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20 Jan 2025
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Abhishek Shreeram Arora
posted on 19 Nov 2015
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Technical Interview involved two questions, was asked to write code for the given tasks, which the interviewer would then "execute" manually to check it.
Was asked to go in detail on how the computer handles the program at a low level (like displaying the stack state after each call to a recursive function). Apart from that, I was questioned on some C fundamentals, namely memory allocation and segmentation faults.
Skills:
College Name: NIT Surathkal
Experience: Technical Interview involved two questions, was asked to write code for the given tasks, which the interviewer would then "execute" manually to check it.
Was asked to go in detail on how the computer handles the program at a low level (like displaying the stack state after each call to a recursive function). Apart from that, I was questioned on some C fundamentals, namely memory allocation and segmentation faults.
Skills:
College Name: NIT Surathkal
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: First round was an online test consisting of 24 questions based mainly on data sufficiency and data interpretation followed by 15 minutes of Essay writing.
Tips: Be quick with calculations. Try and arrive at an approximate answer and match with options
Duration: 45 minutes
Total Questions: 23
Round: HR Interview
Experience: It was a resume based interaction. The interviewers were very friendly .
Tips: Just one decent project/internship is good enough.Be honest
Round: Assessment centre
Experience: The best way to prepare for the final Assessment round is not to prepare for it as preparation can hamper your decision making especially during case analysis and fact finding round.
Just read more about Business Intelligence before you head to Bangalore.
General Tips: Not getting an internship after third year is actually a blessing provided one prepares well.
Make up your mind whether you want to go for software/core/analytics and prepare accordingly.
I did not plan my preparation for software profile well enough hence i can talk about the preparations required for analytics domain.
Make sure your apti skills are very strong if you want to clear the first round of companies like Thorogood ,Capital One etc as almost the entire college appears for it.
Practice levels II & III of Arun Sharma of both Quant as well as DI.
Make sure that you have read most of the standard puzzles which are easily available on net.
Skills: Data Interpretation
College Name: NIT Surathkal
Motivation: Unique profile offered as well as a very decent package
Experience: First round was an online test consisting of 24 questions based mainly on data sufficiency and data interpretation followed by 15 minutes of Essay writing.
Tips: Be quick with calculations. Try and arrive at an approximate answer and match with options
Duration: 45 minutes
Total Questions: 23
Round: HR Interview
Experience: It was a resume based interaction. The interviewers were very friendly .
Tips: Just one decent project/internship is good enough.Be honest
Round: Assessment centre
Experience: The best way to prepare for the final Assessment round is not to prepare for it as preparation can hamper your decision making especially during case analysis and fact finding round.
Just read more about Business Intelligence before you head to Bangalore.
General Tips: Not getting an internship after third year is actually a blessing provided one prepares well.
Make up your mind whether you want to go for software/core/analytics and prepare accordingly.
I did not plan my preparation for software profile well enough hence i can talk about the preparations required for analytics domain.
Make sure your apti skills are very strong if you want to clear the first round of companies like Thorogood ,Capital One etc as almost the entire college appears for it.
Practice levels II & III of Arun Sharma of both Quant as well as DI.
Make sure that you have read most of the standard puzzles which are easily available on net.
Skills: Data Interpretation
College Name: NIT Surathkal
Motivation: Unique profile offered as well as a very decent package
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Write the backend server code for a tic tac toe game
- Q2. Write a program to store a tree on a file. Also write code to reconstruct the tree from that file. Think of efficient techniques
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: All types of C/C++ Aptitude and I/O questions were asked.
Was not a very easy round.
Tips: Prepare from -----/ and -----/
I had done everything in these 2 links.
Other than that, you can prepare from "Test your C Skills" by Yeshwant Kanetkar. PDF available online.
Duration: 30 minutes
Total Questions: 40-50
Round: Test
Experience: Two coding questions were asked. It was hosted on CoCubes website.
Questions were pretty basic.
First one was ad-hoc, requiring to count the number of set bits of a number.
Second one was the standard, minimum cost path DP problem.
Tips: Prepare from geeksforgeeks, careercup and ambitionbox.
If you know competitive programming, you should not have much of a problem.
Duration: 90 minutes
Total Questions: 2
Round: Test
Experience: Had to write code on paper. 2 questions.
First one was to rotate a matrix by 90 degrees. Pretty standard question.
Second one was to remove all negative elements in an array to the right end. Do it without extra memory.
Tips: Apart from correctness of solution, they check for code quality. Code written must be clean, indented and with properly named variables and functions.
Keep communicating your ideas to the people who will be supervising the test. They will understand your thought process that way.
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 2
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Wrote the class in JAVA. Explained the methods, and optimized them. Variables were named properly.
Also generalized the class for an nxn matrix tic-tac-toe game.
Interviewer was very friendly. Wrote the code on paper.
Tips: Prepare on class design beforehand. They are quite likely to ask you questions on OOP.
Write clean code.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Just had to write the functions. Wrote code in C++.
The interviewer tested me on edge cases. Asked me to prepare test cases.
Tips: Make sure your code is ready to tackle those dirty edge cases.
Knowing standard library functions is beneficial. Make sure you learn some important ones. They can come in handy.
Write clean code. You can choose any language you are comfortable in.
General Tips: Stay calm. Prepare well.
Focus on the data structures that Microsoft usually asks about.
Skill Tips: A good internship helps in the process. I had interned at Google, so I got selected relatively easily as compared to other candidates. Make sure your resume is as impressive as you can make it.
Stay calm in the rounds. That way you can think better.
Communicate with the company officials. They will know you and your thought process that way.
Don't stay quiet in the interview rounds. If you have doubts, ask them. I had made this mistake when they came for internships and did not get selected because I didn't clear my doubts. The interview should be ideally like a discussion, where you present your thoughts and ideas, clear your doubts, and come up with a solution.
Skills: Resume, Communication, Analytical Skills, Algorithmic Approach To Problem Solving, Coding Skills And Knowledge On Data Structures
College Name: NIT Surathkal
Motivation: It is one of the biggest tech giants in the world. I definitely wanted to be a part of it.
Funny Moments: Since I had only 2 interviews, while others had 5, I came out so early that they thought I was rejected.
They later discovered, they were wrong.
Experience: All types of C/C++ Aptitude and I/O questions were asked.
Was not a very easy round.
Tips: Prepare from -----/ and -----/
I had done everything in these 2 links.
Other than that, you can prepare from "Test your C Skills" by Yeshwant Kanetkar. PDF available online.
Duration: 30 minutes
Total Questions: 40-50
Round: Test
Experience: Two coding questions were asked. It was hosted on CoCubes website.
Questions were pretty basic.
First one was ad-hoc, requiring to count the number of set bits of a number.
Second one was the standard, minimum cost path DP problem.
Tips: Prepare from geeksforgeeks, careercup and ambitionbox.
If you know competitive programming, you should not have much of a problem.
Duration: 90 minutes
Total Questions: 2
Round: Test
Experience: Had to write code on paper. 2 questions.
First one was to rotate a matrix by 90 degrees. Pretty standard question.
Second one was to remove all negative elements in an array to the right end. Do it without extra memory.
Tips: Apart from correctness of solution, they check for code quality. Code written must be clean, indented and with properly named variables and functions.
Keep communicating your ideas to the people who will be supervising the test. They will understand your thought process that way.
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 2
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Wrote the class in JAVA. Explained the methods, and optimized them. Variables were named properly.
Also generalized the class for an nxn matrix tic-tac-toe game.
Interviewer was very friendly. Wrote the code on paper.
Tips: Prepare on class design beforehand. They are quite likely to ask you questions on OOP.
Write clean code.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Just had to write the functions. Wrote code in C++.
The interviewer tested me on edge cases. Asked me to prepare test cases.
Tips: Make sure your code is ready to tackle those dirty edge cases.
Knowing standard library functions is beneficial. Make sure you learn some important ones. They can come in handy.
Write clean code. You can choose any language you are comfortable in.
General Tips: Stay calm. Prepare well.
Focus on the data structures that Microsoft usually asks about.
Skill Tips: A good internship helps in the process. I had interned at Google, so I got selected relatively easily as compared to other candidates. Make sure your resume is as impressive as you can make it.
Stay calm in the rounds. That way you can think better.
Communicate with the company officials. They will know you and your thought process that way.
Don't stay quiet in the interview rounds. If you have doubts, ask them. I had made this mistake when they came for internships and did not get selected because I didn't clear my doubts. The interview should be ideally like a discussion, where you present your thoughts and ideas, clear your doubts, and come up with a solution.
Skills: Resume, Communication, Analytical Skills, Algorithmic Approach To Problem Solving, Coding Skills And Knowledge On Data Structures
College Name: NIT Surathkal
Motivation: It is one of the biggest tech giants in the world. I definitely wanted to be a part of it.
Funny Moments: Since I had only 2 interviews, while others had 5, I came out so early that they thought I was rejected.
They later discovered, they were wrong.
6 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Compilation related
- Q2. Some basic Questions
- Q3. Some puzzle from google, I don't remember what it was
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: According to me the time given was little less than time required to solve these many questions. Questions were simple, speed was important. I had attempted Technical and LR sections properly and could attempt few questions of English, because of time constraint. You should maintain speed from beginning only. They say there is no negative marking, but they check accuracy, which means number of correct answers to total number of attempted questions, so even if negative marking is not there, do not mark randomly.
According to me, Since I attempted technical portion properly, I got interview call Server technology and because of LR portion I got interview call for Global Customer Support(GCS). I could not clear interview for server tech, but I could clear interviews for GCS
Tips: Maintain speed from beginning,
Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: They will just see your approach, not the answer. I was asked one puzzle and was told to come after an hour, with the proper answer.
You will have all the sources to find out results, but the thing is they will consider the answer that is framed by you.
They will just check approach. I had given wrong answer but they liked my approach, so I was selected. They called me 3 times, each time giving some different puzzle. Just think on your own, don't give them google answers.
Tips: Be confident while answering questions and have some basic knowledge of Customer Support.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Some basic question only, I knew the answer properly.
Tips: Only one technical question was asked, they don't focus on your technical knowledge that much.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: This round was just for formality according to me. They asked basic questions like did you take drop in your career and all such questions.
Tips: Just work hard, No matter what, You should have faith that you will get something that you deserve, may be something more than that.
Don't get depressed when you don't get in first few companies, Don't get depressed when you can't clear HR round because of your communication skills, Dont feel that you are not that good......You will get best thing at perfect time.... Just wait for that time and don't leave hope..... HOPE is most important......If you can't trust yourself, how can you expect others to do so....Just keep doing till you get it............... All the best :)
General Tips: Just have hope till you get placed..........this is the toughest time for each and every student, you are not the only one..... just think that some better opportunity is waiting for you........On the day of your placement, you won't be able to believe that you actually got placed..........That day everything will go in your favor..............Just wait for that day and keep studying..... all the best :)
Skill Tips: Don't give bookish answers
Skills: Approaching A Problem, Confidence
College Name: NIT Surathkal
Experience: According to me the time given was little less than time required to solve these many questions. Questions were simple, speed was important. I had attempted Technical and LR sections properly and could attempt few questions of English, because of time constraint. You should maintain speed from beginning only. They say there is no negative marking, but they check accuracy, which means number of correct answers to total number of attempted questions, so even if negative marking is not there, do not mark randomly.
According to me, Since I attempted technical portion properly, I got interview call Server technology and because of LR portion I got interview call for Global Customer Support(GCS). I could not clear interview for server tech, but I could clear interviews for GCS
Tips: Maintain speed from beginning,
Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: They will just see your approach, not the answer. I was asked one puzzle and was told to come after an hour, with the proper answer.
You will have all the sources to find out results, but the thing is they will consider the answer that is framed by you.
They will just check approach. I had given wrong answer but they liked my approach, so I was selected. They called me 3 times, each time giving some different puzzle. Just think on your own, don't give them google answers.
Tips: Be confident while answering questions and have some basic knowledge of Customer Support.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Some basic question only, I knew the answer properly.
Tips: Only one technical question was asked, they don't focus on your technical knowledge that much.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: This round was just for formality according to me. They asked basic questions like did you take drop in your career and all such questions.
Tips: Just work hard, No matter what, You should have faith that you will get something that you deserve, may be something more than that.
Don't get depressed when you don't get in first few companies, Don't get depressed when you can't clear HR round because of your communication skills, Dont feel that you are not that good......You will get best thing at perfect time.... Just wait for that time and don't leave hope..... HOPE is most important......If you can't trust yourself, how can you expect others to do so....Just keep doing till you get it............... All the best :)
General Tips: Just have hope till you get placed..........this is the toughest time for each and every student, you are not the only one..... just think that some better opportunity is waiting for you........On the day of your placement, you won't be able to believe that you actually got placed..........That day everything will go in your favor..............Just wait for that day and keep studying..... all the best :)
Skill Tips: Don't give bookish answers
Skills: Approaching A Problem, Confidence
College Name: NIT Surathkal
Shashank Pal
posted on 20 Oct 2015
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Which are your favourite subjects and topics?
- Q2. Which are common IS codes used and what are their revisions?
- Q3. Draw SFD of continuous beam
- Q4. What's your major project topic? Explain
- Q5. Why did you take up civil engineering?
- Q6. Why are you interested in L&T?
- Q7. Are you ready to work at anyplace in India?
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Good
Duration: 90 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Not that great. Nervous as this was my first interview.
Tips: Just be confident.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Again nervous but not that bad.
Tips: Speak frankly.
Skills: Technical Understanding, Speed, Confi
College Name: NIT Surathkal
Experience: Good
Duration: 90 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Not that great. Nervous as this was my first interview.
Tips: Just be confident.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Again nervous but not that bad.
Tips: Speak frankly.
Skills: Technical Understanding, Speed, Confi
College Name: NIT Surathkal
6 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Tips: It will be good to have a GPA of 8 and above
Round: Test
Experience: Questions were easy it were good at C and basic maths. Questions were distributed on all aspects of computer science such as Operating Systems, Few Output Question, Data Structures and Application layer networking . In basic aptitude most questions fall under Probability, distance and time and few others.
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 50
Skills: Communication, Basic Coding, Math Puzzle
College Name: NIT Surathkal
Tips: It will be good to have a GPA of 8 and above
Round: Test
Experience: Questions were easy it were good at C and basic maths. Questions were distributed on all aspects of computer science such as Operating Systems, Few Output Question, Data Structures and Application layer networking . In basic aptitude most questions fall under Probability, distance and time and few others.
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 50
Skills: Communication, Basic Coding, Math Puzzle
College Name: NIT Surathkal
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Explain Polymorphism,Constructors,Destructors,Classes
- Q2. Explain Encapsulisation
- Q3. Remove duplicates in linked lists
- Q4. Explain mergesort and implement it in code
- Q5. Reverse a string
- Q6. Reverse words in a string
- Q7. Check if a string is palindrome or not
- Q8. Puzzles- threads,deficient coin,25 horses,two jars
- Q9. Tell me about yourself
- Q10. Why not GATE
- Q11. Why not MS
- Q12. Why Diebold
- Q13. Why into Software although you are from ECE
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: General Aptitude had 25 questions ,35 minutes was alloted and wasn't much difficult when compared to other company aptitude tests.
Microprocessors had 15 questions ,25 min was alloted and it covered basic and mediocre level questions from Intel 8086 and some c-apti questions.
Tips: www.indiabix.com for general aptitude and c-apti
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 40
Round: Technical Interview
Tips: Refer any C++ text book
www.geeksforgeeks.com- for any technical interview
www.indiabix.com for puzzles
Round: HR Interview
Tips: Don't just simply say that you are hardworking,punctual etc.Elab
College Name: NIT Surathkal
Experience: General Aptitude had 25 questions ,35 minutes was alloted and wasn't much difficult when compared to other company aptitude tests.
Microprocessors had 15 questions ,25 min was alloted and it covered basic and mediocre level questions from Intel 8086 and some c-apti questions.
Tips: www.indiabix.com for general aptitude and c-apti
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 40
Round: Technical Interview
Tips: Refer any C++ text book
www.geeksforgeeks.com- for any technical interview
www.indiabix.com for puzzles
Round: HR Interview
Tips: Don't just simply say that you are hardworking,punctual etc.Elab
College Name: NIT Surathkal
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Choosing between two car varieties based on various costs
- Q2. Choosing between in-branch and out-branch ATM's (factoring in various parameters)
- Q3. Choosing a marketing strategy for Capital One (Phone Calls or Letters)
- Q4. Narrate a time when you sought the help of your peers and tell me the outcome
- Q5. Tell me a time when you overcome an obstacle in a project or task and the outcome
- Q6. Tell me of a time you learned something new for a project/work
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: It was basic data interpretation questions. They gave us a graph or a couple of graphs and asked questions based on them. Calculators were permitted, so it was mostly about speed and application.
Tips: Solve CAT level questions for Data Interpretation, which is a more advanced level. That should make these questions relatively easy. Just practice sums as much as possible to crack this first round.
Duration: 35 minutes
Total Questions: 30
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: The company basically looks for how logically you think as well as how effectively you can communicate while working on a problem. The question will be a relatively straightforward case with basic math involved. There are three rounds of Case Interviews, with varying problem statements, to test your thought and working process
Tips: Ensure you write everything systematically, and keep the conversation going with your interviewer. Tell him/her what you are doing constantly. Double check your work, ask questions and be calm and confident. The process is very relaxed so take your time. If you have a doubt, don't hesitate to get it clarified. Organise your workings clearly so you may come back to it easily. Don't get flustered if you make a mistake, check your working and correct it.
Round: Behavioural Interview
Experience: This was the last round of interviews. It was very relaxed. If you've made it this far then you have a very good chance of receiving an offer letter. It's more of an HR Interview with easy flowing conversation. It is to gauge your communication ability and to get a better understanding of what you've done previousy in terms of work, projects, etc.
Tips: Be calm. It's a very relaxed interview with a flowing conversation. Be confident. Don't be afraid to take a moment to think. Ensure you answer the questions in a manner that highlights previous work that you've done, or any other accomplishments. DON'T LIE. Be genuine and calm.
General Tips: I've already said all there is to say earlier. But I'll re-iterate. The interviewers are very nice and relaxed. So just be yourself. Communicate effectively and be organised in your thoughts and workings.
Skill Tips: Don't be nervous. The process is well organised and conducted. It is swift and interesting too. Just stay calm and don't be shy.
Skills: Analytic Thinking, Logic, Communication Ability
College Name: NIT Surathkal
Motivation: I loved the job profile and it was the first company I sat for on campus. I didn't want to continue with any tech related jobs. The company too, has a fantastic atmosphere in the work place.
Experience: It was basic data interpretation questions. They gave us a graph or a couple of graphs and asked questions based on them. Calculators were permitted, so it was mostly about speed and application.
Tips: Solve CAT level questions for Data Interpretation, which is a more advanced level. That should make these questions relatively easy. Just practice sums as much as possible to crack this first round.
Duration: 35 minutes
Total Questions: 30
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: The company basically looks for how logically you think as well as how effectively you can communicate while working on a problem. The question will be a relatively straightforward case with basic math involved. There are three rounds of Case Interviews, with varying problem statements, to test your thought and working process
Tips: Ensure you write everything systematically, and keep the conversation going with your interviewer. Tell him/her what you are doing constantly. Double check your work, ask questions and be calm and confident. The process is very relaxed so take your time. If you have a doubt, don't hesitate to get it clarified. Organise your workings clearly so you may come back to it easily. Don't get flustered if you make a mistake, check your working and correct it.
Round: Behavioural Interview
Experience: This was the last round of interviews. It was very relaxed. If you've made it this far then you have a very good chance of receiving an offer letter. It's more of an HR Interview with easy flowing conversation. It is to gauge your communication ability and to get a better understanding of what you've done previousy in terms of work, projects, etc.
Tips: Be calm. It's a very relaxed interview with a flowing conversation. Be confident. Don't be afraid to take a moment to think. Ensure you answer the questions in a manner that highlights previous work that you've done, or any other accomplishments. DON'T LIE. Be genuine and calm.
General Tips: I've already said all there is to say earlier. But I'll re-iterate. The interviewers are very nice and relaxed. So just be yourself. Communicate effectively and be organised in your thoughts and workings.
Skill Tips: Don't be nervous. The process is well organised and conducted. It is swift and interesting too. Just stay calm and don't be shy.
Skills: Analytic Thinking, Logic, Communication Ability
College Name: NIT Surathkal
Motivation: I loved the job profile and it was the first company I sat for on campus. I didn't want to continue with any tech related jobs. The company too, has a fantastic atmosphere in the work place.
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: GD- Mainly they divided trical candidates in two groups. 1st containing sc and st candidates, 2nd had general and OBC and around 35 people in 2 groups. 14-14 candidates each turned up for GD. They gave engineering related topics- for first group engineer as politician and for 2nd energy audit and engineers role in it were the topics. every candidate is given 2 chances to speak. 1st everybody is asked to pitch their own ideas and thoughts. again the invigilator will ask you to add any relevant points if you want. Finally they will ask one of you to summarize wholediscussion.
Tips: Just speak relevant things, don't try to sell fake facts, they will catch you. and whilesummarizing don't add new points,stick to whatever the group has already discussed, theywere adamant about it. one of our group mate got scolded in spite of speaking very goodbecause he brought incorrect fact and while summarizing tried to add new point.
Round: Other Interview
Experience: For me it was kind of stress interview. One of the panel member asked me the question even before asking me to sit. After greeting them I tried to answer the first question, but he was ready with second question. both the questions were regarding transformer protection. I explained buchholz relay for transformer protection with diagram, they asked about other ways of transformer protection, I could only explain one more method of over current protection.They said explain two more, but I couldn't. Afterwards, they asked me about types of circuit breakers and working I answered them 50-50. advantage of HVAC transmission I told. After that they asked me random questions like material used in transmission, material density, comparison between different material for transmission based on resistivity, cost and density(I was not able to answer most of them, and I was stressed out), suddenly everybodystarted asking questions (4-panel members), I took my time, and most of the time after taking considerable time for answering difficult question I would tell I don't know. When questions got exhausted they asked me which subject is my favorite, and whether I have any knowledge of management, I told mathematics is my favorite and for management I had taken 3 optional EE, MTP, MM. they asked about basic definition of management, bernoulliequation for liquid,and Archimedes principle of floating body (I don't know why).
Tips: Keep calm and take your time, even if the ask too many questions at a time, and say no if you really don't know the answer. Finally HR asked me to briefly explain all the projects I have done(15 minutes)
General Tips: Nothing specific, don't give up even if you don't know A single answer. I couldn't answer more than half the questions. Try to use pen and pencil to illustrate the things which you can't explain with words and please never sell fake facts in core job interview, if you don't know, say so.
College Name: NIT SURATHKAL
Experience: GD- Mainly they divided trical candidates in two groups. 1st containing sc and st candidates, 2nd had general and OBC and around 35 people in 2 groups. 14-14 candidates each turned up for GD. They gave engineering related topics- for first group engineer as politician and for 2nd energy audit and engineers role in it were the topics. every candidate is given 2 chances to speak. 1st everybody is asked to pitch their own ideas and thoughts. again the invigilator will ask you to add any relevant points if you want. Finally they will ask one of you to summarize wholediscussion.
Tips: Just speak relevant things, don't try to sell fake facts, they will catch you. and whilesummarizing don't add new points,stick to whatever the group has already discussed, theywere adamant about it. one of our group mate got scolded in spite of speaking very goodbecause he brought incorrect fact and while summarizing tried to add new point.
Round: Other Interview
Experience: For me it was kind of stress interview. One of the panel member asked me the question even before asking me to sit. After greeting them I tried to answer the first question, but he was ready with second question. both the questions were regarding transformer protection. I explained buchholz relay for transformer protection with diagram, they asked about other ways of transformer protection, I could only explain one more method of over current protection.They said explain two more, but I couldn't. Afterwards, they asked me about types of circuit breakers and working I answered them 50-50. advantage of HVAC transmission I told. After that they asked me random questions like material used in transmission, material density, comparison between different material for transmission based on resistivity, cost and density(I was not able to answer most of them, and I was stressed out), suddenly everybodystarted asking questions (4-panel members), I took my time, and most of the time after taking considerable time for answering difficult question I would tell I don't know. When questions got exhausted they asked me which subject is my favorite, and whether I have any knowledge of management, I told mathematics is my favorite and for management I had taken 3 optional EE, MTP, MM. they asked about basic definition of management, bernoulliequation for liquid,and Archimedes principle of floating body (I don't know why).
Tips: Keep calm and take your time, even if the ask too many questions at a time, and say no if you really don't know the answer. Finally HR asked me to briefly explain all the projects I have done(15 minutes)
General Tips: Nothing specific, don't give up even if you don't know A single answer. I couldn't answer more than half the questions. Try to use pen and pencil to illustrate the things which you can't explain with words and please never sell fake facts in core job interview, if you don't know, say so.
College Name: NIT SURATHKAL
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Your favorite subject and questions about that
- Q2. 'Why this company?'
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Initially there was a GD. Civil had two groups. Everybody got a chance to speak once. In the end anyone could volunteer to summarize the discussion. Topic of my GD was: 'While planning the township for Coal India employees at a mine site what all information is required?' Few students got shortlisted for the personal Interview which was the next round.
Round: Other Interview
Experience: We also had a document verification where they checked our X, XII and semester mark sheets. The only extracurricular certificate they accepted was of NCC. Personal Interview was for approximately 20 mins. In the interview they would ask you your favorite subject and question you about that. So it is best to prepare that subject well and go. For e.g. if you say concrete technology then they will ask questions like what are the tests for fresh concrete, hardened concrete, tests for aggregates etc. They will also ask for specifics like slump value of pumpable concrete.
General Tips: It was a challenging experience. I didn't expect to get selected. Keeping calm is the key. I had given many interviews for different companies. Giving sensible/intelligent answers is critical. Giving haphazard answers gives a wrong impression. Do not have expectations from any company.
Skill Tips: If you are going for a company prepare the question 'Why this company?' well. Coal India employers want to make sure that you will stay with them. They had asked me this question along with a lot information about the company such as What are Coal India's subsidiaries? Where are they located? In how many years does one get promoted from E1 grade to higher grades? Find out more about the company well before going and if possible speak to alumni working there well in advance.
College Name: NIT SURATHKAL
Experience: Initially there was a GD. Civil had two groups. Everybody got a chance to speak once. In the end anyone could volunteer to summarize the discussion. Topic of my GD was: 'While planning the township for Coal India employees at a mine site what all information is required?' Few students got shortlisted for the personal Interview which was the next round.
Round: Other Interview
Experience: We also had a document verification where they checked our X, XII and semester mark sheets. The only extracurricular certificate they accepted was of NCC. Personal Interview was for approximately 20 mins. In the interview they would ask you your favorite subject and question you about that. So it is best to prepare that subject well and go. For e.g. if you say concrete technology then they will ask questions like what are the tests for fresh concrete, hardened concrete, tests for aggregates etc. They will also ask for specifics like slump value of pumpable concrete.
General Tips: It was a challenging experience. I didn't expect to get selected. Keeping calm is the key. I had given many interviews for different companies. Giving sensible/intelligent answers is critical. Giving haphazard answers gives a wrong impression. Do not have expectations from any company.
Skill Tips: If you are going for a company prepare the question 'Why this company?' well. Coal India employers want to make sure that you will stay with them. They had asked me this question along with a lot information about the company such as What are Coal India's subsidiaries? Where are they located? In how many years does one get promoted from E1 grade to higher grades? Find out more about the company well before going and if possible speak to alumni working there well in advance.
College Name: NIT SURATHKAL
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