Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
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27 Dec 2024
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5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Standard HR questions
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: There were three panel members. As it was a Japanese company and was coming to IIT Kanpur for the first time, I didn't have much inclination towards the company. 1st round was a personality test, where they ask general questions like: 'Rate yourself'.
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: None of their rounds was an elimination round.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: It was a pure HR interview. They were simply looking for interested candidates willing to work in Japan.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Experience: There were three panel members. As it was a Japanese company and was coming to IIT Kanpur for the first time, I didn't have much inclination towards the company. 1st round was a personality test, where they ask general questions like: 'Rate yourself'.
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: None of their rounds was an elimination round.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: It was a pure HR interview. They were simply looking for interested candidates willing to work in Japan.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
1 Interview Round
Interview Questions
- Q1. Number of smart phones sold in a year?
- Q2. Number of bouquets sold in a year?
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: They generally ask 'number cases'. If you are selected in opera only then concentrate more on number cases. You can use B-club casebook given on SPO site. Here also, interaction with my buddy was good. The panel member was also from MME and had done some work on continuous casting so there was a healthy discussion on the project topic. Though I solved the case well, I was not qualified for third round.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Experience: They generally ask 'number cases'. If you are selected in opera only then concentrate more on number cases. You can use B-club casebook given on SPO site. Here also, interaction with my buddy was good. The panel member was also from MME and had done some work on continuous casting so there was a healthy discussion on the project topic. Though I solved the case well, I was not qualified for third round.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Resume-based questions
- Q2. Number of flights in air at a time?
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Firstly they did resume-based shortlisting and I was selected.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: I was little nervous and didn’t solve the case well. I even missed the workshop due to academic reasons which again proved a negative point in my case. Buddy interaction was good. My suggestions are show enthusiasm with your buddy (mentor) and take interest in everything. Their assessment starts right from the time they take you out for the dinner till your final interview.
Tips: 1. Show enthusiasm from the start.
2. Have good interaction with your buddy or even with seniors in BCG.
3. Show lots of interest.
4. Prepare well for the case studies.
5. They mainly ask strategy cases which are given in elaborate manner in "case in point". The best thing is to prepare in group 3-4ppl or in your wings on a regular basis.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Experience: Firstly they did resume-based shortlisting and I was selected.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: I was little nervous and didn’t solve the case well. I even missed the workshop due to academic reasons which again proved a negative point in my case. Buddy interaction was good. My suggestions are show enthusiasm with your buddy (mentor) and take interest in everything. Their assessment starts right from the time they take you out for the dinner till your final interview.
Tips: 1. Show enthusiasm from the start.
2. Have good interaction with your buddy or even with seniors in BCG.
3. Show lots of interest.
4. Prepare well for the case studies.
5. They mainly ask strategy cases which are given in elaborate manner in "case in point". The best thing is to prepare in group 3-4ppl or in your wings on a regular basis.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. What was your GRE score?
- Q2. How was CAT?
- Q3. Convince me that you won't go for higher studies?
- Q4. Project-related questions
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: CPI cut-off was 8.0 and I easily cleared as I had a CPI of 9.4
Round: Test
Experience: Questions included:
1. Basic programming questions (to find output, basic SQL, java, C)
2. Basic stats questions (mean, median, mode)
3. Two essay questions (one was 'Why Axtria?').
Round: Other Interview
Experience: This was a skype interview conducted by IITK alum. By this time, I had enough experience of giving interviews so HR was well prepared. I didn't took GRE, so I said that. I didn't opted for CAT either as I didn't wanted to go for MBA. He said we are convinced with your quantitative and writing skills through test, just convince me that you won't go for higher studies-I justified, since I didn’t enabled the video feature so couldn’t know whether he was convinced or not. projects. My Interview was about to end, but I asked him some question and he started describing the work at Axtria and finally asked me to solve a case study.
General Tips: 1. Prepare HR well and before the actual Interview, give at least 2-3 dummy interviews.
2. Go through company website carefully; and prepare 2-3 good questions to ask in the end.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Experience: CPI cut-off was 8.0 and I easily cleared as I had a CPI of 9.4
Round: Test
Experience: Questions included:
1. Basic programming questions (to find output, basic SQL, java, C)
2. Basic stats questions (mean, median, mode)
3. Two essay questions (one was 'Why Axtria?').
Round: Other Interview
Experience: This was a skype interview conducted by IITK alum. By this time, I had enough experience of giving interviews so HR was well prepared. I didn't took GRE, so I said that. I didn't opted for CAT either as I didn't wanted to go for MBA. He said we are convinced with your quantitative and writing skills through test, just convince me that you won't go for higher studies-I justified, since I didn’t enabled the video feature so couldn’t know whether he was convinced or not. projects. My Interview was about to end, but I asked him some question and he started describing the work at Axtria and finally asked me to solve a case study.
General Tips: 1. Prepare HR well and before the actual Interview, give at least 2-3 dummy interviews.
2. Go through company website carefully; and prepare 2-3 good questions to ask in the end.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Tell me about myself?
- Q2. Explain your resume?
- Q3. What is the GDP of India?
- Q4. What is Purchasing Power Parity?
- Q5. Effect of FDI on the local retailers?
- Q6. Solve a case of the Jet Airways and the issue of profitability?
- Q7. Few guess estimates questions
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: They had shortlisted about 40 people based on CV. Then they had interview rounds.
Round: Interview
Experience: I had prepared well for such a question and started explaining. They seemed disinterested till I told them about my hobby of reading business newspapers. This hobby of mine fascinated them, because it was something unusual. This became the center of discussion for the rest half of my interview. They asked me to explain some trivial business jargon.
Tips: I answered these questions well since I had knowledge about these topics and hence was able to impress the interviewer.
Round: Interview
Experience: Round 2 and 3 were a mix of Case Study and HR questions mixed. I was able to answer both the questions with certain help from the interviewer. They questioned me on my resume as well as asked me questions related to my BTP Project. Overall the interview went really well and I was hopeful of getting shortlisted.
General Tips: One must prepare well for the interview and one must realise that one can ( and one should ) always move the interview in the direction one wants. The initial HR questions can help in giving direction to the interview and hence one must prepare well for all of them. Also prepare a lot of puzzles, guess estimates and case studies for the consulting companies.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Experience: They had shortlisted about 40 people based on CV. Then they had interview rounds.
Round: Interview
Experience: I had prepared well for such a question and started explaining. They seemed disinterested till I told them about my hobby of reading business newspapers. This hobby of mine fascinated them, because it was something unusual. This became the center of discussion for the rest half of my interview. They asked me to explain some trivial business jargon.
Tips: I answered these questions well since I had knowledge about these topics and hence was able to impress the interviewer.
Round: Interview
Experience: Round 2 and 3 were a mix of Case Study and HR questions mixed. I was able to answer both the questions with certain help from the interviewer. They questioned me on my resume as well as asked me questions related to my BTP Project. Overall the interview went really well and I was hopeful of getting shortlisted.
General Tips: One must prepare well for the interview and one must realise that one can ( and one should ) always move the interview in the direction one wants. The initial HR questions can help in giving direction to the interview and hence one must prepare well for all of them. Also prepare a lot of puzzles, guess estimates and case studies for the consulting companies.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Form based questions (elaborate any answer)
- Q2. How was your internship experience, why didn’t you get a PPO?
- Q3. You don’t seem like a manager, convince us that you are suitable for this profile?
- Q4. What kind of leadership roles have you taken in the campus?
- Q5. Would you prefer ITC over BCG?
- Q6. Suppose I am the person hiring form BCG, will your answer change to the above question?
- Q7. What is a PID controller?
- Q8. How do you derive the continuity equation?
- Q9. Write down the continuity equation for a compressible flow?
- Q10. Explain swinging of the cricket ball?
- Q11. What are the different terms in the Navier Stokes equation?
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Number of people were 8. Generally, the topics are repeated so it would be a good idea to think about them before as everybody else will. However, one should be prepared for a fresh topic. Structuring and controlling/moderating the group is very important and will fetch heavy points. Also ITC is a very ethical company, so a proper decorum and formal environment is needed in the GD. Shouting and being a bad listener gets one negative points.
Tips: One could play certain games like speaking for a minute on any random topic given by someone else. These games help remove the inhibition of speaking in English and add to fluency. The only way to improve discussion skills is practicing speaking in English on random topics.
Duration: 20-25 minutes
Round: HR Interview
Tips: Yes, they do ask this difficult question, but the key is to remain positive and not regret any experience.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I was asked basics of process control (as my work in internship was linked to it ). However, I was not very comfortable with this subject, so I kindly requested them to ask from my strong subject Fluid dynamics. (Again , this is a risk which paid off in my case, might not work always.) Panel consists of 2 HR guys and one senior alum of IIT B and the duration was 40 minutes. Since my internship was with HUL, a lot of questions were asked on the project and its utility. BE thorough with any internship/projects that are mentioned in the form. I was also asked to defend my not getting a PPO with HUL.
General Tips: 1. Good CPI and department rank is a big plus
2. Should have clear basic understanding of technical course materials, specially of those courses which relate to industry (eg: fluid and thermodynamics for chemical).
3. Form is very important, spare a lot of time and be thorough with all the answers
4. For people with very strong profiles, prepare convincing answers of why ITC.
5. They need strong headed people but do not be over confident or cocky
6. Lastly, always wear a smile to the interviews.
Skill Tips: Along with basics of equipments used in factories like pumps, Heat exchangers, mixers, etc. However basic concepts of all courses should be revised as there could be questions from controls, separation process etc.
Skills: Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Experience: Number of people were 8. Generally, the topics are repeated so it would be a good idea to think about them before as everybody else will. However, one should be prepared for a fresh topic. Structuring and controlling/moderating the group is very important and will fetch heavy points. Also ITC is a very ethical company, so a proper decorum and formal environment is needed in the GD. Shouting and being a bad listener gets one negative points.
Tips: One could play certain games like speaking for a minute on any random topic given by someone else. These games help remove the inhibition of speaking in English and add to fluency. The only way to improve discussion skills is practicing speaking in English on random topics.
Duration: 20-25 minutes
Round: HR Interview
Tips: Yes, they do ask this difficult question, but the key is to remain positive and not regret any experience.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I was asked basics of process control (as my work in internship was linked to it ). However, I was not very comfortable with this subject, so I kindly requested them to ask from my strong subject Fluid dynamics. (Again , this is a risk which paid off in my case, might not work always.) Panel consists of 2 HR guys and one senior alum of IIT B and the duration was 40 minutes. Since my internship was with HUL, a lot of questions were asked on the project and its utility. BE thorough with any internship/projects that are mentioned in the form. I was also asked to defend my not getting a PPO with HUL.
General Tips: 1. Good CPI and department rank is a big plus
2. Should have clear basic understanding of technical course materials, specially of those courses which relate to industry (eg: fluid and thermodynamics for chemical).
3. Form is very important, spare a lot of time and be thorough with all the answers
4. For people with very strong profiles, prepare convincing answers of why ITC.
5. They need strong headed people but do not be over confident or cocky
6. Lastly, always wear a smile to the interviews.
Skill Tips: Along with basics of equipments used in factories like pumps, Heat exchangers, mixers, etc. However basic concepts of all courses should be revised as there could be questions from controls, separation process etc.
Skills: Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics
College Name: IIT KANPUR
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The interview was completely technical which I was not prepared for. But, later I interviewed with Samsung and got selected.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Experience: The interview was completely technical which I was not prepared for. But, later I interviewed with Samsung and got selected.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. General coding-related questions
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The interview mainly focused on coding of which I had very less preparation and was out of my curriculum. I also interviewed with Samsung and got selected there.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Experience: The interview mainly focused on coding of which I had very less preparation and was out of my curriculum. I also interviewed with Samsung and got selected there.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
2 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Coding part was very difficult. Ultimately, I landed up with a job on Samsung.
Duration: 45+45+45 minutes
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Experience: Coding part was very difficult. Ultimately, I landed up with a job on Samsung.
Duration: 45+45+45 minutes
College Name: IIT KANPUR
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Elementary coding questions
- Q2. Wireless communication
- Q3. Puzzles-related questions
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: There was an aptitude test on Day 4 and the interviews on day 5.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: In my HR interview I was offered the job and they elaborated on their packages and job description.
General Tips: Overall just doing the basic questions of ANSI C and solving elementary coding problems can take you through.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Experience: There was an aptitude test on Day 4 and the interviews on day 5.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: In my HR interview I was offered the job and they elaborated on their packages and job description.
General Tips: Overall just doing the basic questions of ANSI C and solving elementary coding problems can take you through.
College Name: IIT KANPUR
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