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27 Dec 2024
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6 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: I had prepared first draft of the resume during summers and had got it reviewed by some of my friends. During the semester, I got it reviewed by some more people and got a finer version in 4-5 reviews. I had quite a few substance to put in so I was not as much worried about it. Resume feedback is very important and must not be ignored.
Round: Test
Experience: I did not intend to give CAT, and also I was not interested in joining business/analyst positions, hence I did not prepare for CAT.
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: I did not prepare for GD.
Round: Puzzle Interview
Tips: For some good puzzle and Quant problems you can refer: -----/, -----.html, -----/, -----
Round: HR Interview
Experience: In the First round he asked me to walk him through the resume. Then he asked me to elaborate about my project I did in Ecole Polytechnique. Later he asked me 2-3 questions on probability which I was able to solve.
In the Second round he asked me to tell me something that I had not mentioned in the resume and asked me my JEE rank and told something about the kind of work they do in EXL. It was a very short round.
General Tips: Firstly, do not blindly apply to any company. Have your preference and focus your preparation accordingly. Please do not follow the blind race.
Secondly if you are selected for your interviews in many companies in the same slot then take somebody with you who can manage your interview schedule well.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Experience: I had prepared first draft of the resume during summers and had got it reviewed by some of my friends. During the semester, I got it reviewed by some more people and got a finer version in 4-5 reviews. I had quite a few substance to put in so I was not as much worried about it. Resume feedback is very important and must not be ignored.
Round: Test
Experience: I did not intend to give CAT, and also I was not interested in joining business/analyst positions, hence I did not prepare for CAT.
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: I did not prepare for GD.
Round: Puzzle Interview
Tips: For some good puzzle and Quant problems you can refer: -----/, -----.html, -----/, -----
Round: HR Interview
Experience: In the First round he asked me to walk him through the resume. Then he asked me to elaborate about my project I did in Ecole Polytechnique. Later he asked me 2-3 questions on probability which I was able to solve.
In the Second round he asked me to tell me something that I had not mentioned in the resume and asked me my JEE rank and told something about the kind of work they do in EXL. It was a very short round.
General Tips: Firstly, do not blindly apply to any company. Have your preference and focus your preparation accordingly. Please do not follow the blind race.
Secondly if you are selected for your interviews in many companies in the same slot then take somebody with you who can manage your interview schedule well.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Anonymous
posted on 25 Apr 2015
8 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Tips: Iterate it as many times as possible. get it reviewed by as many seniors as possible. Be precise in stating your works and achievements.
Round: Test
Experience: Aptitude material on the SPO website was sufficient. Shortlisting was done from a full fledged online test
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: I didn't prepare for any GD neither did face any.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Faced an online technical test. The company who hosted the test goofed up with the interface, so a lot of people wasted time over coding questions that could not be solved because of faulty interface. No request for retest was entertained. Shortlist was fixed on studying compile attempts, time devoted to various sections and other performance measures insensitive to the flaw.
Round: Interview 1
Experience: Ques 1: Given a compact data structures to store string sequentially: one byte stores length, l of the string; next l bytes contains the string characters.
Ques 2: Write a code to insert a given string in the ith place, making sure the DS is still compact.
Ques 3: Write tests to verify correctness.
Ques 4:How will you correct the parse tree for ((a+b)*c)/d? What all dat structures can you use.
Round: Interview 2
Experience: Ques 1: Given a function f that returns true/false based on whether the input string satisfies some criterion in C.
Ques 2: Write a function that verifies that all substrings of a given string satisfy the criterion in C.
Ques 3: You hand over n identical linked lists to n salesperson. After the day's work, these salesperson return back the lists. Merge these lists such that all insertions, deletions, updates are taken care of so that you can repeat this process for the next day.
Round: Interview 3
Experience: Told about myself, my interests, my work so far, my internship projects. Followed by a quick coding question.
int *p;p++
printf("%d", p);
int *f(){int q[12];return q;}
int *p= f();*p=23;
Whats the problem here?
Each interview ended with 'do you have any questions for us?'.
General Tips: Know about your course projects. Be clear with basic CS concepts like OS, compilers and databases Have sophistication in algorithms. Try to cooperate with SPO and make good use of their efforts. Start preparing as soon as possible. Try not to eat anything that might deteriorate your health during the placement. season. Develop priorities both sector and company wise.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Tips: Iterate it as many times as possible. get it reviewed by as many seniors as possible. Be precise in stating your works and achievements.
Round: Test
Experience: Aptitude material on the SPO website was sufficient. Shortlisting was done from a full fledged online test
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: I didn't prepare for any GD neither did face any.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Faced an online technical test. The company who hosted the test goofed up with the interface, so a lot of people wasted time over coding questions that could not be solved because of faulty interface. No request for retest was entertained. Shortlist was fixed on studying compile attempts, time devoted to various sections and other performance measures insensitive to the flaw.
Round: Interview 1
Experience: Ques 1: Given a compact data structures to store string sequentially: one byte stores length, l of the string; next l bytes contains the string characters.
Ques 2: Write a code to insert a given string in the ith place, making sure the DS is still compact.
Ques 3: Write tests to verify correctness.
Ques 4:How will you correct the parse tree for ((a+b)*c)/d? What all dat structures can you use.
Round: Interview 2
Experience: Ques 1: Given a function f that returns true/false based on whether the input string satisfies some criterion in C.
Ques 2: Write a function that verifies that all substrings of a given string satisfy the criterion in C.
Ques 3: You hand over n identical linked lists to n salesperson. After the day's work, these salesperson return back the lists. Merge these lists such that all insertions, deletions, updates are taken care of so that you can repeat this process for the next day.
Round: Interview 3
Experience: Told about myself, my interests, my work so far, my internship projects. Followed by a quick coding question.
int *p;p++
printf("%d", p);
int *f(){int q[12];return q;}
int *p= f();*p=23;
Whats the problem here?
Each interview ended with 'do you have any questions for us?'.
General Tips: Know about your course projects. Be clear with basic CS concepts like OS, compilers and databases Have sophistication in algorithms. Try to cooperate with SPO and make good use of their efforts. Start preparing as soon as possible. Try not to eat anything that might deteriorate your health during the placement. season. Develop priorities both sector and company wise.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Started working on my resume from 2013 summers.
Tips: Be done with your resume(7-8 revisions) and course revision by July-August.
Round: Test
Experience: Started solving questions from CL booklets from 2013
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Joined classes by Ashwini Dixit for GD, interview and Case study preparation.
General Tips: A strong resume, good oratory skills, focused and logical case study solving and good HR interview preparation is a must for Diamond.
Finally, do not fret over getting selected in as many companies as possible, you will anyways get just one job, so be focused in your preparation. Do not be overconfident about anything. Do as much background work through your seniors and your friends to find out what you really want to do and which company suits you. Prepare along with your friends and batch mates instead of preparing against them.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Experience: Started working on my resume from 2013 summers.
Tips: Be done with your resume(7-8 revisions) and course revision by July-August.
Round: Test
Experience: Started solving questions from CL booklets from 2013
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Joined classes by Ashwini Dixit for GD, interview and Case study preparation.
General Tips: A strong resume, good oratory skills, focused and logical case study solving and good HR interview preparation is a must for Diamond.
Finally, do not fret over getting selected in as many companies as possible, you will anyways get just one job, so be focused in your preparation. Do not be overconfident about anything. Do as much background work through your seniors and your friends to find out what you really want to do and which company suits you. Prepare along with your friends and batch mates instead of preparing against them.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: The company shortlisted 4 candidates. Preference was given to those with higher CPIs.
Tips: Resume is most important to get you to the interview. So prepare at least a month or 15 days in advance. prepare 2 resumes: one for non core in which you focus more on your POR's and extra curricular activities and one for core in which you focus more on your project relevant to your company profile.
Round: Test
Tips: practice a lot of questions especially which include verbal aptitude, logical reasoning, data interpretation and quantitative.
Round: Group Discussion
Tips: Participate in mock GD's organized by SPO's.Companies mostly give recent topics so daily news reading will be beneficial.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: There was a Skype interview in which the focus of the interviewer was mostly on projects and summer internships.
General Tips: Don't leave anything for the end. So prepare well in advance before end sems. Be confident. This is the most important thing.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Experience: The company shortlisted 4 candidates. Preference was given to those with higher CPIs.
Tips: Resume is most important to get you to the interview. So prepare at least a month or 15 days in advance. prepare 2 resumes: one for non core in which you focus more on your POR's and extra curricular activities and one for core in which you focus more on your project relevant to your company profile.
Round: Test
Tips: practice a lot of questions especially which include verbal aptitude, logical reasoning, data interpretation and quantitative.
Round: Group Discussion
Tips: Participate in mock GD's organized by SPO's.Companies mostly give recent topics so daily news reading will be beneficial.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: There was a Skype interview in which the focus of the interviewer was mostly on projects and summer internships.
General Tips: Don't leave anything for the end. So prepare well in advance before end sems. Be confident. This is the most important thing.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: It had 30 questions to be done in 20 minutes
Round: Test
Experience: A consult based case study, as to how to launch a particular product according to the given market conditions
Duration: 10 minutes
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Questions varied from the personal, to internships, PORs, Social Initiatives
Round: Technical Interview
Tips: Have a good preparation of your resume, projects, internships
General Tips: Be yourselfDo not try to fool the interviewer Be confident with your resumeHave a mock interview before your placement season
Skills: Confidence, Analysis, Structuring your thoughts
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Motivation: good work culture, position and pay
Funny Moments: I was asked a few bollywood trivia questions and I replied all of them correctly
Experience: It had 30 questions to be done in 20 minutes
Round: Test
Experience: A consult based case study, as to how to launch a particular product according to the given market conditions
Duration: 10 minutes
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Questions varied from the personal, to internships, PORs, Social Initiatives
Round: Technical Interview
Tips: Have a good preparation of your resume, projects, internships
General Tips: Be yourselfDo not try to fool the interviewer Be confident with your resumeHave a mock interview before your placement season
Skills: Confidence, Analysis, Structuring your thoughts
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Motivation: good work culture, position and pay
Funny Moments: I was asked a few bollywood trivia questions and I replied all of them correctly
7 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Tips: Resume preparation was mostly done while I was preparing for the rest. One should thoroughly know about his/her interns, thesis and projects and should be confident presenting them in different ways depending on the profile of the company.
Round: Test
Experience: I practised a few CAT papers.
The test was both Aptitude and profile based technical test. FOA: flight mechanics and aerodynamics basics.
There weren't many numeric questions however more fundamental ones.
Round: Puzzle Interview
Tips: Puzzles from techinterview.org and from geeks4geeks.
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: GD preparation was not really required in any of the companies I was targeting.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: It went very smoothly. They introduce themselves and asked some simple questions on flight mechanics like the control surfaces on the airplane, terms like tail strike and depressurization. It seemed like they were more interested in knowing how you approached the problem rather than giving them the right solution.
Tips: Prepared Thermodynamics, Flight Mechanics, Aerodynamics, and Turbo machinery are very important.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: It was like any other HR interview. They asked me about my campus stay, my interest, about the profile I had applied for. they were interested in knowing what were my preferences between job and PhD.
Tips: Prepare for all common HR questions. The more genuine it sounds rather than prepared is what I would recommend.
General Tips: Sort out your priorities and target specific companies that interest you. Be realistic in making these choices and prepare accordingly. Understand the company profile and what they expect from you. Be confident in your interview. CV is very important. Your CV should pour focus on your strengths.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Tips: Resume preparation was mostly done while I was preparing for the rest. One should thoroughly know about his/her interns, thesis and projects and should be confident presenting them in different ways depending on the profile of the company.
Round: Test
Experience: I practised a few CAT papers.
The test was both Aptitude and profile based technical test. FOA: flight mechanics and aerodynamics basics.
There weren't many numeric questions however more fundamental ones.
Round: Puzzle Interview
Tips: Puzzles from techinterview.org and from geeks4geeks.
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: GD preparation was not really required in any of the companies I was targeting.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: It went very smoothly. They introduce themselves and asked some simple questions on flight mechanics like the control surfaces on the airplane, terms like tail strike and depressurization. It seemed like they were more interested in knowing how you approached the problem rather than giving them the right solution.
Tips: Prepared Thermodynamics, Flight Mechanics, Aerodynamics, and Turbo machinery are very important.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: It was like any other HR interview. They asked me about my campus stay, my interest, about the profile I had applied for. they were interested in knowing what were my preferences between job and PhD.
Tips: Prepare for all common HR questions. The more genuine it sounds rather than prepared is what I would recommend.
General Tips: Sort out your priorities and target specific companies that interest you. Be realistic in making these choices and prepare accordingly. Understand the company profile and what they expect from you. Be confident in your interview. CV is very important. Your CV should pour focus on your strengths.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
9 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: I had spent more than a month preparing my resume. I got it reviewed by my seniors and some professional organizations like VMock.
There was resume shortlisting which shortlisted 60 applications which was followed by a Group Discussion after which only 35 remained.
Tips: Start early and get it reviewed by as many people as you can.
Round: Test
Experience: I had joined Career Launcher for my aptitude test.
Tips: Take notes of shortcut formulas and try to increase your speed.
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Though I did not prepare much for the GDs, but I was regularly organizing the "Self Awakening Hour" in the campus in which we discussed the ideas for National Building and Youth Empowerment that eventually improved my communication skills.
Round: Technical Interview
Tips: Have a basic knowledge of coding, finance and statistics.
Round: Case Study Interview
Tips: Practice Case studies and guesstimates as much as you can.
Round: Puzzle Interview
Tips: Puzzles are also an inevitable part. -----/ is the best source for practiscing puzzels. Do all the puzzles in there
Round: HR Interview
Tips: Never try to memorize any answer. Let it come out spontaneously in front of the panel. Just be confident and never fake anything. they will judge you on the basis of the work you have done during your campus stay. They want to see something different be it Social Services or something Inter-IIT.
Round: Group Activity
Experience: It judged our capability of teamwork shortlisted 24 applicants for final interview.
General Tips: Be confident. Prepare well. Have basic knowledge of coding statistics and finance. Case studies, Guesstimates, puzzles are important. Review your resume and most importantly, never fake.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Experience: I had spent more than a month preparing my resume. I got it reviewed by my seniors and some professional organizations like VMock.
There was resume shortlisting which shortlisted 60 applications which was followed by a Group Discussion after which only 35 remained.
Tips: Start early and get it reviewed by as many people as you can.
Round: Test
Experience: I had joined Career Launcher for my aptitude test.
Tips: Take notes of shortcut formulas and try to increase your speed.
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Though I did not prepare much for the GDs, but I was regularly organizing the "Self Awakening Hour" in the campus in which we discussed the ideas for National Building and Youth Empowerment that eventually improved my communication skills.
Round: Technical Interview
Tips: Have a basic knowledge of coding, finance and statistics.
Round: Case Study Interview
Tips: Practice Case studies and guesstimates as much as you can.
Round: Puzzle Interview
Tips: Puzzles are also an inevitable part. -----/ is the best source for practiscing puzzels. Do all the puzzles in there
Round: HR Interview
Tips: Never try to memorize any answer. Let it come out spontaneously in front of the panel. Just be confident and never fake anything. they will judge you on the basis of the work you have done during your campus stay. They want to see something different be it Social Services or something Inter-IIT.
Round: Group Activity
Experience: It judged our capability of teamwork shortlisted 24 applicants for final interview.
General Tips: Be confident. Prepare well. Have basic knowledge of coding statistics and finance. Case studies, Guesstimates, puzzles are important. Review your resume and most importantly, never fake.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
6 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Peaks of your stay in campus:
Experience: Best moment in campus was nothing else but the moment when I got the news of my final selection in TIMES INTERNET. I got a very poor SPI in my first sem and I had to take semester drop in 2ndsem. I always used to feel insecure whether I could get a good job or not. I got F grade in fundamentals of computing course in 1stsem. After my 2ndsem I worked on my shortcomings, especially my English and programming. Securing a software developer job was my dream from my 2ndyear. I worked hard to improve my programming skills. Getting a coding job in a reputed firm was a dream for me which came true on(day2)2ndDecember, 2014.
Tips: Just enjoy your IITK life because the 4 or 5 years of life make you feel how to decide you path, where your interests are and how to handle any problem when there is no one with you and don’t forget to score a good CPI and if you don’t have any internship don’t worry do some project in the campus and if you are interested in coding try to solve the question. Finally I would like to suggest all the students those who come from Hindi medium background, try to improve your English. Just hang in thereAnd finally I would say thanks to SPO team who worked very hard for u
Round: Stress Interview
Experience: I had no idea what were they doing. In the 1st round of interview, I was asked regarding PPT and resume. I did well and after this they asked me some puzzle or case(I can’t recall completely) which couldn’t answer satisfactorily. All in all, everything was good but duration of this interview was only 10 minutes and finally a SPO guy came to me and said “You can attend other companies interview that was a kind of lol” I think he could have told me directly that you are not shortlisted. Actually, my interview was scheduled very late in Accenture and by the time my interview began, they already had settled down with some candidates. Thus, in case of some companies, whether you’re among the initial candidates being interviewed or among the last ones do play a crucial role in your selection
Tips: Before going for interview make sure that your resume must be prepared; you need to know each and every project and try to make meaningful resume i.e. It should give a clear picture of your interests and objectives. Sometimes your course project has more impact than an entire summer internship .
Round: Other Interview
Experience: In my 1st round of interview which was my 1st interview at IITK, they only asked me to explain resume (only project). The experience was great and he interviewer was talking to me like a friend making some PJs on me and telling their own story. I waited for almost 4 hours for second round which was very informal. They were asking normal question on coding and after this when I was shortlisted for 3rdround on that time I was assured of getting this job. I had my 3rd interview at 1 AM. They asked me some questions of coding and puzzles. I was unable to give right answer of puzzle but everything went well. They were looking happy with me after my last round , But when the result came out at 2:00 AM I got shocked to see my name not in the final list. I waited for the selection process of the company for around 11 hours(that was the 1st time I waited for this long )and everything had gone well .So one of the most important thing I got from them is that if the interviewers are happy with your interview please don’t be assured of the final selection
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: In TIMES INTERNET I was shortlisted for product manager profile. I did well in the interview and I made them laugh when they asked me to explain the resume and specific projects. They were very happy after my 1stround interview but when they asked me about product management, I was very honest at that time and I told them about product management whatever I read from the internet just 15 minutes ago. I convinced them that I can do my job at a capacity of product manager but was more interested in developer profile. I requested them to take interview for developer profile and fortunately for me, after seeing my interest they did give me a chance for the technical interview for developer profile. After my second technical interview which went well obviously they again sent me for another interview and last interview was like HR asking me technical question of data structure and algorithm. HR asked me 3 questions to write pseudo code which was based on linked list and array. After this HR asked me about my IIT K life and CPI how I managed my acads from 3.9 to 6.1. She was impressed with the level of improvement I could achieve in my IITK journey.And finally they selected me for the developer profile
Round: Other Interview
Experience: My wing-mates helped me a lot in pre placement preparation. My wingie Saurabh Dixit provided me with an idea how to make resume more presentable. Anurag Pandey helped me to prepare abstract of a project on big data analysis. I used to practice aptitude questions from Lofoya.com and CL books. Aptitude is one thing which will come by practicing and discussing with friends. Abhijit and Jora used to discuss aptitude questions with me which helped me to absorb concepts well. For most of the Software profiles, ample knowledge and good command over data structures and algorithms with some peripheral idea about concepts of Operating Systems and Databases are sufficient. I consulted lecture notes by Dr. Surender Baswana to refresh all the key concepts and practiced the algorithms and their implementation from exercises given at www.geeksforgeeks.org.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Having done all this, I realized that the most important thing for placement prep is the confidence. When I was shortlisted in housing I had 3 rounds of interview. First interview was my first interview at IITK. I had no idea what should be the approach. Usually we think like ”OMG if you are going for interview ,you should react like a nerd or a maggu.“Please forget all these things and don’t become nervous and dumbstruck. Just go and talk with them like you are talking to a man who had also suffered the same condition.Before my first interview of housing I called up Abhishek Dhandhariya (one of our senior Y9)and he boosted me up for interview. He told me that this job is not going to decide your future and don’t think that you are giving the interview to get the job; just take this as an opportunity to show your capabilities for this job and the attitude with which you’ll be doing it.
Skill Tips: I was very selective in profile selection. As programming fascinated me, I prepared only for coding profile. I was expecting compensation of about 8lpa. Brand Name was of course an important factor as I wanted to get a good exposure in the IT industry.
Skills: coding profile
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Experience: Best moment in campus was nothing else but the moment when I got the news of my final selection in TIMES INTERNET. I got a very poor SPI in my first sem and I had to take semester drop in 2ndsem. I always used to feel insecure whether I could get a good job or not. I got F grade in fundamentals of computing course in 1stsem. After my 2ndsem I worked on my shortcomings, especially my English and programming. Securing a software developer job was my dream from my 2ndyear. I worked hard to improve my programming skills. Getting a coding job in a reputed firm was a dream for me which came true on(day2)2ndDecember, 2014.
Tips: Just enjoy your IITK life because the 4 or 5 years of life make you feel how to decide you path, where your interests are and how to handle any problem when there is no one with you and don’t forget to score a good CPI and if you don’t have any internship don’t worry do some project in the campus and if you are interested in coding try to solve the question. Finally I would like to suggest all the students those who come from Hindi medium background, try to improve your English. Just hang in thereAnd finally I would say thanks to SPO team who worked very hard for u
Round: Stress Interview
Experience: I had no idea what were they doing. In the 1st round of interview, I was asked regarding PPT and resume. I did well and after this they asked me some puzzle or case(I can’t recall completely) which couldn’t answer satisfactorily. All in all, everything was good but duration of this interview was only 10 minutes and finally a SPO guy came to me and said “You can attend other companies interview that was a kind of lol” I think he could have told me directly that you are not shortlisted. Actually, my interview was scheduled very late in Accenture and by the time my interview began, they already had settled down with some candidates. Thus, in case of some companies, whether you’re among the initial candidates being interviewed or among the last ones do play a crucial role in your selection
Tips: Before going for interview make sure that your resume must be prepared; you need to know each and every project and try to make meaningful resume i.e. It should give a clear picture of your interests and objectives. Sometimes your course project has more impact than an entire summer internship .
Round: Other Interview
Experience: In my 1st round of interview which was my 1st interview at IITK, they only asked me to explain resume (only project). The experience was great and he interviewer was talking to me like a friend making some PJs on me and telling their own story. I waited for almost 4 hours for second round which was very informal. They were asking normal question on coding and after this when I was shortlisted for 3rdround on that time I was assured of getting this job. I had my 3rd interview at 1 AM. They asked me some questions of coding and puzzles. I was unable to give right answer of puzzle but everything went well. They were looking happy with me after my last round , But when the result came out at 2:00 AM I got shocked to see my name not in the final list. I waited for the selection process of the company for around 11 hours(that was the 1st time I waited for this long )and everything had gone well .So one of the most important thing I got from them is that if the interviewers are happy with your interview please don’t be assured of the final selection
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: In TIMES INTERNET I was shortlisted for product manager profile. I did well in the interview and I made them laugh when they asked me to explain the resume and specific projects. They were very happy after my 1stround interview but when they asked me about product management, I was very honest at that time and I told them about product management whatever I read from the internet just 15 minutes ago. I convinced them that I can do my job at a capacity of product manager but was more interested in developer profile. I requested them to take interview for developer profile and fortunately for me, after seeing my interest they did give me a chance for the technical interview for developer profile. After my second technical interview which went well obviously they again sent me for another interview and last interview was like HR asking me technical question of data structure and algorithm. HR asked me 3 questions to write pseudo code which was based on linked list and array. After this HR asked me about my IIT K life and CPI how I managed my acads from 3.9 to 6.1. She was impressed with the level of improvement I could achieve in my IITK journey.And finally they selected me for the developer profile
Round: Other Interview
Experience: My wing-mates helped me a lot in pre placement preparation. My wingie Saurabh Dixit provided me with an idea how to make resume more presentable. Anurag Pandey helped me to prepare abstract of a project on big data analysis. I used to practice aptitude questions from Lofoya.com and CL books. Aptitude is one thing which will come by practicing and discussing with friends. Abhijit and Jora used to discuss aptitude questions with me which helped me to absorb concepts well. For most of the Software profiles, ample knowledge and good command over data structures and algorithms with some peripheral idea about concepts of Operating Systems and Databases are sufficient. I consulted lecture notes by Dr. Surender Baswana to refresh all the key concepts and practiced the algorithms and their implementation from exercises given at www.geeksforgeeks.org.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Having done all this, I realized that the most important thing for placement prep is the confidence. When I was shortlisted in housing I had 3 rounds of interview. First interview was my first interview at IITK. I had no idea what should be the approach. Usually we think like ”OMG if you are going for interview ,you should react like a nerd or a maggu.“Please forget all these things and don’t become nervous and dumbstruck. Just go and talk with them like you are talking to a man who had also suffered the same condition.Before my first interview of housing I called up Abhishek Dhandhariya (one of our senior Y9)and he boosted me up for interview. He told me that this job is not going to decide your future and don’t think that you are giving the interview to get the job; just take this as an opportunity to show your capabilities for this job and the attitude with which you’ll be doing it.
Skill Tips: I was very selective in profile selection. As programming fascinated me, I prepared only for coding profile. I was expecting compensation of about 8lpa. Brand Name was of course an important factor as I wanted to get a good exposure in the IT industry.
Skills: coding profile
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
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Most of my interview went over my resume,
Tips: Stick to the point. Don't add points you can't explain. Always keep backup answers ready.
Round: Test
Experience: Was quite long. Wasn't able to finish even half test.
Tips: Do the test like JEE. Do it in 2 - 3 rounds. Focus on those which you can do.
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 100
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Made me extremely confident.
Tips: Listen if you don't have points. Don't repeat. Stick with the group. Don't put random shit on the table.
Duration: 20 minutes
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Experience: Most of my interview went over my resume,
Tips: Stick to the point. Don't add points you can't explain. Always keep backup answers ready.
Round: Test
Experience: Was quite long. Wasn't able to finish even half test.
Tips: Do the test like JEE. Do it in 2 - 3 rounds. Focus on those which you can do.
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 100
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Made me extremely confident.
Tips: Listen if you don't have points. Don't repeat. Stick with the group. Don't put random shit on the table.
Duration: 20 minutes
College Name: IIT KANPUR
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