Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai

Chennai, Tamil Nadu

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

Updated 4 Dec 2024

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posted on 2 Aug 2023

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Easy
Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No, I didn't receive an offer

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Aug 2022.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

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2

One-on-one Round (1 Question)

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Easy
Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Yes, I joined the company

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Oct 2022.

5 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

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Don’t add your photo or details such as gender, age, and address in your resume. These details do not add any value.
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2

Aptitude Test Round

12th standard math questions

3

Group Discussion Round

Hot topics/environment related

4

Technical Round (1 Question)

5

Case Study Round

Loyalty for a Saudi mall

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - All the best
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Yes, I joined the company

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Sep 2022.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

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Properly align and format text in your resume. A recruiter will have to spend more time reading poorly aligned text, leading to high chances of rejection.
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2

Technical Round (2 Questions)

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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Easy
Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Yes, I joined the company

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Feb 2022.

4 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

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Double-check your resume for any spelling mistakes. The recruiter may consider spelling mistakes as careless behavior or poor communication skills.
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2

Aptitude Test Round

Simple aptitude questions for 30 min MCQ

3

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic generic questions related to your engineering stream, interns and projects done in college.
4

HR Round

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident in your answers. For GET, they will train you from scratch once enter the company.
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I was interviewed in Oct 2020.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Video Call Round (2 Questions)

Round duration - 50 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

The interviewer asked me to share my screen so that there won't be any chance for any cheating
There were 2 coding questions + 1 Puzzle

  • Q1. Equilibrium Index Problem Statement Given an array Arr consisting of N integers, your task is to find the equilibrium index of the array. An index is considere...read more
  • Q2. Subset Sum Equal To K Problem Statement Given an array/list of positive integers and an integer K, determine if there exists a subset whose sum equals K. Provi...read more
2

Video Call Round

Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

This round is mainly to check the ML concepts + Discussion on past projects

Interview Preparation Tips

Professional and academic backgroundI completed Computer Science Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Madras. I applied for the job as Deep Learning Research Intern in BangaloreEligibility criteriaAbove 7 CGPASiemens interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - Data Structures, Algorithm, ML concepts and algorithms, probability, Linear AlgebraTime required to prepare for the interview - 3 MonthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Prepare any 4-5 ML algorithms properly, especially maths and intuition behind it because it will help to explain to the interviewer in a more efficient manner
Tip 2 : Past project in ML/DS will have added advantage in resume shortlisting
Tip 3 : Coding is also necessary for ML profile( you can't take it lightly)

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Try to add at least one project to the resume which involves some research 
Tip 2 : Try to keep of one page

Final outcome of the interviewSelected
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Associate Developer Intern Interview Questions

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posted on 16 Sep 2021

I was interviewed before Sep 2020.

4 Interview Rounds

1

Coding Test Round (3 Questions)

Round duration - 95 Minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

This was a programming test consisting of 3 sections with 1 question each. 25 mins for the 1st section, and 35 for the 2nd and 3rd section. Each section had its own fixed time.

  • Q1. Majority Element - II Problem Statement You are given an array ARR of integers of length N . Your task is to find all the elements that occur strictly more tha...read more
  • Q2. MegaPrime Numbers Problem Statement Given two integers Left and Right , determine the count of 'megaprime' numbers within the inclusive range from 'Left' to 'R...read more
  • Q3. Jump Game Problem Statement In this problem, you are given an array ARR consisting of N integers. Your task is to determine the minimum number of jumps require...read more
2

Video Call Round (2 Questions)

Round duration - 70 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

There were two interviewers on a video call. For the first 25 minutes, the first interviewer asked his questions, and later the second one. For the second 25 minutes, questions related to OOPS were discussed, and also was asked to implement few things.

  • Q1. Alien Dictionary Problem Statement You are provided with a sorted dictionary (by lexical order) in an alien language. Your task is to determine the character o...read more
  • Q2. Bottom View of Binary Tree Given a binary tree, determine and return its bottom view when viewed from left to right. Assume that each child of a node is positi...read more
3

Video Call Round (2 Questions)

Round duration - 60-65 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

It consisted of two coding problems which involved proper coding it and explaining each and every aspect and I have to show dry run over a few cases

  • Q1. Is Binary Heap Tree Problem Statement You are given a binary tree of integers. Your task is to determine if it is a binary heap tree or not. Input: The first l...read more
  • Q2. Chocolate Distribution Problem You are given an array/list CHOCOLATES of size 'N', where each element represents the number of chocolates in a packet. Your tas...read more
4

HR Round

Round duration - 20 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

It was a very friendly and chill round.

Interview Preparation Tips

Professional and academic backgroundI completed Computer Science Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Madras. I applied for the job as Associate Developer Intern in HyderabadEligibility criteria7 CGPADE Shaw India interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - Algorithms, Object-Oriented Programming, Graphs, Trees, DP, DatabasesTime required to prepare for the interview - 6 monthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Practise problems on Leetcode and solve past year company-specific problems
Tip 2 : Be very good at OOPS concepts, study in-depth about Polymorphism, Inheritance, Friend functions, Operator Overloading
Tip 3 : Do at least one project and know every in and out about it

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Don't fake any project or any programming language on the resume.
Tip 2 : If you are including projects in python or experience in the python language then you must be good with OOPs concepts with implementation.

Final outcome of the interviewRejected
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user image Anonymous

posted on 25 Aug 2022

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Aug 2021.

3 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

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2

Group Discussion Round

Topic was "How the technology is going to impact in the next 5 years?"

3

One-on-one Round

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for ICICI Bank Product Manager interview:
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  • Data Analysis
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be calm, be confident about the points written in the resume, don't panic. It is simple.
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user image Anonymous

posted on 19 Sep 2021

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Sep 2020.

3 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Brush up python and be thorough with puzzles
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I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Jan 2018.

5 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Software Competency Test for 3-4 hrs. One question on checking if a graph is bipartite. The solution must pass all 20 test cases and the number of submissions of limited to 10.

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Technical group discussion for 30min.

The selected students were split into groups of 5 and a senior member from Samsung led the group. We were given a sheet of paper explaining the problem statement. We were given 5-10 min to come up with a solution. After that, we were asked to discuss our solution one by one.

Topic: Machine Learning

Problem: Recovering data from corrupted database

Consider a database of students in a college. The various fields in the database are roll no, name, gender, age and hobbies(hobby1, hobby2, hobby3
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I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Apr 2017.

5 Interview Rounds

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Minimum CGPA Required - 7.5/10
BPCL R&D has given the detailed description about job profile in the notice. My M. Tech project work and job description is almost in line. So I have got the call for the interview.

General Tips: I had got very good experience while going through 2 interviews of BPCL R&D. Interviewer will check about your concepts and knowledge about the subject. I was last person to attend the interview in both the rounds. Please brush up your concepts and give brief presentation on the work you have done during your M. Tech and B. Tech project. All the best for your interview.
Skills: Communication, Body Language, Problem Solving, Analytical Skills, Leadership, Presentation Skills, Time Management, Decision Making Skills
Duration: 1-3 Months
College Name: IIT Madras
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