Arunoday Life Spaces Interview Questions and Answers

Round: Test
Experience: Verbal-correction of sentences, 2 passages,antonyms,synonyms logical reasoning - all models are in r.s agarwal
Total Questions: 75

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Regular hr questions like tell about ur self,hobbies,strengths,any team activities, about paper presented and questions on that, questions on leadership qualities, asked to talk about 'conservation of energy' for few minutes, asked abouts functions or events organised.

College Name: NIT WARANGAL

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: CPI based shortlisting. Around 6-7 people from MME with CPI > 7.9 were shortlisted.

Round: Interview (Telephonic)
Experience: Duration: 10-15 minutes
Questions :
1. Name 
2. Resume Based Questions 
3. Internships and projects 
4. Technical Questions 
5. Favorite Subject and questions on that 
6. BTP

General Tips: 1. Choose which subject you will say as your favorite and prepare that thoroughly. 
2. Read Proforma of company and prepare accordingly. 
3. It is most secure if you can direct the interviewer to ask questions about your internships and projects, because that is something you know better than him/her. 
4. Prepare puzzles etc. generally asked in interviews. 
5. Keep a Positive Attitude in general. Have an attitude of “I don’t need the company, the company needs me”.
Skill Tips: This company basically needed only 1 MME student was selected - who did both his interns and projects in ‘Modeling and Simulation’.
Skills: Thermodynamics of Materials, Characterization, Manufacturing Processes ,
College Name: IIT- Kanpur

Round: Test
Experience: Very basic(class 7 level) english, quant and DI from CAT preparation will do. I was asked to estimate the number of newspapers I would buy if I am a supplier for the campus. Then slightly complicated the problem four or five times.
Tips: Try to answer as many questions as possible--the test is the one major criterion for selection.
Total Questions: 65

Round: Guesstimate Interview
Experience: One-on-one interview.Basic guess estimation and details about your projects. Try to show you have some knowledge in mathematics.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: HR interview--A panel of 4 or 5 people(who have taken the individual interviews in round I).
Tips: Be confident and try not to tell something which you can’t defend.

General Tips: As is the case for most companies, CAT preparation will definitely help. I don’t think much focus was was given on the essay but the other sections of the test are really important.
Skill Tips: A decent CGPA(mine was exactly 8) will help. HR interview--A panel of 4 or 5 people(who have taken the individual interviews in round I). Should be able to speak about your own projects and internships.
College Name: IIT KHARAGPUR

Round: Test
Experience: There were two parts : Aptitude and English.
The Aptitude part consisted of questions related to Maths which were quite easy.
The English section consisted of reading comprehensions.
Tips: Read the questions carefully because some of them might be lengthy.
Apply quick formulas so that you save time on each question.
Duration: 90 minutes

Round: Group Activity
Experience: We were asked to write an essay on a topic.
My topic was "Global Warming".
This was not an elimination round.
Tips: Writing essay requires a good fair of English and also thinking capability.
Divide your essay into paragraphs and don't forget to assign a title to your essay.

Round: Interview
Experience: The technical round was quite simple for me as the interviewer asked me few simple questions related to basic programming. I am not well versed with programming but then I managed because I did study the previous day.
I was not nervous since I knew I would be able to crack the interview in one go. After waiting for hours and hours, my turn came and finally I went up to the interviewer.
Tips: Be confident and communicate well.
The interviewers are more interested in how you communicate to them.
Learn the basics and revise a little before you go to the interview .

Round: Interview
Experience: This was the most simple and funniest round for me as the interviewer asked me only a single question .
The question goes like " Which place are you from?"
Tips: When you get selected for the HR round, just relax.
This is not an elimination round .
The HR's won't ask questions related to your subjects or any academics.
They would only ask some basic information regarding your life experiences and or will you be able to work in a corporate environment.

General Tips: 1. You need to be confident.
2. Drink lots of water.
3. Dont discuss anything with your neighbours during the interview process.
4. Dont overthink.
5. Be positive.
Skill Tips: You should well versed with english and try to communicate well with the interviewer.
Skills: COMMUNCATION SKILLS, PROGRAMMING SKILLS, TECHNICAL SKILLS, WRITING SKILLS
College Name: SRM UNIVERSITY
Motivation: A highly-motivated, productive and customer-focused team player with strong communication, interpersonal,organizational, time management, analytical and problem solving skills. Reliable and dedicated with the ability to grasp and apply new procedures quickly; organize and prioritize tasks to meet deadlines and adapt readily to new challenges.

Round: Interview
Experience: 1st round: Panel of two. Asked questions about the projects which were mentioned in the resume. A few questions were asked about the core intern which I did. Asked about the family background.10 got selected in the next round of interviews.
I think for the second round of interviews they selected on basis of CG.
No case studies were asked Just my opinion was asked in certain topics in the second interview which was taken by the partner of the firm. He asked my opinion about construction in India.
I did well in the interview and they liked my story about my projects.
Tips: I think for the second round of interviews they selected on basis of CG.
I started preparing in Mid-November. I think placement is more about yourself. Starting earlier doesn't help.

General Tips: 2nd years: Decide where your interest lies. Have a decent CG at least above 8.
3rd years: Know your interest. Have mock PIs and GDs. 

Be genuine. If you don’t know something just tell them, do not act to be over-smart.Just revise your basic level courses. Revise Contracts, IPM, Construction Management.
Skill Tips: Just revise your basic level courses.Revise Contracts, IPM, Construction Management.
College Name: IIT MADRAS

Round: Test
Experience: One written test. It contains four sections. Each section contains 25 questions and is of 30 minutes duration.
Tips: Prepare well for technical and aptitude.
Duration: 120 minutes
Total Questions: 100

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Questions were asked based on my favorite subject.
Tips: Choose your favorite subject as the one you know well.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: He gave me situations to see how I would handle them.
Tips: You must justify yourself with your answers.

General Tips: Brush up all the basics of your core subjects.
Skills: Good technical skills., Good communication skills.
College Name: NA

Round: Test
Experience: The aptitude test basically consisted of questions from Data Structures and some other simple algorithms and also on Object Oriented Analysis. The aptitude test was tricky (having negative markings +2/-1 scheme). To cross this test speed and skill are essential.

The next test was a coding exams there were three questions 
1) Given a linked list, link the odd nodes followed by the even nodes in place.
2) Given a dictionary of words find words that are anagrams of each other.
3) Given a binary tree and a node print that node's path from root.
Duration: 95 minutes

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: There were 4 rounds of interviews...
the details are as follows
Interview 1 - This interview was basically DS based interview and certain concepts of networking were touched. I
told them that i am interested in data structures and cryptography so most of the questions came from those areas only.
Interview 2 - Was again technical. The interviewer asked me on Data Structures and a Dynamic Programming problem and some other puzzles to solve.
Interview 3 - This was technical but they evaluated the design skills. Asked me on ER diagrams, class diagrams and
database design and system design and some basic questions from OS. 
Interview 4 - This was also a technical interview mainly on problem solving and DS design (how would you design a DS to handle this situation and so on).

Round: HR Interview
Experience: There was no HR interview as such. They were asking questions in tech interviews such as tell me about yourself and so on.

General Tips: Data Structures, OOPS and OS. Solve a variety of problems. All the best!!!
College Name: NIT WARANGAL

Round: Test
Experience: The test was on Probability.

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Current Affairs. Abstract word 'RED' was the topic. We were given a very short duration to discuss. People who got lead over others were selected for further rounds.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Some puzzles were asked. I was also asked to provide brief solutions to the questions asked in the test.
Tips: One should be extremely good in Probability.

General Tips: One of the topics for case study was “you were left in a virtual world and given a set things. What things would you choose and Why? They have given a set of things. We need to explain the reasons for choosing them.
Prepare well for placements say like for at least 3-4 months.
College Name: IIT MADRAS

Round: Test
Experience: It’ll be tough. For CS and ECE people, it will be a smooth ride if you know algorithms and data structures.

Round: Interview
Experience: I was asked to solve puzzles. Mainly sorting algorithms; heap and bubble. To sum up, a lot of programming knowledge and algorithm analysis will be required.
Tips: Don’t fumble, it’s very important to be confident. If there’s something you don’t know, don’t hesitate to accept it.

College Name: IIT KHARAGPUR