National Institute of Technology, Surathkal

Mangalore, Karnataka

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National Institute of Technology, Surathkal Placement Interview Questions

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user image Sandeep B V

posted on 1 Dec 2015

4 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: The first consisted of an online test which had an aptitude section which was pretty simply and then a programming section consisting of three different programs. The programs were logical required basic knowledge of array, sorting and a little bit of data structures.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Around 13 of us were shortlisted for the interview round, B.Tech and M.Tech included. The interview round was mostly interactive, where we had to mention about the various interns that we went through. A few programming questions were asked based on topics which we were comfortable with.
Tips: Just get used to coding, data structures and basic aptitude. GRE preparation as such helped me.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Finally there was a HR round in which I was asked as to why I would like to work in Samsung R&D and general things about interests and future plans. On the whole Samsung took 3 B.Tech students and 2 M.Tech students when they came for placements apart from PPOs.

General Tips: Personally I feel that one should apply in only those companies in which they are sure of having job satisfaction. So don't apply to companies which you are not interested in just for the sake of having a backup because once you are placed you do not have a second chance.
Do not get dejected if you do not get through in the first few tries. Keep your hopes up and be confident when ever you get to interview rounds. Try to be assertive when giving answers. It is some times exhausting to go through placements but the moment you get placed you will have the best feeling ever.
Skill Tips: Just chill and take the test. Once you clear the online test, irrespective of your pointer if you have a good profile you can convince the interviewers.
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2 Interview Rounds

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Round: SCREENING TEST
Experience: Texas Instruments is the first semiconductor company visiting the campus. The selection procedure involves a screening test, a technical interview and a final HR interview. Pointer cutoff will generally be 6 or 7, and PCs can even request to not have any cutoff if there are enough resources (computers) to conduct online screening test.

General Tips: Department courses such as Analog Electronics, Linear Signals and Systems, Linear Control Systems, Linear Integrated Circuits are very important. More emphasis is given to Network Theory and Feedback theory. Questions will be tricky in the sense that you might not have seen them before, but can be solved with intuition and less math. By intuition, I mean the answers follow from application of basic principles of network theory (superposition, Thevenin etc). Very good articles on Network and Feedback theory can be found at Prof. KRK Rao's website.
Skill Tips: In the interview, it is okay if you don't know the answer to any question. But try to use the hints provided by the interviewer and solve the problem. They are more concerned about your approach rather than the answer.
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user image Nishchal Shukla

posted on 1 Dec 2015

4 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: a) Logical Reasoning Section
b) C programming Section
c) Technical Section ( Analog / Digital / Basics of Semi-conductor )
Tips: The Logical questions are similar to ones asked in CAT . You can easily find such questions on internet .

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Technical Interview 1 : In this interview I was asked about Pspice and NgSpice , Two port Networks , Op-amps (Basically Linear Integrated Circuits) , Circuit Theory (Basics of RC circuits ) . Projects Written in my resume were also covered at great length . 3. Technical Interview 2 : This interview covered my knowledge on VLSI and digital system designs . However it also include some basics of data structures (especially Linked List ).
Tips: 1. Analog Electronics , Linear Integrated Circuits , Circuit Theory , Digital System Designs and VLSI. A Strong basic knowledge of these topics is required . Books Referred by ECE dept. on these topics are sufficient . Some basic numerical on Semiconductors were also asked in online test . So just go through them also.
2. For C Programming Section , LET US C is sufficient . For more practice u can find C APTI questions on internet . Make sure u have knowledge of Data Structure as well .

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Is the most interesting of all .However its again a formality to ensure i am truly invested in working for company.

General Tips: 1. Luck is an important factor in Placement . But its in your hand how you proceed in your interview . Try to always converge the whole essence of interview to your strong Topic / Point .
2. Make sure your basics are strong . They will try to put you in a situation from where the way out is only through your basics . Interviewer will always look at how you come out stress condition .
3. Don't get nervous . Always keep your attitude up but don't be arrogant .
Fun - Challenging . Interviewer were really kind . HR round was really interesting . Overall amazing day for me
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4 Interview Rounds

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Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Aptitude test was fairly simple.
Tips: Aptitude from the internet and practise. Basic Maths and Analytics. Data Structures. Probability. Pattern recognition.

Round: Other Interview
Tips: Statistical languages like R and softwares like Informatica. SQL and Web development are added bonus.

General Tips: Confidence and thinking on your toes. They will ask you anaytical questions. So, speak out what you are thinking. They will judge your approach and attitude towards the problem, even if the answer is not what they expected.
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3 Interview Rounds

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Round: Test
Experience: The first round was an online test with maths, logic and english questions. If you have prepared for any of the standardised tests (GMAT, GRE, CAT etc.), the test would be pretty simple. And try to answer as many questions as possible.
Tips: It would be really helpful if you give atleast your first attempt to any of the exams like GMAT, GRE etc. This is only for the online test because the pattern is quite similar to GMAT. For the interviews, be prepared for a set of standard questions asked during interviews that you can easily find online.

General Tips: Be prepared to spend all day at the interviews. You might not even get a lunch break. Sometimes the interview calls are late at night and also extend upto 2-3am. Be alert during the Pre-placement talk because the interviewers ask you questions from that too. I would advice you to ask questions to the interviewer when asked to regarding the company.
Don't write fake stuff in resume. At max you can exaggerate a bit in your CV. The panel does question you on your CV. Everything in it must be justified.
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5 Interview Rounds

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Round: Test
Experience: Genral Aptitude test was conducted.
Tips: Some material like RS Agarwal etc to brush up on general aptitude papers might be useful.

General Tips: It was an interesting and challenging experience. I managed to convey to them my career goals and my areas of experience and I got responses that were mutually beneficial .
General Aptitude and also brush up on the basics of all the subjects of your branch, if possible. They will ask you C and assembly questions also.
Skill Tips: Be Confident. Try to direct the interview into your areas of familiarity. Try to give many ideas for different projects. Backup your answers with real life experiences (makes it more credible). Ask them questions also concerning your future goals and how you can achieve them at the company and questions based on the PPT.
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user image Bharadwaj Lingam

posted on 1 Dec 2015

4 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Very basic Questions on Electronics and some Aptitude Questions stuffed with a few questions on c,c++ and Java . One can go through the Test easily if he/she is good at the basics ( Digital electronics , transistors , 8085 Processor Basics ) .

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: First is to specify your area of Interest . you will be tested completely on that . Since mine is hardware design profile , they asked me questions on very basic electronics like diodes, transistors, Mosfets , Opamps , Integrators, Current Mirrors , Differential Amplifiers . They just test how Confident you are . Interview happened for 45 mins .

Round: HR Interview
Experience: 3 min Interview with the HR . Just be very confident and praise Bosch.

General Tips: Be confident during the Interviews . If aiming for hardware design ( Automobile Electronics ) be thorough with the basics of Analog and Digital Electronics .
Skill Tips: Just be thorough with the Basics and most Important thing is to be very specific and clear about your area of Interest .

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user image Carmen A Goveas

posted on 1 Dec 2015

3 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: An online test for the first round consisting of 60 questions with aptitude(including a couple of C questions) and tech equally divided - +1, -.25 marks. About a dozen students were shortlisted from each branch.
Tips: Arun Sharma Quant for aptitude. I didn't particularly prepare for the tech part, just brushed up on the basics.
Prepare Digital electronics, Microprocessors(8051), Control Systems for the online test.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Interviews were held the next day, tech followed by HR. Both rounds were elimination rounds. Finally 5 people were chosen.
Tips: For the HR, prepare responses for a standard set of questions. It isn't nice to be caught unawares.

General Tips: Do not bluff in your resume. Keep it concise. In the tech round they made me explain every aspect covered in my resume in detail: Internship, Projects, workshops etc. If you mention that you are good at something(say C++/Java), be prepared to answer questions on it. Be confident! Remember, the company should be proud to recruit you! In almost all interviews the first question asked is "Tell me something about yourself" You don't want to start off by saying "Errrrr ..(pause) " Do some research on the company and ask them questions (try to be original here!)
Please do not waste your time sitting for companies you have absolutely no desire to work in (YES this happens a LOT) regardless of pressure from parents/friends/PC's. Instead, prepare for the profile you want! If you have clarity on this regard, things will work out. There will be ups and downs (mostly downs, till you get placed) but don't be disheartened. During placement, Patience is paramount.
Skill Tips: GET's go through 2 months of training in all divisions before being assigned to any specific one. You can ask them to elaborate on this process and whether or not they are flexible for inter-dept transfers after a couple of years. If they have a product that has just come out or is something you can relate to, do mention.
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user image K Bala Vignesh

posted on 1 Dec 2015

5 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: A written test for 2 hours. Around 15 were selected for the interviews. Eligibility to write the test was initially 8+ CGPA and was open for EC, CS, EE and IT. It consisted of Multiple choice questions on C-aptitude and General aptitude; a subjective type section that had riddles and some easy questions, another bonus section that had a real life problem (we had an easy question on Server topology that required some analysis on resources, latency and reliability).

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Warm-up questions on concepts like constructors and destructors, keywords like static, extern; difference between function overloading and function overriding etc etc. Then, little harder 2 - 3 questions on Binary trees and Maximum sub-array problem with optimal solution (divide and conquer). Resume walk through: I was asked to explain on Neural Networks and SVM as I had done quite a no. of projects on the same. They also asked me some questions on Astrophysics since I had said Astronomy is my hobby.

Round: MANAGERIAL ROUND
Experience: In this round they had given me specifications of a project and asked me how would I go about it. Decision making abilities are also checked by giving various hypothetical situations. They asked me in very detail about my internship as it was on Parallel Processing.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: HR was super friendly after which final results announced.

General Tips: If you have attended previous interviews or tests and not selected for the job, try to see where you went wrong and learn from your mistakes. I didn't do any explicit preparation for the tests or the interviews (which I think I should have). Do your homework after a test/interview if it went badly. My previous half a dozen interviews helped me crack this one. When facing the interviewer, carry a notebook, pen and a copy of your resume. When you do not know an answer, the interviewer might explain the solution or just ask you to refer a book. Take a note of this in your notebook. This will show your interest to learn things and how organized you are and also will help you do your homework for the next interview.
The panel that had come for us were extremely friendly. In the interviews, they let us complete our answers and were very patient unlike many other interviews.
Interviews are not so challenging. Know every single point written on your resume. Knowing something on Data Analysis, Machine Learning helps. Strong understanding of Object Oriented Programming is a must. Wear business formals for the tests and interviews (as the students writing the test are shortlisted based on GPA, they expected us to wear Business formals during the PPT and tests), preferably also a tie. Show interest in their company and keep smiling and stay positive.
Skill Tips: For all the Analyst positions in finance companies, a strong understanding of OOP concepts is required. Puzzles : gurmeet.net/puzzles/ This is by far the best collection of puzzles (with solutions) I have come across; and many questions in my previous interviews and test were asked from this list.
C-aptitude and aptitude practice was from the previous tests given for other companies.
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posted on 1 Dec 2015

4 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: The first stage involves a test, comprising of around 40 questions, 25 technical questions and 15 logical reasoning and data interpretation questions together. Technical questions were from basic electronics books and also some micro-controller questions, and the LR and DI questions were like any normal questions you would come across for any normal aptitude test. Out of a total of 200 students who wrote the test, 60 or odd people were selected for the interview rounds.
Tips: For aptitude part- Your brains, cause all the questions in this section is easy to solve.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The 1st interview was the technical interview round where again basic electronics stuff like transistors as amplifiers, zener diodes and such other simple electronic devices. Here they also ask you about your projects (if any, hope you have done one!) and ask you to validate why you chose to do such and such a project and its relevance in the modern day. A word of caution here would be to put only those projects on your resume' which you can back up and clearly identify the role you have played in it, and explain with clarity on being cross-questioned.
Tips: For the technical part- 8051 UC, 8086 UP, Boylestad, Gaykward.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: If you've done well in the 1st round , then you'll be handed a HR form , which you'll have to fill and wait for the HR round. Beware the HR round might be an elimination round (as some other websites do caution),so be your best, answer any HR question with confidence. Normal HR questions pertaining to family background and your interest in higher studies will be questioned. Hint: If you're interested in doing your GRE/GATE after 4th year, you might not want to mention that. But i didn't have that dilemma to face, but my friends did, so be careful.

General Tips: I have been placed in 3 companies including ROBERT BOSCH, the other 2 being TCS and IBM. Maybe what i want to tell you guys reading this is that, no matter which company you have been placed in / or not placed in, you should always pursue your dream company no matter what, because it is the dream company that gives us true satisfaction of having been placed. I know many of my friends who have been placed but are not happy with having been placed. This s not an emotion that you want to spend during your final year, or even in your life. Had i not been placed in BOSCH , i probably would have pursued it off campus. So to sum it all up, sit for companies you only want to get placed in, or it is similar to having an Eclairs, while you always dreamt of the Bournville.
Typical questions that one should ask during the interview should be (if the interview went smoothly) is "What role/ responsibility will i be allotted to if i join the company?", "What is my career growth?", "Any compensation is being offered or not? "and finally (if the salary is unreasonably low), ask them about the salary and all the benefits involved in it.

Skill Tips: This experience of joining the company that you always dreamed of working for, is truly an exhilarating one. Wishing you all whoever's reading this Gyan edit, will enjoy the experience as much as i did.
Focus on electronic devices, everything from basics, and read up all the books mentioned above by me, and try to remain calm and confident during the whole process.
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