies etc. I tried to answer some but was blank for a couple of questions as I had not prepared at all for finance.
College Name: IIT Kanpur
Experience: The process started on 30th night with the GD for Credit Suisse. It was in groups of 8, duration 10 mins, the topics were common knowledge like entrepreneurship in India, FDI etc and though knowing and reading current news would be an advantage, but nevertheless you can do good with good presence of mind. My group’s topic was entrepreneurship in India and I knew nothing about it. Initially I was worried that I would not have anything to speak. But during the course of the discussion, lots of ideas kept coming to me as people started speaking randomly on the topic. Though I could speak only 2-3 times in the discussion but I made sure that I had substantive points and that I was clearly stating them. I think that was what got me through it.
Round: Puzzle interview
Experience: In their 1st, they asked the same beginning questions on resume, spent some time on my intern work moving on to 2 puzzles and then end. It was short and went really well according to me. Therefore, probably, I was directly forwarded for a 2nd round.
Round: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW
Experience: This was a bit more technical one and seeing my intern and background in economics, they asked me questions on financial markets, current policies etc. I tried to answer some but was blank for a couple of questions as I had not prepared at all for finance.
College Name: IIT Kanpur
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: 15 objective questions and 2 coding questions. The objective questions were to be done in 25 minutes based on C++ and algorithms (not core subjects like OS or compilers surprisingly). 2 coding questions were:
- Mirror a binary tree
- Some question on bit-manipulation
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: There were just 2 technical rounds: Given an array with pointers to nodes of a n-ary tree with each node containing the parent Id as well. Reconstruct the original tree from the node. Also write down what the structure of the node will look like. The second round was: write a working code to merge 2 linked lists.
College Name: IIT Kanpur
Experience: 15 objective questions and 2 coding questions. The objective questions were to be done in 25 minutes based on C++ and algorithms (not core subjects like OS or compilers surprisingly). 2 coding questions were:
- Mirror a binary tree
- Some question on bit-manipulation
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: There were just 2 technical rounds: Given an array with pointers to nodes of a n-ary tree with each node containing the parent Id as well. Reconstruct the original tree from the node. Also write down what the structure of the node will look like. The second round was: write a working code to merge 2 linked lists.
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
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