Q1. Practical, real life execution question
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Round: Test Experience: Test was a little long according to the time allotted, but that's part of the challenge. Tips: Revise basic mathematical concepts, like geometry and puzzles. Work on vocabulary, which was slightly below GRE level.
Round: Group Discussion Experience: The moderator actively participated in the discussion, starting with outlining the broad topics of discussion, pointed out by the candidates themselves. He then proceeded with 2-3 minutes discussion on each of the 8 topics. Tips: Stay in touch with the developments of the e-commerce industry and the business model of the company. Duration: 30 minutes
Round: Guesstimate Interview Experience: Standard HR questions and guesstimates are asked. Assessment of the candidate is done and the feedback is forwarded. Unlike a stress interview, the atmosphere was very relaxed, with the conversation often venturing into informal areas. Tips: Try to put forth your best front, and focus on the best points in your CV.
Round: Guesstimate Interview Experience: One question was asked, which involved making estimates of the practical, day to day functioning of the company, on topics ranging from finances, work force, strategy etc. Tips: Knowledge of logistics and working off start ups will help.
Skills: Practicality, Managerial Skills, Work Experience College Name: IIT Guwahati Funny Moments: My mobile rang during the first interview, though I was sure it was off. But the interviewer was nice enough to let it slide, and have me a good feedback.
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.
Round: Test Experience: Questions related to courses of Design, MOS, TOM. It had tough MCQ’s based on formulae that had to be memorized and were calculation intensive.
Round: Technical Interview Experience: it was a 45-minute round with questions about yourself, CPI and extra-curricular activities.
Round: HR Interview Experience: Questions based on resume, internship and 2nd and 3rd year related projects. Short discussion on Extra-curricular activities.
Q5. Coding related questions(only if your CV shows you are a coding studd)
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Round: Case Study Interview Experience: Its not an elimination round, you can go with your informal clothes on. Tips: Any one who has prepared for day 1 and day 2 companies will get through this round. Just read news papers and learn to shoot graphs here and there even if it has got absolutely no facts and definitely practice to write a lot. Be prepared with both for and against the topic coz the interviewer keeps changing the topic in between the GD.The topic was same as that of the case study Don’t write bullet-ed points, this makes your cases look small. Try applying your vocabulary spectrum. Try to give exhibits even if you don’t know any facts.
Round: Group Discussion Experience: 12 students on the table, one interviewer. Tips: Play old school .But don’t wait for your chance, just break into it, but with a gentlemanly attitude. Try giving examples. Throw arbitrary facts to prove your points, if you don’t remember the real figures.
Round: HR Interview Experience: Two interviewee were present. Tips: Don’t start with your brilliancein your core subject. Tell them you hate your department. Convince them that you won’t ditch them for a Ph.D or an MBA. Tell them you have a friend at Wipro who keeps giving you intel about how great the company is. Look confident and if at times you can be funny, they will appreciate it!!
Skill Tips: 8 and above CGPA is required. Later it was lowered to 7.9, mine was 7.98. They mainly ask HR questions, so being involved in Extra-academic activities gives you more that you can talk of. I had an eye for coding in C++. Helped me on this, but my extra-acads list was enough. Coding was just a bonus. If they are non core its better. But my both the internships were core based. You just have to convince them why you are dropping from core. College Name: IIT KHARAGPUR
Round: Test Experience: Test level was medium, as i also sat for mahindra, i found L&T test was harder than mahindra! Tips: Just study RS agarwal
Round: Group Discussion Experience: It was easy for me, coz i was aware about tips of GD Tips: Be the leader, if possibleTalk in between, even if u dont know topic much Duration: 20 minutes
Round: Interview Experience: This question was damn easy for me, coz i can talk more based on my activities & resume Tips: Dont hesitate, stay calm & describe yourself, but not family background
General Tips: Be yourself, no technical knowledge is required(depends on panel u get) Skill Tips: "" College Name: IIT Roorkee Motivation: To get placed!
Round: Test Experience: One written test. It contains four sections. Each section is of 15 minutes duration. Tips: Prepare for general aptitude and learn the basics of C, C++ and Java. Duration: 60 minutes
Round: HR Interview Experience: General HR round questions were asked. Tips: You must show your confidence and maintain eye contact with the interviewer.
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 online test was of an average difficulty level. There was sufficient time to complete all the questions on time. and there was a negative marking of 0.25. Tips: One should be thorough with the basics of english, and quantitative ability. Reasoning section needed a lot of practice so as to save time. Duration: 60 minutes Total Questions: 50
Round: Technical Interview Experience: I had a very good experience answering the aforementioned questions as i was confident in all my answers. i did not have a thorough knowledge of c language, So i told the interviewer that i am not adept with programming but i can still try. Hence the interviewer told me that even if i go wrong in programming, he won't be marking me on that basis. Tips: Always speak the truth whether you know a particular subject or not. This helps the interviewer form an overall idea about you.Put forward your views in a soft and gentle but assertive tone.
Round: HR Interview Experience: The HR round of interviews was a more general round concerned in knowing the candidate as a person, irrespective of his/ her merits and achievements. It focussed on forming an idea about our personality as an individual Tips: Be calm, composed and patient in front of the interviewer.
General Tips: One should not be scared or nervous about placements. Patience and confidence should be maintained throughout the recruitment process. Practice placement papers from various websites and also keep yourself updated with current affairs. Skill Tips: A lot of practice is required to gain speed in doing calculations. Skills: Speed, Knowledge , Communication Skills College Name: SRM UNIVERSITY Motivation: The main motivation for applying to iGATE was the company is a major IT service provider and had been listed in the 100 fastest growing companies by Fortune magazine. Since i had been rejected in companies like Wipro, CTS, Infosys, i applied to this company in the hope of getting selected. Other motivations were my college seniors and teachers. Funny Moments: When the technical interviewer asked me to explain any topic from my area of interest, I was shocked for a minute because i could not believe that i had been granted so much liberty of choosing any topic from my subject.To crosscheck what i had hear was true or not, i reassured myself by asking him whether he was sure or not. Then the interviewer smiled and told me to proceed.
Round: Test Experience: Coding questions were comparatively easy. There were three questions.1. Given a string map each character of which to the corresponding digit in a 10 digit mobile phone keypad.2. Don't remember, will add when it comes to my mind.3. Don't remember, will add when it comes to my mind.
Skills: Coding ability, Complete knowledge of working of internet., College Name: IIT Bombay
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Round: HR Interview Experience: Got selected because I was relating my experience with the job profile. And knew financials well.
General Tips: Interview question was mainly to gauge my knowledge about insurance sector. I had little idea about the sector but a little research prior to the interview helps. When you are over with the gd/ hr interview and you think there is a good chance of clearing it then make sure u get some knowledge about sector and the company .Read about the sector well and the company as well. Skills: Economics, Banking College Name: NA
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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.