Tirur Speciality Lab Interview Questions and Answers

Round: Test
Experience: Verbal questions on passages,correction of sentences,antonyms,synonyms analytical questions on logical deductions,puzzles...
Total Questions: 60

Round: HR Interview
Experience: 3 topics were given (reservation,higher education & if i am the sports minister) and ask to talk about any one for five mins and speak on reservaion.then he give me a situation and ask me to give five reasons to get out of situation. for this i answred well.......then some casual questions and at last he give me some advices about how to behave during an interview

General Tips: Its a great experience during interview and i am very much confident after my interview that i will be selected and so happened.Just be perfect in questions on various topics present in R.S AGARWAL Be donfident during interview,be frank and dont give any wrong information about ur academic performance
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

Round: Test
Experience: PART ONE: Verbal Ability, uses of articles (a, an, the) and a RC. 
PART TWO: logical reasoning, standard IQ type Questions, was simple. 
PART THREE: An essay, one out of two, one choice was nuclear deal and the other was education system in India.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Some regular puzzles were given, which were easy. A discussion on internship work.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: They are looking for people with good aptitude, very good communication skills and strong desire to learn. Also, someone with good academic record and clear career goals.
Tips: Do not panic in the interview.

General Tips: For GD, improve the content by reading and/or discussing among wing mates. Don't be aggressive but be assertive and ENERGETIC.
College Name: IIT KANPUR

Round: Interview
Experience: The round was of 1 hour

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: 10 people per group

General Tips: This company, as I understand, is looking for future managers. No technical preparation is required as didn’t ask a single question related to academics. You just need to convince them that you are ready to do whatever they want you to do in the company be it coding or data entry and depending on your luck and soft skills you will get through.
Skill Tips: Cut off is 8.
College Name: IIT KHARAGPUR

Round: Test
Experience:  Written test was CAT based primarily with no negative marking.
Tips: Almost everyone felt the time crunch., but the key is to maintain focus and yes no negative marking so informed guesses are a must.Prepare well for the test especially Quant+ RCs+DI.
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 60

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: GD was case study based. We were divided into groups of 8 and then we were allotted around 20 minutes to discuss the problem among ourselves and then finally come up with a solution which was to be demonstrated on a flip-chart and then was to be presented in about 8-10 min
Tips: Prepare for case studies from HBS Case Study and Wetfeet Case Study guides.
Duration: 30 minutes

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Only one round of interview was conduced. It was mostly HR based and the resume was discussed along with some common questions like the biggest failure and sucess in life, etc.Only one technical question was asked & the interviewers were very supportive and encouraging.
Tips: The key is to be yourself and take your time to properly frame the answers and then reply withconfidence.

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Skills: Research Skills
College Name: IIT Roorkee

Round: Test
Experience: One written test. It contains three sections. Each section is of 20 minutes duration.
Tips: Prepare well with general aptitude and have some basic technical knowledge.
Duration: 60 minutes

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: The topic may be any technical topic or any general matter.
Tips: Maintain your voice pitch, be clear with what you are talking and listen to others also.
Duration: 20 minutes

Round: HR Interview
Experience: He also gave me a situation and asked me how I would react.
Tips: Be realistic with your hobbies and interests. Do not bluff anything.

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: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Shortlisted on CGPA>8

Round: Test
Experience: Only one test was conducted on data interpretations and then shortlisting based on test scores was done.

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Group discussion was conducted and mostly related to their sector topics were given.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Interview was of only one round and in it both HR and technical were completed in 15 minutes.

Skill Tips: Quantifying most of things in your resume and also in interview would give a good impression.Internships also does matter and questions on AVOVA in statistical courses are also focused.For chemical dept, Statistical design and analysis of experiments course gives the edge over others.Questions related to logistic regress were also asked.
College Name: IIT MADRAS

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: CGPA > 8 is necessary

Round: Test
Experience: Online Test + Written Test
Online Test - Duration 90 minutes + Written Test 30 minutes for Hardware profile
Online Test -Quants, Number Series ; Calculators were not allowed
Written Test - Semiconductor Basics

Round: Interview
Experience: Interview is held in either 1 round for non-core profile or several rounds of technical interviews for Hardware.
Technical round consisted of questions form topics like VLSI, Semiconductors (BJT, MOS), ASIC Design Flow, CMOS Process Flow.

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Group Discussion is held for non-core profilesDuration varies from 20-30 minutes with 11 members.

General Tips: Never ever mention GRE or MS or any higher studies, for that matter, in any placement interview if you want to get placed in that company
Practicing quant, puzzle solving and GD from early in the semester would definitely help
Core placement: be thorough with the core fundaes
Practice general quant questions without a calculator
Skills: Quants, Puzzle Solving
College Name: IIT MADRAS