Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee
Roorkee, Uttarakhand
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Updated
17 Dec 2024
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3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: They have a resume based selection in the first round. After that they have a group based case study. They have a very limited no. of these case studies and you can browse different interview experiences to have a prior knowledge of these case studies.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: In the interview you have to dazzle them with your core knowledge. Anyways they took the two guys having highest CGPA. They selected 2 out of 5 and one of my friends interview went very well but to my surprise he was not selected. They asked mostly about quality control tests, slump, compaction factor and some common sense questions related to civil engineering.
Though I didn’t get into ITC, what i feel is that they are looking for people who are good at academics but also have certain amount of extracurricular activities to their credit. They want people who have had experience of working in the field and in a team. For them it is very important that you have very good team ethics and extremely profound leadership qualities.
College Name: IIT ROORKEE
Experience: They have a resume based selection in the first round. After that they have a group based case study. They have a very limited no. of these case studies and you can browse different interview experiences to have a prior knowledge of these case studies.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: In the interview you have to dazzle them with your core knowledge. Anyways they took the two guys having highest CGPA. They selected 2 out of 5 and one of my friends interview went very well but to my surprise he was not selected. They asked mostly about quality control tests, slump, compaction factor and some common sense questions related to civil engineering.
Though I didn’t get into ITC, what i feel is that they are looking for people who are good at academics but also have certain amount of extracurricular activities to their credit. They want people who have had experience of working in the field and in a team. For them it is very important that you have very good team ethics and extremely profound leadership qualities.
College Name: IIT ROORKEE
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: The criterion for applying to the company was based on the CGPA. They looked at the CGPA and over all profile of the candidates. After the first shortlist there was a group discussion round.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: There were two rounds of interview. In that they asked me HR questions and some core field related questions. The HR questions were on the lines of:
Tell us about yourselfQuestions related to long term/short term goals/Where you see yourself after 'n' years?Question about relocation/working on weekends/frequent traveling/working in rural areas etc.Questions about motivations/upbringing/ethics/moral dilemmas.The core branch related question was from thermodynamic cycles.
Finally they asked me which movie had I watched recently. I told them ‘The Dark Knight Rises’. After that there was an exhaustive discussion on the movie and on its cast and acting.
College Name: IIT ROORKEE
Experience: The criterion for applying to the company was based on the CGPA. They looked at the CGPA and over all profile of the candidates. After the first shortlist there was a group discussion round.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: There were two rounds of interview. In that they asked me HR questions and some core field related questions. The HR questions were on the lines of:
Tell us about yourselfQuestions related to long term/short term goals/Where you see yourself after 'n' years?Question about relocation/working on weekends/frequent traveling/working in rural areas etc.Questions about motivations/upbringing/ethics/moral dilemmas.The core branch related question was from thermodynamic cycles.
Finally they asked me which movie had I watched recently. I told them ‘The Dark Knight Rises’. After that there was an exhaustive discussion on the movie and on its cast and acting.
College Name: IIT ROORKEE
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: I referred some of seniors resume’s for preparing my own resume. Then I prepared a rough draft and mailed it to some of my seniors who did a thorough review of my resume. I received some valuable insights from them and finally I prepared my final resume. While applying in different companies I only altered my areas of interests, for instance while applying in core companies I mentioned my “areas of interest” as the core subjects.
Round: Test
Experience: The company first gave us a questionnaire similar to our standard campus CV format. The questionnaire consisted of some general questions as answers to which we were asked to specify our extra-curricular activities, our areas of interest and so on. The questionnaire also consisted of some questions which we were expected to answer smartly. The company also laid down a minimum CGPA cut-off criterion of 7.0. On these bases the company shortlisted some 70 candidates out the 400 odd people who applied.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The third round was the interview round. The interview was a technical plus HR interview. Previous year the company had conducted 2 rounds, however this year the company conducted only one round. The first question they asked me was to speak about myself. I started making mistakes from the first line that I spoke. The interviewer pinpointed every minute mistake that I made. This interview was kind of a stress interview and if your very first interview turns out to be a stress interview you are quite certainly going to end up screwing it.
Then they asked me about my internships. I had done two internships both in a company called Tractor Industries. My work during the internships was related to tractor driveline. They asked me some technical questions on the work that I did during my internships and also on my projects. I was not able to give suitable replies to any of those questions. Other technical questions they asked me were on priming of the pumps and fluid mechanics. Next they asked me to specify my subject of interest, to which I replied ‘refrigeration’. Listening to this they asked me to design an air conditioner for the room in which interview was being conducted. I was doing everything just perfectly fine, but then again interrupted and I lost all my coherence and confidence and consequently I ended up screwing in this question as well.
Further one of the interviewers asked me to specify my second favourite subject; I defensively said ‘small hydro power’. The interviewer was an alumnus of IIT Roorkee and one of his electives was small hydro power. He was a pioneer of the subject and grilled me heavily on this topic. I was left flat footed at times. I was not able to answer some simple questions he asked me about the turbines used in small hydro power schemes. Somehow they were convinced that I am more oriented for a marketing job than a technical job, they also upheld a notion that I would quit the company sooner or later and go for MBA. I tried to convince them that further studies was not my agenda and would never be and also that I want to enter into the industry as a technician. They still seemed quite reluctant.
College Name: IIT ROORKEE
Motivation: ITC is a very well renowned FMCG company in India and has a significant presence in the Indian market. It is known for its emphasis on technical questions asked in the interview rounds. The profile is related to their production/manufacturing line.
Experience: I referred some of seniors resume’s for preparing my own resume. Then I prepared a rough draft and mailed it to some of my seniors who did a thorough review of my resume. I received some valuable insights from them and finally I prepared my final resume. While applying in different companies I only altered my areas of interests, for instance while applying in core companies I mentioned my “areas of interest” as the core subjects.
Round: Test
Experience: The company first gave us a questionnaire similar to our standard campus CV format. The questionnaire consisted of some general questions as answers to which we were asked to specify our extra-curricular activities, our areas of interest and so on. The questionnaire also consisted of some questions which we were expected to answer smartly. The company also laid down a minimum CGPA cut-off criterion of 7.0. On these bases the company shortlisted some 70 candidates out the 400 odd people who applied.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The third round was the interview round. The interview was a technical plus HR interview. Previous year the company had conducted 2 rounds, however this year the company conducted only one round. The first question they asked me was to speak about myself. I started making mistakes from the first line that I spoke. The interviewer pinpointed every minute mistake that I made. This interview was kind of a stress interview and if your very first interview turns out to be a stress interview you are quite certainly going to end up screwing it.
Then they asked me about my internships. I had done two internships both in a company called Tractor Industries. My work during the internships was related to tractor driveline. They asked me some technical questions on the work that I did during my internships and also on my projects. I was not able to give suitable replies to any of those questions. Other technical questions they asked me were on priming of the pumps and fluid mechanics. Next they asked me to specify my subject of interest, to which I replied ‘refrigeration’. Listening to this they asked me to design an air conditioner for the room in which interview was being conducted. I was doing everything just perfectly fine, but then again interrupted and I lost all my coherence and confidence and consequently I ended up screwing in this question as well.
Further one of the interviewers asked me to specify my second favourite subject; I defensively said ‘small hydro power’. The interviewer was an alumnus of IIT Roorkee and one of his electives was small hydro power. He was a pioneer of the subject and grilled me heavily on this topic. I was left flat footed at times. I was not able to answer some simple questions he asked me about the turbines used in small hydro power schemes. Somehow they were convinced that I am more oriented for a marketing job than a technical job, they also upheld a notion that I would quit the company sooner or later and go for MBA. I tried to convince them that further studies was not my agenda and would never be and also that I want to enter into the industry as a technician. They still seemed quite reluctant.
College Name: IIT ROORKEE
Motivation: ITC is a very well renowned FMCG company in India and has a significant presence in the Indian market. It is known for its emphasis on technical questions asked in the interview rounds. The profile is related to their production/manufacturing line.
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. For any software company in general, do mention all software projects you have done and languages/software packages you know.
Round: Test
Experience: The first round of the selection process was a written test which comprised of two sections. The first section had aptitude based/puzzle based problems. Questions were tricky and didn’t require any calculation. Some of the questions were
1) Form all numbers from 1 to 10 using four 4’s and the basic arithmetic operations +,– ,* and /. 2) Pick the odd one out from a given series. 3) Complete the series (a series with the starting alphabet of days in a week was given). 4) How many knights can you place on a standard chess board so that no piece can attack any other piece? Subjective answers had to be given with proper explanation for the same.
The second section was based on C/C++ programming. There were three questions. The first one required the candidate to write the output of a given program. The next question was based on simple if-else statements while the last question was based on circular queues. All questions in this section were easy if the candidate has decent enough programming skills.
Total time for both the sections was 1 hour. There was no marking scheme and short listing was done based on the overall response of the candidate. Some particular questions or parts of questions, however, were considered more important by the company, and candidates answering those questions and a few others correctly, were shortlisted for the next round.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The first round was a 1 to 1 interview wherein the interviewer tried to put me under pressure by pointing out mistakes in my answers to written test and making me solve the questions which I had not attempted in the written test. He also asked me about my family background, why I think I should be shortlisted for the next round etc.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The interviewer asked me about the programming languages I had worked on. No question was asked from languages other than those I mentioned. There were some standard questions about data structures and their implementation using C++. As I had worked on a couple of websites, the interviewer asked me questions related to HTML/CSS/PHP/MySQL/JavaScript. I was also asked to show one of the websites I had designed on the internet and the interviewer asked me a few questions about it. Except for a few, questions were very basic and easy for someone with good programming skills.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The final interview mostly had HR questions. The interviewer talked at length about my interest in sports, my favourite sportsman and why. He also questioned me regarding the websites I had worked on, other extracurricular activities and what did I learn from them, what do I know about eBay and how would I be able to contribute to it if I am selected.
Tips: Revise programming concepts. Do not panic even if the interviewer tries to put you under pressure.
College Name: IIT ROORKEE
Motivation: EBay is a renowned company. I didn’t have much idea about the job profile on offer. However I did know that it was in the field of website and software development. I also found a lot of information about the company through the company’s Wikipedia page.
Experience: I had a standard resume for this company as per our institute placement cell norms. For any software company in general, do mention all software projects you have done and languages/software packages you know.
Round: Test
Experience: The first round of the selection process was a written test which comprised of two sections. The first section had aptitude based/puzzle based problems. Questions were tricky and didn’t require any calculation. Some of the questions were
1) Form all numbers from 1 to 10 using four 4’s and the basic arithmetic operations +,– ,* and /. 2) Pick the odd one out from a given series. 3) Complete the series (a series with the starting alphabet of days in a week was given). 4) How many knights can you place on a standard chess board so that no piece can attack any other piece? Subjective answers had to be given with proper explanation for the same.
The second section was based on C/C++ programming. There were three questions. The first one required the candidate to write the output of a given program. The next question was based on simple if-else statements while the last question was based on circular queues. All questions in this section were easy if the candidate has decent enough programming skills.
Total time for both the sections was 1 hour. There was no marking scheme and short listing was done based on the overall response of the candidate. Some particular questions or parts of questions, however, were considered more important by the company, and candidates answering those questions and a few others correctly, were shortlisted for the next round.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The first round was a 1 to 1 interview wherein the interviewer tried to put me under pressure by pointing out mistakes in my answers to written test and making me solve the questions which I had not attempted in the written test. He also asked me about my family background, why I think I should be shortlisted for the next round etc.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The interviewer asked me about the programming languages I had worked on. No question was asked from languages other than those I mentioned. There were some standard questions about data structures and their implementation using C++. As I had worked on a couple of websites, the interviewer asked me questions related to HTML/CSS/PHP/MySQL/JavaScript. I was also asked to show one of the websites I had designed on the internet and the interviewer asked me a few questions about it. Except for a few, questions were very basic and easy for someone with good programming skills.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The final interview mostly had HR questions. The interviewer talked at length about my interest in sports, my favourite sportsman and why. He also questioned me regarding the websites I had worked on, other extracurricular activities and what did I learn from them, what do I know about eBay and how would I be able to contribute to it if I am selected.
Tips: Revise programming concepts. Do not panic even if the interviewer tries to put you under pressure.
College Name: IIT ROORKEE
Motivation: EBay is a renowned company. I didn’t have much idea about the job profile on offer. However I did know that it was in the field of website and software development. I also found a lot of information about the company through the company’s Wikipedia page.
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: We all are good in reasoning and aptitude part but time management should be done properly. Questions taking too much of time should be left immediately.Civil Engg part consists of basic civil engg questions. If you know the method you will do it else not.
Tips: Time allocation is the main key to crack written exam.
Duration: 2 hrs minutes
Total Questions: 120
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Really tough experience. Every topic was asked at full depth.Some of the questions Interviewer explained to me as if he is teaching me in a class.
Tips: Speak to the point because speaking too much can be injurious to your interview.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: It was good .Everything went smoothly
Tips: Speak what comes to your mind there itself.Dont prepare HR questions.
General Tips: Dont try to be oversmart. Be the way you are. Speak what you know. Have faith in yourself.
Skills: Technical skills, Communication skills
College Name: IIT ROORKEE
Motivation: This is one of the best firm in he field of designing. You cannt get better exposure anywhere except Atkins.
Funny Moments: The time interviewer was explaining things to me, it was like i am in a class.That was good moment and there itself i realized that i am going in a good firm. Exceptionally knowledgeable Personalities.
Experience: We all are good in reasoning and aptitude part but time management should be done properly. Questions taking too much of time should be left immediately.Civil Engg part consists of basic civil engg questions. If you know the method you will do it else not.
Tips: Time allocation is the main key to crack written exam.
Duration: 2 hrs minutes
Total Questions: 120
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Really tough experience. Every topic was asked at full depth.Some of the questions Interviewer explained to me as if he is teaching me in a class.
Tips: Speak to the point because speaking too much can be injurious to your interview.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: It was good .Everything went smoothly
Tips: Speak what comes to your mind there itself.Dont prepare HR questions.
General Tips: Dont try to be oversmart. Be the way you are. Speak what you know. Have faith in yourself.
Skills: Technical skills, Communication skills
College Name: IIT ROORKEE
Motivation: This is one of the best firm in he field of designing. You cannt get better exposure anywhere except Atkins.
Funny Moments: The time interviewer was explaining things to me, it was like i am in a class.That was good moment and there itself i realized that i am going in a good firm. Exceptionally knowledgeable Personalities.
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Since I was preparing for Cat 2015, My quant aptitude speed was above average. This helped me in cracking the test.
Tips: Do prepare for Cat. Even though one is not seriously considering it, it would help in cruising through the aptitude tests during placement.
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: During my GD, I came up with a few points, but they were too mainstream and nothing which would make the instructor notice me.I remember one boy stated that if India changes to Hindustan, We would be kept in the league of terrorism Stricken nations like Afganistan, Pakistan.I immediately Countered that such thinking is shown by narrow minded people,whose opinions shouldnt matter to us in first place.I guess that was a winning stroke for me. There were 10 guys, out of which 4 were selected for the next round.
Tips: Flipkart was quite known for taking GD on random topics, Like Blue vs Black, Joker vs Batman.I remember one group was told to choose their own GD topic.In such Cases, Background Study isnt of much help.It all comes down to the things one knows inherently, things which are accumulated by ones surrounding .In topics such as these, try to give out of the box solutions, so that the person remembers you during selection.Also, prior GD experience helps one in being calm and collected and to think clearly.
Duration: 10 minutes
College Name: IIT ROORKEE
Experience: Since I was preparing for Cat 2015, My quant aptitude speed was above average. This helped me in cracking the test.
Tips: Do prepare for Cat. Even though one is not seriously considering it, it would help in cruising through the aptitude tests during placement.
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: During my GD, I came up with a few points, but they were too mainstream and nothing which would make the instructor notice me.I remember one boy stated that if India changes to Hindustan, We would be kept in the league of terrorism Stricken nations like Afganistan, Pakistan.I immediately Countered that such thinking is shown by narrow minded people,whose opinions shouldnt matter to us in first place.I guess that was a winning stroke for me. There were 10 guys, out of which 4 were selected for the next round.
Tips: Flipkart was quite known for taking GD on random topics, Like Blue vs Black, Joker vs Batman.I remember one group was told to choose their own GD topic.In such Cases, Background Study isnt of much help.It all comes down to the things one knows inherently, things which are accumulated by ones surrounding .In topics such as these, try to give out of the box solutions, so that the person remembers you during selection.Also, prior GD experience helps one in being calm and collected and to think clearly.
Duration: 10 minutes
College Name: IIT ROORKEE
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: ITC had a standard form that was to be filled by all the candidates applying to it. Apart from the standard academic details, the form required the candidate to answer some HR questions and also mention a few extracurricular achievements. Though, according to me, the form isn’t very important, but you should still make it a point to answer the questions asked in the form in the best possible way. ITC does give a lot of importance to the candidate’s CGPA for short listing them for the next round.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The interview was a mix of technical as well as HR type questions. I was asked technical questions from my engineering stream only. The interviewers wanted to test the understanding of basic engineering concepts.
The interviewers asked general questions regarding career goals, hobbies and how do I pursue them. They wanted to know about the motivation behind the activities I indulge in or the hobbies that I pursue. I was also asked 2-3 very small case studies. In one of them, I had to discuss the factors that should be considered before setting up a new mineral water plant. This is related to the course “Facilities Planning” (which is a part of the Industrial engineering curriculum). I believe that it was mainly because I was able to do well in these case study type questions that I got short listed for the next interview round. Some of the questions asked were-1) What is Six Sigma?
2) Questions based on control charts.3) What is TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) and TQM (Total Quality Management)?4) Why don’t you want to go for an MBA?
In the second interview round, I was asked questions related to my BTP project. The interview panel also asked a lot of questions about my internship. It is very important to be thorough with your projects and internship. Also as my BTP project was based on Capacity Planning, the interviewers asked a question “How does Facebook do capacity planning of its servers?”. It was more of a discussion and not a question.
Both the interviews took about 20 minutes each.
College Name: IIT ROORKEE
Motivation: I attended the pre placement talk given by the company when it came on campus. I also talked to a few seniors about the work at ITC.
Experience: ITC had a standard form that was to be filled by all the candidates applying to it. Apart from the standard academic details, the form required the candidate to answer some HR questions and also mention a few extracurricular achievements. Though, according to me, the form isn’t very important, but you should still make it a point to answer the questions asked in the form in the best possible way. ITC does give a lot of importance to the candidate’s CGPA for short listing them for the next round.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The interview was a mix of technical as well as HR type questions. I was asked technical questions from my engineering stream only. The interviewers wanted to test the understanding of basic engineering concepts.
The interviewers asked general questions regarding career goals, hobbies and how do I pursue them. They wanted to know about the motivation behind the activities I indulge in or the hobbies that I pursue. I was also asked 2-3 very small case studies. In one of them, I had to discuss the factors that should be considered before setting up a new mineral water plant. This is related to the course “Facilities Planning” (which is a part of the Industrial engineering curriculum). I believe that it was mainly because I was able to do well in these case study type questions that I got short listed for the next interview round. Some of the questions asked were-1) What is Six Sigma?
2) Questions based on control charts.3) What is TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) and TQM (Total Quality Management)?4) Why don’t you want to go for an MBA?
In the second interview round, I was asked questions related to my BTP project. The interview panel also asked a lot of questions about my internship. It is very important to be thorough with your projects and internship. Also as my BTP project was based on Capacity Planning, the interviewers asked a question “How does Facebook do capacity planning of its servers?”. It was more of a discussion and not a question.
Both the interviews took about 20 minutes each.
College Name: IIT ROORKEE
Motivation: I attended the pre placement talk given by the company when it came on campus. I also talked to a few seniors about the work at ITC.
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: ITC has an application form which needs to be filled. It has questions related to your projects, incidences that you consider important and information regarding your other achievements. They also pay attention to social work.
Tips: Be truthful about what you write in the form. Also emphasize on what you did rather than what the team did.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The next round was personal interview. There were two interviewers in the panel. The interview began with a simple question asking me to tell more about myself. They asked me about my background and my home town (Bhopal). They also talked about my biggest failure and why did I want to join ITC.
They asked for my favourite topic in electrical engineering. I had studied Power System Protection recently so they asked me questions from it. The only technical question that was asked to me was the difference between a switch and a Thermal Relay. They further asked can we use a fuse instead of a thermal relay and related questions. The interview got over after the technical questions.
College Name: IIT ROORKEE
Motivation: ITC is a reputed company and is the dream company for a lot of students in the campus. I searched about its CEO and also read about the products that ITC makes. I also asked my seniors regarding their work and job responsibilities. They were working in different divisions across various manufacturing units of ITC across the country.
Experience: ITC has an application form which needs to be filled. It has questions related to your projects, incidences that you consider important and information regarding your other achievements. They also pay attention to social work.
Tips: Be truthful about what you write in the form. Also emphasize on what you did rather than what the team did.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The next round was personal interview. There were two interviewers in the panel. The interview began with a simple question asking me to tell more about myself. They asked me about my background and my home town (Bhopal). They also talked about my biggest failure and why did I want to join ITC.
They asked for my favourite topic in electrical engineering. I had studied Power System Protection recently so they asked me questions from it. The only technical question that was asked to me was the difference between a switch and a Thermal Relay. They further asked can we use a fuse instead of a thermal relay and related questions. The interview got over after the technical questions.
College Name: IIT ROORKEE
Motivation: ITC is a reputed company and is the dream company for a lot of students in the campus. I searched about its CEO and also read about the products that ITC makes. I also asked my seniors regarding their work and job responsibilities. They were working in different divisions across various manufacturing units of ITC across the country.
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: I had a standard resume for this company as per our institute placement cell norms.ITC does focus on technical stuff. So I did make it a point to briefly describe my projects and internship. I did mention my academic achievements as well.
ITC required all its candidates to fill up a standard form, which apart from the standard academic details and extracurricular activities, had subjective questions like your career objectives, why would you want to join ITC etc. Candidates were shortlisted on the basis of this form. Almost all the candidates shortlisted for the next round had a CGPA greater than 7.50
Round: HR Interview
Experience: 16 students were shortlisted for the interview round. The interview was a mix of technical as well as HR questions. The interview panel had two people. One of them focused on technical questions while the other put up HR questions. They first asked me about my experience during the group discussion activity and why would I want to join ITC. The panel then moved onto my resume and asked questions related to my projects (based on power systems). Since I am pursuing Electrical Engineering, I was asked related questions like Laplace and Fourier transforms of standard functions, filters, power loss in a transmission line, use of circuit breakers, use of integral and differential control in control systems and their industrial applications. I was also asked questions based on Power System Deregulation as I had mentioned it as one of my areas of interest. The interview concluded with the HR guy asking me about my family background, interests other than academics, the kind of work environment I liked and my expectations from ITC.
There were supposed to be two interviews, but since I wasn’t really prepared for a core electrical based technical interview, I made a number of silly mistakes while answering the questions and couldn’t make it to the second round.
College Name: IIT ROORKEE
Motivation: ITC is a renowned company. I had a few friends and seniors working there and had a rough idea about the work and the job responsibilities. Also I attended ITC’s pre-placement talk.
Experience: I had a standard resume for this company as per our institute placement cell norms.ITC does focus on technical stuff. So I did make it a point to briefly describe my projects and internship. I did mention my academic achievements as well.
ITC required all its candidates to fill up a standard form, which apart from the standard academic details and extracurricular activities, had subjective questions like your career objectives, why would you want to join ITC etc. Candidates were shortlisted on the basis of this form. Almost all the candidates shortlisted for the next round had a CGPA greater than 7.50
Round: HR Interview
Experience: 16 students were shortlisted for the interview round. The interview was a mix of technical as well as HR questions. The interview panel had two people. One of them focused on technical questions while the other put up HR questions. They first asked me about my experience during the group discussion activity and why would I want to join ITC. The panel then moved onto my resume and asked questions related to my projects (based on power systems). Since I am pursuing Electrical Engineering, I was asked related questions like Laplace and Fourier transforms of standard functions, filters, power loss in a transmission line, use of circuit breakers, use of integral and differential control in control systems and their industrial applications. I was also asked questions based on Power System Deregulation as I had mentioned it as one of my areas of interest. The interview concluded with the HR guy asking me about my family background, interests other than academics, the kind of work environment I liked and my expectations from ITC.
There were supposed to be two interviews, but since I wasn’t really prepared for a core electrical based technical interview, I made a number of silly mistakes while answering the questions and couldn’t make it to the second round.
College Name: IIT ROORKEE
Motivation: ITC is a renowned company. I had a few friends and seniors working there and had a rough idea about the work and the job responsibilities. Also I attended ITC’s pre-placement talk.
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Generally, an abstract topic is given but ours was an exception. The panel judges you on the basis of how well you are with group dynamics. They seem to be looking for a natural leader. Note: Fluency in English was not a judging point in our selection.
Tips: Google up 'group dynamics of GD'.
Never shout, misplaced aggression will surely get you out of the game.
Listening is appreciated.
Talking longer than everyone else is not the same as leading a group.
One aspect of showing leadership skills is heeding to others.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The questions were asked very casually and it was as far as it can get from a stress interview.
Tips: Know your resume in and out.
Round: Group Activity
Experience: An oil rig was to be made from a Mechanix kit. The tallest rig was to win.
Tips: Take lead in designing and division of labour among the group. Talking in Hindi in a group was not looked down upon. Our group conversed in Hindi and won and had the max uys selected for the next round. If asked to leave the group in the middle of the activity, make sure that you are still taking interest in the group even if from afar.
College Name: IIT ROORKEE
Motivation: roti-pani, kapda-makaan.
Jokes apart, it is Schlumberger!
Experience: Generally, an abstract topic is given but ours was an exception. The panel judges you on the basis of how well you are with group dynamics. They seem to be looking for a natural leader. Note: Fluency in English was not a judging point in our selection.
Tips: Google up 'group dynamics of GD'.
Never shout, misplaced aggression will surely get you out of the game.
Listening is appreciated.
Talking longer than everyone else is not the same as leading a group.
One aspect of showing leadership skills is heeding to others.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The questions were asked very casually and it was as far as it can get from a stress interview.
Tips: Know your resume in and out.
Round: Group Activity
Experience: An oil rig was to be made from a Mechanix kit. The tallest rig was to win.
Tips: Take lead in designing and division of labour among the group. Talking in Hindi in a group was not looked down upon. Our group conversed in Hindi and won and had the max uys selected for the next round. If asked to leave the group in the middle of the activity, make sure that you are still taking interest in the group even if from afar.
College Name: IIT ROORKEE
Motivation: roti-pani, kapda-makaan.
Jokes apart, it is Schlumberger!
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