Round: Test Experience: There are two sections ....1) verbal 2)analytical and reasoning. paper was little bit tough. i didn't remember the type of questions.
Round: HR Interview Experience: The HR was very cool and friendly. He asked me general questions like "tell me about ur self","have u done any teamwork" etc and then he asked me about my favourite subject.Then he asked me to explain the subject considering him as an 8th class student. Then he asked me about my family background. And the interview was about 30mins.
General Tips: You must be very cool while facing interview and u should ur confidence and interest towards the company. College Name: NIT WARANGAL
Round: Interview Experience: Duration of interview - 40 minutesInterview panel: 6 scientist from DRDO and one professor from my departmentOnly technical questions were asked except my name (:P) Question types can be divided into following categories: 1. Process 2. Theory behind the process (mechanism) 3. Practical application4. Alteration in parameters and their effect on process Tips: if you are answering correctly then they will take you even deeper until you yield (cross questioning) :O but dont worry, speak only if you know the correct answer. be confident and honest (they will help you).
General Tips: Shortlisting on the basis of CGPA College Name: IIT Roorkee
Q1. Basic HR questions, your understanding of your projects, biggest achievement so far??
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Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist Tips: Get to know your resume very well, have a story for each of your resume point
Round: Test Experience: Written test. Basic Quant and one short essay to test your English.
Round: Interview Experience: They were looking for people with good math skills and team player.
Round: Interview Experience: Prepare for all the basic HR questions beforehand, write them down. for core get your basic fundamentals perfect. Tips: I started preparing for placements from Nov starting but starting early will be better.
General Tips: Prepare for all the basic HR questions beforehand, write them down. For core, get your basic fundamentals perfect. Skills: Basic fundamentals College Name: IIT-Madras
Round: Resume Shortlist Experience: Candidates with CG equal to or higher than 8.0 were selected.
Round: Test Experience: It was divided in 2 sets of 45 minutes each. Coding: To write a function to find if a string is palindrome or not. Verbal+quant: These were CAT model questions. Duration: 90 minutes
Round: Interview Experience: There were 2 rounds of this interview. Both were HR and questions based on resume and some general questions were asked. Tips: I think I was selected because of my CG, coding skills and communication skills.
General Tips: If you're preparing for core, make sure you start revising your subjects soon. Keep your notes and concentrate on structures. Skill Tips: I started my preparations in November by going through case study material available in lan and solving CAT questions. College Name: IIT MADRAS
Round: Resume Shortlist Experience: Fundae session by seniors and a resume workshop by some company. Also, sent resume to some seniors for their opinions and I think this was an important part of it. Tips: I suggest Pre-placement talks, are a must. What is more important is not to believe the PPTs completely and ask seniors about the level of fundaes (finance/tech/otherwise) and preparation required to crack the company. There is a lot of good material on ATKEARNEY and other website. Other than that I used the material available for years.
Round: Interview Experience: Final offers in my division were 12. There were two levels of case interviews. The first interview was to judge if I would be suitable for the Strategy and Operations profile or for the Technology and Integration profile. There were two interviewers. They explained to me both the profiles and asked me what I wanted to choose and why. Then asked me some general HR questions like why consulting, why you etc. Then started off with an informal case study. It was about a new company which wanted to start a new low cost airline and had no experience in this market till now. It has two options: either to acquire an existing company or to build up all processes on their own. I was first asked to qualitatively mention what all aspects I would consider. After that they asked me what new things could this company do. They were pretty satisfied with my answers and I was confident of getting listed in the next round. In the next round there was single interviewer who was looking quite senior. Asked some HR questions. One case study about a consumer durables dealer which was again qualitative. Asked some HR questions that's it.
General Tips: Lack of interaction with seniors throughout IIT stay was one thing for which I had to pay. I had no seniors in my wing and I had no fundae of the amount of preparation required. So make sure that you have certain information. College Name: IIT-Bombay
When my turn came in I walked into the room and Found two people sitting over there. Wishing them Good Afternoon i was asked to take my seat and I sat comfortably. This is noted very carefully. I had a eye to eye contact with both of them. I handed over them my certificates for them to go through.
Then my interview started (I gave my resume to him)
Interviewer: Kiran Paul Kani… right.. Me: Yes, its kiran paul kanikaram
Interviewer: Ok Kiran I am dennis voice Trainer at HCL Tech. It seems from the resume that you are working for India Air Force and why do you want to change the Job
Me: Bracing up a little I said I am working with Indian Air Force and because of Family reason I am about to resign the Job and also since I have completed MCA I just wanted to pursue a Technical Job.
Interviewer: Can you give me some more details as to why you want to resign a Government job and join a private one?
Me: Yes, I would. Since I am having a family to look after and with the present job I am unable to keep my family with me and also since my job requires me to be available 24/7, 365 days this was not a problem when I did not have these responsibilities but now it has become compulsion for me to look after and for me I think what’s the use of earning the money and not enjoying them with family.
Interviewer: Ok tell me about yourself?
Me: I told about my schooling and the place I hail from and the job I was doing in brief.
Interviewer: Oh great you could do your Graduation and Post graduation while doing a job and don’t you feel that was difficult while serving the IAF?
Me: Yes, It was difficult but I just wanted to come up in life and I already knew the price I am going to pay and it had taken a lot of hard work but finally I could complete.
Interviewer: Do you know what kind of job you are going to do here in HCL?
Me: Yes, the position I am going to work is for technical process helping customers to get their issues resolved and giving technical support.
Interviewer: Here is a passage and can you read it for me.
Me: I understood why he was asking so coolly I took time and read it comfortably.
(Now the interviewer showed me his laptop and told me to hear a conversation. I took the head set and listened the conversation)
Interviewer: What was the person trying to tell? Me: I told him that the person was telling that he wanted a technical issue to be resolved pertaining to his Laptop.
Interviewer: What is the solution you have for him?
Me: I told him the procedure of how to solve his issue.
Interviewer: He smiled at me and said I would like to speak with my friend who wants to ask you about information. He works as a SME (subject Man Expert) and he picked up his cell and connected to that person and handed over me the phone and walked out of the room.
Interviewer: Hello Kiran I am Sam
Me: Hello sam
Interviewer: I work as a SME and hope Dennis told about me
Me: yes
Interviewer: Can you tell me how does a browser work? Me: I said do you want me to explain the functionality of the browser. Interviewer: yes Me: I gave him the information of what he wanted. Interviewer: can you tell me some thing about cookie and what it does? Me: I told him the definition of cookie and the role it plays in the Brower functionality Interviewer: Ok what will you do to change the settings of the browser? Me: I explained him the process. Interviewer: Tell me something about registry in windows? Me: I told about the registry and told him that when ever an application is installed then it is this place that the registry keys are saved and based on this when ever we run the application it will fetch information from here and runs the application. Interviewer: What happens when these registry keys are deleted or corrupted and how can you delete the registry keys? Me: If the registry keys are deleted or corrupted then the application may not run or if it runs also it will create problems some where else and to delete the registry keys we need type in Regedit command in the run window and press enter andthen from the registry window search for the keys to delete and selecting them we need to press delete key .Interviewer: Do you know Computer networks? Me: Not fully but I have a fair idea Interviewer: Ok No issues. Thanks a lot. Me: thanks a lot and gave back the cell to Dennis. Interviewer: How was the interaction? Me: It was good (Dennis got a call and he typed in some thing in his laptop. I knew it was from sam) Interviewer: Ok kiran please wait out side will get back to you in a few min. Me: I said yes and walked out of the room and was little anxious but the people who were waiting outside wanted to inquire why it has taken a lot of time. After some time Dennis along with Sam came up to the lounge area and called me and spoke to me saying that they were satisfied with my interview and told that they were checking my accent and my technical knowledge and told me that I was selected for this round and need to attend a written technical test and also if I clear there will be a HR round and if cleared will get the appointment letter. Then they handed over a sealed envelop and told me to give to the HR I was a bit relaxed now and was waiting to go for the next round people around me congratulated. After few min a interview board member accompanied us in the Cab to another facility a few hundred meter away from this facility. When we came to this facility we were given tags to enter the facility and Pooja came and called me into the cabin.
Round: HR Interview Experience: HR Round HR: Good afternoon Kiran and took the packet Me: I said good Afternoon HR: Now there will be a written test and that too MCQ type go through the question paper and answer them and you have 30 minutes. Me: I took the paper and sat in the place assigned and went through the paper and answered them and after the time is up I handed over the answer sheet HR: Please sit in the waiting room I will be back in few min.Me: I said Ok and waited in the waiting room. After some time the HR came. HR: Congrats you cleared the written test Me: Thanks HR: So you are a defense person and where are you working? Me: Yes, I am working in Air Force Station Delhi. HR: So you want to join a pvt organization from a govt organization, don’t you feel that you are loosing security of job?Me: Yes, I want to join a corporate sector since it was a dream for me and I think the circumstance have paved the way for me since I am also not interested to be in Air Force because I am away from my family and also this posting makes it very difficult for me to be with my family and it will be for five years. Secondly I don’t feel any that I am loosing Job security since any how I have to retire after 20 years of service and I have finished 12 years and I cannot justify to my duty if I am not interested. So owing to moral grounds I want to join a pvt organization. HR: So you think that your family comes first than your job? Me: It depends on how a person thinks but for me both are important because without money I cannot survive and without a job I cannot earn so I balance both Job and Family and prioritize them. HR: What is the remuneration you are expecting from us? ME: I am expecting a good remuneration from you but I would be happy if I am paid as per your organizations standards so that I might not feel that I am left out in comparison with my colleagues. HR: Are you willing to work in any shift? Me: That would not be a problem for me because I have been doing duties in Air Force on the call and 24/7. So I do not have any problems HR: Ok you may go..Me: I thanked her and walked out of the room. After an hour the HR came and gave me all the details and told that I got Selected!!! This gave me the confidence that I can do well in the future. Though I did not join the Job it was a very good experience for me and it helped me in an interview which I attended in Bangalore in an IT company and which I have joined as a Quality Assurance Lead.
Round: Test Experience: Simple Aptitude - just brush up basics - be quick in your solving. Duration: 120min minutes Total Questions: 50+10
Round: HR Interview Experience: Pretty simple interview round - was asked few HR questions. Majorly it was a informative session where i was told about the job profile and tested whether I was willing to take up the responsibility & commitment.
College Name: IIT MADRAS Motivation: Just applied gen. Got through.
Round: Test Experience: The written test was quite similar to the typical CAT pattern. It contained sections on Reading Comprehension, Data Interpretation and Mathematics.
Round: Interview Experience: There were 3 interview rounds: There were 2 interviewers in the first interview, one was a technical guy and the other was from HR. They asked me a few very simple puzzles, a few basic programming questions (swapping the value of two variables etc.), questions related to the development cycle of software products. The HR guy asked stuff like what do you want to achieve in life? Strengths, weaknesses etc. The second interview was resume based. He asked me about my thesis, internship, various projects, positions of responsibility etc. The third interview was the most important one (and I guess that was the deciding interview). The interviewer started with questions like why finance? Which companies are you sitting for? Then he gave me a case study: “As a banking organization, you have given house loans to a lot of customers. Given the current scenario, you have to profile the customers to which loans have been given based on the chances that they would pay back.” He started with this scenario and as I gradually started analyzing things and proposing models he kept on increasing the complexity saying you don’t have this data, you can’t make that assumption etc. Ultimately he narrowed down it down to a problem which was almost unsolvable. When I got stuck at that he told me that his idea was to just give me a taste of the toughness of problems they encounter in day-to-day business.
General Tips: After spending three or four years enjoying the IITK adventure, one suddenly feels a jolt when he/she arrives in the final year. You find yourself wondering at times, asking yourself the pertinent question, what next? And seriously, the best way to start preparing for placements, GRE, CAT or any other exam for that matter is answering this question honestly. Take a few minutes of your precious time and think what you want to do with your life? Where does your heart truly lie? I know it’s not that easy to decide on this but at least give this a good thought and prioritize your options. Make a list of them on paper if that helps. Once you are done with this, the real planning starts. Take each option one by one and do a truthful analysis of yourself from the perspective of that option. For e.g., say you have CAT as your first priority, and then analyze your strengths and weaknesses from CAT’s perspective. What all areas you need to improve on? How much time and effort would it take? How much time you have got left? By doing this exercise you will really get to know the work that needs to be done and will help you plan for the remaining time.
Resume: I am sure you would have heard it umpteen times but still I will repeat it to stress the point, take resume making seriously! A good resume would drive your interview in the direction you want it to go, a bad resume on the other hand might end the chances of you even getting interviewed! Start by trying to remember each and every achievement of your life and write it down. Spend a few days on this part till you are sure you have got almost everything. Now write it down properly in formal language in the form of a master resume. This would serve as a repository of information for all your subsequent resumes. And on top of that, having a fresh memory of your achievements would help you in answering the questions in interviews (especially HR questions). Ideally you should have a separate resume for every company you sit for. The way to do this is make sector specific resumes and edit them accordingly for the different companies of that sector. For example, make a single resume for all the core CSE companies and then you can probably change the list of projects (or their order of appearance) targeting individual companies.
PPTs: If you are serious about getting job in a company, you cannot afford to miss its pre placement talk. PPT is not only an opportunity to know about the company, but it also gives you the chance to know what the company is looking for. This will give you the basic idea around which you should structure your resume and preparation for that company. Preparation: Core Computer Science Companies: All the core CS companies first take a written test which contains questions on C/C++, may have JAVA, UNIX, Algorithms, Data Structures, basics of Operating Systems and Compilers, some questions on basic networking in case the company works in that field. Almost all the companies have a couple of questions in which you are required to write code on paper. Some companies also have a few questions on aptitude, simple maths or data interpretations. You can find the company specific details in the placement feedback guide. This is the major shortlisting step for core companies, so you cannot take it lightly. You can start preparing by revising the relevant courses you did (like Data Structures, Algorithms, Operating Systems, and Compilers). Practice a few questions available in the various placement preparation guides on LAN. Most importantly, practice writing code on paper. This is something we are not used to and requires some practice. This not only will do you good in the written test, but also help you in the interviews. Non Core Companies (Finance, Consulting, and Analytics): The written tests of most of these companies are quite similar to CAT. So if you are not preparing for CAT, get hold of some CAT preparation material for practice. These tests are more speed based than knowledge, so practice is absolutely essential. Revising some basic mathematics (like probability, progressions etc.) would also do you good. Apart from that, you need to have some basic knowledge and understanding of the field the company works in. For example, if you are appearing for a finance company, learn the basic concepts and common terminologies of finance. The least it would do is show that you are sincerely interested in the field the company works in. College Name: IIT KANPUR
Q3. Comercial bank management questions. Gross NPA, Net NPA, Provisions, NIM, Other performnace measures of banks etc
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Q4. Questions based on whatever Finance points you have mentioned on your CV
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Q5. They asked some sector specific knowledge related to summer internship and workexperience
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Q6. The interviewers asked me why did I chose to specialise in Finance
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Q7. They asked me the relevance of your previous work ex with the profiles applied for
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Q8. Mostly other questions were CV based
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Round: HR Interview Experience: I had a good attitude in the interview, was always confident and smiling even when they were trying to put stress. Secondly i was very true and genuine in whatever answers I gave and that worked positive for me
General Tips: For interview which was mostly CV based it is important to know every line of your interview. Some people wrote projects on their CV which they were not through with. So its very important to be aware of each and every line of your CV.Don’t be very aggresive and don’t enter into unnecessary details regarding the job. Be calm, humble and flexible during your Interview. speak few good points in GD and don’t make it too noisy. Skills: Banking, Economics College Name: NA