Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur

Kharagpur, West Bengal

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

Updated 12 Jan 2025

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I was interviewed in Dec 2016.

2 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: The interview was one round only. There were two interviewers. At first they asked to give me an introduction of myself. Then they asked me about my project in detail and then some machine learning questions related to it. Then they asked me some Data Structures and Algorithm questions and told me to explain as how do I teach students. Then they asked me if I want to do phd or not and some hr questions.
Tips: Be confident and don't panic if you can't answer any question just say it politely. Also if the ask you about your interest in phd never say no.They want phd interested students.

Skills: Machine Learning, Data Structures And Algorithms
College Name: IIT Kharagpur
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I was interviewed in Dec 2016.

5 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

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Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Resume were shortlisted based on academic performance and projects
Tips: Go for projects useful for industries

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Resume were shortlisted based on academic performance and projects
Tips: Go for projects useful for industries

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I was told to write a program on counting words in a file.

College Name: IIT Kharagpur
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posted on 11 May 2017

I was interviewed in Sep 2016.

4 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Questions aren't tough but they take more time to read itself.
Tips: First try to attempt the questions which are seemingly small. Reading bigger questions first and wasting more time on that isnt a good idea at all.
Duration: 30 minutes
Total Questions: 30

Skills: Technical Skill, Analytical Skills
College Name: IIT Kharagpur
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I was interviewed before May 2016.

2 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: They have seen my resume and shortlisted
Tips: You have to be very straight forward in your resume. Write those points which you are good at. Highlight your achievement. Make it short and simple

Skills: Problem Solving skills, Algorithm Analysis
College Name: IIT Kharagpur
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I was interviewed in Apr 2017.

3 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

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Round: Technical Interview
Experience: My interview was a telephonic interview and I was called at a scheduled time. First I was asked to introduce myself. After that I was asked a series of questions related to programming and data structures after which I was asked a few puzzle questions. This concluded my technical round of internship.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: The hr interview was also conducted over the telephone and I was called at a scheduled time. Here also I was asked to introduce myself. Then I was just asked a few questions regarding which field I want to pursue.

College Name: IIT Kharagpur
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posted on 10 May 2017

I was interviewed in Sep 2016.

1 Interview Round

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Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I studied about them before so it was not a problem for me

Skills: Coding Skills
College Name: IIT Kharagpur
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I was interviewed in Aug 2016.

5 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: It's a technical written exam
Tips: Just manage time
Duration: 2 hours

Round: Technical Interview
Tips: Say your answer confidently they may not give any reaction that doesn't mean your answer is wrong they may be thinking about next question

Round: HR Interview
Experience: It's a core company so HR round is just for a formality technical round is most important
Tips: Just be free

Skills: Problem Solving Abilties, Way Of Answering
College Name: IIT Kharagpur
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posted on 10 May 2017

I was interviewed in Aug 2016.

4 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

  • Q1. Given an array and a number find a pair of integers in the array whose sum is equal to given number.
  • Q2. Find lca of 2 nodes in a binary tree (write pseudocode)
  • Q3. Implement a specialStack class which should support O(1) push O(1) pop and should return minimum element in the stack in O(1) time
  • Q4. Explain polymorphism and other OOPS concepts
  • Q5. How do you design a website which displays say top 1000 products with product rating updating every second?
  • Q6. Given a million points and a new point P find a point closest to P(you can do preprocessing)
  • Q7. Given a function which upon input x returns f(x) write code to evaluate integral a to b f(x)dx (what is the maximum accuracy of your algorithm)

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: 10 MCQs and 3 programming questions are given.
MCQs included questions asking the outputs of code snippets, algorithmic complexities.
Programming problems are tough.
I was able to solve only 1 problem completely and 1 partially.
Partial score is given for passing some test cases.
Tips: For programming problems code any solution(even brute force) if you are not able to come up with exact solution
Duration: 1 hour
Total Questions: 13

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I was able to solve all questions.
Tips: Read geeksforgeeks and other blogs for standard problems

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I couldn't answer 3rd and 4th questions properly but gave some suboptimal solutions.
Tips: Answer multiple solutions trading off time and space complexities

Skills: Programming, Algorithmic Approach To Problem Solving
College Name: IIT Kharagpur
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posted on 10 May 2017

I was interviewed in Sep 2016.

5 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: There were 3 sections.Aptitude,C programming,Software / Communication / Hardware
Tips: U should be very fast while solving.Aptitude is normal.C programming qsns mainly consists of simple C like trees,arrays,sorting etc.I chose software for 3rd section as I wanted software profile .It has qsns based on OS(little bit linux),Data structures and Algorithms.
Duration: 2 hours
Total Questions: 60

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Just asked me qsns related to Data structures
Tips: Solve sums in geeksforgeeks

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Its for fun.HR talks about unrelated things :P .If u got selected for HR,then u are selected for job.

College Name: IIT Kharagpur
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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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