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Round: Test Experience: Round 1: Online coding and aptitude test Section Total time : 60 minutes Questions{Marks} = 50(+1,-0.5) Comments : * A few questions on Permutations and Combination and general aptitude * A few questions on Computer Networks and Operating Systems * Many C++ output questions, mainly on OOP * Questions are quite stimulating and these need proper time management, the idea of the concepts need to be at the tip of the tongue ("literaly") Section 2: Total Marks : 150 Total questions : 2 ( 100 + 50 ) Programming Languages allowed : All common PLs Platform : HackerEarth Questions are easy but may require long codes. The output should be properly formatted.Not much algorithms Some 30 people get shortlisted for the interviews, consisting of maximum 4 rounds ( 3 tech + 1 HR).All interviews are elimination rounds
Round: Technical Interview Experience: ( Tech interview-1): * Mainly questions on the knowledge of C * Trust me, one must be really an expert in C syntax, and you must know in and out of C * Questions on pointers and bit wise arithmetic asked * Some questions on Operating systems also asked( and these were really thought worthy, like how are interrupt handlers stored ) * Some resume based questions (Tech interview-2) : Some 15 were shortlisted *Mainly questions on algorithms *Really tough questions , on trees and arrays, almost in the Microsoft level *Should be optimized as possible. *They describe one of their product, and then ask questions on how to solve some problems. (Tech interview-3) Some 6 were shortlisted Selection Procedure * Interview by the Citrix India R&D Vice-President of Tech division * Involves mainly resume based questions * Most questions on Networks and TCP/IP * Puzzles are also asked. * You may get chocolates also in this round
Round: HR Interview Experience: If you get here, it means you are 90% selected(unless you screw it really bad, by saying things like you don't know the company,etc ) *Standard question - Why Citrix ? *They mainly discuss what profile will be offered, and about the compensation and so on.
General Tips: I don't think I have any. In fact I had no aspirations initially to get into this company.In fact I too came to know about the company on the day I got selected into it :p The only thing I can say is practice. Strengthen your networking and OS concepts Even though you don't need to be in the leader board of CodeChef for this company, you may want to know decent coding, atleast to make it to the interviews. It was challenging and equally rewarding. I felt that this was a really friendly interview series, and they are quite accommodating and flexible in their questions. Infact even if you miss a question or two, don't worry. Skill Tips: Forouzan - Data Communication and Networking ,C++ by Djarne Stroustrup HackerEarth and HackerRank Coding Focus more on Networking and OS if you want to get into this company, they don't focus on much of algorithms, since they don't want coders since it is a R&D profile. Skills: College Name: NIT Surathkal
Round: PRE PLACEMENT OFFER Experience: Interns (both CS and IT) were selected in my third year. Pre-placement offers were rolled out to 16 of us which was roughly a conversion ratio of 1:3. A couple of ECE hires were added when SRI-B visited campus later.
General Tips: If you're in CS or IT, this is the only format your resume should be in: ----- Take your internship seriously. Have fun and all but also get your project done. It's not the end of the world if you don't get a PPO. Campus placements are tension-filled, no doubt, but a lot of people get equally good if not better jobs after missing out on PPOs. Make sure you talk to your manager about the PPO process. She will be the one giving you your final review. So ensure that she knows you want the job. Prepare a fancy presentation for the HR. By fancy, I mean slick and professional. Think Apple, not flashy Microsofty graphics and stupid word art. Skill Tips: Google GSAT (Global Samsung Aptitude Test) a week before the test and make sure you practice some similar CAT type questions. Questions are of medium difficulty and time management is a real issue (most of us were unable to finish properly). - I didn't have to use these but I've heard good things about codechef/topCoder and books such as Cracking the Coding Interview by Gayle Laakmann McDowell. Skills: College Name: NIT Surathkal
Round: Test Experience: Test for internship:1 aptitude test on quant and C. Around 50 were selected for internship. Next was PPO after the internship. Around 15 were selected.
General Tips: Work very hard during internship. Don't worry whether they will take you in or not. Amazing experience it was be strong with aptitude, coding. Skill Tips: Prepare quantitative Aptitude by R.S. Aggarwal. Prefer Indiabix for C aptitude. Skills: College Name: NIT Surathkal
Round: Test Experience: Online Test (General aptitude, C aptitude ,Programming problems).
General Tips: Study basics of C and DSA well. Utilize the last summer vacations for studying for placements. Be confident and Honest. Yes it is challenging and exhausting. It tests your patience. But final reward is also great so we must keep going toward it. Skill Tips: Online coding sites such as Codechef, etc. Narasimha Karumanchi for data structures and algorithm will help in preparation. Skills: College Name: NIT Surathkal
Round: PRE placement Experience: Was accepted through the pre placement offer after a satisfactory internship during the summer. There was a small test after the internship. Work done in the internship in co-ordination with mentor, employees and manager has more weight-age.
General Tips: Just brush up on your fundamentals. The questions asked will just be a direct or indirect applications of what you have learnt. Good programming practice is also needed. Good knowledge about Operating systems, Data structures, Networking and Programming is what they generally look for while hiring. A good internship project helped in securing the PPO. Skills: College Name: NIT Surathkal
Round: Test Experience: 31 students were shortlisted for interviews based on aptitude test score. After first round of technical interview, 12 students were shortlisted for next rounds of interview.
General Tips: It was a good experience, nothing stressful. Though process of interviews took almost 12 hours to complete but it was rewarding in the end. Skill Tips: How to answer HR questions effectively. Keep your mind concentrated on your goal. Don't take stress during interview time. Prepare yourself according to the job profile of the company. Skills: College Name: NIT Surathkal
Round: Test Experience: First round - 1 hour online test split into 2 sections. First section - aptitude 10 questions and c/c++/java 10 question for a total of 30 minutes. Second section included 2 coding questions for a total time of 30 minutes. Approx - 400 students.
General Tips: Aptitude was hard and pace is important. Practicing commercial mathematics will help. Past projects are important and resume should have only information that you are thorough with.Understand the company and what it does before the personal interviews. Skill Tips: Prepare well DSA, OS ,Aptitude,C,C++ , by the help of Indiabix.com. Skills: College Name: NIT Surathkal
Round: Test Experience: First Round Started with an online test consisting of 4 modules 1. Aptitude Section (15 questions 15 minutes) 2. Computer Fundamentals (25 questions 40 minutes) 3. Logical Reasoning Section (15 questions 15 minutes) 4. Programming Section (2 questions 60 minutes) conducted by Amcat.
Round: Technical Interview Experience: Technical Interview : Entirely based on your resume. Internship projects, Academic projects, Programming languages you know, object oriented concepts, etc.
Round: HR Interview Experience: HR interview : Usual questions. Why Citicorp? Why should we hire you? If your pointers are good, they ask about higher studies plans. Maths marks in 10th, 12th, and graduation. Extra-curricular activities.
Round: Tech + HR interview Experience: Tech + HR inteview: Querstions were based on OS, database and data structure. Few Puzzles were also asked.
General Tips: Just quickly revise all the work you have done on projects. You should be able to convey the idea properly. Revise OS, database concepts.Keep your CGPA high. It was an easier experience compared to the companies in which I got rejected earlier. Skill Tips: Online Puzzles will help a lot. Skills: College Name: NIT Surathkal
Round: Test Experience: ROUND 1: 50 MCQ's (60 Minutes) 80% C/C++ Questions and 20% Quantitative Aptitude. Most of the C/C++ questions are similar to the questions in test your C skills, geeksquiz.com and some recursion questions which will take time to solve. Quantitative aptitude is of normal level only. Around 200 people appeared and they have shortlisted 13 people. ROUND 2: Two Coding questions (80 Minutes) Subjective (code on paper) They gave Dynamic programming problems. Its better to write comments for each function and also derive the time complexity and they shortlisted 4 people.
Round: Technical Interview Experience: Basic C/C++ concepts, Operating systems and projects based question were asked.
Round: HR Interview Experience: HR round is cool ! But We need to give proper judgement for Why Wooqer? and why we should select you?
General Tips: It’s a long suspense as they announced the results after 2 days. But NEVER LOSE HOPE. Even though you got rejected in any company (Just feel for sometime as you can't take lite at that moment) hope that you have some good company waiting for you. Don't get depressed after rejecting in 2-3 companies. You will have your day as I myself got rejected in 6 interviews and I got selected in 7th company. WIN OR LOSE DOESN'T MATTER, FIGHT HARD. If you are very good in coding then try to be the best in coding. And don't neglect Aptitude, Basics and HR Round. Try to do very fast in round-1 and leave the questions which take time. Coding and HR round are crucial Skill Tips: C/C++ Books: **Let us C; **Test your C skills;Thinking in C++ Data structures: **Narasimha Karumanchi / Sourabh School videos(youtube) Coding: **GeeksforGeeks; Leetcode; CodeChef.
Round: Test Experience: 1st Round : 30 Aptitude Questions (Difficulty Level-HIGH) with nega tive marking- My Score 15/30, Highest in the test + 2 Coding Questions ( Dyanamic Programming + N-Queens Problem)
Round: Technical Interview Experience: Technical Interview- Questions based on recurssion DSA, HTML.
General Tips: Just know the project you have done in details , don't bluff First Interview and got it in single shot. Skill Tips: Karumanchi for DSA, w3 Schools for web related topics DBMS and SQL from Tutorial point. Skills: College Name: NIT Surathkal