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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

310 interviews found

Business Analyst Interview Questions

user image Sahil Chhabra

posted on 18 Sep 2015

5 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Consisted of 5 sections - English, Quant, Logical Reasonong, Statistics, Probability/Analytical questions. 10 questions per section. Medium level difficulty. It was followed by an subjective test by 1 question. The question was describe the most challenging experience while working in a Team.10 mins for this question
Tips: Practise Quant and logical reasoning. Stay focussed and confident.
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 50

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: First 1 min everyone has to speak then the group has to conclude in last 5 mins.
Tips: Reading newspaper is a must.
Duration: 20 minutes

Round: Interview
Experience: 1. Estimate the length of your hairs.2. What will you infer from the data of your collage (if provided) consisting of name contact details rank and sitting/not sitting for placements.3. Divide a disk/circle into 8 equal parts.4. 100 coins to be put into infinite boxes. How to place so that by just taking the EXACT number of boxes I can have money of any denomination under 100.5. 10% discount followed by 15% discount and then vice-versa. Which is better for shopekeeper?
Tips: Ans to last 33. three cuts4. 1 2 4 8 16 32 375. same for both

General Tips: Read about the company and work profile before hand. It helps a lot to frame the answer of Why Axtria?
Skill Tips: Practise and stay confident
Skills: Quantitative, communication skills
College Name: IIT Kharagpur
Motivation: Analytical job. Tremendous growth opportunities.
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Software Developer Interview Questions

user image Manikanta Raju

posted on 19 Sep 2015

5 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: programming questions were based on basics, good knowledge of linked lists ,arrays and sorting algorithms is needed. Puzzles were a bit tricky but can be solved with a little observation. Programming MCQs are also based on basic knowledge of errors and syntaxes to be followed when writing a c code.
Tips: Good fundamentals and reasoning is needed

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: good technical knowledge in programming is needed. The interviewer asked me for my favorite subjects and asked questions accordingly. Being an EC student i said my interests were electronics and programming. Programming questions were mainly focussed. Strong programming basics are needed. Questions on data analytics were extra since i had a course on machine learning. The interviewer also asked questions regarding my internship. Dont expect the interviewer to know nothing about your internship or projects you do other than programming oriented ones.
Tips: strong programming skills. geeksforgeeks is a good site to look up to.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: My HR interview started with a routine tell me about yourself question. I gave a confident answer, which really allowed me settle. Then came the why do we select you question. I justified my selection with examples of my teamwork, programming skills and my contribution in internship. moving on i have told my toughest decision and my interests. Being a smart worker and someone who does what he loves, i said that i want my ideas to get implemented and i would find real joy in seeing them working.
Tips: confidence matters. justify yourself by giving instances of your work and character. When the interviewer asks "Do you have any questions for me?". don't give a blunt NO. do a little research on the company beforehand. Asking what skills are need to perform well in their company is a good question. you can also ask them about their work culture.

General Tips: be confident, cool and little common sense is all needed. Be strong on basics, don't try to learn complex things when you are not strong enough in basics.
Skill Tips: strong programming basics.
reasoning skills
Skills: programming in c, reasoning
College Name: IIT Kharagpur
Motivation: They offer a job in the domain i would love to work. Do what you love is my motto.
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R&D Engineer Interview Questions

user image Pulak Sarangi

posted on 14 Jan 2015

3 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: The questions on Logical reasoning were tough and time consuming. The questions on programming were primarily on pointers and data structures. The section on Digital electronics was easiest with questions ranging from logic gates, flip flops & timing analysis.
Tips: Start with the section with which you feel comfortable that will enhance your confidence and you can solve the other sections with higher accuracy. Do brush up your concepts on programming and data structures. Keep practicing LR questions from books for CAT
Duration: 75 minutes

Round: Interview
Experience: There were 3 rounds of interview consecutively. The first one was majorly based on the CV, the interviewer asked about the projects and some extra curricular activities that I had done.The second interviewer asked me to write simple codes on arrays. There was a question on finding the number of paces where two numbers i & j have 1's in the same position in their binary representation. He also asked a simple puzzle- There are 3 boxes containing 2 R, 2 B and 1 R, 1 B balls. All the boxes are labelled incorrectly, How would you identify the correct labeling if  your allowed to draw just 1 ball.The third round was primarily tested knowledge on data structures. The questions were based on linked list, binary tree implementation using linked list and code for printing the elements of binary tree in a given order( in order in my case).
Tips: If your CV has good projects be prepared to answer the question why are you not going for higher studies.

Skill Tips: ""
Skills: Problem solving skills, Programming , Digital Electronics
College Name: IIT Kharagpur
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Engineer Interview Questions

user image Siddharth Srivastava

posted on 19 Mar 2015

5 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: The Quant and Programming sections were long but fairly easy; I pretty much sailed through them. However, the core EC section was really lengthy and not so easy, and also had negative marking. I was able to complete the first 2 sections completely, and around 11/20 questions in the core section.
The Quant section touched basic topics like probability, algebra and simple geometry. Programming questions were quite syntax-based, rather than algorithm-based. In the core section, the focus was on device physics and digital electronics, including combinational/sequential circuits and microprocessors.
Tips: 1. Practice Quantitative sections. A LOT. Speed is of the essence in these sections, because almost everyone is on the same level as you are where mathematics is concerned.
2. Know the basic syntax of C++, that is the most common language you're tested on in the Programming section. Also know simple data structures and complexity calculations.
3. The core section is the most important one, so make sure your knowledge is sound and practice solving digital circuits as fast as you can.
4. The EC section is generally quite lengthy, so quickly flip through the questions once and then figure out what questions you can do for sure, finish those and then start on the remaining ones. DO NOT STAY ON ONE QUESTION FOR TOO LONG, because you won't even be able to haphazardly guess on the other questions because of the negative marking.
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 50

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I had only one round of technical interview. The interviewer was a person who'd worked at Qualcomm for around 5 years, as a Senior Engineer. The questions were not too tough, but challenging enough that you had to be quick at circuit evaluations. I wasn't able to solve all the questions completely, but talking aloud really helped, the interviewer himself would pass on hints or correct me sometimes if I went too far off on a tangent.
All in all, the interview lasted for about 45 minutes and was tiring but really fun if you like EC. For the first time, I realized that I actually knew electronics after studying it for 4 years! ;)
Tips: 1. Many people must have said this to you, but I'll say it again: Don't be too nervous. The questions are asked in such a way that you will definitely not be able to do all of them, so don't freak if you miss something here and there, they know it too!
2. Make sure you have the basics of logic gates, sequential design and digital VLSI circuits down pat when you're preparing for the interview. These are the main areas they are looking for in the VLSI Electronics interviews. Apart from these, a knowledge of Computer Architecture and basic VLSI CAD wouldnn't hurt!
3. I can't emphasize this enough: Talk out when thinking. It is very important for the interviewers to know what kind of technical logic you use when working out problems, and most often they start talking with you, which leads to an insightful discussion rather than a Q&A session.
4. Make sure your interest in the field also comes across; as far as I saw, they're looking for people who actually like EC and will be able to work hours together without getting bored of it (Well, not too much :P)

Round: HR Interview
Experience: The HR interview wasn't really an interview; it was more of a 15-minute discussion with an HR person. He was basically looking to see whather I would be able to fit into a team-oriented work environment and add something to it, that's all. Apart from that, there was mostly a discussion on the package breakdown, and the kind of work and teams we could be involved with in Qualcomm.
Tips: 1. Know something about Qualcomm, so that you're able to answer the first question they'll mostly ask.
2. This round is set to get to know you, so clear all your doubts and ask as many questions as you want.
3. Once again, try to express your interest in working in the field of electronics; if your passion shows, this round is pretty much cleared!

General Tips: 1. Be sure you're interested in EC before applying to Qualcomm for the VLSI profile.
2. For the test, speed is of the essence; practice solving different question sets in as less time as possible.
3. For the interview(s), don't be nervous, talk aloud, and have a sound technical base to build upon.
Skills: Digital Circuits, VLSI Technology, Low-Power Electronics, EC Device Physics, VLSI Circuit Design, Basic Programming
College Name: Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Motivation: I've always been interested in Electronics, ever since I studied the 8085 Microprocessor in the 12th Grade. Even when I joined IITKGP, I changed my Department to Electronics after my first year, because that's what I wanted to study!
Circuit design is one of the most interesting and challenging fields in today's electronics field, and I would love to see what happens, and be a part of it. Especially since right now we're on the verge of a big change - we're close to moving away from silicon-based designs; what happens next?
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Engineer Interview Questions

user image digvijay yadav

posted on 14 Jan 2015

4 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Shortlisting
Tips: Shortlisting is based on CV , pointer/ percentage.

Round: Interview
Tips: Be specific. Do not fake things.

Round: Interview
Experience: It was a nice interview. They made me feel comfortable during the whole interview.

General Tips: Be yourself, do not fake
Skill Tips: Go through the basics
Skills: Technical knowledge of your field
College Name: IIT Kharagpur
Motivation: Its one of the top 10 fortune 500 company
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R&D Engineer Interview Questions

user image Sumit Kumar Mandal

posted on 7 Mar 2015

1 Interview Round

Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Company was SYNOPSYS. The questions were not so tough. Moreover the interviewers were helping me to answer.
Tips: Whatever you are thinking express them to the interviewer. Brush up your knowledge of data structure. Be quick on your feet and show some celerity.

General Tips: Don't be panic. Just give your best.
Skills: Coding
College Name: IIT Kharagpur
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Software Engineer Interview Questions

user image Mukesh Kumar Meher

posted on 11 Mar 2015

4 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: On the basis of CV they shortlisted approx 30 candidates for SDE position.
Tips: Must verify your CV from your seniors/batchmates.  
Include all the projects, intern work or hall activities or anything you have done on your own which is related to or interest of company. If you know any back-end/front-end (javascript, php, mysql etc) language do mention. I think the cv shortlist was completely based on previous work and technical skills related to Web Development/Design mentioned in the CV.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I had one interview for approx. an hour, it includes both Technical and HR round, well mostly technical. Interview starts with tell me something about yourself.  Asked in detailed about algorithms/web based projects mentioned in CV, make sure that whatever you have written you have complete knowledge about it. Asked to code few basic algorithms questions. Do mention about small project if you have done related to web development.
If interviewer says if you want to ask any question, its always better to ask one or two question.
Tips: Prepare tell me something about yourself way before your placement starts, a month or so. Write it down on a piece of paper, keep it to less than 120 sec, 90-100 sec is good. 
A basic format would be like, your introduction, schooling (doesn't matter but if you have something good to say about), give an overview of your project/work experience mentioned in your CV.  
You should cover all the necessary and important parts written in your cv in this question. If something interest the interviewer your interview can start from those topic you mentioned.
Just make sure whatever you have written in your CV, you have full knowledge of it. Interviewer is going to take you from summary of the project to how you have actually coded some particular function or stored data.
Interviewer will give you enough time to think and give answer, so don't just be in hurry and say anything randomly.
While writing code keep telling what you are doing, just don't sit and code silently, interviewer might say and give hints if you are doing it wrong.
Ask question if you have any doubt, or to frame the question properly. Cause most of the time questions are of one line and you're suppose to assume a lot of things so its better to ask questions and get it clarified, it may happens that interviewer wants to ask something else and you are solving something else.
If you don't know something its better to say no.

General Tips: Interviewer wanna see how you think and if you can code or not, so take your time, think properly, keep telling what you are thinking, interviewer will probably gives hints/help you to solve the problem.
Skills: SQL, Algorithms, Data Strucutre, C++, PHP
College Name: IIT Kharagpur
Motivation: Interested in coding, love web development stuffs.
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Software Engineer Interview Questions

user image Ramakanth

posted on 11 Mar 2015

5 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Good and peaceful interview. Questions on computer background were simple. Interviewer had a good knowledge on my project field so he asked some really good questions.
Tips: Be clear with every single point written on your CV. Be confident !!

Round: Behavioural Interview
Experience: Overall a good experience.
Tips: The interviewer want to know how you handle the situations. Clearly express your views on the situation

General Tips: Be prepared and confident
Skills: java, Computer Networks, Analytic Skills
College Name: IIT Kharagpur
Motivation: This company is number one in US market. It has revenue more than Microsoft!!
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Software Engineer Interview Questions

user image Pratik Sahoo

posted on 31 Aug 2015

4 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: All Computer Science Topics Covered: Data Structures, Algorithms, Object Oriented Systems, C, C++, Operating Systems, Computer Architectures, Databases, SQL, Basic Quantitative Aptitude
Tips: Solve all of them. Cut off's generally go high.
Duration: 30 minutes
Total Questions: 30

Round: Interview
Experience: Nice Experience. Interviewer was friendly. He wanted exact solutions.
Tips: Be thorough with everything and your projects.

Round: Interview
Experience: Nice Experience. Interviewer was friendly. He wanted exact solutions.
Tips: Be thorough with everything and your projects.

Round: Interview
Experience: Nice Experience. Interviewer was friendly.
Tips: Do not fake yourself.

General Tips: Be thorough with all CS related concepts and projects.
Skill Tips: ""Be thorough.""
Skills: Algorithms, Data Structures, Operating Systems, Machine Learning, SQL, Operating Systems, Computer Architecture, Data Analytics
College Name: IIT Kharagpur
Motivation: Kind of application oriented work and the rising nature of the company. Obviously money also.
Funny Moments: Many funny questions and answers like did you have lunch, when did you last eat, etc
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Analyst Interview Questions

user image Pratyaksh Karan

posted on 28 Mar 2015

4 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Nicely organized GD, civilized and intellectual GD group, discussion rich topic
Tips: Allow others to speak when they have something to say. Do try to push your way in if someone is talking too long or talking gibberish. Do not push your point too much, however, present logical arguments in favor. Try to draw similarities from what others say. Try to include all.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Friendly HR interviewer. Non-direct questions but not too difficult.
Tips: Answer all questions honestly but be polite. Don't present too strong views, you are too young for that. Don't repeat content with different words, but be elaborate enough to let the interviewer know you.

Round: Guesstimate Interview
Tips: Read up some guesstimates and case studies before placements, discuss some with friends too. Open up your mind while guesstimating. Speak all that comes to your head, and vocally sift through them to get the logical and pursue-able approaches. The interviewer should get a complete idea of your analytical approach.

College Name: IIT Kharagpur
Motivation: First foray into corporate structure. Lots of opportunities. Diversified experiences.
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