Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai

Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Your seniors at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai were your true well-wishers, they shared their placement interview questions for you. 🙏

filter iconFilter interviews by

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai Placement Interview Questions

Updated 9 Sep 2024

5 interviews found

Sort by: Popular
user image Pruthvi Perumalla

posted on 28 Aug 2015

I applied via Campus Placement

4 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

  • Q1. Given a binary tree, build a doubly linked list for the leaves of the tree in the given order without using any extra space
  • Q2. Given a table m*n , find the number of ways of reaching from one corner to opposite corner, if a person can only move in two directions( towards the goal)
  • Q3. A person can take one or two steps at a time. Find the number of ways in which n steps can be travelled
  • Q4. Take a infix expression as input and print its postfix expression

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Multiple choice questions pretty much covered everything. This included details of big O notation , concepts from computer organisation etc . Be a little careful while writing outputs as there might be misleading options.
Duration: 90 minutes
Total Questions: 22

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Building part was quite easy . Should have a little practice of writing code on paper.
Be careful about edge cases . The interviewer took it pretty seriously (things like root node should not be null)

Skills: Data Structures And Algorithms, C and one Object oriented language, Computer Organisation, Basic Aptitude topics like Combinatorics
Duration: 2 months
College Name: IIT Madras

Top skills recommended for Amazon Software Developer interview

Insights by AmbitionBox
  • Java
  • C++
  • Python
  • Algorithms
  • C
  • Data Structures
  • High level design
  • Coding
share interview
user image sai nishanth padala

posted on 28 Aug 2015

I applied via Campus Placement

4 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

  • Q1. Questions based on resume and coding questions
  • Q2. Questions from various courses I took which I mentioned in my resume

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Out of 20 MCQ's ,I think I solved 13-15 MCQ's Correctly. I solved easy MCQ's first and spent sometime on tough one's.
MCQ's were simple to tough I/O questions ,OS Questions etc.
In coding round they asked one D.P problem and one problem related to stack . I solved the stack question. So I can say
I did OK on this round and got selected to Interview.
Tips: Get comfortable with Data structures and Algorithms, and also have some basic idea of OS,DBMS.
Duration: 1:30 minute
Total Questions: 22

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The Interviewer was friendly and first he asked questions about my projects, previous internship etc .
He then gave me a question related to B-Tree and asked me to tell the algorithm. First I gave naive solution, then he told me to improve efficiency. Though I took some time, I eventually arrived at a efficient solution. He asked to code that algo in any programming language. so I coded the algo in Java within 10 minutes. He went through my code thoroughly and corrected some minor mistakes. After this he asked if I have any questions for him, I then asked some questions related to work profile. After this round I was called for another techincal round. This round lasted for 50 minutes.
Tips: I prepared from geeks for geeks for interviews and I think it helps a lot. Think out loud as Interviewer also observes your thought process.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: This round was a breeze as the Interviewer was very warm and he asked me various questions related to the courses
I took. I think he asked questions related to prob theory,OS,discrete Maths etc. I answered most of them correctly.
This round lasted for 45 minutes.
Tips: As said above think out loud and have a good presence of mind. It helps if you revise the courses mentioned in your resume.

General Tips: Practice programming a lot, preferably from Hacker rank etc. Come prepared for the Interview.
Don't panic and have a fresh mind for interview
Skills: Programming, problem solving
Duration: 2 Months
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: It's a good company,offering a decent stipend and one more thing it's in Hyderabad which is my hometown.
Funny Moments: Nothing that I remember of.

Top skills recommended for Amazon SDE (Software Development Engineer) interview

Insights by AmbitionBox
  • Development
  • Distribution System
  • Machine Learning
  • Software Development
  • System Design
  • Troubleshooting
  • ARM
  • Architecture
share interview
user image Anonymous

posted on 5 May 2017

I was interviewed before May 2016.

5 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

  • Q1. What are the factors you will consider if Amazon wants to enter a new area or region?
  • Q2. . A case study on the factors to be considered to measure the time a seller will load and unload a vehicle which was extended to linear regression
  • Q3. Data analytics questions
  • Q4. Why are you interested in pursuing a non-core career after studying chemical engineering for three and a half years?
  • Q5. Why should we choose you and not the others waiting outside?,

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Telephonic Interview
Experience: Round 4(Telephonic): This was conducted by the VP Operations who was a chemical engineer. Asked to elaborate on the Btech Project and internships

College Name: IIT Madras

Top skills recommended for Amazon Program Manager interview

Insights by AmbitionBox
  • Program Management
  • Project Management
  • E-commerce
  • Process Excellence
  • Operations
  • Six Sigma
  • Lean
  • Process Improvement
share interview
user image ROSHIN JACOB JOHNSON me12b166

posted on 2 Dec 2016

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016.

6 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Quant questions and basic programming
Duration: 45 minutes
Total Questions: 28

Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: Simple question. Just keep on telling what comes to your mind.

College Name: IIT Madras

Top skills recommended for Amazon Decision Scientist interview

Insights by AmbitionBox
  • Customer Experience
  • SQL
  • Supply Chain
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Logistics
  • Data Analytics
  • Analytics
  • Business Planning
share interview
user image Suhas Chintala

posted on 30 Aug 2016

I applied via Campus Placement

3 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Topics were on OS, DBMS, OOPS, C Problems, etc
Tips: A gen brush up on the above subjects is a plus
Duration: 120 minutes
Total Questions: 22

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Problems on graph algorithms, Sort-search algorithms were asked. The coding was to be done is C or c++.
About 2 rounds of Technical interviews were done
Tips: DSA, Graph theory course stuff should get you through peacefully.

Skills: Basic C/C++, Graph Theory, Algorithms And Data Structures
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras

Top skills recommended for Amazon IT Engineer interview

Insights by AmbitionBox
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Customer Service
  • Marketing
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Advertising
  • Business operations
  • Capacity Planning
  • Category Management
share interview