Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
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27 Dec 2024
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3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: This was the most important thing that mattered in my case as I had no internship experience. I had clearly reflected my strong points in my resume.
Tips: CPI plays a major role.
Revise everything you write in your resume thoroughly.
Round: Interview
Experience: The interview lasted for around 20-25 minutes. I had mentioned my interests to be logic design and computer architecture, basically
the hardware profile, in my introduction. So I was asked some questions on architecture like ILP, Superscalar and out-of-order processors, If Intel’s processors are out-of-order, etc. the entire flow of questions was based on my answers.After these, I was asked HR type questions like my interests apart from academics, where do I see myself 5 years down the line, why not PhD , if I would like to work in US, etc.The interviewer had read my resume thoroughly and probably was impressed by it, and I was not asked any questions based on my resume. Good CPI and all courses and projects strongly aligning with Intel’s work was strong point in my selection.
General Tips: If you are targeting core companies like Intel, choose the right courses and thesis (like Microelectronics/VLSI) in your third year and do them sincerely. Do not mention that you want to do your PhD.Intel does not prefer B.Tech Students, so watch out for that while choosing your target companies in placements.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Motivation: I had strong interests in Computer architecture and VLSI. So basically I was lookingfor a job in hardware profile in semiconductor industry and Intel is the biggest name in the semiconductor domain, thus making it my first choice.
Experience: This was the most important thing that mattered in my case as I had no internship experience. I had clearly reflected my strong points in my resume.
Tips: CPI plays a major role.
Revise everything you write in your resume thoroughly.
Round: Interview
Experience: The interview lasted for around 20-25 minutes. I had mentioned my interests to be logic design and computer architecture, basically
the hardware profile, in my introduction. So I was asked some questions on architecture like ILP, Superscalar and out-of-order processors, If Intel’s processors are out-of-order, etc. the entire flow of questions was based on my answers.After these, I was asked HR type questions like my interests apart from academics, where do I see myself 5 years down the line, why not PhD , if I would like to work in US, etc.The interviewer had read my resume thoroughly and probably was impressed by it, and I was not asked any questions based on my resume. Good CPI and all courses and projects strongly aligning with Intel’s work was strong point in my selection.
General Tips: If you are targeting core companies like Intel, choose the right courses and thesis (like Microelectronics/VLSI) in your third year and do them sincerely. Do not mention that you want to do your PhD.Intel does not prefer B.Tech Students, so watch out for that while choosing your target companies in placements.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Motivation: I had strong interests in Computer architecture and VLSI. So basically I was lookingfor a job in hardware profile in semiconductor industry and Intel is the biggest name in the semiconductor domain, thus making it my first choice.
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Tell us about yourself
- Q2. Talk us through your resume
- Q3. Describe one incident where you worked in a team
- Q4. Were there ever any differences between you and the team ?
- Q5. If yes, how did you handle them ?
- Q6. Tell us about the biggest technical problem you've faced and how you went about that problem ?
- Q7. Pick any one thing from your resume and tell us about it in detail
- Q8. Your biggest achievement
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Well, this is one place where no one could figure out what the basis of short listing was. My guess is, they were looking for people who made good use of their time in IITK, and probably some leadership qualities. 16 of us were shortlisted to give the test.
Round: Test
Experience: That's what they liked to call it and for their satisfaction let's call it that. The test had only personality profiling questions (multiple choice with "what best describes you, what worst describes you‟ type questions.). There was no shortlist from this 'test' ;)
Round: Interview
Experience: There were two rounds. Both of them were similar in nature. The interview was with a panel of 4, one from HR and 3 from refining operations.This is a classic interview where you are in control and can steer it in any direction you want, technical or extra-curriculars.
Tips: We brushed up every course in chemical engineering, learnt about most things in refining in 6 days. But later I laughed at myself for doing that, you will too when you see the type of questions they asked me. But some other interviews did go technical, so you can never be too careful.
For most of the questions, I banked mostly on the Dance Club and my internship. Some junta probably made a mistake of steering it into technical even when they weren't too confident about technical, just because it was a core profile, thus leaving out their real strengths. Although I was a nervous initially, I pulled my show together and answered with confidence. 4 people got selected for the next round. The next round was again a similar interview, and after about 20 minutes I was told that I was selected.
I was sincere and confident in every answer. I didn't typecast myself as a perfect person but as a simple person, who is open minded, can take hold of difficult situations and can be a good leader/team player. They loved my passion for dance and the effort I would put into an activity I truly loved.
Lastly, here's a little secret: They weren't interested in testing our technical skills, cause they assumed that we IITians had that in plenty. (Yeah right!! :D )
General Tips: Internship: (attention third year people!)
When it comes to the placement interview, internships play pivotal role. There are rarely any interviews where the interviewee isn't drilled on their internships. So, please don‟t treat an internship as a paid vacation. Good work done during the internship gives one the confidence that can very well bowl the interviewer over (as it did in my case :D). Believe me confidence does much more than get you a job; it determines success and failure in mostundertakings. Internship gives you the first chance to build that up … use it!
Pre Placement Talks:
Please attend the ppts of at least those companies which fall into your sector of interest. At ppts you get to see a lot more things than the boring presentations and the pay package. Most companies bring along with them alumni who have spent a few years in the company. Observing or interacting with them will give you a good assessment of what you are going to be a few years from now if you join that company. For example I observed that alumni of XYZ Company were not as upbeat and confident as alumni of ABC Company (names havebeen hidden on request ;) ) even if XYZ was paying plenty more than ABC. I knew then and there that I would want to join ABC and never applied to XYZ. Be sure to utilize them and be sure to clear all your doubts and conceptions. Once you start attending presentations you will observe junta asking questions just to score brownie points with the speaker. Believe me it won't help one bit in landing them a job!
Resumes:
Making an appealing resume is the single most important step in the placement process and IITK is notorious for its bad resumes, so attend workshops. Like most IITK junta I sucked at making a resume (and still do), but whatever little skill I have, I got through workshops. One workshop I would advise everyone to attend is the resume making workshop of McKinsey. Get your resumes checked and edited by those who have been through placement especially by those from other IITs (I know this will hurt a lot of egos, but IITB's resumes are some of the best. Those dudes have mastered the art of making an impact with whatever little they've got, while we excel at doing exactly the opposite :P). Prepare an impactful resume and don't submit the same resume to every company, make changes based on the profile.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Experience: Well, this is one place where no one could figure out what the basis of short listing was. My guess is, they were looking for people who made good use of their time in IITK, and probably some leadership qualities. 16 of us were shortlisted to give the test.
Round: Test
Experience: That's what they liked to call it and for their satisfaction let's call it that. The test had only personality profiling questions (multiple choice with "what best describes you, what worst describes you‟ type questions.). There was no shortlist from this 'test' ;)
Round: Interview
Experience: There were two rounds. Both of them were similar in nature. The interview was with a panel of 4, one from HR and 3 from refining operations.This is a classic interview where you are in control and can steer it in any direction you want, technical or extra-curriculars.
Tips: We brushed up every course in chemical engineering, learnt about most things in refining in 6 days. But later I laughed at myself for doing that, you will too when you see the type of questions they asked me. But some other interviews did go technical, so you can never be too careful.
For most of the questions, I banked mostly on the Dance Club and my internship. Some junta probably made a mistake of steering it into technical even when they weren't too confident about technical, just because it was a core profile, thus leaving out their real strengths. Although I was a nervous initially, I pulled my show together and answered with confidence. 4 people got selected for the next round. The next round was again a similar interview, and after about 20 minutes I was told that I was selected.
I was sincere and confident in every answer. I didn't typecast myself as a perfect person but as a simple person, who is open minded, can take hold of difficult situations and can be a good leader/team player. They loved my passion for dance and the effort I would put into an activity I truly loved.
Lastly, here's a little secret: They weren't interested in testing our technical skills, cause they assumed that we IITians had that in plenty. (Yeah right!! :D )
General Tips: Internship: (attention third year people!)
When it comes to the placement interview, internships play pivotal role. There are rarely any interviews where the interviewee isn't drilled on their internships. So, please don‟t treat an internship as a paid vacation. Good work done during the internship gives one the confidence that can very well bowl the interviewer over (as it did in my case :D). Believe me confidence does much more than get you a job; it determines success and failure in mostundertakings. Internship gives you the first chance to build that up … use it!
Pre Placement Talks:
Please attend the ppts of at least those companies which fall into your sector of interest. At ppts you get to see a lot more things than the boring presentations and the pay package. Most companies bring along with them alumni who have spent a few years in the company. Observing or interacting with them will give you a good assessment of what you are going to be a few years from now if you join that company. For example I observed that alumni of XYZ Company were not as upbeat and confident as alumni of ABC Company (names havebeen hidden on request ;) ) even if XYZ was paying plenty more than ABC. I knew then and there that I would want to join ABC and never applied to XYZ. Be sure to utilize them and be sure to clear all your doubts and conceptions. Once you start attending presentations you will observe junta asking questions just to score brownie points with the speaker. Believe me it won't help one bit in landing them a job!
Resumes:
Making an appealing resume is the single most important step in the placement process and IITK is notorious for its bad resumes, so attend workshops. Like most IITK junta I sucked at making a resume (and still do), but whatever little skill I have, I got through workshops. One workshop I would advise everyone to attend is the resume making workshop of McKinsey. Get your resumes checked and edited by those who have been through placement especially by those from other IITs (I know this will hurt a lot of egos, but IITB's resumes are some of the best. Those dudes have mastered the art of making an impact with whatever little they've got, while we excel at doing exactly the opposite :P). Prepare an impactful resume and don't submit the same resume to every company, make changes based on the profile.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: CPI, Projects, and academic achievements if any should be banked upon. If you have had an intern in the oil sector, make sure to highlight it.
Tips: Shortlisting was based on CPI, Category, Gender etc. (yeah… stop getting all judgmental! It's a PSU, what nelse do you expect?)
Round: Interview
Experience: My interview experience won't really help you, so I'll talk about those who made it. There is a great stress on technical skills. Typical topics asked were about distillation columns, cracking, separation processes, and basic thermodynamics. If you have done a course in Petroleum or have had an internship in a refinery, and if you can show you have enough knowledge on this topic, you are through.
Tips: IOCL was even offering a marketing profile. So I steered my interview that way, all my questions were about marketing and I answered them with gusto. (In retrospect this was a big mistake since they wanted IITians in technical roles alone. Most junta had technical interviews.)
After the interview I was sure I got through this time. I went straight to sleep. I woke up later that night to some loud noises (the gpl ones) only to find out that I hadn't been selected. I was heartbroken. I wondered all night if I made a big mistake by leaving all those companies which now seemed to be so good.
General Tips: Internship: (attention third year people!)
When it comes to the placement interview, internships play pivotal role. There are rarely any interviews where the interviewee isn't drilled on their internships. So, please don‟t treat an internship as a paid vacation. Good work done during the internship gives one the confidence that can very well bowl the interviewer over (as it did in my case :D). Believe me confidence does much more than get you a job; it determines success and failure in mostundertakings. Internship gives you the first chance to build that up … use it!
Pre Placement Talks:
Please attend the ppts of at least those companies which fall into your sector of interest. At ppts you get to see a lot more things than the boring presentations and the pay package. Most companies bring along with them alumni who have spent a few years in the company. Observing or interacting with them will give you a good assessment of what you are going to be a few years from now if you join that company. For example I observed that alumni of XYZ Company were not as upbeat and confident as alumni of ABC Company (names have been hidden on request ;) ) even if XYZ was paying plenty more than ABC. I knew then and there that I would want to join ABC and never applied to XYZ. Be sure to utilize them and be sure to clear all your doubts and conceptions. Once you start attending presentations you will observe junta asking questions just to score brownie points with the speaker. Believe me it won't help one bit in landing them a job!
Resumes:
Making an appealing resume is the single most important step in the placement process and IITK is notorious for its bad resumes, so attend workshops. Like most IITK junta I sucked at making a resume (and still do), but whatever little skill I have, I got through workshops. One workshop I would advise everyone to attend is the resume making workshop of McKinsey. Get your resumes checked and edited by those who have been through placement especially by those from other IITs (I know this will hurt a lot of egos, but IITB's resumes are some of the best. Those dudes have mastered the art of making an impact with whatever little they've got, while we excel at doing exactly the opposite :P). Prepare an impactful resume and don't submit the same resume to every company, make changes based on the profile.
Prioritize.
(For the first 14 days) During recession choose a sector if you must but not packages and companies. There's a whole life time left to fill your money bags.
(Applicable after day 14): Don't choose too much. If you can live with that job for a year or two without hating yourself, take it! You can jump jobs later and purse higher education later to get into the right job.
Always take a calculated risk.
Judge yourself based on the competition, your competencies etc and not on blind faith. And yes, remember when the stakes are high so are the losses.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Experience: CPI, Projects, and academic achievements if any should be banked upon. If you have had an intern in the oil sector, make sure to highlight it.
Tips: Shortlisting was based on CPI, Category, Gender etc. (yeah… stop getting all judgmental! It's a PSU, what nelse do you expect?)
Round: Interview
Experience: My interview experience won't really help you, so I'll talk about those who made it. There is a great stress on technical skills. Typical topics asked were about distillation columns, cracking, separation processes, and basic thermodynamics. If you have done a course in Petroleum or have had an internship in a refinery, and if you can show you have enough knowledge on this topic, you are through.
Tips: IOCL was even offering a marketing profile. So I steered my interview that way, all my questions were about marketing and I answered them with gusto. (In retrospect this was a big mistake since they wanted IITians in technical roles alone. Most junta had technical interviews.)
After the interview I was sure I got through this time. I went straight to sleep. I woke up later that night to some loud noises (the gpl ones) only to find out that I hadn't been selected. I was heartbroken. I wondered all night if I made a big mistake by leaving all those companies which now seemed to be so good.
General Tips: Internship: (attention third year people!)
When it comes to the placement interview, internships play pivotal role. There are rarely any interviews where the interviewee isn't drilled on their internships. So, please don‟t treat an internship as a paid vacation. Good work done during the internship gives one the confidence that can very well bowl the interviewer over (as it did in my case :D). Believe me confidence does much more than get you a job; it determines success and failure in mostundertakings. Internship gives you the first chance to build that up … use it!
Pre Placement Talks:
Please attend the ppts of at least those companies which fall into your sector of interest. At ppts you get to see a lot more things than the boring presentations and the pay package. Most companies bring along with them alumni who have spent a few years in the company. Observing or interacting with them will give you a good assessment of what you are going to be a few years from now if you join that company. For example I observed that alumni of XYZ Company were not as upbeat and confident as alumni of ABC Company (names have been hidden on request ;) ) even if XYZ was paying plenty more than ABC. I knew then and there that I would want to join ABC and never applied to XYZ. Be sure to utilize them and be sure to clear all your doubts and conceptions. Once you start attending presentations you will observe junta asking questions just to score brownie points with the speaker. Believe me it won't help one bit in landing them a job!
Resumes:
Making an appealing resume is the single most important step in the placement process and IITK is notorious for its bad resumes, so attend workshops. Like most IITK junta I sucked at making a resume (and still do), but whatever little skill I have, I got through workshops. One workshop I would advise everyone to attend is the resume making workshop of McKinsey. Get your resumes checked and edited by those who have been through placement especially by those from other IITs (I know this will hurt a lot of egos, but IITB's resumes are some of the best. Those dudes have mastered the art of making an impact with whatever little they've got, while we excel at doing exactly the opposite :P). Prepare an impactful resume and don't submit the same resume to every company, make changes based on the profile.
Prioritize.
(For the first 14 days) During recession choose a sector if you must but not packages and companies. There's a whole life time left to fill your money bags.
(Applicable after day 14): Don't choose too much. If you can live with that job for a year or two without hating yourself, take it! You can jump jobs later and purse higher education later to get into the right job.
Always take a calculated risk.
Judge yourself based on the competition, your competencies etc and not on blind faith. And yes, remember when the stakes are high so are the losses.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: They look for a good CPI, projects and a little bit of extracurricular (to make sure you are a team player). Improvise accordingly.
Round: Test
Experience: Their test is a little different. The job requires one to understand technology so they have a section where one has to read a typical extract of a paper and choose the simplified meaning of the same. It also contains some cat type questions and general questions about technology (like the principle of a microwave oven, etc). It was a miracle I got through the test.
Round: Interview
Experience: The interviewer mainly concentrated on my technical projects (especially BTP) and my internships (be thorough in both these to be able to crack core companies). There were other technical questions broadly on chemical engineering (principle of so and so instrument etc) and other HR questions like how you rate yourself in technology on a scale of 1 to 5, career
plans, reason to join the company etc.
Tips: The interview went pretty well. I answered all questions to his satisfaction with enthusiasm and confidence. This was one place I was sure I‟d get through, but sadly never made it to the second round of interviews. Some say they didn‟t have a requirement for chemical engineering students and they needed only CSE and EE people, but we never know.
General Tips: Internship: (attention third year people!)
When it comes to the placement interview, internships play pivotal role. There are rarely any interviews where the interviewee isn't drilled on their internships. So, please don‟t treat an internship as a paid vacation. Good work done during the internship gives one the confidence that can very well bowl the interviewer over (as it did in my case :D). Believe me confidence does much more than get you a job; it determines success and failure in mostundertakings. Internship gives you the first chance to build that up … use it!
Pre Placement Talks:
Please attend the ppts of at least those companies which fall into your sector of interest. At ppts you get to see a lot more things than the boring presentations and the pay package. Most companies bring along with them alumni who have spent a few years in the company. Observing or interacting with them will give you a good assessment of what you are going to be a few years from now if you join that company. For example I observed that alumni of XYZ Company were not as upbeat and confident as alumni of ABC Company (names havebeen hidden on request ;) ) even if XYZ was paying plenty more than ABC. I knew then and there that I would want to join ABC and never applied to XYZ. Be sure to utilize them and be sure to clear all your doubts and conceptions. Once you start attending presentations you will observe junta asking questions just to score brownie points with the speaker. Believe me it won't help one bit in landing them a job!
Resumes:
Making an appealing resume is the single most important step in the placement process and IITK is notorious for its bad resumes, so attend workshops. Like most IITK junta I sucked at making a resume (and still do), but whatever little skill I have, I got through workshops. One workshop I would advise everyone to attend is the resume making workshop of McKinsey. Get your resumes checked and edited by those who have been through placement especially by those from other IITs (I know this will hurt a lot of egos, but IITB's resumes are some of the best. Those dudes have mastered the art of making an impact with whatever little they've got, while we excel at doing exactly the opposite :P). Prepare an impactful resume and don't submit the same resume to every company, make changes based on the profile.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Experience: They look for a good CPI, projects and a little bit of extracurricular (to make sure you are a team player). Improvise accordingly.
Round: Test
Experience: Their test is a little different. The job requires one to understand technology so they have a section where one has to read a typical extract of a paper and choose the simplified meaning of the same. It also contains some cat type questions and general questions about technology (like the principle of a microwave oven, etc). It was a miracle I got through the test.
Round: Interview
Experience: The interviewer mainly concentrated on my technical projects (especially BTP) and my internships (be thorough in both these to be able to crack core companies). There were other technical questions broadly on chemical engineering (principle of so and so instrument etc) and other HR questions like how you rate yourself in technology on a scale of 1 to 5, career
plans, reason to join the company etc.
Tips: The interview went pretty well. I answered all questions to his satisfaction with enthusiasm and confidence. This was one place I was sure I‟d get through, but sadly never made it to the second round of interviews. Some say they didn‟t have a requirement for chemical engineering students and they needed only CSE and EE people, but we never know.
General Tips: Internship: (attention third year people!)
When it comes to the placement interview, internships play pivotal role. There are rarely any interviews where the interviewee isn't drilled on their internships. So, please don‟t treat an internship as a paid vacation. Good work done during the internship gives one the confidence that can very well bowl the interviewer over (as it did in my case :D). Believe me confidence does much more than get you a job; it determines success and failure in mostundertakings. Internship gives you the first chance to build that up … use it!
Pre Placement Talks:
Please attend the ppts of at least those companies which fall into your sector of interest. At ppts you get to see a lot more things than the boring presentations and the pay package. Most companies bring along with them alumni who have spent a few years in the company. Observing or interacting with them will give you a good assessment of what you are going to be a few years from now if you join that company. For example I observed that alumni of XYZ Company were not as upbeat and confident as alumni of ABC Company (names havebeen hidden on request ;) ) even if XYZ was paying plenty more than ABC. I knew then and there that I would want to join ABC and never applied to XYZ. Be sure to utilize them and be sure to clear all your doubts and conceptions. Once you start attending presentations you will observe junta asking questions just to score brownie points with the speaker. Believe me it won't help one bit in landing them a job!
Resumes:
Making an appealing resume is the single most important step in the placement process and IITK is notorious for its bad resumes, so attend workshops. Like most IITK junta I sucked at making a resume (and still do), but whatever little skill I have, I got through workshops. One workshop I would advise everyone to attend is the resume making workshop of McKinsey. Get your resumes checked and edited by those who have been through placement especially by those from other IITs (I know this will hurt a lot of egos, but IITB's resumes are some of the best. Those dudes have mastered the art of making an impact with whatever little they've got, while we excel at doing exactly the opposite :P). Prepare an impactful resume and don't submit the same resume to every company, make changes based on the profile.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Transocean had initially one GD. The first interview round was just for 1 mins.
Round: Stress Interview
Experience: A number of hypothetical situations were thrown at me and I had to tell them how I would respond to them. They were just trying to check if I was mentally prepared for taking up a job in Transocean. It was very important to be
pragmatic and honest in this round rather than giving ideal answers.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Experience: Transocean had initially one GD. The first interview round was just for 1 mins.
Round: Stress Interview
Experience: A number of hypothetical situations were thrown at me and I had to tell them how I would respond to them. They were just trying to check if I was mentally prepared for taking up a job in Transocean. It was very important to be
pragmatic and honest in this round rather than giving ideal answers.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Group Activity
Experience: The group activity of Schlums was again easy and I got selected for the next round.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Since my btp is funded by Schlumberger it wasn't tough for me to convince them. My interview was mostly based on my btp work and a few questions testing my basics in manufacturing processes. The general HR questions were like: why Schlumberger, any failures in life, how I tackled them and so on. The interview didn't last too long. I couldn't attend the informal session as I had Transocean interview at that time.
General Tips: The first 2 months I was busy preparing for GRE and hence didn't have much time to prepare foR placements. But I kept on attending all the PPTs to find about the kind of work done, the kind of people who work there and the subsequent growth opportunities. That also helped me in identifying the companies that I need to target. Next was the resume making. It involved talking to few of the seniors and then tailoring my resume according to the company’s requirements. Another issue was that looking at my resume the companies shouldn't feel that I intend to app too and hence I had to very carefully choose the stuff that I wanted to mention in my resume, even if that meant concealing some of the achievements because they gave the impression that I would eventually go for higher studies. Also it’s important to be completely honest in the resume or else one can falter in the interview process.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Experience: The group activity of Schlums was again easy and I got selected for the next round.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Since my btp is funded by Schlumberger it wasn't tough for me to convince them. My interview was mostly based on my btp work and a few questions testing my basics in manufacturing processes. The general HR questions were like: why Schlumberger, any failures in life, how I tackled them and so on. The interview didn't last too long. I couldn't attend the informal session as I had Transocean interview at that time.
General Tips: The first 2 months I was busy preparing for GRE and hence didn't have much time to prepare foR placements. But I kept on attending all the PPTs to find about the kind of work done, the kind of people who work there and the subsequent growth opportunities. That also helped me in identifying the companies that I need to target. Next was the resume making. It involved talking to few of the seniors and then tailoring my resume according to the company’s requirements. Another issue was that looking at my resume the companies shouldn't feel that I intend to app too and hence I had to very carefully choose the stuff that I wanted to mention in my resume, even if that meant concealing some of the achievements because they gave the impression that I would eventually go for higher studies. Also it’s important to be completely honest in the resume or else one can falter in the interview process.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
2 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: The GD was easy, based on a case study.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The first round of interview started with general HR questions like tell me about yourself, why ITC, why not so good cpi in first year and so on. Somehow the mention of industrial tour came and from there on, all the questions were based on TATA steel and steel-making in general (we went to Jamshedpur for our industrial tour). In case of ITC it is very important to know about the company fully. Hence reading the company’s website before the interview helps. I was asked its motto and when I answered it correctly the entire panel was very impressed.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The 2nd round was a one-on-one interview. What went wrong here was that I knew about my major projects (like btp, summer intern) very well but didn't remember the exact details of the TA project that I had done during my 3rd
semester. The interviewer somehow found that project quite interesting and kept on asking me questions about it and I couldn't answer many. Later, he jumped onto the term paper that I had written for one of the psychology courses and again I stumbled. Hence I feel I didn’t know my resume too well at that time (just focused on the main projects) and perhaps that went against me.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Experience: The GD was easy, based on a case study.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The first round of interview started with general HR questions like tell me about yourself, why ITC, why not so good cpi in first year and so on. Somehow the mention of industrial tour came and from there on, all the questions were based on TATA steel and steel-making in general (we went to Jamshedpur for our industrial tour). In case of ITC it is very important to know about the company fully. Hence reading the company’s website before the interview helps. I was asked its motto and when I answered it correctly the entire panel was very impressed.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The 2nd round was a one-on-one interview. What went wrong here was that I knew about my major projects (like btp, summer intern) very well but didn't remember the exact details of the TA project that I had done during my 3rd
semester. The interviewer somehow found that project quite interesting and kept on asking me questions about it and I couldn't answer many. Later, he jumped onto the term paper that I had written for one of the psychology courses and again I stumbled. Hence I feel I didn’t know my resume too well at that time (just focused on the main projects) and perhaps that went against me.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Group Activity
Experience: There was initially an interview of about 5 mins in which they asked me to describe a situation where I worked in a team.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: Then there was a case study round. It was a slightly involved case on the credit card industry and involved a lot of
calculations. There were 3 different credit card strategies with different rates of interest and credit limits and we had to choose the best strategy for the company. I came up with correct strategy and hence got through the first round.
The 2nd case was that of Dominos evaluating a new scheme wherein they would offer a 30% discount instead of 100%, in cases where the pizzas could not be delivered within 30 minutes. Next the discount was changed to 70%. I was asked to evaluate the on-time delivery that they can risk not to have in order to make the same profit as they make when they give 100% discount and have 90% on-time delivery. Then I was asked to plot a graph between on-time delivery and the discount offered and interpret it. It was there that I lost track and couldn't come up with the right conclusion. Nevertheless I was selected for the next round.
Round: Behavioural Interview
Experience: It was a behavioral interview wherein I had to describe them 3 situations in detail. During the entire interview the interviewer kept writing something on the paper. The key to this round was choosing the right incidents and then describing each and every point in detail. It lasted for about 30 mins. Ideally there were to be only 2 rounds of case interview and one behavioral interview but I was again called for a 3rd case interview round. It was very similar to the 1st case except that the credit card company was replaced by a dish-tv one. This one didn't go very well as I was very much exhausted and hence faltered at several places.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Experience: There was initially an interview of about 5 mins in which they asked me to describe a situation where I worked in a team.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: Then there was a case study round. It was a slightly involved case on the credit card industry and involved a lot of
calculations. There were 3 different credit card strategies with different rates of interest and credit limits and we had to choose the best strategy for the company. I came up with correct strategy and hence got through the first round.
The 2nd case was that of Dominos evaluating a new scheme wherein they would offer a 30% discount instead of 100%, in cases where the pizzas could not be delivered within 30 minutes. Next the discount was changed to 70%. I was asked to evaluate the on-time delivery that they can risk not to have in order to make the same profit as they make when they give 100% discount and have 90% on-time delivery. Then I was asked to plot a graph between on-time delivery and the discount offered and interpret it. It was there that I lost track and couldn't come up with the right conclusion. Nevertheless I was selected for the next round.
Round: Behavioural Interview
Experience: It was a behavioral interview wherein I had to describe them 3 situations in detail. During the entire interview the interviewer kept writing something on the paper. The key to this round was choosing the right incidents and then describing each and every point in detail. It lasted for about 30 mins. Ideally there were to be only 2 rounds of case interview and one behavioral interview but I was again called for a 3rd case interview round. It was very similar to the 1st case except that the credit card company was replaced by a dish-tv one. This one didn't go very well as I was very much exhausted and hence faltered at several places.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. NLP : pattern matching in large corpus
- Q2. Simple puzzle on vertices rearrangement on a graph
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The question was a little bizarre , and was open ended. The interviewers were able to provide corner cases and counter examples for my solutions, but they too couldn't lead towards the write solution. In the end they asked me to think over it. They asked me more basic questions on NLP as it was my research interest, but I was able to answer them.
Tips: Know what you know and what you don't know. Keep talking to the interviewer and follow the aloud thinking process. Keep the interviewer in the loop with you.
Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: He asked me to do a simple puzzle on his mobile where i have to rearrange vertices of a graph to follow some condition. I didn't know the solution but i kept trying, trying to solve one case after another. Turned out, wasn't that difficult.
Round: Group Activity
Experience: Five students were shortlisted for this, 3 questions were given for it. We had to solve them and discuss our solutions later with the interviewers. The questions weren't difficult, it was just how you told them their solutions and how you answered their counter arguments .
Skill Tips: Read your resume thoroughly and go through your research interests carefully.
Skills: Programming, Research Interests, Resume reading
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Motivation: I always wanted to work for a research lab , as development companies didn't attract me. So i was focusing for IBM IRL , Xerox and Samsung R&D. Luckily I got IBM.
Experience: The question was a little bizarre , and was open ended. The interviewers were able to provide corner cases and counter examples for my solutions, but they too couldn't lead towards the write solution. In the end they asked me to think over it. They asked me more basic questions on NLP as it was my research interest, but I was able to answer them.
Tips: Know what you know and what you don't know. Keep talking to the interviewer and follow the aloud thinking process. Keep the interviewer in the loop with you.
Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: He asked me to do a simple puzzle on his mobile where i have to rearrange vertices of a graph to follow some condition. I didn't know the solution but i kept trying, trying to solve one case after another. Turned out, wasn't that difficult.
Round: Group Activity
Experience: Five students were shortlisted for this, 3 questions were given for it. We had to solve them and discuss our solutions later with the interviewers. The questions weren't difficult, it was just how you told them their solutions and how you answered their counter arguments .
Skill Tips: Read your resume thoroughly and go through your research interests carefully.
Skills: Programming, Research Interests, Resume reading
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Motivation: I always wanted to work for a research lab , as development companies didn't attract me. So i was focusing for IBM IRL , Xerox and Samsung R&D. Luckily I got IBM.
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: The application procedure of ITC requires you to submit the resume and fill their form. The form contains various question on your projects, attitude, extra-curricular activities etc. Fill the form honestly because this form will be the base of your interview
Making resume is very important step for placement preparation and hence take it very seriously. In summers I started building my resume. I used all the resources available on the student placement office IITK website along with help from seniors and my wing mates, to prepare a one page resume to fit for ITC profile. It took almost one month for me to get the final version of resume through which I can apply for the company.Form : It includes few question related to your grades, projects/internship, Position of responsibilities(POR), extracurricular activities and 2 or 3 HR based questions, Details are as follow:
Few personal details specifically Semester wise SPI, GRE score etc.
Details of internship/projects, extracurricular activities, PORs etc.
Your short terms and long term objectives
Why do u want to work with ITC
What do you think is your most significant achievement
Give an instance where you put Mind Over Matter
Your social engagement
Tips: Be honest and creative while making resume
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: ITC GD is based on a given case where you have to prioritize the given set of things. One GD group consist of 8 students and approximately 25 min time duration. There are 3 person to judge a single GD and hence its almost a fare GD.
Tips: Please follow all the general rules of GD that is : Don’t shout, don’t be aggressive etc.
Round: Interview
Experience: Before the interview I was very nervous and It was a sleepless night. And it was my first professional interview and it went very smooth. During internship I was failed to clear GD rounds for ITC and HUL and then I decided not to apply in any other companies .Hence this interview was very first interview for me.ITC interview was scheduled on 1st December from 6 am to 11 am . My interview started with a question “Tell me something about yourself” I started with my school life and then gradually moved towards IITK life and here I described about My most significant achievement of IITK i.e. “TEAM ABUS-DCS” with the help of designs I carried in my file and there after the rest of the interview was based on TEAM ABUS-DCS projects. No extra technical question were asked to me. Some of my friends who were selected for ITC interview told me that they were grilled over Technical question based on pumps, Thermodynamics cycles etc.
Topics generally asked in the ITC interview: - Pumps, cooling towers, Thermodynamics(TD) cycles, TD laws, desert coolers, Refrigeration cycle, Valves, Mixers, Process control scheme, ,Distillation columns, VLE, Derivation of Navier stokes equation, Bernoulli equation etc. I used my notes and Wikipedia to revise all these topics.
Tips: Do’s and Don’ts:
Do’s :
Make your priority very clear
Make a general time timeline for your placement preparation to keep track of your time
Prepare for the placement with a positive hope but at the same time you have to be realistic
Make a group in wing or outside wing, it will help you to make your placement preparation easy and interesting
Take healthy food and keep yourself healthy
Don’t’s :
Don’t underestimate your self
Don’t prepare alone otherwise soon you will be bored/tired of preparation
Round: Interview
Experience: My HR interview too was started with a question “Tell me something about yourself” and there were few questions about my family, school life, hobbies, and major portion of interview was focused on TEAM ABUS-DCS
Here question were based on both types i.e. HR and technical. I answered few of the HR questions in Hindi and this is the point where I become friendly with the interviewer and then a general conversation started about my projects and family. I was lucky to have such a smooth experience , The day was not at all hectic for me. The only time between my interview and declaration of final results was the most tensed time for me.
Tips: Be honest and cool
Skill Tips: These skills can not be developed in just a day, Be sincere throughout your academic duration and do your assignments regularly to improve technical skills. Try to get involved in some management activities as well.
Follow the books which your professor recommends you while doing a course work, For final revision follow your class notes. Along with my notes I also used wikipedia for the revision.
If any of your topic is too weak, Then follow the corresponding NPTEL lectures on youtube
Skills: Technical skills, Communications skills, Management skills, Frankness
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Motivation: ITC is one of the leading Indian company in FMCG sector which constantly endeavours to benchmark its products, services and processes to global standards and thus best suitable for the job
ITC's Core Values are aimed at developing a customer-focused, high-performance organization, which creates value for all its stakeholders.
Wide business insight. ITC being a conglomerate, gives an exposure of diverse functions like supply chain, marketing etc.
Experience: The application procedure of ITC requires you to submit the resume and fill their form. The form contains various question on your projects, attitude, extra-curricular activities etc. Fill the form honestly because this form will be the base of your interview
Making resume is very important step for placement preparation and hence take it very seriously. In summers I started building my resume. I used all the resources available on the student placement office IITK website along with help from seniors and my wing mates, to prepare a one page resume to fit for ITC profile. It took almost one month for me to get the final version of resume through which I can apply for the company.Form : It includes few question related to your grades, projects/internship, Position of responsibilities(POR), extracurricular activities and 2 or 3 HR based questions, Details are as follow:
Few personal details specifically Semester wise SPI, GRE score etc.
Details of internship/projects, extracurricular activities, PORs etc.
Your short terms and long term objectives
Why do u want to work with ITC
What do you think is your most significant achievement
Give an instance where you put Mind Over Matter
Your social engagement
Tips: Be honest and creative while making resume
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: ITC GD is based on a given case where you have to prioritize the given set of things. One GD group consist of 8 students and approximately 25 min time duration. There are 3 person to judge a single GD and hence its almost a fare GD.
Tips: Please follow all the general rules of GD that is : Don’t shout, don’t be aggressive etc.
Round: Interview
Experience: Before the interview I was very nervous and It was a sleepless night. And it was my first professional interview and it went very smooth. During internship I was failed to clear GD rounds for ITC and HUL and then I decided not to apply in any other companies .Hence this interview was very first interview for me.ITC interview was scheduled on 1st December from 6 am to 11 am . My interview started with a question “Tell me something about yourself” I started with my school life and then gradually moved towards IITK life and here I described about My most significant achievement of IITK i.e. “TEAM ABUS-DCS” with the help of designs I carried in my file and there after the rest of the interview was based on TEAM ABUS-DCS projects. No extra technical question were asked to me. Some of my friends who were selected for ITC interview told me that they were grilled over Technical question based on pumps, Thermodynamics cycles etc.
Topics generally asked in the ITC interview: - Pumps, cooling towers, Thermodynamics(TD) cycles, TD laws, desert coolers, Refrigeration cycle, Valves, Mixers, Process control scheme, ,Distillation columns, VLE, Derivation of Navier stokes equation, Bernoulli equation etc. I used my notes and Wikipedia to revise all these topics.
Tips: Do’s and Don’ts:
Do’s :
Make your priority very clear
Make a general time timeline for your placement preparation to keep track of your time
Prepare for the placement with a positive hope but at the same time you have to be realistic
Make a group in wing or outside wing, it will help you to make your placement preparation easy and interesting
Take healthy food and keep yourself healthy
Don’t’s :
Don’t underestimate your self
Don’t prepare alone otherwise soon you will be bored/tired of preparation
Round: Interview
Experience: My HR interview too was started with a question “Tell me something about yourself” and there were few questions about my family, school life, hobbies, and major portion of interview was focused on TEAM ABUS-DCS
Here question were based on both types i.e. HR and technical. I answered few of the HR questions in Hindi and this is the point where I become friendly with the interviewer and then a general conversation started about my projects and family. I was lucky to have such a smooth experience , The day was not at all hectic for me. The only time between my interview and declaration of final results was the most tensed time for me.
Tips: Be honest and cool
Skill Tips: These skills can not be developed in just a day, Be sincere throughout your academic duration and do your assignments regularly to improve technical skills. Try to get involved in some management activities as well.
Follow the books which your professor recommends you while doing a course work, For final revision follow your class notes. Along with my notes I also used wikipedia for the revision.
If any of your topic is too weak, Then follow the corresponding NPTEL lectures on youtube
Skills: Technical skills, Communications skills, Management skills, Frankness
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Motivation: ITC is one of the leading Indian company in FMCG sector which constantly endeavours to benchmark its products, services and processes to global standards and thus best suitable for the job
ITC's Core Values are aimed at developing a customer-focused, high-performance organization, which creates value for all its stakeholders.
Wide business insight. ITC being a conglomerate, gives an exposure of diverse functions like supply chain, marketing etc.
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