Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
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27 Dec 2024
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5 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Aptitude test
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Overall a very satisfactory procedure, and no-one complained about the final results, as everyone thought that the procedure was very fair.
General Tips: Do’s :
1. Practice (everything from apti to mock GD to mock PI to gathering info about the company).
2. Practicing more.
3. Keep practicing until you succeed.
3. Hard work hardly goes wasted.
4. Have faith, and believe your efforts will bear fruits.
Don'ts :
1. Loose hope/faith.
2. Stop putting in sincere efforts.
3. Letting the dejection over power you.
4. I think a calm mind and rationally choosing from your available options lands you success.
5. Don’t compare what others are getting and let it not affect your preparation.
College Name: IIT Kanpur
Experience: Aptitude test
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Overall a very satisfactory procedure, and no-one complained about the final results, as everyone thought that the procedure was very fair.
General Tips: Do’s :
1. Practice (everything from apti to mock GD to mock PI to gathering info about the company).
2. Practicing more.
3. Keep practicing until you succeed.
3. Hard work hardly goes wasted.
4. Have faith, and believe your efforts will bear fruits.
Don'ts :
1. Loose hope/faith.
2. Stop putting in sincere efforts.
3. Letting the dejection over power you.
4. I think a calm mind and rationally choosing from your available options lands you success.
5. Don’t compare what others are getting and let it not affect your preparation.
College Name: IIT Kanpur
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Objective had 15 questions in 30 minutes. Objective section was very easy.
Duration: 30 minutes minutes
Total Questions: 15
Round: Test
Experience: Subjective paper had 5 puzzles in 30 minutes. Subjective was good but not very tough. Thirty minutes were somehow not enough for five puzzles. I think they also considered resume while short listing.
Duration: 30 minutes minutes
Total Questions: 15
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I was first asked about my resume, intern etc. followed by why not PhD. I was asked some simple puzzles from tech-interview.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: They asked me one case study. Then they asked me GS or opera. I told them it would be GS (I shouldn’t have told them about GS). Then they didn’t select me for second round.
College Name: IIT Kanpur
Experience: Objective had 15 questions in 30 minutes. Objective section was very easy.
Duration: 30 minutes minutes
Total Questions: 15
Round: Test
Experience: Subjective paper had 5 puzzles in 30 minutes. Subjective was good but not very tough. Thirty minutes were somehow not enough for five puzzles. I think they also considered resume while short listing.
Duration: 30 minutes minutes
Total Questions: 15
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I was first asked about my resume, intern etc. followed by why not PhD. I was asked some simple puzzles from tech-interview.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: They asked me one case study. Then they asked me GS or opera. I told them it would be GS (I shouldn’t have told them about GS). Then they didn’t select me for second round.
College Name: IIT Kanpur
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: You are not supposed to know everything. If you do exceptionally well in one or two sections in each paper and even leave third section completely (which I did) then you are through. Third section was mainly for CSE guys. In subjective part Algorithm section had 5 questions and maths section had 4 questions. Questions in maths section were based on probability, linear algebra, differential equation and discrete maths. Randomized algorithm course taught by Baswana sir was really helpful in doing probability questions. Questions were doable if you knew the concepts well. For algorithms part concepts taught in basic Data structure and algorithm course were enough. Questions were based on linked list, binary tree, stack, queue, sorting, Dijkstra etc.
Duration: 75 minutes minutes
Round: Test
Experience: Each section in objective paper had 10 questions and there was negative marking. On the basis of test they selected 75 candidates.
Duration: 75 minutes minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I was asked about my thesis 3-4 times as I had done some good work in Thesis and had submitted 2 paper based on it. Also as my work was on (Data Compression) Information theory which involves a lot probability and the problems I worked on was of theoretical nature, so I was able to relate it with them. So it was one of my plus point. They asked some questions from topics related to my thesis.
Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: They asked some algorithmic puzzles and some probability and other maths puzzles. At no point of time I was asked to write the code (but it totally depends on the team they are looking you for) I just had to tell them how to solve the problem.
Tips: Don’t hurry in interview and take your time to solve the problem. Also at every point keep interviewer engaged and keep telling him in which direction you are proceeding and also why you are doing this.
General Tips: Start preparing from summer itself. If you are targeting quant companies I will advise you start preparing even before for probability and puzzles as you can’t become good in these things overnight. I am not saying you to give 1 -2 hour daily for puzzles rather I will advise you to do just 1-2 puzzles whenever you have time and enjoy it.
Don’t leave everything for the last time you will for sure run short of time so finish the important tasks first. Make goals which are practically achievable.
Skill Tips: Focus on your Study.. Revise the subject that you have studied at the time of Interview
Skills: Technical Skills
College Name: IIT Kanpur
Experience: You are not supposed to know everything. If you do exceptionally well in one or two sections in each paper and even leave third section completely (which I did) then you are through. Third section was mainly for CSE guys. In subjective part Algorithm section had 5 questions and maths section had 4 questions. Questions in maths section were based on probability, linear algebra, differential equation and discrete maths. Randomized algorithm course taught by Baswana sir was really helpful in doing probability questions. Questions were doable if you knew the concepts well. For algorithms part concepts taught in basic Data structure and algorithm course were enough. Questions were based on linked list, binary tree, stack, queue, sorting, Dijkstra etc.
Duration: 75 minutes minutes
Round: Test
Experience: Each section in objective paper had 10 questions and there was negative marking. On the basis of test they selected 75 candidates.
Duration: 75 minutes minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I was asked about my thesis 3-4 times as I had done some good work in Thesis and had submitted 2 paper based on it. Also as my work was on (Data Compression) Information theory which involves a lot probability and the problems I worked on was of theoretical nature, so I was able to relate it with them. So it was one of my plus point. They asked some questions from topics related to my thesis.
Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: They asked some algorithmic puzzles and some probability and other maths puzzles. At no point of time I was asked to write the code (but it totally depends on the team they are looking you for) I just had to tell them how to solve the problem.
Tips: Don’t hurry in interview and take your time to solve the problem. Also at every point keep interviewer engaged and keep telling him in which direction you are proceeding and also why you are doing this.
General Tips: Start preparing from summer itself. If you are targeting quant companies I will advise you start preparing even before for probability and puzzles as you can’t become good in these things overnight. I am not saying you to give 1 -2 hour daily for puzzles rather I will advise you to do just 1-2 puzzles whenever you have time and enjoy it.
Don’t leave everything for the last time you will for sure run short of time so finish the important tasks first. Make goals which are practically achievable.
Skill Tips: Focus on your Study.. Revise the subject that you have studied at the time of Interview
Skills: Technical Skills
College Name: IIT Kanpur
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 Questions
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- Q3. How can 3 people calculate average of their salary without explicitly telling their exact salary?
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
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