HARMAN Lead Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Round: Test
Experience: Only a few students will get shortlisted who do all the questions correctly.

Round: Other Interview
Experience: First 4 rounds on day 1 and this are just to shortlist for more rounds on some other day.
Tips: They will focus on almost all the concepts of computer science.You need to practice a lot and start it right now. Should be easy if you have prepared well enough. Use your holidays to start preparing for placements.

General Tips: Sooner you start, better your placement will be as lack of practice & last day study works only for exams but never for interviews. You'll get enough time to prepare for interviews once you get shortlisted. Focus on it even if you are placed already.
Skill Tips: They will focus on almost all the concepts of computer science.
Skills: C , Aptitude
College Name: NIT SURATHKAL

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Short listing of resume was done on the basis of CGPA .Mine was 9.22

Round: Test
Experience: Objective questions related to C/C++/OS + 1 coding question
Tips: Basic C/C++ reference material
Duration: 20 minutes

Round: Technical Interview
Tips: Too much emphasis on the work done by you before. They required every explanation in detail.

General Tips: I think I got selected because my academics are good.B.Tech and M.Tech project are in the field which company is looking forward for.I started preparing atleast a 1.5 months before the interviews.For core companies,Refer to class notes, topics related to company which I was targeting. Good idea of what is required by the company is obtained from the PPT. Questions were mostly related to BTP as well as other work done in the Department.Refer to class notes, topics related to company which I was targeting. Good idea of what is required by the company is obtained from the PPT.
A lot of practice improves speed and accuracy. Very much required in the first round of any company, which usually tests these skills.
Skill Tips: Prepared a compendium of the topics expected to prop up during interview.Revision of basic fundamentals of the field.Short report of the B.Tech as well as M.Tech project.Referred to placement sites for some tips.
Skills: Programming skills
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Motivation: They were looking for Digital Signal Processing, Image Signal Processing, Communications.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The guy taking my interview was from OS background and my project was on networks, he didn't understand much. In next round I was asked my favorite subject, I told data structure and networks. He asked about networks which I explained well.
Tips: For Samsung work on APTI, data interpretation question. Try to make it fast. Also focus on C basics.Keep your preparations of general Apti good. Practice a test paper (online/books) day before to make to focused and accurate.

General Tips: In my first technical interview the guy was not from networking background. My project was on networks which I think was not able to explain to him that good. I got less marks there I think.
Skills: C questions, general Apti, OS, DBMS, Networks
College Name: NIT SURATHKAL

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: I prepared a single resume but changed my areas of interest while applying in different companies. For instance while applying in Samsung Electronics I wrote about my strengths in data structures and various programming languages. I had a long list of extra-curricular activities under my belt; I made sure to select a handful of relevant activities and mentioned them in my resume.

Round: Test
Experience: I had prepared for the CAT examination, for this I had joined a coaching class where we were given extensive practice of aptitude related questions which helped me a lot for the written tests.
First round was the written test. There were two tests, one was the aptitude test and the other was programming test. The former was simple, but the later was a little difficult. The programming test was based completely on C programming language. The questions asked were mainly from classes, objects and functions. In some of the questions they had given a complete code and we had to predict the output. The test was of half an hour duration. There were no questions on data structures and we were clearly told at the beginning of the test that knowledge of data structures is not must, but possessing the same could be beneficial in one’s bid to get a job in the company.
The aptitude test paper was easy and was divided into two sections, data interpretation and logical reasoning. There were 50 questions to be answered in 50 minutes.
Since the profile was open only for CS, EE and EC students there were not many students who appeared for the test. Around 60 to 70 students appeared for the test and 15 to 16 qualified for the next round.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: For the preparation of HR interviews I collected a set of questions and prepared my answers to them. I collected these questions from the internet. A few more questions on the same lines were also asked. While framing answers to these questions I added certain experiences of my life to add a personal touch.The questions asked in the interview were mainly technical. One of the interviewers asked me to explain the principles of C programming. He asked to write down the complete code of a string related problem and then asked me to do the same using classes. One more question that I vaguely remember being asked was about swapping of digits.
They next asked me a puzzle. In the puzzle I was asked to divide a rectangle into 9 equal pieces.
They also enquired whether I had designed any software or done any work in networking sector. I replied with a no, but I did tell them that I had studied DSP.
They did not ask me a lot of HR questions, but they did enquire about my family background. They also asked me whether I’d be ok if I were to be posted in Bangalore.
Tips: Before the interview we were given an HR form, in the form there was question in which we had to specify the technologies that we were interested in. Make sure that you answer this question with complete honesty because they do ask you questions based on this.

College Name: IIT ROORKEE
Motivation: Samsung came to our campus with numerous profile. This profile basically required knowledge of basic electronics. They were up for people who had done something related to electronics which would be a project or a robotics event.

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: The company didn’t have any resume based selection. The criterion for applying was that the student should have a CGPA greater than 7.

Round: Test
Experience: There was a written test which had questions related to the core engineering area. After the written test there were two rounds of interviews.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: In the interview they asked me questions about the following topics:Backtracking, Related to Computer Networks (ipv4 v/s ipv6), Http v/s Https, Algorithm and database for T9 predictive text in mobile phones.
Finally when they were sure about my technical skills they asked me HR related questions. These were whether I was fine with the package and the place of assignment which was Bangalore. Also they inquired about my family background to ascertain my values and whether I will stick with the company in the long run or not.

College Name: IIT ROORKEE