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Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur

Kharagpur, West Bengal

What if you can't knock at your Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur seniors' door for advice? Read their placement interview questions and crack your next interview. 🏆

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Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur Placement Interview Questions

Updated 12 Jan 2025

8 interviews found

Software Developer Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 17 Apr 2024

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Yes, I joined the company

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Apr 2023.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Coding Test Round

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2

One-on-one Round (2 Questions)

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Management Trainee Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 10 May 2017

I was interviewed in Aug 2016.

4 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: It was mainly based on my resume. He asked every minute detail of my summer project.
Tips: Be prepared. Make sure you know everything you mentioned in your resume even if it is a simple POR in your first year.

Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: It was more of an interactive round. The interviewer was very helpful. We just need to grasp his hints and extend the discussion.
Tips: Speak your thoughts out. Listen to the interviewer carefully. Most of the times we just need to follow his thought direction.

Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: This a typical HR round with one playing the good cop and the other one playing the bad cop. Most of the questions were just to check how we would react under pressure.
Tips: Don't get nervous and answer the questions straight to the point.

College Name: IIT Kharagpur
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Management Trainee Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 8 Dec 2015

5 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

  • Q1. Tell me about yourself, Why join Amex being from Mechanical background? , Solve a puzzle for me
    Add Answer

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Resume fitting for a data analysis profile are shortlisted. So writing R, Python and programming skills in the cv should help you getting shortlisted.
Almost 200 students were shortlisted for the test
Tips: Make sure you mention your courses or projects related to data analysis in the resume

Round: Test
Experience: The test was on mettl.com
It was a very easy test which judges your quantitative aptitude and logical reasoning (find the next shape, find the missing number). Questions like "find the least no to be multiplied by 100! such that is its divisible by 3^50?" , "find the probability of dice rolled three times to sum up as 10?".
Tips: Preparing for CAT would do. It is a very easy test. You need you ensure that all ur questions are correct as there was a lot of time.

Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 20

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I expected a very technical round with all sorts of questions on statistics and data analysis. But it was soft spoken interview. They literally want to know why you want to join data analysis and Why Amex? And how passionate are you towards work?
Interview is taken by very experienced people from the company and is more of a discussion about ur cv and projects related to data analysis. They listen to whatever code or piece of programming you have done and how well you know.
I talked about the courses I took to learn data analysis on coursera, my MTP project on optimization and its algorithms and why i wanted to join Amex.
My interview ended with a puzzle which was "There is weight balance and i want to measure from 1 kg to 100 kg. So what is the minimum no of stones and their weights required to measure any material with weght between 1kg to 100 kg.". I solved the problem and then he asked me why do you think this is the most optimum way. I answered it a bit and then he made my problem difficult by adding a information that "we can put weights on both sides". I was not able to solve it but defined the strategy should be used to find solution. My interview ended with my interviewer helping me solve the problem and explaining me the answers clearly. He said he will talk to HR but no HR round happened and I got selected. I would suggest to check with others about the kind of HR questions they ask.
Tips: Be confident, talk about what you know. I started my data analysis in the last semester but was really amazed with the things I studied. So, most important thing is to find out if you like the domain or not. If the domain fits you, its the matter of showing interviewers the enthusiasm towards the subject genuinely.
Knowing data analysis obviously helps but company expects you learn and grow rather learn in the company from most experienced people itself :).
All the Best

General Tips: Placement is the matter of the interviewer understanding your motivation to work with the firm. So show them what you got for them.
Skills: Logical Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude
College Name: IIT Kharagpur
Motivation: Well, I heard its the best company to work in. The very statement motivated me to work with such a firm.
Funny Moments: After my interview, they asked me to have some cashew nuts which they were eating as it was late and they were hungry. So, I took one and also said that "the whole day was so hectic and I was so hungry :P ". So they asked me to take the whole packet with me and I took.
I came outside with a packet of cashew nuts in my hand with motion of chewing and everyone was like "WTF seriously, did u just come from an interview :P "
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Data Analyst Interview Questions

user image Raunak Chitlangia

posted on 14 Nov 2015

I applied via Campus Placement

5 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: My resume had a couple of projects and a paper publication added to it, which was a part of my second year intern at TCS Innovation Labs.

Tips: I believe that the resume shortlist to appear for the test is just a formality and not a big deal to get through. Most of the students are allowed to appear for the test which is where, the main shortlisting occurs.
Although, the company does cut off people from certain departments. For example, none of the Agriculture and food engineering students were shortlisted for appearing for the test.
Also, from what I have heard, the company runs resumes through a program to take out the shortlist. Hence, certain key words such as "Scholar" or "Conference" may get you a good chance to get through the shortlisting.

Round: Test
Experience: The test is mainly quant based and how fast you can think and rationalize. They expect excellent speed; they ask you 20 questions to be answered in 30 minutes.
Tips: Normally, if a student is asked to appear for this right after his JEE examination, he would be able to get through it easily. But since our analytical thinking goes way down once we actually get in, it has to be worked upon again. I'd suggest you to solve all the quant questions of any CAT preparatory book for the American Express test. The test questions are quite similar to those that the CAT students prepare for.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: In general, the American Express interviews are considered to be pretty peaceful compared to the interviews of other companies. I was just asked about my work at TCS Innovation Labs and the paper I would be publishing based on that work and the courses I have done in Data Analytics and what all do I know in it. They do not test the knowledge you say you possess.
Tips: While I was preparing for my interview, I was told to read about Amex and its products. Secondly, and most importantly, I was aksed to read a lot about credit card frauds and suggest ways of preventing that. Even during my time, a lot of people were asked about this and judged severely on that. This is a must must if you would be appearing for its interview.

Also, you would do well if you are able to connect with the interviewer. For instance, if both of you have been a part of the same inter IIT or have the same tastes, etc.

Also, the interviews are that peaceful that you are able to direct the interview in your favour. There are certain parts of your CV that you can easily talk about and certain parts that you would want to avoid. If you are able to think on your feet, it is easy to re direct the interview in your favour and the things that you would like to talk about; in my case, it was my work at TCS.

Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: The main decision whether you have to be taken in or not is decided in your first round of interview after which, the puzzle interview is just a formality and to find out whether you are able to think on your feet or not. Not a big deal, pretty easy.
Tips: Nothing to be worried about, the puzzles asked are pretty easy and most probably, you would have already heard them if you have a nag of solving puzzles.

General Tips: Do not worry or stress yourself much. The interview is pretty easy if you have an edge in the skills that the company wants. I had started studying Data Analytics in my second year summer vacations, just 1 hour a day for hardly about a month. Which gave me enough of an edge. The main hurdle lies in getting through the test round where about 300 people are simply cut off.
Skill Tips: You should be able to code efficiently. Knowledge in Python and SQL is a big plus.
Also, I had done a course on Coursera called "Machine Learning" of Stanford University. Today, the company does not expect a lot of knowledge in Data Analytics from students which is why this course gave me the edge I needed to get through the interview. It's a pretty easy course and not very demanding. I would recommend this if you want to find out even whether you'd be interested in Data Analytics or not.
I was asked about the things I know and whether I have ever implemented them.
Skills: Analytics And Coding
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Kharagpur
Motivation: American Express is known to have a good working culture and is currently the third best company to work for in India. The internship stipend is largest compared to any other company in India along with accommodation and travel. The company has a well structured internship program and also has good challenging work to offer.
Funny Moments: After the test, I was not shortlisted for the interview round.. Which broke my heart.
Just after the presentation, I walked up to the person presenting and handed him a hard copy of my resume asking him to at least give me a shot at the interview if they think my profile is good enough.
I believe that this was a turning point of this entire experience. I believe, at that moment itself, I gained their favour to take me in. Which is probably why my interview was peaceful, which is probably why I could get through even though my interview was the last among a bunch of 25 students..
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Interview Questions

user image Raunak Chitlangia

posted on 27 Aug 2015

4 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Resume shortlist, I believe, depends firstly on your department of Engineering. People from Departments like Agriculture and Food Engineering were not shortlisted in spite of being open to all departments. So unless you have something in your resume that stands out in respect to their job profile, chances of getting shortlisted are very slim.
Tips: Have a neat resume. Consider adding skills such as OOPs languages, any related courses that you might have done or a POR that has something to do with the kind of profile they are offering.

Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Kharagpur
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Interview Questions

user image Anuj Menta

posted on 25 Aug 2015

I applied via Campus Placement

4 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: The test was a very simple aptitude test consisting of questions on simple math and probability.
Tips: No specific preparation required for this test.
Duration: 45 minutes
Total Questions: 20

Round: Guesstimate Interview
Experience: Most of the interview revolved around my CV. It lasted for almost 30min. Much was discussed about my projects/experience and achievements indicated in my resume. Others were asked questions Guesstimate questions.
Tips: Do not stammer anywhere. Be prepared for general questions like "Introduce yourself", "Why American Express" etc.
These answers also played a major role in my selection.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Nothing much apart from my resume. Other questions on POR's etc. Guesstimate questions were asked.

General Tips: Be confident. Know about everything in your CV. Have complete understanding of whatever you have done.
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Kharagpur
Motivation: The work culture was very good as told by the previous interns. And the work profile was very close to my area of interest. Amex also has a wide range of projects even for an intern.
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Pget Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 20 Jan 2015

5 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

  • Q1. Why Do you Want to Join American Express?
    Add Answer
  • Q2. Explain the solution which won you the third prize in “Analyze this” competition
    View Answers (1)
  • Q3. What do you mean by Credit Risk and how will you try to analyse a person’s credit risk?
    View Answers (1)
  • Q4. What do you mean by fraud risk and how will identify a fraud in which a person steals your customer’s credit card?
    View Answers (1)
  • Q5. Describe in detail any one of your extra curricular achievements in detail
    Add Answer
  • Q6. A case study regarding the problems of cash on delivery and the methods to solve them
    Add Answer

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Prepare a decent CV highlighting your academic credentials,relevant projects related to modelling (any kind) and explain in detail a couple of extra-curricular achievements.
Tips: Do not fake anything in the CV as they examine and quiz you on your CV thoroughly.

Round: Test
Experience: The test had multiple choice questions and assessed quantitative skills and math ability. No question on verbal ability were asked. There was no negative marking.
Tips: Prepare probability and permutations & combinations thoroughly.
Duration: 60 minutes

Round: Interview
Tips: Make sure your answers are to the point and relevant.Take your time while answering the questions.

Round: Interview
Tips: Stay true to yourself.

Skill Tips: Requires excellent Maths and Quantitative ability. Software skills are not asked for.
College Name: IIT KHARAGPUR
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Management Trainee Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 14 Jan 2015

5 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Curriculum vitae submission
Experience: Only an initial shortlist of around 30 students was done based on CV.
Tips: Mention your academic credentials, math/statistics based work done (if any).

Round: Test
Experience: It consisted of two subjective questions based on probability theory and some common understanding of credit card division (like 'What is score card?'). Students were free to ask any specifics in the questions. One question was solely based on conditional probability and the second one was intuitive with general probability fundamentals.Quantify your results, don't leave them halfway through. State your assumptions clearly.
Tips: Quantify your results, don't leave them halfway through. State your assumptions clearly.
Duration: NA minute
Total Questions: 2

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: 10 students were shortlisted. The interview started with a general overview of the CV and common questions like 'Why American Express?". Then they discussed about my project and internship, why I opted FRM and why I did not apply for higher studies. It concluded with a case study question on credit card division and a puzzle.
Tips: Practice puzzles and case study questions. One must have good communication skills.Have a good understanding of your projects, especially if it is based on statistics/quant/pattern recognition.The people who come for interview know their stuff very well.

General Tips: At one point of time, the interviewer himself was trying to convince me that Iam better suited for the profile offered by Nomura because of my interest in finance. Luckily,I had done some good background study of the company and stated a few facts about thefirm which made them realize that my FRM is also a very good asset for their credit carddivision as it involved credit risk management. It was a very peaceful/friendly interview. Beconfident with your resume and use the hints they give you during the case interview.
Skill Tips: "Practice puzzles and case study questions. One must have good communication skills.Have a good understanding of your projects, especially if it is based on statistics/quant/pattern recognition.The people who come for interview know their stuff very well."
Skills: Probability
College Name: IIT Kharagpur
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