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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

316 interviews found

Analyst Interview Questions

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posted on 28 Dec 2015

5 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

  • Q1. A Big Bazaar store had low profits for the last two months. Whats going on?
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  • Q2. Heres some data about the quantity of a particular item sold in a store for the last few weeks. Any thoughts?
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  • Q3. You have two brands of milk that you can sell in your store,. Which one would you pick?
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  • Q4. Why do you want to work at Dunnhumby?
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  • Q5. Tell me about this particular internship that you did
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Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: 70 people shortlisted probably by cv and pre-assessment test results.

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: 70 shortlisted candidates were divided into 10 groups of 10. GD started, we sat in a circle around a table. All of us were handed a booklet and rough sheets. The interviewers told us that the booklet had three sections. Each section contained some data about a company followed by a question. We, as a group had to answer the three questions within one hour. He, himself suggested that we take twenty minutes per section - 5 mins to go through the data, fifteen to discuss and come to a conclusion. The first section gave us an idea about the company and asked some general questions about decreasing costs. Generic case study stuff. The next two sections were quant heavy. Required us to do a lot of calculations albeit simple. We divided the task among the group members. Ran out of time before solving the third question. Interviewer stepped in and helped us reach a conclusion. We were asked to leave the rough sheet behind. One of the longest and most civil Gds that I have attended. A wonderful experience.
Tips: Try to help move the discussion forward. Draw out your calculations and tables in the rough sheet. Let others speak, one hour is enough time for everyone to shine :).

Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: One interviewer. Small talks about the GD. A moderately long case followed by two short cases. The cases involved some quants. Nothing fancy. I did not follow any framework but he did not seem to mind. He helped me out any place that i got stuck. Asked me about why Dunnhumby. Nailed this answer. Did not ask a lot a questions from my cv, just about an internship i had done at a startup. Asked me whether i was comfortable with coding, told him i had not coded since my first year at college. That was it. Shaked hands and asked me to wait outside. HR came and told me i got the job.
Tips: Think out loud. Whatever you are thinking when looking at the tables or numbers, just speak them out loud for the interviewer so that he knows your thought process. Learn about the company a little bit before showing up for the interview. I was asked only cases, I heard others were asked guesstimates as well.

General Tips: Case in Point is more than enough as far as preparation is concerned. A good CV and CGPA helps. Don't worry, I myself lacked both :P
Skills: Ability To Work In A Team, Case Solving Ability, Quant+Math
College Name: IIT Kharagpur
Motivation: Wanted a job as an analyst with a good work-life balance and a moderately good pay.
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Analyst Interview Questions

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posted on 24 Dec 2015

4 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Pre-Assesment Test conducted in my college.
Consists of Quant, Verbal and logical reasoning.
Students who scored good in this test and had CG above 7 are shortlisted

Tips: Cat preparation would help
Practice aptitude for two months prior to placement season


Round: Group Discussion
Experience: A case was given and should be solved by the group of 8 people in an hour.
They will closely monitor the group and select the students who provide right insights, direct the group in right direction.
Tips: Avoid talking just for sake of talking.
Understand the case and then summarize what you understood.
Speak you idea and also discuss other ideas.
Make sure that the invigilator understands that you are good with cases.
Read Case in point or other case books to get in touch with different cases.
Duration: 60 minutes

Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: Asked few questions like Why Dunnhumy? Type of profiles you applied for? Tell me about your childhood? and few basic HR questions.
Asked a profitability case problem.Even though I did not solve the entire problem, my approach was right.
Gave some data and asked my inference.
Asked to calculate a problem without using pen and paper.
Tips: You need to be good with numbers.
You need to show them that you have the enthusiasm to learn things.



Skill Tips: Go through any good case book.
Show them you enjoy numbers.
Show them you like this work.
Skills: Case Solving Ability, Number Crunching, Ability To Make Quick Calculations
College Name: IIT Kharagpur
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Management Trainee Interview Questions

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posted on 21 Dec 2015

3 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: The CV submission was open for only BTech Industrial Engineering. So quite a few. But keep a decent CGPA and some innovative projects.

Round: Test
Experience: It was quite easy but lengthy at the same time.
Tips: Practice CAT question :verbal and quant thoroughly
Duration: 45 minutes

College Name: IIT Kharagpur
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Area Manager Interview Questions

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posted on 20 Dec 2015

5 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: They shortlisted about 30 people from around 700 applications on the basis of CGPA, Internships, Projects. PORs and Extra Curricular Activities weren't much important to them.
Tips: Keep a safe CGPA above 8.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Mostly they grilled me on my Projects and internships. A strategy based warehouse case study was to be solved. Since I was from Industrial Engineering background they asked me on a scheduling problem. And lastly a few puzzles and they kept on increasing the intensity at each question. Later on, he asked me why not go for a MS or PhD and a situation where you have put mind over matter.
Tips: Most of the interviewers were very cool and friendly. DO NOT PANIC.

Round: Behavioural Interview
Experience: They were simple life oriented questions. He asked me about my previous projects and BTP. Tell me about a situation you failed and why? Tell me a situation where you leaded a project? What experience do you have in industry? Why an e-commerce?
Tips: Confidence is the key.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Regular HR questions. Again a puzzle. Tell me about a situation where the project was going downhill but you took that to another level from that. They told me about the working hours and asked me for a location preference.
Tips: Show your zeal. Dont fumble.

Skills: Data Handling Skills, Logistics, Data Interpretation, Supply Chain Management
College Name: IIT Kharagpur
Motivation: The best E-commerce to work for. And there is no place better ti gain such excellent management skills
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Assistant Manager Operations Interview Questions

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posted on 18 Dec 2015

3 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Other Interview
Experience: The process was very shabby. It took 10+ hours to just do 1 round of interview for 49 candidates (1
profile ) as there were other profiles as well. The interview ended very abruptly as shortlisted guys
were asked to stay back and then told that interview process is over.
Tips: Tell what they are focussed on. Positions of responsibility, field work you have done like marketing, inviting colleges, business development, It gives you an edge if you have worked with a startup or working on your own startup. If you follow startup news, it also helps you. Do a thorough homework about profile and company and competitor company etc.

General Tips: Prepare HR ques,
Prepare CV
Know company and profile
Skills: Entrepreneurial Skills, Organisation Fit, On Field Thinking, Ability To Convince, Confidence, 1)communication
College Name: IIT Kharagpur
Motivation: Startup Culture, Great Growth and ample learning opportunity.
Funny Moments: Just a 5 minute interview against normal interview of 15-20mins and I was shortlisted into final 8-9 candidates where they selected 3-4.
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Management Trainee Interview Questions

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posted on 18 Dec 2015

3 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Everyone was given two minutes of time to speak. It was more of an extempore rather than a group discussion. We were given the freedom to choose a topic among ourselves, failing to do so a topic was given by the Chair. The group strength was of 15 students each.
Tips: It is better to outperform in group discussion and get noticed. It makes you half selected. Try to touch technical, social and economical aspects of the given topic. A prior preparation on current trending topics will help you push further.
Duration: 10 Min minutes

Round: Behavioural Interview
Experience: Questions relating to your interest in the field were asked. The theme was based on why you want to join con India. Basic Tech Questions on Projects and Internship. The panel consisted of 10 Members.

Skills: 1)communication
College Name: IIT Kharagpur
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Senior Mentor - Chemistry Interview Questions

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posted on 18 Dec 2015

5 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: The shortlist was based on your resume. I just mentioned all the curricular and extra curricular activities i have taken part in till date.
Tips: Stress the points where you have taken some initiatives to drive the education for all the young brains and your previous teaching experiences.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The interview lasted for about 30 minutes. As i am interested in teaching Chemistry, some questions related to my clarity in subject were asked. Also things such as previous teaching experiences, interest in education sector and communication skills were tested .
Tips: Make sure that you mention all the points related to your passion for promoting education in your CV. The interviewer was very friendly. Just open up and speak.

Round: Presentation
Experience: Some students were selected from the 1st round of interviews. In this round, you have to give a lecture for about 10 mins on any topic of your interest in Chemistry to all the shortlisted candidates and the panel which came for the interview, followed by questions related to your lecture. I wasn't aware of this round till i entered the room and haven't got some time to prepare. I gave a brief introduction of all the topics in Chemistry and why chemistry shouldnot be percieved as some alien subject. The panel was pretty impressed by my presentation and wished me soon after the round was over.
Tips: Choose a topic which you are comfortable with. For the next 10 mins, the hall is yours. :)

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Few students were selected for HR interview (Final round). Some basic questions about strength's and weaknesses, family background were asked.
Tips: Keep it cool and frank. :)

Skills:
College Name: IIT Kharagpur
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Quantitative Researcher Interview Questions

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posted on 17 Dec 2015

4 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Resumes are shorlisted based on GPA of 8.5 for Computer Science and Mathematics and Computing and 9.0 for Electronics and Electrical Engineering Students.

Round: Test
Experience: Questions were individually timed, and were a blend of very simple, interesting and tough questions. Most of them are based on Probability and Random Processes or Combinatorics. Some of them would be solvable by geometrical techniques, some by reduction and some by mere brute force!
Tips: I would recommend revising probability and permutations and combinations. If really interested, a book on Algorithmic Puzzles by Levitin and Levitin might help.
Duration: 120 minutes

Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: The interview rounds consist of 6-7 telephonic interviews (on your mobile, so try to have a good connection) from different WQ offices around the world. Also, they start sharp at the time allotted (in my case, they started at 4 AM and I was late!), so be sure to be ready at the time.

Each round is of about 25 mins, with a 3 min chat about resume and the rest on puzzles/questions. About 2-3 puzzles can be asked during that time. The problems are algorithmic puzzles of the same kind but slightly tougher than those in the test. I recall one question that was solvable by application of Markov Chains, another was a variation of the Binary Search Algorithm.

There is no HR round!
Tips: The questions are tough, but you need to remember they are tough for everyone. The interviewer is more interested in your approach than your solution. So, keep talking to him while you attempt to work out the solution. He would keep providing you hints and help to get through those problems. Also, there are some very simple questions thrown in between tough questions, try to not get those wrong.

General Tips: Be conversant in algorithms and quantitative analysis.
Skills: Algorithms And Data Structures, Algorithmic Approach To Problem Solving, Quantitative Aptitude, Quant+Math
College Name: IIT Kharagpur
Motivation: Good work (if interested in mathematics and algorithms), opportunity to learn, good money
Funny Moments: I was late on morning of December 1, but since WQ had telephonic interview, the first interviewer called me when I was still cycling to the placement center in my institute. So, I had to park my cycle in the middle of the road. And my first interview was with me sitting on the ground near my hall in Kharagpur.
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Software Development Engineer Interview Questions

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posted on 16 Dec 2015

4 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Coding round was done on hackerrank .

1. Given two numbers a and b, find kth digit from right of  a^b. (Naïve method will only help you to pass half of the test cases)

2. Second question was based on reducing a given expression in its smallest form and printing lexicographically smaller expression.

3. You are provided with n and m values which denote the rows and columns. Rajesh starts at top most cell (0, 0).  He will not visit the visited cell.

a. He moves to the point towards his right

b. If he cannot move one point to the right, he rotates right and then takes the path to the right

c. If after performing 4 rotate operations, if he cannot move then he would stop

Print the number of cells visited by him.

Sample 1:

3 3

Output: 9

Explanation:

1 2 9

4 3 8

5 6 7

The problem can be solved using dynamic programming but there is also a logical way to solve it in less time.

Duration: 90 minutes
Total Questions: 3

Skills: General Coding And Problem Solving
College Name: IIT Kharagpur
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Post Graduate Engineer Trainee [pget] Interview Questions

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posted on 16 Dec 2015

4 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

  • Q1. Types of bearings/gears & their applications ? Questions related to my BTP
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  • Q2. Is Ceria ( the bed which I used in Design of a Catalytic Converter) cheaper than the bed used in available Catalytic Converters ?
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  • Q3. Which will have greater load bearing capacity, Rectangle kept in Horizontal/Vertical position ?
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  • Q4. Draw free body diagram of Anti-Lift Tractor(ALT) ? and many more questions related to it
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  • Q5. Tell me about yourself?
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  • Q6. Being from Gujarat why Job and Not Business ?
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  • Q7. Why you want to join Escorts Agri Machinery ?
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  • Q8. We have option between Design & Testing what you would choose?
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Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: There were 62 people who were called for GDs, the shortlisting criteria was CGPA > 6.5, it seems everyone was called whoever applied. Accordingly groups were made, 9 people/group, prior to me there were 3 groups, even for them topics were general : Media, Corruption not aware of last one. GDs were being held early morning; so, many people didn't turn up and few were placed in prior companies; so, later groups were formed in number < than required, 9 people/group.
In my group there were 6 people; 2 mins. were given to prepare & 6 mins. to debate/discuss as per topic. 6 mins. because we were 6 people in the group earlier groups were given 9 mins. as they were 9 people, basically 1 min/person. Language was not the barrier you can speak in any language you are comfortable with: English, Hindi or Hinglish.
I started the discussion in English with a quote, regarding technology. Everyone else started supporting the positive aspects of Social_Media, so it became more of discussion rather than being a debate, with time it ended peacefully. I was the one who concluded it, because I spoke a lot, reason being others didn't speak much. It was piece of cake for me, because I have cleared GDs of few other companies whom I was shortlisted.
Tips: Don't worry about the language, they don't have any fixed points for English/Hindi/Hinglish. They check your confident, be confident and speak related to your topic. Taking initiatives in beginning/ending of GDs rewards you with extra points. Begin if you have clear cut idea about the topic, don't let anyone cut your point in the beginning only. Don't be nervous and don't raise voice against your fellow people, it can lead to direct rejection. If you can't speak much, atleast make sure you speak 2-3 points, good points, because as time passes by people are done with their points, so points starts repeating, at that instant think out of the box; quotes related to your topic may help.
Duration: 6 minutes

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I was one of the 9 people who were shortlisted from 34 students who turned up for GDs, rest being absent or placed in earlier companies. The interview was good, because after being rejected in interviews of earlier companies, 5 being the number in my case, atleast you get to know your résumé in detail. They asked me many things from my résumé and few things related to Strength of Materials (easy GATE questions); I could answer them.
Tips: The questions are simple, you just need to think little bit and speak your mind out. Read basic things related to your specialization and if your specialization is not Mechanical System Design, then please read few basic things related to it. I read DESIGN basics because my specialization was not Mechanical System Design; I was from Thermal Science & Engineering, don't worry about it, we are NO LESS than them.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Describing oneself is the best part of an interview, you brag about yourself and why won't you? you have kept your efforts to reach there. After appearing for many interviews got to know being diplomat works, but being you is what matters. Never lie to yourself, they can see it from your face. Even if you lie, then follow this: “If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.” ― Adolf Hitler. In my interview I did both, was diplomat at places and was me in other. Had a smiling face and confidence in oneself. I got lucky, because there was one opening for my specialization and I was the only one from my specialization. In the end they gave me an option to chose between Design and Testing, I just said if I would be in likes with Design I would have taken admission in best IITs (B,D,M,K or KGP), my GATE rank was very good; Instead, I would go for testing profile. They just said one thing, you do what you like, that's good.
Tips: Believe in yourself and be you. Don't fear if you have to lie, lie with confidence, in this world who doesn't ? Know about company before you make strong decisions, like as I said choosing between Design/Testing? I asked my senior working in Escorts Agri Machinery, he said you can chose anything after training, that's why I chose Testing, because there were good no. of students competing for Design seat and I had no chance to stand among them. Be smart ! Be You ! Don't forget: One Day, One Company & One You, its a Big Plan it will happen. Keep Working. Hope, it Helps. All the Best !

General Tips: Be confident and don't worry about the competition, prepare well and believe you are the best. Don't be nervous after seeing the interviewer, be who you are.
Skill Tips: Any language you speak, speak with confidence. Answer everything with a confidence, even if its wrong.
Skills: Verbal Communication Skills, Confidence
College Name: IIT Kharagpur
Motivation: It was core engineering job, R&D profile, it best suited me.
Funny Moments: After few minutes of talk: HR said you talk like an Entrepreneur, we were thinking of absorbing you in Hydraulics & Transmission Profile, but you even suit in Product Manager Profile, we are confused which profile to select you 'IN'. It was LOL moment.
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