Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee

Roorkee, Uttarakhand

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

Updated 17 Dec 2024

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posted on 2 Jul 2024

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Yes, I joined the company

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

2 Interview Rounds

1

Coding Test Round

Basic DSA questions on Strings and Tree

2

Technical Round (3 Questions)

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3 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: There was no resume based selection for the particular profile (the profile was under the Oracle Communications Global Business Unit). First there was an online test which consisted of CAT like questions. After that for my particular profile there was a written test on C++ and algorithms. The first written test consisted of questions on verbal/logical reasoning, quantitative aptitude and verbal ability. After the two rounds of written test, we had to go through two rounds of personal interview.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: They were looking for students with knowledge of C++ or any other programming language. They asked me questions on data structures and a lot of questions on algorithms. They were the common algorithms and some of them I had to think over the interview.HR interview consisted of questions on strength and weakness, morale/ethics, upbringing and where do I see myself after “n” no. of years. They were in general trying to check whether I will fit into their organisation and not leave the company in the near future.

College Name: IIT ROORKEE
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posted on 29 Mar 2015

4 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: I prepared a single resume but changed my areas of interest while applying in different companies. For instance while applying in Samsung Electronics I wrote about my strengths in data structures and various programming languages. I had a long list of extra-curricular activities under my belt; I made sure to select a handful of relevant activities and mentioned them in my resume.

Round: Test
Experience: The first round in the recruitment process of Oracle was the written test. It was an online written test. The test consisted of 6 sections: logical reasoning, aptitude, programming, English and a 5 minute quick test. I cannot recall the 6th section. In 5 minute quick test section the questions were like finding the incorrect number in the given sequence of numbers or finding the next number in the given sequence of numbers and so on. In programming section the questions were from data structure and database management. However, not a lot of weightage was given to this section, even a candidate who had performed well in the other sections but not so well in the programming section qualified for the next round.
Oracle shortlisted 40 students for the interview round.

Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: In the interview I was asked some programming questions and some puzzles.
Some of the puzzles were:If there are 8 coins out of which 7 are of the same weight and the remaining one with slightly different weight then how to determine the odd coin in three ‘weightings’ using spring balance. All the coins are of the same dimension
There are 100 steps and an ice cube. There is a particular step and all the steps above it from where if the ice cube is thrown then the ice cube would break. What is the minimum number of tries required to determine that step.
Some of the programming questions were:What is binary search? Write down the code for the binary search for finding a number given a series of numbers.
Finding the power of a number. For example 2^3

College Name: IIT ROORKEE
Motivation: Oracle is a reputed company in the space of software and ITeS. It had come to our campus with five profiles. The best means to know about all of them is to attend the pre-placement talk of the company.
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5 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: I used the same resume in all companies I merely altered my areas of interest depending on the profile on offer.

Round: Test
Experience: I went through some CAT study books for preparation of the written test. The first round was the written test. The paper consisted of logical reasoning and programming questions. There was huge number of questions asked from data structures. The logical reasoning part was pretty simple but the programming part required some prior knowledge on programming.
Tips: Majority of the questions were on basic maths hence I would suggest that one should practice sums from 10th class maths book.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: The first interview was the HR interview. They asked me some questions from my resume and also asked me to write down a code that gives the Fibonacci series as the output.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: After 30 minutes there was another interview. In this interview I was asked some questions on data structures particularly on trees. Next they asked me about the various sorting algorithms and asked me to write a code to one of them. Since I was not well verse with the syntaxes they suggested that I write a pseudo code instead of a full-fledged code.Finally they asked me a puzzle. The puzzle was about 3 bulbs having corresponding 3 switches. While operating the switches it was not possible to see the bulbs. The bulbs and the switches were present in different rooms. Further it was given that the room in which the bulbs were present could be entered only once and also the switch could be manipulated only once. I had to specify which switch belonged to which bulb.

College Name: IIT ROORKEE
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4 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: I had a standard resume for this company as per our Institute placement cell norms. I had mentioned all my achievements, academic and extracurricular, in my resume.I had the same resume for every company. I only used to change the subjects mentioned as my area of interest to make sure that they are in line with the job profile being offered by the company.

Round: Test
Experience: The first round of selection process was an online test. The test comprised of technical questions as well as general aptitude/logical based questions.It is important to prepare well for technical as well as general aptitude based tests. I practiced questions from CAT preparation material/books to prepare for aptitude based tests.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: The second round of the selection process was an interview round. Almost every student had at least 2 interviews.
In the first interview, most of the questions asked were typical HR type questions. They mainly wanted to gauge the candidate’s interest in working for their company. A few technical questions were asked as well. One of the questions asked was about Bubble Sorting Algorithm. Some 30 students appeared for this interview (for Application Development Profile) and 20 students were shortlisted for the next interview.
In the second interview, I was asked some simple mathematical problems and some programming based questions. The questions asked were:
There is a two digit number. The sum of its digit is known. The sum of the number itself and the number obtained by reversing the digits is also known. How would you find the number? How would you implement these equations in a program?There is a string with opening and closing brackets. How would you find (using a program) if in the string there is a closing bracket for every opening bracket?In the third interview, again some programming based questions were asked. As the interviewer himself graduated from the Electrical Engineering Department of IIT Roorkee, he also asked a few questions from Electrical Engineering. Some of the questions asked were:How would you find the number of words in a given paragraph?
How many registers are there in a microprocessor (say 8085)? How is the information stored during a program run?Questions related to Control Systems.Questions related to Magnetic Levitation.
Tips: If you are thorough with only C++ then mention only C++ as the language known in your resume. Do not mention things/languages/courses you do not know or have not studied. Also Electrical Engineering students have more chance of getting selected in the application development profile as compared to other profiles offered by Oracle (like Systems, Communications etc.) if they have studied the relevant courses or have the slightest of interest or knowledge about programming.

College Name: IIT ROORKEE
Motivation: My main source of information about the company and the profile was the company’s pre-placement talk and the company website.
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5 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: I had a standard resume for this company as per our institute placement cell norms.I usually changed my “Areas of Interest” as per the company profile. For Oracle I mentioned subjects that dealt with coding and also about my other projects which had even little bit of programming.

Round: Test
Experience: The test comprised of different sections. These were related to general aptitude, data interpretation, programming, logical reasoning and character recognition (e.g. you had to find the matching string in a set of given strings). A large number of questions were from topics like data structure and a few were from programming. The paper was difficult – particularly the questions on data structure were very difficult. In data structure questions were mainly asked from trees and stacks. There were different comprehensions that were dedicated to the use of AVL Tree.
Also there were few simple theoretical questions on database management related to primary key, foreign key etc. For the logical questions one can go through the guild website of Oracle, where the complete set of questions asked in the paper can be found. The aptitude test was not difficult but the time allotted was the main factor that affected the performance.

Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: The first interview was aimed at testing your logical reasoning ability and programming knowledge. The questions here were puzzle based and focused on testing the logical ability of the candidate. An example is if there are 100 beam balls, all of the same weight except one, then what are the minimum number of weighing attempts required to find the odd ball with the help of a beam balance. Then they moved on to asking some very basic technical questions like how to create stacks and queues using any programming language. The logical questions and puzzles asked in this round were quite common ones. One would need to look around on the internet – finding these puzzles etc. is tough but they are available for free.
Tips: Oracle gives a lot of weightage to the projects and the internships. If you had one of these related to some coding stuff then you have an added advantage. Also knowledge of data structures is a must.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: In the second phase of interview a mixed bag of HR questions (Human Resource) and technical questions were asked. The HR questions included questions like ‘Why do you want to join Oracle’ and ‘What are your future plans?’  The interview process was very smooth and they were not looking for essentially only coding. They were looking for people with good logical thinking and could apply their brains if required for learning and writing codes and programs.The next round was also a technical cum HR interview. They wanted check my willingness to join the company and the fact that whether I will stick with the company or not. The technical questions were simple and they just wanted to check the facts that I had mentioned in my resume.
Tips: A candidate vying to get recruited in the company should have substantial knowledge on data structures.

College Name: IIT ROORKEE
Motivation: Oracle is a renowned company. It has been coming for placements in our campus for many years. This time it came with 5 different profiles. The information regarding all these could be best found by attending the Pre Placement Talk.Walk in interview was conducted for students who had studied the course of Data Structures. They had also conducted a written test but no weightage was given to it for those students who had attended the course on data structures.
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posted on 29 Mar 2015

4 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: I had a standard resume for this company as per the norms of our institute’s placement cell. For Oracle I laid emphasis on my programming skills and projects related to it.

Round: Test
Experience: The first round was the written test that comprised of 5 sections – vocabulary, aptitude, pattern matching, logical reasoning and programming. The questions in the programming section were asked from data structures and C++. The questions in the programming section were mainly from trees (from data structures). Around 400 students appeared for their written test out of which around 100 were shortlisted.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: The next round was the interview round. They gave me some puzzles to solve and a program to write. One of the puzzles that I remember was that if I were to be given an egg then how would I determine its durability, i.e. how would I determine that from which floor do I need to throw the egg from so that the egg does not break if thrown from any floor below it.
For the coding question I was given a mathematical formula and I was asked to devise a code such that the program uses the formula and gives the output.
Tips: Prepare for Data Structures as well as the commonly asked puzzles for Oracle.

College Name: IIT ROORKEE
Motivation: Oracle is a reputed company in the space of software and ITeS. It had come to our campus with five profiles. The best means to know about all of them is to attend the pre-placement talk of the company.
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posted on 29 Mar 2015

4 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: The resume was as per the norms of our institute’s placement cell. I used only one resume for different companies, however I altered my “areas of interests” to make them compatible with the profile on offer. For instance while applying for profiles related to programming I mentioned my areas of interests as C++ and data structures, whereas in core companies I mentioned my areas of interests as machining and power systems.

Round: Test
Experience: The company had set a minimum CGPA cut off of 7.0. Consequently they entertained the resumes of only those candidates who had a CGPA greater than 7.0The first round was the written round. The paper consisted of various sections like logical reasoning section, the data interpretation section, verbal ability section and the programming section. The programming section consisted of questions on data structures and particularly on trees.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: The next round was the interview round. The questions asked during the interview were a combination of HR as well as technical. The HR questions included ‘Which is your dream company?’, ‘Why do you want to join this company and this profile?’ and few more like these. He did a review of my resume and asked me few questions from that as well. He enquired about my projects. He also asked me some coding questions, in one such question he asked me to create a link list using arrays. He also wanted to know the reason for me switching over from electrical arena to the IT sector. He also asked me a puzzle in which I was given a circle of a fixed radius and three lines and I was asked to calculate the maximum pieces the circle can be divided into with the help of these 3 lines.
I did not qualify for the further rounds.
Tips: Knowledge of data structure can be advantageous to move through the interview rounds

College Name: IIT ROORKEE
Motivation: Oracle is a leading firm in the IT/ITeS sector. It came to our campus with five different profiles. They explained the need for different profiles in their placement talk they laid a lot of emphasis on the importance of programming knowledge of the student.
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posted on 12 Jan 2015

3 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Oracle had an online test which includes 3

1. Programming: basic C++/java programming + data structure. One need to have good hand over oops to score well in this section.

2. Aptitude: General Aptitude question

3. General Maths: Very simple maths problem (+2 level) but needs very very good speed.

Round: Interview
Experience: There were few rounds in interview.

1st round was completely on resume based. Each and every project and intern is discussed in detail. Most
of the extracurricular activities were also discussed. In the 1st interview, some basic program like fibonacci
series by recursion, star pattern by loop etc were asked.

In 2nd round of interview, there was more programming, less resume based question and more emphasis
on will I be comfortable in an IT sector. Some apti questions were also asked.

Next round was HR. I was asked about the earlier 2 interviews and some basic HR questions.

Skill Tips: Discussions with friends and seniors regarding the possible pattern and subject / apti question to be studied helped me a lot. To prepare for IT companies, C++ is must.

I also learnt datastructure from friend in E&C department. Simultaneously I took some aptitude tests which helped me to boost the question solving speed and also gave me hand on some new questions.
Skills: C++, Data Structures, Aptitude Tests
College Name: IIT Roorkee
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Software developer profile Interview Questions

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posted on 14 Jan 2015

4 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: For the written test, 1st round contains 2-3 parts of question and you have give answers as soon as possible because speed also matters.
It contains question related to a different programming language used by EPIC and mathematical ability question.
Tips: If u cleared written test then chances for clearing interview is very high.

Round: Test
Experience: 2nd round is a subjective round contains 4 question for coding. Coding is to be done without compiler and also we have to write comments for explanation.
2nd round is subjective. Programme must be written in c/c++ and
without compiler.
Tips: If u cleared written test then chances for clearing interview is very high.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Telephonic interview is of 25-35 min. for technical
Interview is easy but tricky because it is telephonic. They asked about projects done in bachelor's and a case study or some easy problems which doesn't require pen paper for solution.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Telephonic interview is of 10-15 min. for HR
HR interview is formality (at least in my case). They just verified whatever written in my resume. They asked nothing.

General Tips: If u cleared written test then chances for clearing interview is very high. In our time they shortlisted 14 candidates for interview and finally selected 10 students but 7 students from B.Tech rejected EPIC offer. So, finally only 3 students from M.Tech got placed
in EPIC.
My suggestion for you is that there is VISA problem with EPIC because office is only i n USA. So, if placed in EPIC, try for other companies off-campus. Chances for getting VISA is very less.
College Name: IIT Roorkee
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