Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
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3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: It was similar to CAT's aptitude test.
Tips: Going through the preparation material for CAT and working a bit with your speed during the test would surely help
Round: HR Interview
Experience: It was mostly a HR round with a few guesstimated and cases. They just want to know your thought process rather than judging you on the basis of your end results
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Experience: It was similar to CAT's aptitude test.
Tips: Going through the preparation material for CAT and working a bit with your speed during the test would surely help
Round: HR Interview
Experience: It was mostly a HR round with a few guesstimated and cases. They just want to know your thought process rather than judging you on the basis of your end results
College Name: IIT KANPUR
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6 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Resume is the first most important step. I collected well-made resumes of our alumni and went through them. Once I got a fair idea, I started with the first draft, several rounds of modifications followed in the subsequent months.
Tips: Starting early is important. Also it is critical that your resume is very original as it depicts you!
Round: video resume + case study of a firm of our choice + letter to client's ceo on why it should hire bmgi
Experience: I chose Indigo Airlines for the firm.
Round: extempore
Experience: My topic was ‘speed’ and I was able to list the pros and cons of this topic easily.
Round: CASE STUDY
Experience: We were handed a lengthy business problem, which we had to analyze and provide recommendations. The problem roughly was as follows: A label printing company was witnessing a decrease in profits, due to increased costs. We were given some details of the operation of the printing machine and the associated issues, based on which we had to create a solution.Though I was exhausted, I was able to convey my thought process succinctly in the end. The recommendations I put forward were also reasonably good.
Round: Interview
Experience: It was mostly HR, with 1 or 2 short cases. They first asked me to walk through my resume, asked about New Delhi. This was followed by discussion on cinema, as I had described it as a hobby.
I was then asked which firm would I choose if I had offers from BMGI, Mercedes-Benz and McKinsey. I was honest with my answer
which they appreciated.
This led to a discussion on the job profile of a strategy consultant. Since I had done a fir bit of research on this, I was able to convey it well.
Next came a mini case study where I was required to keep up to up to find means to meet the ever increasing demand for a certain surgical procedure, with the constraint of having only 3 operating theaters.
The interviewer was only looking for an approach and not a detailed answer. I was able to answer satisfactorily.
Next, some questions on weakness followed by some uneasy counter questions, but I was able to ward them off without any hassles. Lastly, they asked me if I had any questions
and I asked them about the specific expectations from an entry level analyst and the kind of responsibility that one would be supposed to assume, and also enquired about the challenges he had faced during his long experience of working in the consulting
sector. I had a feeling that I had nailed the interview, which proved to be correct.
General Tips: The best way to kick start the preparation is by analyzing your own profile objectively and then set targets, categorizing them as dream, optimistic and realistic. Being optimistic is good, being Unreasonable is not. Take a bottom’s up approach, and prepare to seal those companies first where you have a high chance of being selected. Taking the opposite route can yield very unfavourable results. Do not get dejected. It all falls into place in the end.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Experience: Resume is the first most important step. I collected well-made resumes of our alumni and went through them. Once I got a fair idea, I started with the first draft, several rounds of modifications followed in the subsequent months.
Tips: Starting early is important. Also it is critical that your resume is very original as it depicts you!
Round: video resume + case study of a firm of our choice + letter to client's ceo on why it should hire bmgi
Experience: I chose Indigo Airlines for the firm.
Round: extempore
Experience: My topic was ‘speed’ and I was able to list the pros and cons of this topic easily.
Round: CASE STUDY
Experience: We were handed a lengthy business problem, which we had to analyze and provide recommendations. The problem roughly was as follows: A label printing company was witnessing a decrease in profits, due to increased costs. We were given some details of the operation of the printing machine and the associated issues, based on which we had to create a solution.Though I was exhausted, I was able to convey my thought process succinctly in the end. The recommendations I put forward were also reasonably good.
Round: Interview
Experience: It was mostly HR, with 1 or 2 short cases. They first asked me to walk through my resume, asked about New Delhi. This was followed by discussion on cinema, as I had described it as a hobby.
I was then asked which firm would I choose if I had offers from BMGI, Mercedes-Benz and McKinsey. I was honest with my answer
which they appreciated.
This led to a discussion on the job profile of a strategy consultant. Since I had done a fir bit of research on this, I was able to convey it well.
Next came a mini case study where I was required to keep up to up to find means to meet the ever increasing demand for a certain surgical procedure, with the constraint of having only 3 operating theaters.
The interviewer was only looking for an approach and not a detailed answer. I was able to answer satisfactorily.
Next, some questions on weakness followed by some uneasy counter questions, but I was able to ward them off without any hassles. Lastly, they asked me if I had any questions
and I asked them about the specific expectations from an entry level analyst and the kind of responsibility that one would be supposed to assume, and also enquired about the challenges he had faced during his long experience of working in the consulting
sector. I had a feeling that I had nailed the interview, which proved to be correct.
General Tips: The best way to kick start the preparation is by analyzing your own profile objectively and then set targets, categorizing them as dream, optimistic and realistic. Being optimistic is good, being Unreasonable is not. Take a bottom’s up approach, and prepare to seal those companies first where you have a high chance of being selected. Taking the opposite route can yield very unfavourable results. Do not get dejected. It all falls into place in the end.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: form
Tips: Please give a lot of time to your ITC form, and try to review it with the help of as many people as you can,
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Initially i was terrified of GD's. But after I started preparing for GD's during my 5th semester, I grew confident with it.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: That is the final round
General Tips: First you have to start thinking about yourself, and be yourself. They want to hire you and not a projected image of someone else. Do not copy HR answers from others. Do not waste time.Don’t be over or under confident.Don’t judge anyone’s profile. If you are shortlisted, start preparing
for it. Don’t try to take each and every sector.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Tips: Please give a lot of time to your ITC form, and try to review it with the help of as many people as you can,
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Initially i was terrified of GD's. But after I started preparing for GD's during my 5th semester, I grew confident with it.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: That is the final round
General Tips: First you have to start thinking about yourself, and be yourself. They want to hire you and not a projected image of someone else. Do not copy HR answers from others. Do not waste time.Don’t be over or under confident.Don’t judge anyone’s profile. If you are shortlisted, start preparing
for it. Don’t try to take each and every sector.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Around 55 students were shortlisted for the final round
Round: Interview
Experience: I was asked by a very senior guy why I wanted to join a finance firm despite of having a good record in chemical engineering. He then asked questions from my resume and we talked about MBA as an option and why I did not want to go for an MBA straight after college. It was more like a discussion.
Round: Interview
Experience: The second panel had 2 people from Corporate Finance and one from Markets. They asked me questions from Chemical engineering, a business study that I had written on my resume and a couple of maths puzzles. The interview went pretty smooth.
Round: Interview
Experience: The final round had 2 senior people from markets and one from Corporate Finance division. They started asking about my internship and how I could relate it to the situation in India. Since my project was on wind energy, they asked me to draw a comparison between wind, solar and thermal energy and which is a better source. They also asked about finances related with the establishment of a wind farm. Then we had a discussion on counseling service, reasons for suicide and what could we do to stop the,. Then they asked about the difficulties I faced in public relations.They were not judging me on finance and were trying to have a conversation with me, testing my confidence.
General Tips: Be calm and you can do well
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Experience: Around 55 students were shortlisted for the final round
Round: Interview
Experience: I was asked by a very senior guy why I wanted to join a finance firm despite of having a good record in chemical engineering. He then asked questions from my resume and we talked about MBA as an option and why I did not want to go for an MBA straight after college. It was more like a discussion.
Round: Interview
Experience: The second panel had 2 people from Corporate Finance and one from Markets. They asked me questions from Chemical engineering, a business study that I had written on my resume and a couple of maths puzzles. The interview went pretty smooth.
Round: Interview
Experience: The final round had 2 senior people from markets and one from Corporate Finance division. They started asking about my internship and how I could relate it to the situation in India. Since my project was on wind energy, they asked me to draw a comparison between wind, solar and thermal energy and which is a better source. They also asked about finances related with the establishment of a wind farm. Then we had a discussion on counseling service, reasons for suicide and what could we do to stop the,. Then they asked about the difficulties I faced in public relations.They were not judging me on finance and were trying to have a conversation with me, testing my confidence.
General Tips: Be calm and you can do well
College Name: IIT KANPUR
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Interview
Experience: DB did not focus much on HR as I had an internship in finance.
Tips: Do your research about the firm you are interviewing with. Questions
like why finance, why DB are very common.Prepare well and be confident.
General Tips: Have mock interviews with friends.
Do not panic. Manage your time well. Ask one of your friends to accompany you and handle your phone.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Experience: DB did not focus much on HR as I had an internship in finance.
Tips: Do your research about the firm you are interviewing with. Questions
like why finance, why DB are very common.Prepare well and be confident.
General Tips: Have mock interviews with friends.
Do not panic. Manage your time well. Ask one of your friends to accompany you and handle your phone.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Given a unit circle with center at origin, I choose three points on the circle. Find the expected length of the segment containing (1.0). Hint: answer is not 2*...read more
- Q2. Given an undirected graph, if dist(u,v)>n/2. Show that there exists a vertex x such that removing x makes u and v go to different connected components.
- Q3. Consider the set S of the first 2n numbers, then show that for any subset of size n+1 of the set S, there exists 2 numbers u and v such that u divides v
- Q4. Show that for a grid of size n*n, if n is odd then there cannot be a Hamiltonian cycle in the graph
- Q5. I start with 1001 stones. I put them in a pile. Then I can do the following: Step 1- choose a pile, step 2- remove 1 stone from the pile, step 3- divide it into...read more
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: It was for 100 marks and was based on OOPS, programming,maths and probablity
Total Questions: 10
Round: Interview
Experience: Had two rounds, 1 hour each.
General Tips: Do not take the placements lightly.
Do read OS and DBMS, as you can miss your dream company just
because objective questions on these topics went wrong. In my case the company was Google.Make sure you have at least 1 wing mate with you during the entire process.Carry a lot of fluids and some snacks as the day will be demanding.Do not sit for more than 3 companies on the same day.Do not panic. Enjoy the day and in the end you will be rewarded.Give your best, speak with confidence.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Motivation: I had two offers at the end of slot 1, day 1- one from Tower research and the other from Oracle US. Tower had a much better reputation and had a stronger growth curve. base pay was higher.
Experience: It was for 100 marks and was based on OOPS, programming,maths and probablity
Total Questions: 10
Round: Interview
Experience: Had two rounds, 1 hour each.
General Tips: Do not take the placements lightly.
Do read OS and DBMS, as you can miss your dream company just
because objective questions on these topics went wrong. In my case the company was Google.Make sure you have at least 1 wing mate with you during the entire process.Carry a lot of fluids and some snacks as the day will be demanding.Do not sit for more than 3 companies on the same day.Do not panic. Enjoy the day and in the end you will be rewarded.Give your best, speak with confidence.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Motivation: I had two offers at the end of slot 1, day 1- one from Tower research and the other from Oracle US. Tower had a much better reputation and had a stronger growth curve. base pay was higher.
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Tell me about yourself
- Q2. Describe the work that you did in FSAE club
- Q3. Stress strain curve for ductile material
- Q4. Why do we have piston rings?
- Q5. Why not Masters?
- Q6. What skills do you have that can benefit the company?
- Q7. On what factors the spring stiffness of a spring depends?
- Q8. What non-technical works were you involved in FSAE club?
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Interview
Experience: It was a technical+HR round.
Tips: Write genuine HR answers.
General Tips: Select the sector that interests you and start revising core courses from the start of your placement semester.
Prepare for non-core also as the options in core sector are limited.
Learn from your failures and keep preparing for upcoming companies. But do not lose hope.
Talk to seniors already placed in the company that you have targeted. try to attend ppts of all companies where you really want to go.Give some mock interviews. They can boost your confidence.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Motivation: I was interested in a core mechanical job.
Bosch was on my top list as it makes tools and machines parts that are essentially the bread and butter of mechanical engineering.
Experience: It was a technical+HR round.
Tips: Write genuine HR answers.
General Tips: Select the sector that interests you and start revising core courses from the start of your placement semester.
Prepare for non-core also as the options in core sector are limited.
Learn from your failures and keep preparing for upcoming companies. But do not lose hope.
Talk to seniors already placed in the company that you have targeted. try to attend ppts of all companies where you really want to go.Give some mock interviews. They can boost your confidence.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Motivation: I was interested in a core mechanical job.
Bosch was on my top list as it makes tools and machines parts that are essentially the bread and butter of mechanical engineering.
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: There were 9 people in a group and an abstract topic was given. Thinking time 10 sec and discussion for 10 minutes.
Tips: You have to be well prepared for abstract topics and creative enough to give a different perspective.
Read newspapers regularly.
Duration: 10 minutes
Round: Group Activity
Experience: 6 people in a group were asked to make a movable structure from the given manual. We were given 10 seconds to view it, The total time was 15 minutes including the time to present, sell and add further points.
our group made a swing with lego sets and then i was asked to explain its shortcomings. I also suggested that we can use the given 4 wheels to make that product portable. I was selected among 25 candidates.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: It went on for 20 minutes and there was a single panel of 4 members. I was initially nervous, but I was fine after a while. One of them asked me if i was tired. I said that I was rather excited. Then they said that they were tired so I was asked to entertain them. i shared a few incidents of mine. and my internship also. I drew down my designs. they were impressed.
But they said that I got a very dynamic personality and may nit be fit for the job profile. I understood that they were asking me 'why this company?' I answered that I never had fixed timetable in my entire day at IITK for 5 years, and that Schlumberger also had a flexible routine. They asked whether I knew anyone working there. I had the entire list. They asked me what would I do if I was given 10 million dollars. I understood that the question pointed out to my long term goals. I was truthful with my asnwers.
They asked about my family and then asked if I had any questions.
General Tips: Do consult your seniors.
Start early on your resume and prepare GDs, Mock interviews and tests within groups.
Do not set a particular company as a target because if you are not selected, that may lead to depression, which can kill your time and attitude. Do not give in to panic.
Do not take things for granted and don't demotivate anyone.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Motivation: Found the brand name and the work culture good, and with a handsome salary.
Experience: There were 9 people in a group and an abstract topic was given. Thinking time 10 sec and discussion for 10 minutes.
Tips: You have to be well prepared for abstract topics and creative enough to give a different perspective.
Read newspapers regularly.
Duration: 10 minutes
Round: Group Activity
Experience: 6 people in a group were asked to make a movable structure from the given manual. We were given 10 seconds to view it, The total time was 15 minutes including the time to present, sell and add further points.
our group made a swing with lego sets and then i was asked to explain its shortcomings. I also suggested that we can use the given 4 wheels to make that product portable. I was selected among 25 candidates.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: It went on for 20 minutes and there was a single panel of 4 members. I was initially nervous, but I was fine after a while. One of them asked me if i was tired. I said that I was rather excited. Then they said that they were tired so I was asked to entertain them. i shared a few incidents of mine. and my internship also. I drew down my designs. they were impressed.
But they said that I got a very dynamic personality and may nit be fit for the job profile. I understood that they were asking me 'why this company?' I answered that I never had fixed timetable in my entire day at IITK for 5 years, and that Schlumberger also had a flexible routine. They asked whether I knew anyone working there. I had the entire list. They asked me what would I do if I was given 10 million dollars. I understood that the question pointed out to my long term goals. I was truthful with my asnwers.
They asked about my family and then asked if I had any questions.
General Tips: Do consult your seniors.
Start early on your resume and prepare GDs, Mock interviews and tests within groups.
Do not set a particular company as a target because if you are not selected, that may lead to depression, which can kill your time and attitude. Do not give in to panic.
Do not take things for granted and don't demotivate anyone.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Motivation: Found the brand name and the work culture good, and with a handsome salary.
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: About 15 students were selected for the final interview
Duration: 60 minutes
Round: Interview
Experience: It had both technical and HR. The panelist had 3 technical guys along with 1 HR.
the first question asked was 'tell me about yourself'.
They then moved on to technical questions.I was first asked what topic I am comfortable with. i told them 2-3 topics of chemical engineering- heat and mass transfer, reaction engineering, general equipments used in plants . They asked questions on the same for the next 10 minutes.
I did not guess answers and i straight away told them when I was not sure of the answer.
After this, general questions related to operations in chemical plants were asked. Some scenarios were given and I was asked to make decisions. i answered them. They then started talking about my resume. After a discussion for about 10 minutes, I knew I was getting the offer.
Tips: Practice HR questions, preferably with a group. Confidence is very important.
Collect a common set of HR questions, write down the points that you want to speak beforehand and draw a basic framework that you can adhere to while answering.
General Tips: Do not procrastinate when it comes to preparing.
a decent knowledge is a must for a core job.
never try to blindly copy what others are doing. Look for your strengths and focus on what you want to achieve.
Form a decent study group. It helps a lot in preparing case studies, guesstimates and GDs. Practice mock interviews.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Experience: About 15 students were selected for the final interview
Duration: 60 minutes
Round: Interview
Experience: It had both technical and HR. The panelist had 3 technical guys along with 1 HR.
the first question asked was 'tell me about yourself'.
They then moved on to technical questions.I was first asked what topic I am comfortable with. i told them 2-3 topics of chemical engineering- heat and mass transfer, reaction engineering, general equipments used in plants . They asked questions on the same for the next 10 minutes.
I did not guess answers and i straight away told them when I was not sure of the answer.
After this, general questions related to operations in chemical plants were asked. Some scenarios were given and I was asked to make decisions. i answered them. They then started talking about my resume. After a discussion for about 10 minutes, I knew I was getting the offer.
Tips: Practice HR questions, preferably with a group. Confidence is very important.
Collect a common set of HR questions, write down the points that you want to speak beforehand and draw a basic framework that you can adhere to while answering.
General Tips: Do not procrastinate when it comes to preparing.
a decent knowledge is a must for a core job.
never try to blindly copy what others are doing. Look for your strengths and focus on what you want to achieve.
Form a decent study group. It helps a lot in preparing case studies, guesstimates and GDs. Practice mock interviews.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: There were 25 MCQs and 2 case studies (one was guesstimate and other was a strategy case).
Round: Other Interview
Experience: We had 4 rounds of interviews, each lasting for about 15 minutes. In each one, they asked something from the resume and some puzzles, probability questions and this was again because I told them I like Maths. Last one was telephonic and they asked me about my family background.
General Tips: Be yourself. Prepare everything from your resume. Take a good sleep before the interview. Don't pretend to be over-smart and DO NOT argue with them.
Skills: Puzzle solving skills, Probability
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Experience: There were 25 MCQs and 2 case studies (one was guesstimate and other was a strategy case).
Round: Other Interview
Experience: We had 4 rounds of interviews, each lasting for about 15 minutes. In each one, they asked something from the resume and some puzzles, probability questions and this was again because I told them I like Maths. Last one was telephonic and they asked me about my family background.
General Tips: Be yourself. Prepare everything from your resume. Take a good sleep before the interview. Don't pretend to be over-smart and DO NOT argue with them.
Skills: Puzzle solving skills, Probability
College Name: IIT KANPUR
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