Silpa Infratech Interview Questions and Answers

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - It is a very bad company.....no job security,. politics is everywhere in this company.

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: We were supposed to come up with a solution whether this subsidy cut should take place or not. Initially everyone was given 1 minute to speak, 12 people in the group and I was the 10th to speak, this gave me sufficient time to think but on the same hand I had to make sure that I say something which the 9 people before me haven’t spoken, so it was a bit tricky. After that the floor was open for discussion for 10 minutes, make it a point that this is not a debate so its not necessary that you take a positions for or against the topic, I had made points both in the favor of the issue and against it and it was appreciated by the moderators.

Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: I had to tell something about myself in not more than 45 seconds, so I focused more on my extra curricular activities and the volunteering work instead of academic achievements which I felt most of the other candidates too had a decent one.

Case: “Delhi airport has a terminal which is being utilized only upto 60% of its potential, still the authorities are planning to make a new terminal, what could be the reason behind it.” There can be numerous reasons to this, I gave a few good reasons and I was through. Like, the international flights are concentrated on a particular time of the day like at the night or early in the morning so during that time only one terminal might not be sufficient. Having more terminals would reduce the transit time and that will result in an efficient use of the runway and would smoothen the air traffic. I gave only these two reasons and tried to explain it in detail.

Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: It was only me to whom a puzzle was asked and the interviewer assured me that he won't evaluate me on this. The puzzle was “there are 10 lions and a sheep on a lonely green island, sheep can eat grass and survive, lions can also survive on grass but that is they would like to do the least. Lions can eat the sheep but the catch is that which ever lion eats the sheep would turn into a sheep, now I am one of the lions so will I eat the sheep? Assume that all the lions are equally intelligent.” Although I had no clue how to solve this but I went ahead with the problem logically and the interviewer helped me, at the end I answered the question. There could be some tricky answers also to such questions which one should definitely say if you can think of any, like I said that “in the minds of all the lions there would be an element of fear for eating the sheep so I would think a step ahead and eat the sheep and the other lions
don't eat me due to this fear in their minds.”

Round: HR Interview
Experience: As soon as I entered the interviewer said “I remember you”, this was because we had some exchange of views during the ppt. In this round they made all the nine candidates solve the same case. It was about the truck industry in US, I was shown some data and graphs related to various business sectors in the industry and was asked to interpret things like why the profit margins are different in any two sectors, what would be the effect if a Japanese player comes in etc. To answer this having a basic knowledge of the terminologies would help a lot.

College Name: IIT KANPUR

General Tips: They do seem to look for guys with good CGPA. Because most students selected for the final round had high CG. They took a test right after the PPT. However, the questions were too simple and most people must have done reasonably well in that test. I think the resume played a major role in making the final shortlist for the interviews.
Skill Tips: Practice your coding. Solve problems from forums like SPOJ, UVA Online Judge etc. And remember that dynamic programming is a blessing.
The most important skill they tested was algorithms (design and analysis). Remember DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING and data structures. The questions were pretty involved. Good coding skills are a must.
Skills: Programming, Algorithm
College Name: IIT KHARAGPUR

Round: Test
Experience: You’ll find it easy if you are already preparing for CAT. It isn’t too tough and they test only core Indutrial Engineering knowledge.
Tips: 1. Prepare well for the test.
2. Take exam in groups.
3. Prepare for CAT and GRE.
4. Solve TIME test papers for speed.

Round: Interview
Tips: 1. Be confident.
2. Be clear about whatever you speak to them.
3. Memorise some real world example related to each topic. For example the use of the revolutionary algorithm and assembly line problems.

Skill Tips: There will be a section on mechanical engineering. IM students need to study for that. It’s better to have some managerial skills. Also be ready to write that you will work for a period of 10-15 years in TATA motors.
College Name: IIT KHARAGPUR