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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

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Project Engineer Interview Questions

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posted on 29 Jan 2015

3 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: No one would be eliminated in this round. They will provide you ample time - around 40-50 minutes to write a response on a case study. The topic would be new and unheard of, but you can think and write peacefully in that amount of time.
Tips: Make sure you highlight the points made and do remember them for the Group Discussion phase.

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: One-third of the guys will get selected for the interviews from each group of 8-10 guys. The topic of the GD would be same as the case study. Now, its time for you to recall the points you made during the writing section. The GD will last for around 15-20 minutes.
Tips: Good communication skills, relaxed but expressive tone. Don’t be silent and try to speak up whenever you get a chance. Try to bring new air into the discussion and think from all the different perspectives. You should speak at least 2-3 times, even if you just say 1-2 sentences each time. That will do. They also individually ask each person to speak, specifically those who could not speak, but you had better not be that guy or girl. There is no need to fight for summarizing the GD. Try to show that you are involved throughout the GD.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: There will be two guys, one from technical and the other HR. They both ask questions at the same time and they discuss among each other as well. They mostly try to detect any fraud or fake thing you did in your project or intern. All the technical questions come from your CV. So, your fate is kind of in your hands only.
Tips: Prepare hard for Projects, Internships etc. Don’t panic. They try to see how you react in a pressure situation and actually behave as if you are not impressing them. Just be calm and keep on speaking. If there is something you want to say and they interrupt you, its better you ask them to give you a chance to explain it in details. Do have a few questions in mind to ask them about your job profile and Wipro. That is the final nail in the coffin.

Skill Tips: A minimum CGPA of 8.0 was mentioned and later they relaxed it to 7.9. They were giving quite some importance to the Internships and Projects undertaken and were trying to judge if you actually did something new and genuine. They were dwelling deep into it. As I said, prepare well for them just like you prepare for BTech Project Viva. They do ask a lot of questions.HR questions should be prepared thoroughly. A background check of Wipro and IT sector companies is a must. Prepare well for group discussions. Try to get background information about the IT sector and the company. Prepare your CV thoroughly.
College Name: IIT KHARAGPUR
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Project Engineer Interview Questions

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posted on 29 Jan 2015

4 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Interview
Experience: Its not an elimination round, you can go with your informal clothes on. Any one who has prepared for day 1 and day2 companies will get through this round. Just read news papers and learn to shoot graphs here and there even if it has got absolutely no facts and definitely practice to write a lot.
Tips: Be prepared with both for and against the topic coz the interviewer keeps changing the topic in between the GD.The topic was same as that of the case study Don’t write bullet-ed points, this makes your cases look small. Try applying your vocabulary spectrum. Try to give exhibits even if you don’t know any facts.

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: 12 students on the table, one interviewer.
Tips: Play old school .But don’t wait for your chance, just break into it, but with a gentlemanly attitude. Try giving examples. Throw arbitrary facts to prove your points, if you don’t remember the real figures.

Round: Interview
Tips: Don’t start with your brilliancein your core subject. Tell them you hate your department. Convince them that you won’t ditch them for a Ph.D or an MBA. Tell them you have a friend at Wipro who keeps giving you intel about how great the company is. Look confident and if at times you can be funny, they will appreciate it!!

Skill Tips: 8 and above CGPA is required. Later it was lowered to 7.9, mine was 7.98. They mainly ask HR questions, so being involved in Extra-academic activities gives you more that you can talk of. I had an eye for coding in C++. Helped me on this, but my extra-academics list was enough. Coding was just a bonus. If they are non core its better. But my both the internships were core based. You just have to convince them why you are dropping from core.
College Name: IIT KHARAGPUR
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Interview Questions

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posted on 29 Jan 2015

2 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Tips: Do basic questions related to above parts. Do the basics of your course, keep track of the automobile world. Have some basic information about agriculture.

General Tips: For mechanical students, 1) do stress and design basics properly for interview as well as test. 2) Go through Wikipedia website for different automobile brands and products such as cars etc. 3) Keep track of current auto-news 4) Solve the aptitude questions as fast as possible.
Skill Tips: Academics should be good.CGPA above 8 is preferred. If you are good in extra-academic activities then its good, but company does not give more importance to these. Yes, General knowledge about automobiles, their brands, their products as well as some general knowledge about agriculture is necessarily . If your project is related to automobile like vibrations, IC engines or FEM etc then that would be fantastic. In the interview your information about the company and your desired job location option matters.
College Name: IIT KHARAGPUR
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Assistant Surveyor Interview Questions

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posted on 29 Jan 2015

3 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Interview
Experience: CGPA and resume were considered. Basic Naval Architecture (mechanics of floating bodies such as hydrostatics, resistance, propulsion), strength of materials, ship & offshore structures, Hydrodynamics (“seakeeping” and maneuvering ). Questions were mainly concentrated on previous projects.

Skill Tips: An minimum CGPA of 7 for undergraduates and 7.5 or 8 for postgraduates. This organisation prefers IITians for R&D so they prefer PG students. Basic knowledge of Naval Architecture, with sound idea of structural design, ship design and hydrodynamics (for R&D). Knowing any analysis tool is an added advantage. Projects related to hydrodynamics, structural reliability, fatigue analysis helps in securing R&D position.
College Name: IIT KHARAGPUR
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Interview Questions

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posted on 29 Jan 2015

3 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Group was of 10 people
Tips: Clear understanding of topic is essential. At first, each person was given 5 minutes time to think and given a chance to speak. Then there was debate for about 10 min. Basics of metallurgy, steel making, casting process etc. Basic HR questions such as strengths, weaknesses, BTech project, MTech project, term project if relevant. Clearly understand the topic and then make your argument. Carry a pen and paper. Don’t drop the pen/ paper/any other stationary on the floor in excitement while making your statements (one candidate did that). Be cool and raise strong arguments but speak politely.

Round: Interview
Experience: .Mix of HR type and Technical questions.
Tips: Try to find out the job profile before hand. Give your answers in such a way that you project yourself as a match for the job profile. Tell about relevant subjects/ projects/ internships etc. Make a separate CV for Tata Steel highlighting your relevant strong points. You may ask about your job location etc at the end of the interview.

Skill Tips: Although not specified by the company, all shortlisted candidates had a decent CGPA of above 8.0 and were B.Tech. students of the Mechanical Engineering stream. Not specified but it depends on the job profile. Command over any software such as C or Matlab will be helpful. Project work related to automation, coding, robotics etc will help. Basic knowledge of steel, metallurgy, casting processes etc.
Skills: C language, MATLAB, Communication skill
College Name: IIT KHARAGPUR
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Interview Questions

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posted on 28 Jan 2015

3 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Group was of 10 people.
Tips: Clear understanding of topic is essential. At first, each person was given 5 minutes time to think and given a chance to speak. Then there was debate for about 10 min. Basics of metallurgy, steel making, casting process etc. Basic HR questions such as strengths, weaknesses, BTech project, MTech project, term project if relevant. Clearly understand the topic and then make your argument. Carry a pen and paper. Don’t drop the pen/ paper/ any other stationary on the floor in excitement while making your statements (one candidate did that). Be cool and raise strong arguments but speak politely.

Round: Interview
Experience: Mix of HR type and Technical questions.
Tips: Try to find out the job profile before hand. Give your answers in such a way that you project yourself as a match for the job profile. Tell about relevant subjects/ projects/ internships etc. Make a separate CV for Tata Steel highlighting your relevant strong points. You may ask about your job location etc at the end of the interview.

Skill Tips: Although not specified by the company, all shortlisted candidates had a decent CGPA of above 8.0 and were B.Tech. students of the Mechanical Engineering stream. Command over any software such as C or Matlab will be helpful. Project work related to automation, coding, robotics etc will help. Basic knowledge of steel, metallurgy, casting processes etc is necessary.
College Name: IIT KHARAGPUR
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Graduate Engineer Trainee (Get) Interview Questions

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posted on 28 Jan 2015

Interview Preparation Tips

Skill Tips: Average academic record (CGPA > 7) will be good. They didn’t look much at extra-academic involvement. Good understanding of concepts of electrical machines and in general, departmental subjects. Projects and internships would be discussed in detail during the interview but only if they are in the areas of electrical machines, power electronics or power systems. The interviewer will then mostly ask questions related to those topics. In my case, the internships were in a totally different field and therefore were not much looked at.
College Name: IIT KHARAGPUR
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Associate Interview Questions

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posted on 27 Jan 2015

4 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: CAT based questions. 15 questions on quant, 15 on English, and 15 Technical (basic programming and computer)
Tips: Good aptitude and speed are required.Be quick with the test; CAT preparation helps.
Duration: 30 minutes
Total Questions: 45

Round: Behavioural Interview
Experience: 1. Questions on CV.
2. General conversations to assess the candidate
3. Also, they assess whether you have some background in codingBe sure of what you write in the CV
Tips: Prepare some basic questions like „about yourself‟, strengths/weakness etc.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: 1. Basic programming knowledge (1st year PDS and css or java)
2. Puzzles, simple algorithms
3. HR related questions
Tips: Ace this round, and you‟ll make it into the final list.

General Tips: Soft Skills such as Good communication skills are a must .
Skill Tips: Good logical and quantitative skills are a must.
Proficiency in a programming language is not required, but you should have a „sense‟ of programming and algorithms
Proficiency in Java, C/C++, MySQL, PHP is a plus.
Skills: Quantiative skills, Verbal ability, C, Reasoning skills, data structures, Algorithm
College Name: IIT KHARAGPUR
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Interview Questions

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posted on 27 Jan 2015

3 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Quant Puzzles combined with a few coding questions and one or two hardware questions.Some puzzles, like how many tyres are required for a car, to go 35000 km if one tyre can alone go for 20000? Solving puzzles and quant skills required.
Tips: Study a bit of algorithms and coding so that you can attempt that section as well. Was also asked questions like "Tell me about yourself".Then he asked what flaws would my BTP guide point out about my work. Then he proceeded to ask me a hardware question, and after that, he was just checking my software aptitude. Then he wanted to make sure that I am motivated enough even though I had a "low" CGPA and asked some questions to this end.Make sure that you attempt a good number of questions, even though there is negative marking. You can only score by attempting enough questions.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The interviewer was an alumni so there wasn't much fuss there. The interviewer was very friendly. Try and impress them in the technical round and make sure that you show considerable interest in the company and technical jobs as a whole throughout the interview.Maintain enthusiasm throughout the process.
Tips: Try and think aloud.
Take a sheet of paper and write down your thoughts instead of trying to work everything out in your head.
He will keep on giving hints - try and make the most of them.
If your CGPA is LOW, try and justify honestly - DO NOT fake anything.

General Tips: They were on the look out for people who had done a varied number of projects in several fields. That's as good as saying that they were looking for breadth in knowledge rather than depth.
Skill Tips: Apart from this company, I would urge you to try and prepare for CAT. It would remind you of your JEE days as well as improves your English and keep you up to date with your quant skills.
Skills: Math ability, Programming, Quant
College Name: IIT KHARAGPUR
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Associate Software Engineer Interview Questions

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posted on 26 Jan 2015

3 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: A CGPA of 8 is decent enough unless you are going to do a PhD. 
Fill in the blank questions on basic C, but tricky though. If you are learning C then this is the time you will realise that there is a lot more to learn than you actually know. Some Questions on Object Oriented Programs and Linked Lists. Knowledge on linked lists in particular helped me a lot during the placements. To solve questions on OOPS you should at least know CPP.
Tips: There is some Stanford material on linked lists and it contains some 15 problems. Download it and solve the problems on your own. That helped me a lot.If you feel confident that you did a section very well and couldn’t do the other one, then try to talk with the company people and sincerely explain to them why you couldn’t do it because of your lack of knowledge and not lack of talent. If they could see that honesty in you, they may help you.

Round: Interview
Experience: Here again a question was asked on Recursion in trees.

General Tips: I would say get involved in a game and if you are particularly interested in programming, then going to web teams or Kshitij or SF would help a lot. Most of the times those people become programming gods, doing freelancing and other stuff. If you are very serious about joining a company, they would take you even if you didn’t do better in the interview. It worked like a charm in my case.
Skill Tips: Most companies look for problem solving ability and not just a particular programming language. Knowing basic C or CPP would do the job most of the time, but before that, solving the problem is important.
College Name: IIT KHARAGPUR
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