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can become a constructive force turning eager desires into reality. It gives the necessary thrust that
drives you through the thick and thin and lead a happier, more rewarding life. At AmbitionBox, we plan
to build products that connect users with their true ambition in a well-structured progressive manner
and help them build happy careers.
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directing students towards new knowledge, polished insights, forming a clearer picture of their goal.
An experience shared is an experience remembered!
We wish the IIT-M Batch of 2015-16 all the best for their placement preparation!
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FINANCE
Introduction:
The umbrella term Finance incorporates jobs like financial manager, financial analyst, personal financial
advisor and financial examiner. Financial workers stay abreast of economic developments, tracking and
predicting changes in order to increase efficiency and profit. Their solid money skills can be the backbone to a
successful business or personal investment.
Growth Opportunities:
The growth for financial sector in India is around 8.5% per year. India's banking industry could become the
fifth largest banking sector globally by 2020 and the third largest by 2025. In the next 5-10 years, the sector
is expected to create up to two million new jobs driven by the efforts of the RBI and the Government of India
to expand financial services into rural areas.
Profiles:

Business Analyst: The responsibilities include managing liquidity risk,fund-raising requirements, assessing
the creditworthiness of the firms counterparties, monitoring market risks associated with the firms
trading activities, designing and operating systems to support financial management, building risk models
to support new businesses and derivatives analysis; managing the firms relationships with regulators,
rating agencies and creditors; and providing broad analytical and regulatory compliance support across
all businesses
Exit Opportunities: Private Equity, Venture Capital, Hedge Funds, Start-ups, business development.
Investment Management: It involves working with clients, from individual investors to large financial
institutions, to develop advanced portfolio management strategies to help them achieve specific goals for
their own or their institution's financial future. It can further be organized into Private Wealth Management
and Assets Management.
Exit Opportunities: Hedge Fund
Venture Capital: The primary work profile is to finance innovative but potentially risky new companies and
their projects. This financing may be concluded by loans, direct investments, or other financial
manoeuvring between a company, the venture capitalist, and third party investors. It involves analysing
the financial strength and credit risk of potential investments, and research the potential market for a
companys offering.
Exit Opportunities: Another VC firm, Start-ups.
Investment Banking: The profile involves responsibility in identifying and securing funds, merger and
acquisition deals, managing and investing large monetary funds, and buying and selling financial products
on the behalf of the clients.
Exit Opportunities: Private Equity, Hedge Funds

Skill Sets:
Good at crunching numbers, Communication skills, Writing and presentation skills, Listening and asking the
right questions, Fluent English, Team skills, Problem-solving skills, stamina to work for long hours, passionate
about finance in general, financial markets knowledge,Numeracy skills, Organization and Time Management,
Global Outlook, Basics of Accounting and Economics

Preparation material:

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Courses:
Minors - Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, Development Studies, Management, Economics
Mathematics Linear Algebra, Probability and Statistics, Graph Theory, Money Markets, Econometrics,
Applied Economics, Optimization
Examinations & Certifications:

CFA Chartered Financial Analyst

NCFM NSEs Certification in Financial Markets
BCSM BSEs Certificate on Securities Market
BAT Bloomberg Aptitude Test

None of these are compulsory but if you give them it adds to your finance knowledge and helps you build a
better profile. Also having CFA on your resume can be a add-on as this is one certification that has immense
credibility compared to others.
Tips:

You must follow Economics Times/Business Standard and try to understand the terms.
These magazines are a good read: Economist, Wall Street Journal
Some articles about financial crisis, etc you could refer from Reuters, Bloomberg websites.
A finance internship always helps to get a basic exposure to the sector but is not compulsory. Though
a Finance Internship might look good on your resume it sometimes can backfire because companies in
this sector then expect you to know the basics and if you dont then it gives a bad impression.
Puzzles and standard case studies
Understand the industry and market dynamics
Improve your quant and analytical skills, good with numbers
The exams/certifications mentioned above are really helpful
Sometimes opening up a Demat account and doing some basic trading also helps to understand the
finance jargon and basics of trading concepts.
Investopedia.com animated videos are very helpful to learn the basics.

Books:
The Intelligent Investor, Rich Dad Poor Dad, Damodaran on Valuation by AswathDamodaran, The Essays of
Warren Buffett, Barbarians at the Gate by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar, Too Big to Fail by Andrew
Ross Sorkin, Too Big to Fail by Andrew Ross Sorkin and there are many more.
Movies:

Billion Dollar Day (1986; documentary; 30 minutes; forex trading)

Trillion Dollar Bet (2000; documentary; 48 minutes; option pricing)
Wall Street 1 and 2
Floored (2009; documentary; 78 minutes; floor trading)
Wall Street Warriors (2006; documentary series; 30 minutes each; entrepreneurship)
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2011; drama; 133 minutes; moral hazard)
Other Peoples Money (1991; comedy; 103 minutes; corporate takeover)
Margin Call (2011; drama; 107 minutes; financial recklessness)
Barbarians at the Gate (1993; comedy; 107 minutes; leveraged buyout)
Rogue Trader (1999; drama; 101 minutes; equity futures trading)
Boiler Room (2000; drama; 120 minutes; securities fraud)

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Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005; documentary; 110 minutes; accounting fraud)

These are some of the most famous ones.

Videos:

The Causes and Effects of the 2008 Financial Crisis - http://y2u.be/N9YLta5Tr2A

Global Financial Meltdown - http://y2u.be/VQzEWeGJLP0
Investopedia Videos - http://y2u.be/JrGp4ofULzQ
The Stock Market Explained Simply - http://y2u.be/CgM68Yf-C0Q

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ANALYTICS
Introduction:
The profile revolves to a large extent around Big Data. It involves being able to support management and
business with insightful and clear analysis. One must be knowledgeable about modelling techniques, data
mining, as well as explaining, creating and testing data in order to provide a concise and clear report.
Growth Opportunities:
The amount of data in our world has been exploding, and analysing large data setsso-called big datawill
become a key basis of competition, underpinning new waves of productivity growth, innovation, and consumer
surplus. The increasing volume and detail of information captured by enterprises, the rise of multimedia, social
media, and the Internet of Things will fuel exponential growth in data for the foreseeable future.
Exit Opportunities:
Consultancy, Entrepreneurship, Start-Up.
Skill Sets:
Strong interpersonal, oral and written communication and presentation skills, Ability to communicate complex
findings and ideas in plain language, Team work, Interpretation skills, Puzzle Solving, General Aptitude,
Curiosity, Big Picture Vision, Detail oriented.
Tech skills
SQL - Structured Query Language (e.g. MySQL, SQL Server,etc)
MS Excel - Hlookup's, Vlookup's, Index, Offset, Pivot, etc
R - An open source statistical package
SAS - Pretty much same as R
Probability & Statistics
Tips

MOOC's (online courses) are very helpful for acquiring these skills.
SQL - You can learn the basics of SQL at http://www.sqlzoo.net or http://www.w3schools.com/sql/
MS Excel - Loads of tutorials available on youtube
R - Lots of courses are available on http://Coursera.org and http://Edx.org
SAS - Youtube tutorials are the best for SAS.
Statistics - Lots of courses are available on http://Coursera.org and http://Edx.org.

Preparation material:
Courses:
Machine learning courses (on coursera or edx) and linear algebra
Strong base in Statistics and Regression analysis
Books:
R.S Agarwal for Quants, When Genius failed: The Rise and fall of Long-Term Capital Management, Scoring
Points: How Tesco Continues to Win Customer Loyalty, The Signal and the Noise: The Art and Science of

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Prediction, Web Analytics 2.0: The Art of Online Accountability & Science of Customer Centricity, Big data: A
revolution that will transform how we live, work and think, Predictive Analytics: The Power to Predict Who Will
Click, Buy, Lie, or Die | Moneyball, Freakonomics
Tips:

Understanding of basic machine learning techniques would give you an extra edge over others.
Analytics is a big saviour for students who are targeting non-core profiles and not interested in
Finance / Consulting. So prepare well for these profiles.
Also since the nature of these profiles is a little generic you can easily switch to anything else later in
your career.
Develop these skills any which ways because most of them are used in other fields as well. So your
hardwork would not be wasted.
The future of this sector is immensely good as a lot of the firms are becoming data driven and more
and more complex strategies are being employed for the same.

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CONSULTANCY
Introduction:
Consultants help organisations to solve issues, create value, maximise growth and improve business
performance. They use their business skills to provide objective advice and expertise and help an organisation
to develop any specialist skills that it may be lacking.
Growth Opportunities:
As more organizations seek to save money by becoming more efficient, consultants are expected to be more in
demand. Growth is expected to be strong in government agencies, small consulting firms and those that focus
on international business. Growth will be driven by particular industries as well, such as information
technology or human resources. Those who have specialized expertise, are fluent in a foreign language, have
great people skills and have some knowledge of green technologies are expected to see the best
opportunities.
Exit Opportunities:

Private equity
Hedge funds
Asset management and equity research
Entrepreneurship
Corporate roles predominantly in Fortune 500
Graduate school

Skill Sets:
Commercial awareness, Good numerical skills, Attention to detail, Analytical skills, excellent interpersonal
skills, Team-working skills, IT skills, Good oral and written communication skills, Self-motivation,
Foreign
language abilities can also be useful.
Preparation material:

Resume should have a narrative of life in institute. List your passions and skills.
Victor Cheng Videos on YouTube
Suggested Books Case In point, Case Interviews Cracked
Keep track of your case solving skills. Take buddy cases seriously.
Good leadership PORs also help

Books

Case In Point: Complete Case Interview Preparation by Marc Cosentino

The McKinsey Way and The McKinsey Mind, by Ethan Rasiel
Blue Ocean Strategy W.C. Kim & R. Mauborgne
Managing The Professional Service Firm by David H. Maister
Competitive Strategy by Michael Porter
BCG on Strategy

Magazines

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McKinsey Quarterly
The Economist
Fortune Magazine

Websites

http://www.consultingmag.com/
http://www.strategy-business.com/
http://mconsultingprep.com/case-interview/

Tips

Stay current on business and current affairs

Become a case ninja. Practice, practice and practice!
Do not learn the cases you solve during your preparation by heart!
Do not blindly apply frameworks where they might not fit!
On interview day, don't worry if you make small mathematical errors, or if the interviewer pushes you
away from one answer track. The former happens in most interviews, and the latter is done on
purpose by the interviewer to see how you respond.

Also don't worry if you're nervous as hell and afraid of showing it. All of these things are natural, and
happen in most interviews (and most successful interviews!). It is an impressive skill to recover midinterview from these (again, very normal) situations. Unfortunately, many people compound their
errors by focusing on what has just happened, instead of focusing 100% on getting to the correct
answer.

Don't stress about your CV or background at all. You have an interview, so you're good enough on
paper. Now prove it in person.

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FMCG
Introduction:
The fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector is all about manufacturing high quality products that are sold
quickly and at relatively low cost - in massive numbers. FMCG Sector in India is one of the four largest sectors
in Indian economy. The FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) companies have faced tough competition
among themselves over the years which is continuously increasing. This is due to the increase in per capita
income among individuals and also various developments in rural economy. The FMCG sector has changed its
strategies and has opted for a more well-planned marketing of the products to penetrate both the rural and
urban markets. To execute these tasks, the FMCG companies are hiring more and more people which has led
to an increase in the job prospects in this sector. Thus, FMCG sector is creating massive employment with
good career prospects. Marketing, retail, sales, services and supply are the key areas which generates
maximum career scopes in FMCG Industry in India.It offers fast paced, challenging and rewarding careers.

Business Areas:
Every FMCG business is different, but at the core of every one are certain functions which work together to
ensure the companys success. Although the set-up will vary between firms, the following business areas
should give you an insight into what you can expect, as well as open your eyes to the impressive variety of
disciplines on offer for any potential career.
Sales
In sales and customer development, results are powered by integrated working: global and local teams liaising
closely to achieve the best outcomes for the business. Key roles include account management, field sales and
planning strategies.
Marketing
Local and global marketing teams work together to ensure an FMCGs portfolio of international and local big
names is promoted on a global scale. Key roles include brand building, marketing strategy and working with
R&D on consumer testing.
Research and Development
R&D is at the heart of FMCG businesses, ensuring the constant innovation which keeps the global success
stories and powerful brands at the top of their game. Key roles include working in new technologies, category
development
Supply Chain
This department will look after every aspect of the supply journey, from finding raw materials to getting
finished products on the shelves and onto consumers. Key roles include distribution, manufacturing and
driving cost reduction.
Growth Opportunities:
After a couple of years into the industry, you could progress to managing a line and the people running it, or
move into an area that focuses on developing and implementing particular processes or technology. Because
of the dynamic nature of the industry, there exist lot of opportunities to progress into interesting roles.
Exit Opportunities:
Working in FMCG companies is a platform to gain experience in technical as well as managerial roles. Hence,
options after exiting FMCG include various core and non-core paths.

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Skill Sets:

Technical Skills: FMCG companies recruit mostly for a techno-managerial position. Most engineering
disciplines are applicable, but most applicants have a mechanical, chemical or electrical engineering
background
Critical thinking
Time management
Project management
Communication skills

Companies:
FMCG companies are behind the biggest brands in the world. Some of the top FMCG companies in India
include:
Emami
Dabur India
P&G

ITC
Asian Paints
Marico Ind

Nestl India
Cadbury
HUL

GCMMF(AMUL)
Britannia Ind

Preparation material:
The selection process may involve a technical round. You must be sound in the projects/internships that you
have done. Must be prepared for rounds like GD/case study etc. Online resources can be used for the same.
Tips:

It takes a certain type of person to thrive in a career in FMCG. FMCG is, as its very name suggests, a
fast moving industry and one that offers a challenging and rewarding career environment.
To join any of this industry's top teams, you need to be extremely passionate, determined to prove
and motivated by great results
Many questions are likely to be competency-based. They may take the form of scenarios, so you are
asked what you would do in a given situation. Your interviewer will then seek to match your responses
to the companys list of desired competencies.
You may also be asked about your motivation for applying to the company and wanting to work in the
consumer goods industry. Its also a good idea to think ahead about how you will respond if you are
asked about your strengths and weaknesses, your achievements, and any creative projects you have
been involved in.
It will help to be familiar with the companys products: be prepared to be asked which your favourite
is. Its also a good idea to be aware of competitor products, but dont get them muddled up.
Try to make your answers clear and to the point. Although thinking about your responses to typical
questions in advance will help you, you need to respond to the particular questions you are asked,
rather than giving rehearsed answers.
You can use the STAR technique to help you focus your responses. With each question, think about
the S Situation (set the scene); T Task (what did you need to do?); A Action (what did you
actually do); and R Result (what the outcome was, whether good or bad) of that situation.

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OIL & GAS

Introduction:
Oil and gas is a prominent industry and the increasing demand implies well-paying jobs. With roles in
technology, sustainability, engineering and more, the oil and gas industry can accommodate students and
grads with different backgrounds and skillsets.
Some of the benefits of working in this sector could be
i.
Working in an expanding sector.
ii.
The diverse range of roles available.
iii.
Opportunities for international travel.
Sub Sectors:
The three major subsectors in oil and gas
Upstream: Includes companies engaged in exploration and production (E&P) of oil & gas products
Mid-stream: Provide transportation and ancillary services to the E&P companies
Downstream: Includes companies engaged in the refining and marketing & distribution of oil & gas
products
Typical employers in exploration and production include operators (who run projects from start to finish);
contractors (who provide specific services to operators, eg: installing equipment); suppliers (who provide
equipment and individual components); and engineering companies (who specialise in particular areas, eg:
flow assurance calculations). Employers in refining and marketing include refineries, contractors, suppliers
and engineering companies (who provide extra expertise on refinery work).
Growth Opportunities:
This sector offers jobs in engineering occupations as well as management occupations (risk management
specialists, construction managers etc.) Individuals can move up in the pay-scale as well as responsibility if
they are willing to work hard.
The international nature of the industry brings opportunities to travel far afield. However, much activity occurs
far from oil or gas fields, in hubs such as Aberdeen, London, Houston, the Middle East and the Netherlands.
As such, its often possible to stay closer to home if you wish.
Timescales in exploration and production are typically long: it may take five or ten years from starting the
search for a new oil or gas field to beginning extraction, and the production phase can last for 30 years or
more. Within this there are many discrete, shorter projects. Engineers working for operators and contractors
typically work on one project at a time, each lasting several years; in contrast, an engineering company
employee providing flow assurance calculations may complete the job in six weeks.
Exit Opportunities:
Skills acquired in the oil & gas industry are ones that are commonly needed by many other industries. Hence
experience in this sector is helpful for jobs in manufacturing and other engineering services.
Skill Sets:
Project management, Team skills, Adaptability, Leadership, Problem Solving, cost-estimation etc.

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Companies:
The industry is comprised of not only the large energy companies such as Chevron, Essar, Cairn or Shell. It is
also made up of many medium sized and smaller service companies. It also includes PSUs like ONGC, HPCL
etc.
Preparation material:
For the technical round, questions maybe asked from the important core courses. Know your projects inside
out. There may be GD/ interview rounds for which preparation can be done using online resources.
Tips:

Its important to understand how your role fits into the bigger picture, will you be able to work
offshore and what your long term plan is.
Internships are increasingly common and are a good way to explore different types of work. Many
companies run graduate programmes lasting several years that allow engineers to try out different
areas. Later, they may choose to become specialists in a particular area, follow a management route
or work in project engineering (a project management role).

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Non-Core companies that come for campus placements

@WalmartLabs
Adatrix
Altisource Business Solutions Pvt.
Ltd.
American Express
Aruba Networks India Private
Limited
Auctus Advisors
Beehyv Software Solutions Pvt.
Ltd.
Blueocean Market Intelligence

64Squares
Affine Analytics
Amada Soft India Pvt. Ltd.

BrowserStack
Capital One Services India Pvt Ltd
Citicorp Services India Ltd
Crayon Data
Culture Machine Media Pvt. Ltd
Deloitte
ebay Inc.
Entrayn Education Technologies
(P) Ltd.
Excelacom Technologies

CA Technologies
Caterpillar India Pvt. Ltd.
Citrix R&D India Pvt. Ltd.
Credit Suisse
Cypress Semiconductor
Dimensions Co
eDreamsEdusoft Private Limited
Epic

EY (Formely known as Ernst &

Young)
Flipkart Internet Pvt Ltd
Frankly.me

EZ VidyaPvt. Ltd.

Geazy Technologies
Goldman Sachs
HCL Technologies Limited
Hospira Healthcare India Private
Limited
IBI Group
ICICI Lombard General Insurance
Company Limited
Impartus Innovations Pvt Ltd
Indus Insights and Analytical
Services Pvt. Ltd.
itaas India Pvt. Ltd. A Cognizant
Company
J.P.Morgan
KASG Finnaissance Consulting
Private Limited
Lakshmikumaran and Sridharan
Attorneys
Lithasa Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

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Aricent
ASC Infratech

Adap.TV Technology India Pvt. Ltd

Airbus India Operations Pvt Ltd.
Amazon
Development
Centre
(India) Pvt. Ltd
ARM Embedded Technologies
Aspect Ratio

Automatic Data Processing(ADP)

Birds Eye Systems Private Limited

Axis Bank Ltd.

BloomReach Technologies Pvt Ltd

BRIDGEi2i Analytics Solutions

BridgeSGI Solutions Group India

Pvt Ltd
Capgemini India Private Limited
Cerner Corporation
Cognizant Technology solutions
CRISIL Ltd.
DB Centre
Easy Deli
EFKON INDIA PVT.LTD
Evive Software Analytics Pvt. Ltd

EXL

ExpertusInc / ExpertusInfotechPvt.
Ltd.
FINBUD Financial Services Pvt Ltd.

Flytxt Mobile Solutions

Frontline Capital Analysts Private
Limited
Gep Solutions Pvt Ltd
grabHalo Software
HeroTalkies
Hotelsoft
IBM ISL Labs
IFMR CAPITAL FINANCE PVT LTD
Inasra
Technologies
Ltd(Stayzilla.com)
InRhythm Solutions

Pvt

Fractal Analytics Pvt Ltd

FUTURES FIRST INFO SERVICES
PVT LTD.
Godot Media
Greenway Grameen Infra Pvt. Ltd.
Hexagon Capability Center India
Pvt Ltd (Intergraph)
Housing.com (Locon Solutions Pvt.
Ltd.)
ICICI Bank Ltd.
IGATE
India Property Online Pvt. Ltd
iRunway

ITS Planners and Engineers Private

Limited
JMN Investments Research (P) Ltd.
Kotak Mahindra Bank

Ittiam Systems Private Limited

LatentView Analytics Pvt. Ltd.

Leaf Technologies Private Limited

Mad Street Den Systems Pvt. Ltd.

Mad Street Den Systems Pvt. Ltd.

Juniper Networks
KPMG

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MathWorks India Pvt. Ltd.

Matrimony.com Pvt Ltd

McKinsey & Company

MegaChips Corporation

Misys Software Solutions (I) Pvt

Ltd
Myntra Designs Pvt Ltd
NI Systems India Pvt Ltd

Mobileum

o9 Solutions Management India

pvt ltd
Persistent Systems Ltd
POKARNA ENGINEERED STONE
LIMITED
PwC India
Ramco Systems Ltd
Saggezza India Pvt Ltd
Sathguru
Management
Consultants Pvt. Ltd.
Serendipity Infolabs Pvt Ltd
Snapdeal
SumTotal Systems
Tapas India Foundation
Tata Elxsi Ltd
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Toshiba Corporation
Unbxd
Urban Ladder

MySmartPrice
Nomura Services India
Limited
Ola Cabs

Private

People Interactive Pvt Ltd

Photon Interactive (P) Ltd. India

Practo

PickYourTrail
Pure Commerce

QuEST Global
Reduce data
Samsung R&D Institute India Delhi
Scienaptic

QuickPlay Media Private Limited

Riverbed Technology
Sandhata Technologies

Service
Now
Software
Development India Private Limited
SRF LIMITED

Sigmoid Analytics

Sundram Fasteners Limited

Target Corporation India
Tavant Technologies
Tiger Analytics
Total
Environment
Building
Systems
UnitedHealth Group

Ventureast
Vizury Interactive Solutions
WeLinkInc

Value
&
Budget
Housing
Corporation
Verity Knowledge Solutions Pvt Ltd
VMware Software Pvt. Ltd
WHISHWORKS IT Consulting Ltd.

YodleeInfotech Pvt Ltd

Zoomcar

ZeMoSo Technologies Pvt Ltd

ZoomRxInc

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Maxheap Technologies Pvt Ltd

(Commonfloor.com)
MetricStreamInfotech India Private
Limited
Mu Sigma Business Solutions Pvt
Ltd
NetApp
NowFloats Technologies Pvt Ltd.

Sentieo INC

Strata
Retail
&
Technology
Services Pvt Ltd
Sysmex Corporation
Tata Consultancy Services
The Boston Consulting Group
Times Internet
TriconInfotechPvt. Ltd.
Unmetric Technologies Private
Limited
Vembu Technologies Pvt. Ltd
Virtusa Consulting Services Pvt Ltd
Vodafone India Ltd.
WWstay Services India Private
Limited
Zivame
ZS Associates India Private Limited

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AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Introduction:
Aerospace Engineering deals with the research, design, development, construction, testing, collaboration
processes, science and technology of aircraft & spacecraft, and their products. It involves the study of science
and engineering behind the physical properties of rockets, aircrafts and spacecrafts. This domain is a complex
subject and essentially requires superior & sophisticated tools. Aerospace Engineers also deal with
development of new technology in aviation, space exploration &defence systems.

Sub Sectors:
Aeronautical Engineering: Deals with aircrafts operating in the atmosphere of Earth.
Astronautical Engineering: Deals with spacecrafts operating outside the atmosphere of Earth.
Growth Opportunities:
Aerospace Engineering is more than hundred years old, but still this discipline requires a lot of innovation for
development of next generation Spacecrafts, Launch Vehicles, Hypersonic Aircrafts, etc. Thus, this specialized
field has become an ever-evolving discipline that is offering exciting career opportunities and challenges. With
several private players entering the Aerospace Industry, job prospects for fresh graduates are very bright.
There is ample of scope to grow within the sector or pursue higher studies and then join the industry again
after studying further.
Also, there are plenty of job opportunities in countries like US, France, UK and Germany. Indian Aerospace
Engineers are employed with NASA as well.
Aerospace Engineering students have various opportunities in India and in foreign countries. In India, we have
companies that do computational work i.e. CFD and FEA, defence, structural analysis of an aircraft, engine
manufacturing and a few more that deals with control systems. But it is always preferred to have a more than
a B.Tech degree since this field demands it. There is scope for research and development and much more. In
foreign countries, there is a broad spectrum of opportunities ranging from manufacturing to research and
development.. The barrier here lies in the nationality of an individual, since many companies are engaged in
building military planes for their countries and there are always confidentiality issues.
Exit Opportunities:
Since the students of Aerospace Engineering are known to have a strong background in Mathematics they
have various exit opportunities. They can join a finance company as an analyst. They can also join insurance
companies. Students can also go for big data and data Analytics. Also, depending on the computational skills
they have mastered they can go for those jobs where these skills are required. After gaining a lot of knowledge
of this field the students can join consultancy firms too.
Skill Sets:
Strong foundation in the fundamental subjects of Rigid and Flexible Body Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics,
Thermodynamics, Propulsion, Strength of materials, Structures and Controls. Mechanical design skills,
Structural analytical skills, life cycle analysis skills, PORs, extracurricular skills, leadership skills and
communication skills would help. Also, students would do well if they would have some basic programming
skills in C/C++ and also the basics of some high end technical softwares like ANSYS-FLUENT and Matlab.

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Companies:
Eaton
General Motors
Lennox India Technologies
Shell
Cummins
Airbus
Altair

GE
Honeywell Technology Solution
Rolls Royce
Tata Motors
DRDO
GKN Aerospace
Ansys

Preparation material:
Books:
Introduction to Flight-Anderson
Strength of Materials-RC Hibbler
Principles of Ideal-Fluid Aerodynamics-Karamcheti
Fatigue of Materials-S Suresh
Low Speed Aerodynamics-Katz and Plotkin
Gas Dynamics
Modern Experimental Stress Analysis
Gas Turbine Theory
Introduction to the finite element method

Aircraft Structural Analysis-Megson

Fluid Mechanics-Kundu and Cohen
Modern Compressible Flow-Anderson
FUndamentals of Aerodynamics-Anderson
Theory of Vibrations with Applications
Elements of Gas Dynamics
Fundamentals of Gas Turbines
Shock Wave Reflection Phenomenon

Blogs:
http://aerospaceengineeringblog.com/
http://www.isro.gov.in/
Courses:
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Unsteady Aerodynamics

Grid Generation
Computational Aerodynamics

Helicopter Aerodynamics

Acoustic Instabilities in Aerospace

Propulsion
Rocket Propulsion
Finite Element Analysis
Mechanics of Damage Tolerance
Micromechanics

Physical Gas Dynamics

High Temperature Gas Dynamics
Impact Mechanics
Structural Dynamics & Aero
Elasticity
Introduction to Aerospace
Engineering
Aerodynamics
Gas Dynamics
Experimental Aerodynamics
Structural Design
Flight Dynamics and Performance

Boundary Layer Theory

Turbulent Flows & their Prediction
& Computation
Combustion, Explosion, Detonation
Combustion and Flow Diagnostics
Composite Structures
Elasticity
Contact Mechanics

Fluid Mechanics

Basic Strength of Materials

Propulsion
Flight Dynamics-I & II
Introduction to Space Technology
Advanced Flight Mechanics

Aircraft Structures
Vibrations
Aerodynamic Design
Aerospace System Control &
Estimation
Mathematics for Aerospace
Engineers

Object Oriented Programming for

Scientists & Engineers

Skills:

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Matlab
Fortran
CATIA
Strength of Materials

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Ansys(Gambit, Fluent, FEM)

C/C++
Python
Technical Analysis

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BIOTECHNOLOGY
Introduction:
Students of this department are introduced to a variety of domains such as manufacture of high-technology
pharmaceuticals as well as the making of enzymes used in detergents. It helps expand knowledge of the cell
and its functioning at the molecular level, thereby enabling to face challenges to prevent life threatening
diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases etc., to meet the energy and food requirements of evergrowing population and also to solve the environmental problems that threaten our very existence on this
planet. Although there are many different research groups in the department, their research generally falls
into one or more of the following categories: medical biotechnology related to cancer and cardiovascular
aspects, chemical biology, computational biology and bioprocesses.
The Indian biotech industry will grow at an average growth rate of around 30% a year and reach USD 100
Billion by 2025. The market size of the sector is expected to rise up to USD 11.6 Billion by 2017 due to a
range of factors such as growing demand for healthcare services, intensive R&D activities and strong
government initiatives.
Sub Sectors:
Biosciences
Biopharma
Bioengineering
Computational biology
Chemical biology

Growth Opportunities:
The Biotechnology industry is a multi-faceted industry with a variety of growth options in India and abroad as
well. In India, we have companies that focus on bioprocessing and production of enzymes, pharmaceuticals
and other food products. It is always preferable to have atleast a Masters degree as the industry demands
experience for survival. Outside India, companies work on various aspects such as development of new drugs
to cure diseases, research on basic cellular mechanisms in the body and their implications. These days,
companies in other sectors have started operations in Bioinformatics in India as well as abroad.
Exit Opportunities:
The interdisciplinary nature of the industry means that the students are equipped with a vast plethora of skills
which allows them numerous exit opportunities. Students can delve into the depths of programming
languages taught in course work and join companies in the coding profile. They can join investment banking
firms after honing their computational skills. Data analysis and presentation are skills that every Masters
degree holder develops. These skills enable them to join consultancy firms focussing on clinical science
outsourced by corporates.
Skill Sets:

Analytical and applied biology

Bioprocess Engineering
Computational Biology and Analysis of Bio-systems
Chemical Sciences
Biosciences

Companies:

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Premier Biosoft International
Stryker
Orbees Medical
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Astra Zeneca
Blueocean market intelligence

United Health Group

National Brain Research Center
Cerner
Strand Life Sciences
Biocon
Sathguru Consultancy
Sysmex

Books:
Lehninger principles of biochemistry / Michael M. Cox
and David L. Nelson
Biochemistry / Berg J M & Others.
Essential cell biology /Bruce Alberts
Evolutionary analysis / Jon C. Herron and Scott
Freeman
Biology / Neil A. Campbell and Jane B. Reece
Microbiology / Prescott L M & Others.
Organic chemistry / Waddington D J.
Fundamentals of Neuroscience/Eric Kendel

Introduction to protein structure / Branden Carl And

Tooze John.
Molecular biology of the cell, edn.4, 2002 / Bruce
Alberts
Kuby Immunology / T J Kindt
From genes to clones / Winnacker Ernst L.
Molecular cloning, / Sambrook Joseph And Russell
David W.
Genetics : A conceptual approach/ Benjamin A. Pierce
Biochemistry/Garret and Grisham
Molecular cell Biology/Lodish

Blogs:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed
http://blogs.nature.com/news/category/biology-biotechnology
http://www.biotechblog.com/
http://www.scientificamerican.com/

Skills:
Analytical and applied biology
Bioprocess Engineering
Computational Biology and Analysis of Bio-systems
Chemical Sciences
Biosciences
Courses:
Microbiology

Biochemistry

Biological Rate Processes

Transport Phenomena in Biological

Systems
Bioreactor Design and Analysis

Data Structures and Algorithms for

Biology
Biomaterials Engineering
Computational
Techniques
in
Biosystems
Analytical
Techniques
in
Biotechnology

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Metabolic Engineering
Biostatistics
Evolutionary Biology

Principles of Cell and Molecular

Biology
Biosensors and Instrumentation
Downstream Processing
Genetics
Fundamentals
of
Chemistry
Membrane Biology
Transduction

Biophysical
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Bioinformatics

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Structural Biology
Enzyme Structure and Mechanisms

Genomics and Proteomics

Computational Neurosciences

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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Introduction:
The Chemical Engineering Department at IIT Madras has been versatile professionals since its inception who
are leading the industry, academia & research throughout the globe owing to the academic curriculum &
experienced faculty, research opportunities & extra-curricular activities in the Department. The Process
Control and Systems engineering group in the Department has been ranked among the best worldwide.
Various projects are being carried on within department in collaboration with several companies.

Chemical Engineering is a branch of engineering that applies physical sciences (e.g. chemistry and physics)
and life sciences (e.g. biology, microbiology and biochemistry) together with mathematics and economics to
produce, transform, transport, and properly use chemicals, materials and energy. It is in connection with
every other branch of engineering, for example Computer Science (Data Analytics), Electrical (Instrumentation
& Control), Mechanical (Energy & Industrial equipment), Metallurgy (Material science), Biotechnology, etc.

Major Chemical Engineering sub-sectors & relevant coursework:

With a versatile profile because of the diversity of Chemical Engineering courses offered, students are
perfectly equipped to practice engineering in the industry and ready to take any kind of professional challenge
with success. Students take courses in Instrumentation, Process Design & Control, Particle Handling &
Processing, Chemical Reaction Engineering & Catalysis, Colloids & Polymer Engineering, Biochemical & Food
Engineering, Ecological & Environmental Engineering and Semiconductor Fabrication & Fuel Cells.
Career options:
Chemical engineering being a versatile branch has a lot of exit opportunities, both in core and non-core
sectors. Core opportunities in industries like Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, FMGC (Fast Moving Consumer Goods),
Pharmaceuticals, Cement, etc. Over the years a lot of students have also been recruited by non-core sector
companies like Boston Consultancy Group, McKinsey & Company, American Express, Deutsche Bank, Credit
Suisse etc.
Exit options:
Chemical Engineers get absorbed in a wide range of industries and find several exit options. Non-core sector
jobs like analytics, consulting and coding are a good exit option apart from management.
Skill sets:
Good CGPA & professional experience in terms of internships & research projects including final year project
are important selection criteria for core sector jobs. The applicant must have a thorough background about
the core subjects relevant to the sector of companys operation. Important courses include Heat, Mass &
Momentum Transfer, Mechanical Operations, Thermodynamics, Chemical Reaction Engineering,
Instrumentation & Process control. Management, leadership & good communication skills combined with
compatibility for working in teams are the added skill-sets desired by several recruiters.
Companies:
Cerner Corporation

VA TECH WABAG LTD

Intel Technology Pvt. Ltd.

Hyundai Motor India Ltd

Reliance Industries Limited

Pokarna Engineered Stone Limited

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KLA Tencor Software India Private

Limited
Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
Toshiba Corporation

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CDM Smith India Private limited

Wipro Consumer Care & Lighting
Hindustan Unilever Ltd
ITS Planners and Engineers Private
Limited

ITC Limited
L&T Construction
Sathguru
Management
Consultants Pvt. Ltd.
Petrofac Engineering Services
India Pvt Ltd

TVS Motor Company Ltd.

Dr.Reddys
Worley Parsons
Non-Ferrous Materials Technology
Development Center (NFTDC)

Preparation material:
The placement preparation material includes various classic textbooks related to core topics by authors like
Bird,Stewart and Lightfoot, McCabe & Smith, Robert Treybal, F.M. White, Levenspiel, Incropera etc. that are
referred during the various courses and also textbooks for GATE preparation. Also many online sites like
unitoperation.com are very helpful.

Books:
Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes by Felder &
Rousseau
Mass Transfer Operations by Robert Treybal
Transport Phenomena by Bird, Stewart & Lightfoot
Fluid Mechanics by FM White

Introduction
to
Chemical
Engineering
Thermodynamics by Smith Van Ness
Shrieves Chemical Process Industries
Fundamentals of Heat & Mass Transfer by
Incropera
Chemical Reaction Engineering by Octave
Levenspiel

Blogs:
Puzzles
Economic Times
Brainden
Skills:
Aptitude and
Reasoning

General

Scale-up of Processes
Chemical
Process
Design & Economics
Core
Mechanical
Engineering knowledge
Elevation of Boiling
point
Heat transfer
Leadership
Technical knowledge /
good
knowledge
of
course work
BTP / DDP

Knowledge on mass
balance, energy balance

Conversions

Optimization methods in
mechanical design
Process
Equipment
Design
Core Mech concepts

Internships & projects

Pumps
and
Heat
Exchangers,
pressure
vessels
Thermodynamics

Basic Quantitative Math

Verbal Reasoning

Cooling towers

Chilling Towers

Sedimentation

Depression of freezing
point,
Data Analysis
Verbal Aptitude
Aptitude

Mass Transfer

Fluid Mechanics
Quantitative Aptitude
enthusiasm

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Confidence
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Courses:
Heat Transfer
Thermodynamics
Chemical Reaction Engineering
Multivariate Data Analysis

Mass Transfer
Chemical Technology
Chemical Process Design
Economics
Lab Courses & Reports

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Momentum Transfer
Mechanical Operations
Process
Control
Instrumentation
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CIVIL ENGINEERING
Introduction:
The profiles offered in this field are Graduate Engineer, Structural Engineer, Executive trainee Engineer,
Analyst (Infrastructure), Project Engineer etc.
Sub Sectors:

Building technology and Construction Management

Structural Engineering
Geotechnical Engineering
Infrastructure
Environmental and Water resources engineering
Transportation Engineering; and
Applied mechanics

Growth Opportunities:
On an average, takes 3 years for each level of promotion. The salary hike would be good with experience.
There are many alumni who are in very respectable positions currently, working as heads in reputed firms.
Experience is all that matters in Civil Engineering profiles.
Exit Opportunities:
Few companies dont ask for a bond and employees are free to leave (Ex: Deloitte). One can have wide
opportunities like IES, GRE for higher studies, opening own firms etc. Since, the department have many subdivisions, the exit opportunities are quite open into diversified fields. Transportation and Hydraulic engineering
students can get into programming profiles later. Construction Managers can enter into finance profiles. There
is scope for entrepreneurship in almost all the fields. Students even prepare for IAS, IES etc. Higher studies is
always an open option as well.
Skill Sets:
Decent CGPA with thorough knowledge on courses relevant to the applied profile will fetch the job easily.
Students are expected to be sound in fundamentals of structural analysis, basics of steel design and RCC
design, concrete technology and geotechnical engineering. A lot of emphasis is laid on the work done during
the Industrial training and you are expected to answer every question relating to your B.Tech/Dual Degree
Project. The skill sets largely depend on the profile being offered by the company. For Example, coding and
transportation courses help for ITS; Project management helps for Deloitte etc.
Skills:
Group Discussion
English proficiency
Building Drawing
Structural Engineering
Fluency in Thought
Project works
Planning, Estimation

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Aptitude Test
Software like SAP 2000, Revit,
Auto CAD
C, C++ language
RCC Structures (CE3060)
Course grades
Past Internships

Quantitative ability
ETABS, Orion
Technical and Communication
skills
Materials Course (CE2330)
Software skills
On field thinking

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Companies:
Hyundai Motor India Ltd
Energo Engineering Projects Ltd
VA TECH WABAG LTD
Vignan's Foundation for Science ,
Technology
and
Research
University
PanditDeendayal
Petroleum
University

VMS Consultants Pvt Ltd

ITS Planners and Engineers Private
Limited
Larsen & Toubro Limited
Shimizu Corporation India Pvt Ltd

Total
Environment
Systems

ShapoorjiPallonji& Co Ltd.
Lennox India Technology Centre
ASC Infratech
Shimizu Corporation India Pvt Ltd
- Planning Engineer(Overseas)

Building

Preparation material:
A thorough knowledge on courses concerned with the profile, projects and internships mentioned in the
resume would do. It is suggested to prepare for aptitude and HR. For a quick review of course summaries
McGrawhill pocket references, Civil Engineering Pocket guide by Chen and Liew etc. can be helpful.
Books:
Made easy solved question papers
Course Material - Transportation I & II .
Transportation Network Analysis
Computer Applications

Arihant Publication
Elective - Computer application in highway
engineering
Analytical Techniques in Transportation Engineering
Programming languages - Python, MySQL, PHP, Java

Skills:
Group Discussion
English proficiency
Building Drawing
Structural Engineering
Fluency in Thought
Project works
Planning, Estimation
Communication skills
Problem solving
Verbal ability

Aptitude Test
Software like SAP 2000, Revit,
Auto CAD
C, C++ language

Heaps - How they are stored

RCC Structures (CE3060)

Course grades
Past Internships
Finance courses
Ability to cope up stress
Basic programming aptitude
Data Structures (Trees, Arrays,
Linked List, Sorting)
Operations on Data

OS (Synchronization and other

Group discussion

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Quantitative ability
ETABS, Orion
Technical and Communication
skills
Materials Course (CE2330)
Software skills
On the field thinking
-C/C++
Logical thinking
Quantitative ability and reasoning
Stack Queue
-Algorithms
(Calculating
the
running time is an absolute must!
In general know basic techniques
like divide and conquer-recursion,
and sorting algorithms and why
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process related topics. Also

memory allocation. Know the basic
concepts.)
Analytical skills (Data analysis)
Dynamic, Confidence
Lean
Construction
Management
Courses & Skills
Thorough preparation of your
project(s) and courses taken

Research experience
Sound in core
Knowledge on Metro Rails &
Related projects
Management,
Planning
and
Tendering courses

Construction Project Management

Able to speak with perception
Knowledge
of
Construction
Practices
Patience and Humility

Courses:
Manufacturing Technology
Estimation & Construction Management
You can refer some online courses on Coursera
Infrastructure Planning and Management
TE I & II
Transportation Network Analysis
Urban Transportation and Planning
Probability methods in Civil engineering

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Strength of Materials
Concrete technology
Internships and projects
Programming courses
Analytical techniques in Transportation Engineering
Computer applications in Traffic engineering
Pavement Technology
Maths courses

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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Introduction:
Mechanical Engineering is one of the broadest engineering disciplines. They research, design, develop, build,
and test mechanical and thermal devices, including tools, engines, and machines.
Students of this department have foundation in subjects like Mechanics, Kinematics, Thermodynamics, Fluid
mechanics, Materials Engineering, Hydraulics, and Pneumatics, Product Design etc., and Math courses like
Calculus, Differential Equations, Linear Algebra.
Generally hired by manufacturing industries, these engineers have employment opportunity in both private
and public sectors. Government sectors like Defence, PWD, Post and Telegraphs, and CPWD also hire these
engineers and Industries like the aeronautical, agricultural, automobile, chemical, bio-medical equipment
manufacturers, energy, power, electronics, steel, oil exploration and refining, railways, etc. FMCGs also offer
job profiles. They also have equal opportunities outside India.
With an average estimated growth rate and employment opportunities of 9 17%, mechanical engineering is
surely one of the most convenient option for engineers.

Subsectors :
Manufacturing

Product Design

Thermal Engineering

Growth Opportunities:
It is expected that Employment of mechanical engineers is projected to grow 10 percent in the next few years,
slower than the average for all occupations.
Mechanical engineers should experience faster than average growth in architectural, engineering, and related
services as companies continue to contract work from these firms. Mechanical engineers will also remain
involved in various manufacturing industriesspecifically, transportation equipment and machinery
manufacturing. Machinery will continue to be in demand as machines replace more expensive human labor in
various industries. This phenomenon in turn should drive demand for mechanical engineers who design
industrial machinery.
So ample scope for employment is seen in Core Companies like thermal power industry, gas turbines industry,
Air Conditioning , Refrigeration industry, Oil and Gas exploration and Refining industries, Agricultural sector,
Automobile industry etc. and also FMCG Companies like HUL,ITC, Britannia, etc.
People are bound to move up in the pay-scale as well as responsibility if they are willing to work hard.

Exit Opportunities:
A mechanical engineering degree is a great passport to a huge variety of non-engineering graduate jobs, both
within the engineering industry and outside it.
If you want a non-technical career in the engineering sector, a number of the larger employers run into areas
such as finance and management. You could also consider jobs in areas such as supply chain or technical
sales. If you wish, you could start your career in an engineering job, and then progress into a more businessfocused role at a later date.
Mechanical engineering graduates are welcomedfor their high level of numeracy and problem-solving
mentality. In particular, IT companies and technical consultancies are well worth exploring, especially if you
have some programming skills.Your skill set will also go down well with recruiters for finance, management
and business or management consulting graduate schemes, while teachers with technical backgrounds are
always in demand.

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Around 40% of graduate jobs are open to graduates from any degree discipline. Your extra-curricular
activities and transferrable skills developed while at university could help launch your career in an entirely new
direction.

Skill Sets:
Knowledge in subjects like Mechanics, Kinematics, Thermodynamics, Fluid mechanics, IC Engines, Heat
Transfer,Materials Engineering, Hydraulics and pneumatics, Engineering design, Product design, and Math
courses like Calculus, Differential-equations,Linear algebra and basic usage of SoftwareslikeAUTO -CAD,
SOLIDWORKS, ANSYS,MATLAB will help.

Companies:
ITC

Schlumberger

HUL

BOSCH

GE

WIPRO

Rolls Royce

Tata Motors

TVS

General Motors

Ashok Leyland

Shell

Reliance Industries
Ltd

EATON

JSW

Preparation Material:
Revising the theoretical courses related to the profile in tandem with HR questions is the key in your
placement preparation. Making yourself abreast with all the things pertaining to internship as well as BTP/DDP
will obviously help a lot. There may be GD/ interview rounds for which preparation can be done using online
and also please find your time to go through Puzzles, Aptitude, Reasoning, put up by the Branch Councilor,
participate in Mock GDs etc.

Books:
Automobile Engineering by RB Gupta
V. Ganeshan for IC Engines
Power plant Engineering by P.K. Nag
Fox and McDonald's Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
Machine Design- RL Norton (interview)

IC Engines by Mathur & Sharma

Elements of Mechanical Engineering By
Gopalkrishna
Incropera Heat Transfer
Strength of Material- RC Hibbler (Interview)

KR

Blogs:
http://www.indiabix.com/placement-papers/l-t-infotech/

Skills:
Technical knowledge of your field

Automotive Related Knowledge

Reasoning and aptitude

Leadership skill (During

interview they will look
Leadership qualities within u )
C , MATLAB

Fundamentals of design thermal

and manufacturing

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HR
for

English/Communication
Convincing skills
Speed , accuracy,Confidence

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Thermodynamics
Industrial training
Structural Analysis
Phase transformations
Body Language, Adaptability

IC engines
Practical Expertise with your
laboratories
Loyalty for the company
Alloy Steels- composition and uses

Strength of materials
Concrete Analysis

Vehicle Dynamics
Ansys
Fluid Mechanics
KDOMS
Corrosion.
Dynamics of Floating Objects and
Marine Vehicles

IC Engines
CATIA
CFD
Isometric projections.
CAT course
Vibrations of Marine Vehicles and
Acoustics

Martens tic tempering

Creep, Shot peening

Courses:
Strength of Materials
Finite Element Analysis
Heat Transfer
DOME
Friction.
Autocad
BTP

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COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

Introduction:
Computer science underpins our Facebook pages, controls air traffic around the world, and ensures that we
will not be too surprised when it snows. It has been applied in algebra, car manufacturing, laser surgery,
banking, gastronomy, astronomy and astrology. Indeed, it is hard to find an area of life that has not been
fundamentally changed and enhanced by its application. As a student of the CSE discipline you get to choose
from a wide range of areas to specialize in and by no means are you confined to the norms associated with
your area as it has been proven again and again you are limited only by your imagination.
Sub Sectors:

Artificial intelligence
Machine Learning
Data Structures and Algorithms
Computer Networks
Cryptography
Data mining
Computer Architecture
Theory of Computation
Operating Systems
Parallel Computing
Cloud Computing
Computer Vision
Database Management
Social Networks

Growth Opportunities:
The growth opportunities in this sector are virtually unlimited. Due to digitalization of the businesses and
services, there is an increased need for the people with skill sets related to Computer Science and
Engineering. The advent of IOT (Internet Of Things) shows promising increase in the opportunities for this
sector.
With the increasing importance of people with specific skill sets, it's no wonder that the recruiters are willing
to spend astounding amount of money for these people. Needless to say that, in this versatile and rapidly
changing environment, the need for CSE is exponentially increasing, which would mean more and more
opportunities for this sector. Globalisation and outsourcing has led to a situation where companies can
employ people from anywhere in the world, thus providing numerous opportunities to each and every
programmer. Programmers who have general business experience may become computer systems analysts.
With experience, some programmers may become software developers. They may also be promoted to
managerial positions, if found worthy.
Exit Opportunities:
Exit opportunities are also many, because of the diversity of this sector.
The knowledge of computers and programming could be employed in almost every field. Crossing
between CS and Biotechnology is resulting in miracles, for instance.
Many people with CS background are joining investment banks, which opens a whole new set of
opportunities to start with.

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Management Skills coupled with CS background has innumerable opportunities in banking,

consultancy, etc.
With a CS background and a tech banking work history, one can pretty much go anywhere buysidewise whether it be at a tech focused P/E shop, joining a VC as an associate, or working at a hedge
fund covering tech.
Enough experience can fetch top positions in budding startups.
A good coding experience also many a times leads to starting up companies. Most of the start-ups
today are tech-based and hence coding knowledge can be a very helpful.
One could always become a tech writer, solutions engineer or a freelancer.

Skill Sets:
General skill sets expected from the students of this sector include:
Logic and reasoning

Object Oriented Programming Concepts

Algorithms
Programming
Debugging
Network design
Software development
Analytics
Discrete mathematics

Operating Systems
Databases
DSA
Automata Theory
Graph theory
Computer networks
C++/Java/Python
(any
Programming Language)

objective

oriented

Companies:
The number of companies offering placements for the students of CSE is huge, because of the demand in the
industry. Top recruiters often choose students of this sector, because of the analytical and technical
background of people.
Diamond Management &
Technology Consultants,
a fully owned subsidiary
of PwC US LLP
(Associate)
LexInnova
Zomato Media Pvt. Ltd
Hike Ltd
BrowserStack
EMC Software and
Services India Pvt. Ltd
CapitalVia Global
Research Limited
JFE Steel, Japan
Sony Japan (AshishPoC)
MAQ Software
Datacert
CleanMax

Opera Solutions (Soft

Engg)

GulfTalent.com

Info Edge India Ltd

grabHalo Software India

Pvt. Ltd
PropTiger Realty Pvt. ltd.

Interra Systems India

Private Limited
AppsDaily Solutions Pvt
Ltd
Saavn Media Pvt. Ltd.
Synopsys India

HT Media Limited

Prospecta Software

Yahoo Japan

SuccessFactors Business
Solutions India
Trimble
Sentio
Fractal
Crayon Data
BQ technologies

DocSuggest Healthcare
Services Pvt Ltd.
Tridiagonal
Photon Interactive
Dell (Ashish ??)
Consortium
Avanti

PayU Payments Pvt. Ltd

One Mobikwik Systems
Private Limite
HISP INDIA
91mobiles
XCode
Sony India
Kirusa
Cyberoam
CDAC

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Cvent India Pvt. Ltd

Uhuru
Aricent

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Auryn India
Atmel Semiconductors
eBay
Xerox
Nvidia Graphics
Chronus Corp
WorldQuant
Flextrade Systems
Trilogy / Codenation /
DevFactory
Pocket Gems
Komli Media
Red Hat Linux
MITRE
SuccessFactors (aka SAP
Cloud)
Amadeus IT Group
AT & T Inc.
Barclays Capital
Canonical
Fiserv
MegaUpload
SAP Americas
Sprint
Twitter
Juniper Networks
Dell international services
Amagi Media Labs Pvt Ltd
Dolcera Information
Technology Services Pvt
Ltd
JDA Software India Pvt
Ltd
Pocket Gems
Unisys Global Services
India
AIG
Amazon International
AT&T
Daimler
Dropbox
Facebook
Huawei
Morgan Stanley
Oracle Finance
Siemens
Twitter
United Technologies
Walmart labs

Aspect Ratio
Mahindra Sathyam
Ingram Micro
Freescale
Motorola
Chronous India pvt ltd
Dreamworks
Directi
Nortel Networks

ADP
Blackberry
Akamai Technologies
Rackspace
adaequare
Wooqer
Groupon
Lockheed Martin
xilinx

Aditya Imaging
Blue Spec
Ubisoft
Epic
Chronos Technologies
Opera Solution
Invention Labs
Quora
Sun Microsystems

CA Technologies
Pubmatic
Sanmina- SCI Corp
DE Shaw India
Nutanix

NXP Semiconductors
FactSet
Ericsson Global
amd technologies
Accenture

HTC Global services

maqsoftware
Ericsson India Pvt. Ltd
Citrix Systems
Agilent Technologies

Apple Inc.
ATI Technologies
Barracuda
Corel
GitHub Inc.
Nokia
Siemens India
STMicroelectronics
Verizon Communications
InMobi
Doodleblue innovations
Ameex Technologies Pvt
Ltd
Electronic Arts

ARM Holdings
AutoDesk
Blackstone Group
DassaultSystemes
Guidewire
Reuters India
Solectron
Synopsis
Youtube
yardstick technologies
cognizant
Arista Networks (going to
IITD)
Flytxt Mobile Solutions
Pvt Ltd

Arrow Electronics
Avanade
Canon
Deloitte
Linkedin
Saavn
Spotify
Texas Instruments
Zynga
qualcomm
C-DOT
Aryaka Networks

KRDS Software
Development Pvt Ltd
Redpine

Mobilemotion
Technologies Pvt Ltd
Rocket Fuel

Xurmo

Symantec (or verisign)

Morgan Stanley - IT
Analyst
Target Corporation (no
vacancy as of now.)
Walmart Labs

AirBNB
AMD
Berkshire Hathaway
Delloite
Electronic Arts
Fujitsu
InMobi
NEC
Pega Systems Hyderabad
Softbank
Uber
Verizon
Zenefits

Alcatel-Lucent
Apple
BOA
Deutsche Bank
Ericsson
HDFC
Mitsubishi Corp
Nestle
Pricewaterhousecoopers
Tower Research
Ubisoft
Volkswagen Group
Zomato

Allianz
Asus
Chevron
Deutsche Telecom
Ernst And Young
HSBC
Mitsubishi Financial
Nissan
Rakuten
Toyota Motors
UniCredit Group
Walmart
Zynga

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Wells Fargo

DE Shaw

Paytm
Teradata
Wolfram Alpha

Trivago
Intuit India
Tower Research
flickr
Amadeus IT Group
AT & T Inc.
Avanade
Blackstone Group
Corel
Dreamworks
GitHub Inc.
Ingram Micro
MegaUpload
Nortel Networks
Rackspace
Saavn
Solectron
Sun Microsystems
Verizon Communications
Zynga
Thoughtworks

Agilent Technologies
Arrow Electronics
AutoDesk
Blackberry
Canonical
Deloitte
Freescale
HTC
Mahindra Sathyam
Nokia
Pocket Gems
Rocketfuel
Siemens India
STMicroelectronics
Ubisoft
Youtube
Vmware

Dell International
Services
AYASDI
Twitter
Pinterest
Apple Inc.
ATI Technologies
Barclays Capital
Blue Spec
DassaultSystemes
FactSet
Groupon
Invention Labs
MITRE
NXP Semiconductors
Red Hat Linux
Sanmina- SCI Corp
Spotify
Synopsis
Wooqer
Intuit
Juniper

FlexTrade Systems
Informatica
Quora
Facebook
Accenture
ARM Holdings
Atmel Semiconductors
Barracuda
Canon
DE Shaw India
Fiserv
Guidewire
Lockheed Martin
Motorola
Opera Solution
Reuters India
SAP Americas
Sprint
Texas Instruments
Xerox
Nvidia

Preparation material:

Logic and Reasoning questions.

Competitive Programming websites like hackerrank, codechef, etc.
Online tutorials like Topcoder.
Past year questions by companies you could find on AmbitionBox.
For web development, online tutorials like w3schools, tutorialspoint, etc.
Placement Preparation Portal of IITM would give a boost to your overall skills.
Standard Algorithm books like:
o Introduction to Algorithms by Cormen
o Algorithms for interviews
o C++ data structures and Algorithms by Lippman
o C by kerninghan and Ritchie

Books:
101 HR questions

Algorithms and Data

structures Made Easy
Brain Teasers
Coding Interview
Questions by Narasimha
Karumanchi
Data Interpretation and

50 challenging problems
in probability by
Frederick Mosteller
Algorithms by Cormen

Ace the Case

Algorithm Design Manual

ANSI C

C & C++ by
Balaguruswamy
Core JAVA

c++ books by sumita

arora
Cracking the Coding
Interview by Gayle
Laakmann McDowell
Data structures through

Beginning Linux
Programming
Case in point

Data Structures and

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Logical Reasoning by
Arun Sharma

embedded systems

Algorithms Made Easy:

Data Structure and
Algorithmic Puzzles by
Narasimha Karumanchi
Galvin for Operating
Systems
Java Complete Reference

C++ by Yeshwant
Kanethkar

GATE aptitude

Herbert Schildt ---Java

Mark Allen Weiss (DS)

Let Us C by Yashwanth
Kanetkar
Mastering c,c++

Object Oriented
Programming with C++
by E Balaguruswamy
Placement team core
mock tests.
Quantitative analysis by
R.S Agarwal

Objective mathematics by
RS agarwal

Operating Systems by
Galvin and Silberstaz

Logical Reasoning by
Arun Sharma
MINIX by Tenenbaum for
practical details relating
to Operating Systems
Pax Indica (Shashi
Tharoor)

Programming Questions
From ''Exploring C
Quantitative Aptitude by
Arun Sharma

Puzzles to puzzle you by

shakuntala devi
S. Chand for Aptitude

Technical books

Test Your C Skills

TIME material for

aptitude

Verbal and non-verbal

Reasoning by R. S.
Agarwal
Wren and Martin

the c programming
language -- by Dennis
Ritchie
Verbal Reasoning by Arun
Sharma

Introduction to
Algorithms CLRS
Logical Reasoning for
CAT by ARIHANT

Word Power Made Easy

(Norman Lewis)

64 HR questions

C-Aptitude books and

General Aptitude books

CLRS

Data structure using C by

yashwant kanetkar

ANSI C by
Balaguruswamy
Norman Lewis

Galvin textbook for

operating systems
Placement material

Let Us C by yashwant
kanetkar
R.S.Aggarwal Non Verbal
Reasoning

Ramakrishna

Wu riddles (for general

out-of-the box thinking)

Quantitative Ability
(Sarvesh K. Verma)
TCP./IP Volume 1 by
Doughlas Comer for
Computer Networks
The GATE practice book,

Vocabulary and Reading

comprehension (Arun
Sharma)
Crack the Coding
Interview by Gayle
Laakmann
Data Structures and
Algorithms by Narasimha
Karumanchi
Let Us C++
R.S.Aggarwal
Quantitative Aptitude

Skills:
Analyzing and problem solving
skills.
Computer Networks
DBMS
Digital Marketing
GNU/LINUX
Puzzle solving
SQL
Wireless Comm (OFDM,CDMA)
Ability to think out of the box

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Aptitude and Reasoning

C, C++,Java

Data Structures and Algorithms

Digital Communications
DIP
OS
SEO
HDL/Verilog
System Programming ( Basic )
Data structures and Algorithms

OOPs
Digital electronics
DSP
Probability, Statistics
Soft Skills
Web development
TCP
Knowledge
about
technologies

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Analytics

C/C++/Java

Basic
Computer
Progamming
Knowledge
Basic knowledge in vlsi, embedded
and digital
Ccna
Critical thinking
OS
Digital Electronics
General Aptitude and problem
solving skills
html, css
Linux
Mental ability

OS

Aptitude (maths,
english)
Networking

Cadence/ verilog

Calculations

ccnp
Cryptography
DBMS
Domain work in Internship
General knowledge

Creativity
Data interpretation
Debugging
Dynamic Programming
Group discussion

Javascript
Logical Reasoning
Microprocessor

MPs
Probability and Statistics

Network Security
Programming skills
SQL,PL/SQL
Python
SDLC

MATLAB
Management skills
Modifications to Advanced Data
Structures
Operations research
Project and internship experiences.

Protection of Power systems

Quantitative Aptitude

in

and

logical

Quantitative & Verbal skills

Soft skills

Courses:
DSP
Wireless Communication
Data structures and Algorithms.
CCNA
OS
SQL.
CAT
CMC academy
Soft Skills Development by NCVT
C++ and Data Structures
Microprocessors
Core JAVA
.NET
Android Programming
Operating Systems
CATIA
DBMS
Programming Pointers
Python
Course in R language from Coursera
Decision modelling course in economics (minor)
Machine Learning courses by Stanford/EDX
OCJP
Statistical Courses
CMOS VLSI
HDL

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Digital Communications
C/C++
LINUX-RHCE
CCNP
Computer Networks
Operating systems.
MCITP
JAVA certification from microsoft
C Programming
Networking and Communications theory
Micro controllers
CCNA
RHCE
Hardware and Networking
Oracle PL/SQL Developer Certified Associate
BEC
Embedded Systems
Dynamic Programming
CCNP
TIME CAT material
Probability
Electronic Design Automation
AutoCAD
Image Processing
Microelectronics
Oracle OCA

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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Introduction:
Electrical and electronics engineering graduates have a wealth of favourable job opportunities. More than
25% of engineering jobs are in electrical engineering.Electrical Engineering graduates find jobs in sectors like
engineering and business consulting firms,government agencies,manufacturers of electrical, electronic, and
computer equipment, and manufacturers of industrial machinery.
Sub Sectors:
Electrical engineering can be classified into the following broad sectors:
Communication
Micro Electronics
Power Electronics and Power Systems
Applied Mechanics
Photonics
Control and instrumentation.
Growth Opportunities:
Electrical Engineers are very much in demand in India. In the recent years, from house to companies
everywhere there is a necessity of electricity to function, offering numerous opportunities to electrical
engineers. These engineers can work in atomic power plants, hydel or thermal power plants. Job opportunities
are ample in both private and public sector like railways, civil aviation, electricity board and utility companies,
electrical design and consultancy firms and all types of manufacturing industries.
Exit Opportunities:
Electrical graduates can get job offers at industries such as defence and FMCG. Defence systems are now so
integrated that engineers need to operate cross-discipline, for example using a mixture of mechanical,
electronic and electrical engineering knowledge. For FMCG industry, the real work is not defined in separate
buckets of mechanical, electrical, chemical etc., but normally a mixture of different disciplines as a general
manufacturing or logistics engineer. Also, they can go into teaching field or join a research lab. Teaching
career is also rewarding, with job in top engineering colleges of India offers attractive remuneration packages.
Some can also join software industries which demands knowledge of electricity and electronics.

Skill Sets:
CGPA is one of the important factors that matters for getting selected to company. Interns, research interns
involving work in the area of the work of the company is an important criterion to get recruited into
companies. Companies test the knowledge of the person in the area of the profile the company offers. Coding
skills help in getting selected in case of some companies.
The curriculum also includes laboratory courses by which students gain practical experience. Final year
projects in topics in a specialization over a period of one year helps the students to become expertise in those
areas. The internship that students do at companies is mandatory and gets the exposure to industry, its
challenges, standards and expectations. Thus the students get a professional work experience.
Following are the profiles and the relevant skills required for the same:
Analog Circuits - Basic circuit theory, Prof. Shantis Analog circuit course

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Digital Circuits - Basic Digital Circuit, VLSI design

Signal Processing - Digital Communications or Wireless Communications and Computer networking
fundamentals
Power Companies - Knowledge of motors, generators, entire EMEC course
CS Companies - C/C++ and coding experience

Companies:
ITC India
Texas Instruments India
Eaton Technologies-Engineer
Maxlinear
Tata Motors
Philips Chennai
Taiwan Semiconductor
Alstom Transport
Mathworks
Applied Materials
Ittiam Systems
Photon Interactive
Tata Communications
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd

Honeywell
ARM Embedded-Engineer
Qualcomm-Engineer
Synopsis
Analog Devices
Sandisk
Tiger Analytics
Cypress Semiconductor
National Instruments
Aruba Networks
Robert Bosch
Energo
TVS Motor Company

Preparation material:
Books:
Data structures and algorithms by Cormen
R S Agrawal
Modern optical engg.by WARREN J SMITH.
Optical workshop technology "by KARROW
Fundamentals of optics by JENKINS & WHITE
Rabaey (Chapter 10 mainly)
Digital logic design
Book on C++ by Yashwath Kanetkar
Galwin
Ferozeon

Quantitative Aptitude by R.S Agarwal.

Optics, by Hect
Fundamentals of lasers by NAMBIYAR
OPTICAL WORKSHOP TECHNOLOGY"by HRIDAYANAT
LASER PHYSICS & APPLICATIONS"by THYAGARAJAN
Rabaey and Weste & harris Text books for Digital Ic
design.
Notes (Nagendra sir) for Analog Circuits.
Test your C++ by Yashwant Kanetkar.
Uresh walia
Narasimha Karumanchi,Test your C skills

Skills:
Data Processing
Image Processing

Recursion
Statistical Signal Processing

Machine Learning
Network architecture.

Communication Networks
Good Knowledge of hardware and
software.
DBMS
Lasers

Good coding skills.

Operating Systems(IMP).

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Speech Signal Processing

Mathematical methods in Signal
Processing
Network protocols
Good analyzing and problem
solving skills.
Algorithms,Computer Networks
Optics

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Digital and analogue parts of VLSI

Good technical skills.
C++ Programming knowledge

Digital
circuits
microprocessors
Algorithm

and

Control Systems and Analysis

C, Data Structure

Courses:
Signal Processing
Communication Networks

Machine Learning
Communication Systems

Data Structures and Algorithms

Communications
Machine Learning
DS&A
CMOS VLSI.
Electromagnetic Effects Capability
Electric and Magnetic circuits

Digital Signal Processing

Speech Technology
Computer vision in 7th
C programming.
Operating Systems.
Analog Circuits

Speech Technology
Network
Protocols
and
Architecture
Image Signal Processing
Digital communications in 6th sem
Communication courses
C++ and data structures.
Power System Practices
Digital Designs

Tips:

For VLSI part a HDL is needed and knowing software related to VLSI CAD is added advantage. Also
good logical ability and problem solving skill helps since they ask puzzles and digital design problems.
You should be clear about your M.Tech thesis, B.Tech project, summer training, Term papers.
Understand their terminologies and concepts since almost all companies ask about it.
For aptitude preparation, solve the material available in preparation portal, appear honestly in the
mock tests organized by SPO. Aim on accuracy and speed.
For Programming preparation, revise basic concepts of C and DS, you can use book by Denis Ritche,
YeshwantKanetkar. Solve online mock programming tests, so you get aware of standard questions
and most common mistakes. Try to write some codes while preparing so that you will be confident
writing in front of interviewer, especially of DS like linked list, trees, sorting, searching etc. I did not
prepare for OS, but most of the software companies do ask questions on it. Galvin is the standard
book for OS.
Technical: very vast field includes all the course and practical knowledge you have been studying.
Basic concepts should be clear. Prepare Digital circuit design, Communication, Wireless
Communication, DSP,
Study you subjects of your interest thoroughly.
Do prepare in groups, it will help you in clearing your doubts and also it will improve your interview
skills.

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ENGINEERING DESIGN
Introduction
Engineering Design, as an idea, encompasses every aspect of a successful engineering project. It includes a
variety of disciplines, including programming, circuitry, mechanics, materials, and integration of some or all of
these. Furthermore, how to deal with imminent constraints in any project, viz. time, monetary, experience, and
team building, are all inculcated in students from an early stage. There is specific focus on the complete
development of systems and products, from concepts, all the way to introducing it in a real market segment,
including the economics behind the decisions, etc.
Sub-Sectors

Automotive Design
Biomedical Design
Robotics
Product Design

Growth Opportunities
Automotive

The automotive market earlier had major design hubs abroad, and only manufacturing and assembly
outsourced to India.

With time, design divisions are emerging in the country, and domains that students are required involve
design and analysis of automotive components, control for dynamics (autonomous cars) or engines,
traffic infrastructure design, and infotainment systems.

Hybrid and electric powertrains are another area of active research and development, and several
students are working in these areas as well.
Biomedical Design

Similar to the case as the auto domain, biomedical design centers are also slowly emerging in India.

There has been major advancement in wearable technology, and many application involve taking inputs
from the human body. Miniature sensors, signal processing, medical image processing, are among
several domains that companies invest in.

Companies also look for innovations in medical devices, minimally invasive surgery, and optical imaging
technology.
Robotics

There is a variety of application-specific robots employed in industry, common examples being welding
robots, assembly, assembly line mechanisms, etc.

Autonomous driver and control systems also form a part of this domain, and find applications in almost
all luxury cars that include features like automatic parking, medical surgery robots that are remotely
guided by doctors, among others.
Product Design

Product management profiles, that comprise of everything from deciding the market segment to target
for certain products, process design, to product line management, vendors, all the way to marketing and
sales. Technical leadership is a crucial role in many budding start-ups as well.

This path gives a wholesome moulding to a product engineer, and one of the roles in which students from
ED would fit into perfectly, having been exposed to all these ideas throughout their coursework.

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Exit Opportunities
Usually students tend to gain enough experience and understanding of the operations to be able to lead the
technical teams in certain companies. Quite a few students have turned to the entrepreneurial path, and have
budding technical products under development and peeking into the market, attracting huge investments.

Skill Sets
Strong aptitude, Good understanding on how systems affect each other in design, the compromises involved
in engineering products, difference between a virtual model and a real model, understanding of company
dynamics, Multidisciplinary perspective on problems, Fluency in previous projects, an understanding of WHY
certain processes were carried out, Cost vs. benefit analyses of decisions

Domain-specific skills
Automotive
Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems
Materials
Structural Engineering Theory and Failure Methods
Finite Element Analysis
Biomedical
Signal Processing/Electronics
Optimization Courses
Linear Algebra
Physiology and biomechanics
Robotics
Kinematics and Dynamics of machinery
Linear Algebra
Optimization
Strength of Materials
Product Design
Functional and Conceptual Design
Good Product Design Lab projects
Economics
Operations or Industrial Engineering
Probability and Statistics

Companies
Adatrix
Bosch Ltd

Birds Eye Systems Private Limited

Culture Machine Media Pvt. Ltd

ExpertusInc / ExpertusInfotechPvt.
Ltd.
Hitachi India Pvt Ltd

GE India Technology Centre

Intel Technology Pvt. Ltd.

ITC Limited

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Hyundai Motor India Ltd

Blueocean Market Intelligence

Entrayn Education Technologies
(P) Ltd.
General Motors Technical Centre
India Pvt Ltd
Inasra
Technologies
Pvt
Ltd(Stayzilla.com)
KLA Tencor Software India Private

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Lennox India Technology Centre

Philips India Ltd.

Mad Street Den Systems Pvt. Ltd.

Reduce data

Schlumberger Asia Services Ltd.

Systemantics India Pvt. Ltd.
Unmetric Technologies Private
Limited
Wipro Limited

Sysmex Corporation
Tata motors ltd
Vantage Research

Limited
NI Systems India Pvt Ltd
Robert Bosch Engineering
Business Solutions Ltd
System Insights
TVS Motor Company Ltd.
WeLinkInc

&

Works Applications, Japan

Preparation Material
Core courses like Strength and Failure of Materials, FEA, Mechatronics, Manufacturing and Vibrations,
Kinematics and Dynamics of Machinery, Signal and Image Processing, Functional and Conceptual Design,
Detail Design, are all important to have at your fingertips.
Students also have to be fluent in their spectrum of project experience, be it in both Product Design Labs,
Human Factors course, or the 5-month internship, or their Dual Degree Project.

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ENGINEERING PHYSICS
Introduction:
The profiles offered in this field are VLSI, Communications, Instrumentation, Optics etc.
Growth Opportunities:
A lot of research opportunities are open for graduates from Engineering Physics department. A broad range of
sectors require skills that are taught in this discipline.
Skill Sets:
The electives that you take matter a lot when it comes to placements. Skills acquired in courses like
Engineering Optics, Electromagnetism, Statistical Physics and Applications, Atomic and Molecular
Spectroscopy, Introduction to Mathematical Physics etc could be useful.
Companies:
Texas Instruments
Sony
Dell
Cosmic circuits

Sandisk
Ittiam
Ericsson

Preparation material:
It is necessary to revise all the courses relevant to the profile the company offers.

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METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING

Introduction:
Student of this department are introduced to a variety of domains such as metal forming, joining and cutting,
iron and steel technology, corrosion, computational technology. It helps expand knowledge and
understanding of materials, their behaviour and its functioning from the molecular level, thereby enabling to
face challenge at industry level. There are many different research groups in the department; their research
generally falls into one or more of the following categories: super plasticity and nanomaterial, micro-nano
medical, medical materials,etc.
Sub Sectors:
The students of this branch specialise in areas such as
Metal Forming
Joining/Cutting
Iron and Steel Technology
Corrosion
Computational Techniques
Materials Technology.
Growth Opportunities:
Metallurgy is a very less exploited subject. The advantage of such a course is that though jobs are limited, you
have a good pay if you can prove yourself to be an able candidate. Instead of pursuing bachelors in this
course, many students do prefer to do their masters before looking for job opportunities. After finishing
education in metallurgy, one can get jobs in R&D (research and development) departments in companies that
manufacture metals, or in factories or automobile manufacturers, nano materials and energy as well are two
upcoming sectors for Metallurgists. Additional course like non-destructive testing, can help one become the
quality control officer or manager in companies dealing with metallurgical services.
Exit Opportunities:
When a company or engineering firm is working on a new experiment, a materials scientist or a materials
engineer may be consulted. Materials consultants are typically experts in one area of materials and are
familiar with past experiments and theories relating to the hiring firm's proposed project. They need to
articulate ideas in a way that clients understand and find useful.
Skill Sets:
CGPA is one of the important factors that matters for getting selected to company. Research internships
involving work in the area of the work of the company is an important criteria to get recruited into companies.
The Companies test the knowledge of the person in the area of the profile the company offers. IIT Madras
offers laboratory courses like Materials Characterization Lab, Non-Destructive Testing Lab etc. by which
students gain practical experience. Important courses are Environmental Degradation of Materials, Iron and
Steel Making, Physical Metallurgy, Mechanical Metallurgy and Creep, Fatigue and Failure. Final year projects in
topics like Processing of Deformation behaviour of Metallic Glasses etc. over a period of one year in a
specialization helps the students to become expertise in those areas. The internship that students do at
companies is mandatory and gets the exposure to industry, its challenges, standards and expectations. Thus
the students get a professional work experience.

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Companies:
Schlumberger Asia Services Ltd.
Taiwan
Semiconductor
Manufacturing Company
Eaton Technologies Pvt. Ltd
Asain Paints Limited
Larson & Toubro

Shell
SundaramCLayton Ltd`

TVS Motor Company

JSW Steel Limited

Intel Technology Pvt. Ltd.

Toshiba, Japan
Carborundum Universal

GE
KLA Tencor Software India Private
Limited
Reliance Industries Limited
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd
Saint-Gobain
Research
India
Limited

Preparation material:
Courses in areas such as Iron and Steel Making, Extractive Metallurgy, Metallurgical Thermodynamics,
Mechanical Behaviour of Materials, Modern Techniques of Materials etc.
Books:
Iron and steel Making, A.K biswas
Structural Analysis, R.C.Hibbeler
Iron and steel making by A Ghosh
GATE 201x by GK Publications
THERMODYNAMICS- P.K.NAG
MATERIAL SCIENCE- CALLISTER

Limit
State
Design
Concrete,P.C.Varghese
Mechanical Metallurgy by Dieter,
Corrosion by Shreir
PRODUCTION ENGG- P.N.RAO
FLUID MECHANICS- MUNSON

of

Reinforced

Skills:
Speaking and Proficiency in English
Geotechnical Engineering
Mechanical behavior of materials
Phase equilibria and Phase transformations in
materials
C language
CGPA

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Industrial training /Coal Camp.

RCC Structures
Principles of metal extraction and refining
Iron and steel making
MATLAB
Fundamental Concepts of the branch

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NAVAL ARCHITECTURE AND OCEAN ENGINEERING

Introduction:
Naval architecture also known as naval engineering is an engineering discipline dealing with the engineering
design process, shipbuilding, maintenance, and operation of marine vessels and structures. The department
vigorously pursues activities in line with its objectives and remains committed to excellence in its endeavour in
education, research and training programs as well as supporting developmental efforts of marine industries.
Throughout this four or five year span our students are moulded so as to face the industry awaiting them with
confidence. A strong foundation is built -which at times proves to be most vital. The BTP/DDP invokes a desire
to gain deeper knowledge on the subject and a hunger to break the barriers set by norms and in turn explore
the industry to its fullest.
Sub Sectors:

Naval Architecture
Ocean Engineering
Petroleum Engineering

Growth Opportunities:
The naval architecture field remains evergreen. With increasing demand for large passenger as well as cargo
vessels, the demand for it is continuously increasing for at least the next 5 years. Meanwhile both the
petroleum as well as offshore engineering is dependent on the markets though there continues to be growth in
both these sectors, given that oil is still a pretty cheap source of relatively clean energy.
Exit Opportunities:
A graduate of Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering can choose to be either in the Ship Design Industry as
well as the Oil and Gas Industry.With the Indian Navy aggressively looking to expand its fleet of vessels,there
is a huge demand for qualified engineers in almost all construction yards in India,both in the Government
Sector as well as the Private Sector.Also being skilled in design software can also help to change fields from
Naval Architecture to Fluid Mechanics and CFD as well.Consultancy always is an option and remuneration is
directly proportional to the experience gained.Teaching & Research is another lucrative option,where jobs in
top engineering colleges of India offer attractive remuneration packages. Many of the renowned classification
societies always come looking for Naval Architects from IIT Madras.
Skill Sets:
Courses like Strength of Materials, Basic Ship Theory, Ship Resistance and Propulsion, Manoeuvring, Analysis
of Structures, Ship Design, Dynamics of Floating bodies and offshore structures definitely help. Also being
thorough with both internships as well as BTP/DDP is crucial. Also knowledge of commercial design software
like NAPA, Aveva Marine helps a lot.
Companies:
Cybermarine
System Insights

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Preparation material:
Revising the theoretical courses related to the profile coupled with HR questions is the first step in your
placement preparation. Also being thorough with internship as well as BTP/DDP will obviously help a lot. A lot
of redundant work with respect to core preparation can be avoided with focussed as well as thorough
preparation for the Grand Viva.
Skills:
C/C++
NAPA
Up to date knowledge of Oil & Gas
Basic Quantitative Reasoning
Basic Math Skills
Leadership Skills
Practical Knowledge about ships
structures

ANSYS
Communication Skills
Hydrodynamics
Ship Theory
Marine Engineering
Street Smartness
and

offshore

Courses:
Differential Equations
Materials
and
Production
Processes
Analysis of Structures
Wave Hydrodynamics
Marine Engineering

Strength of Materials
Ship Theory

Fluid Mechanics
Ship Resistance and Propulsion

Ship Hydrodynamics
Design of Ocean Structures
Dynamics of Floating Bodies

Design of Offshore structures

Mesh Free Analysis

Port and Harbor Structures

FEM applied to Ocean Engineering

Computational Fluid Dynamics

Numerical Techniques in Ocean
Hydrodynamics

Drilling Technology

Ship Structure
Ship Design
Physical
Modelling
and
Instrumentation
Ocean Energy
Computer
Aided
Surface
Development of Marine Vehicles
Subsea Engineering

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PHYSICS (BS & MS)

Introduction:
This is a research oriented program with equal emphasis given to theoretical and lab courses. It offers corecourses that emphasize the fundamentals while keeping in mind the evolving nature of subjects. A strong
laboratory component allows exploring a range of experiments from classic ones to those that are more
recent and advanced. A platter of advanced elective courses offers a glimpse into frontier areas of research
and allows the students to choose a topic for the one-year project.
Sub Sectors:

Naval Architecture
Ocean Engineering
Petroleum Engineering

Growth Opportunities:
The courses lay major emphasis in research work and hence encourage students to pursue higher education.
Students can pursue higher education in various fields apart from physics. Students can also get jobs in R&D
department of material science, optics, electronics, etc. of other companies. A strong Mathematical
background and problem solving skills can help student in jobs in analytical and banking sectors.
Skill Sets:
Basic physics courses like Electromagnetism, Classical and Quantum mechanics gives student a thorough
understanding of subject and also incorporates problem solving skills in the students. Students also take
Mathematical electives and Mathematical Physics courses. Apart from that, skill sets vary among students
depending upon the advanced courses and electives taken by them.

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FLIPKART
Profile: Graduate Trainee

Industry : INTERNET

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Aerospace Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Group Discussion--> Case Study Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
Test was conducted on basic aptitude and entrepreneur based questions.According to the test results, 120
were shortlisted.

ROUND 2: GROUP DISCUSSION

Experience
60 were shortlisted after being judged in this round.

ROUND 3: CASE STUDY INTERVIEW

Experience
In this round,questions were asked like if getting complaints that Flipkart TVs were damaged, what will be the
solution to it? .Around 25 were shortlisted after this round.

ROUND 4: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
In this round questions put up were based on a candidate's resume and after being judged 19 were shortlisted .

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Aptitude
2: Optimization may help.

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

COURSES/CERTIFICATIONS
1. CAT preparation would act as an advantage here.

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FLIPKART
Profile: Graduate Trainee

Industry : INTERNET

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Metallurgy Branch"

SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Group Discussion--> HR Interview--> Case Study Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
The questions were mainly from Verbal ability, Reading comprehension, Mathematical ability and logical
reasoning. All of them were MCQ with +3 for right answer and -1 for wrong answers I think.

ROUND 2: GROUP DISCUSSION

Experience
100 students were divided into 16 groups. That comes something like 6-7 per group. The duration of the GD
was 15-20 mins depending on the group. The evaluators mainly looked at our body language, the way we put
across our points in the discussion, the quality of the points we told and finally our involvement in the
discussion.

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
There were two rounds of interview:
1st round: This round was a good mix of technical and HR questions for about 25 min if I remember correctly. I
was asked a few puzzles,a guesstimate and HR questions like:Tell me about yourself,What are your strengths
and weaknesses?,Why do you want to join Flipkart ? Tell me the latest news about Flipkart ? Estimate the
market size of groceries in India?,Do you think entering into e-grocery business is a good idea? Some puzzles
were also asked
2nd round: A few cases studies I prepared for Finance and E-commerce. I took 3 Finance courses (one of them
being my minor) from the Institute and registered for a few online Finance courses to gain insights into the
subject.Also did a small project as a part of my minor.I have been following E-commerce industry closely from
2013 by reading articles online and the ET.

Tips
Dos: 1. be confident; Follow the company on media if possible to increase your confidence 2. Know the
company & profile well before you go to the interview
Donts:1. dont lie to the interview about thing that you have not done or about something you do not
have much idea about. 2. Dont discuss anything relatedyour pay scale. If the interviewer brings up that,
gently brush it aside

ROUND 4: CASE STUDY INTERVIEW

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Q1: How do you make 720 with 6 zeroes using mathematical operators?
Q2: Flipkart charges a shipping charge if the order amount is less than Rs. 500. How do you avoid it if you have
an item which is less than 500 yet you do not want to pay for shipping?
Q3: Given the probability distribution of the sales in various areas, how do you make sure that you group items
ordered at different points of time so that it reaches the customers within the shortest possible time?

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

Tips
August would be the right time to start.

Rather than starting early, I think having a time-table for self would help a lot and make us stressfree.The material provided by the placement website is sufficient. But please form a coherent group
of your wing-mates or friends so that you are not stressed out in your preparation. Group preparation
does more good than harm. But make sure not to waste time! Pre-final semester....very precious!!!

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
Choose your passion!

Dont be chasing things which others think are cool-stuff to do. If you are really talented in your passion you
can become the next cool

1stYears: Try to put fight to get an awesome CGPA in the two semesters. It will be easier to maintain a good CG
thereafter. Say NO to other extra-curricular activities but do keep track of them as you SHOULD do some for a
good resume. A simple vol-ship may be okay if it is not time consuming.

2ndyears: Decide whether you want to pursue your branch further or not. If yes, start reading more about your
interest, do some projects and learn some academic software like MATLAB, Origin Pro etc. If you are not
interested, then try various fields like Finance, Analytics.

3rd& 4thyears: Dont leave any opportunity in your chosen field and make use of all that insti can provide you

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YOUR MOTIVATION FOR APPLYING TO THIS COMPANY

I got selected for Flipkart because I was well oriented for E-Commerce industry and well-versed with the jargon
of that industry.

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FLIPKART
Profile: Graduate Trainee

Industry : INTERNET

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Metallurgical Engeering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Group Discussion--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
Preparation for test: CAT prep is required to crack the tests. For math, practise quant questions in CAT; for
logical & data structures,

ROUND 2: GROUP DISCUSSION

Tips
Preparation for GDs- Attend mock sessions, read about the industry. Topic asked in this GD: Discuss
about the economic future of India.

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Tips
Preparation for Interview: Learn Puzzles Be prepared for technical questions also interview For Case
studies refer to first 40 pages of case in point- focus on profitability Useful websites: Master the
Case. Practise in teams of 2-3. HR round was for 15-20mins. Check out Youtube tutorials for help.
Guesstimates can also be expected. Mostly approach towards the question is only tested.

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
Arun Sharma book.

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FLIPKART
Profile: Graduate Trainee

Industry : INTERNET

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of CHEMICAL Branch"

SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Group Discussion--> Other Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
General quant, verbal ( Questions like those in GRE and CAT), Reasoning, Logic, Brainteasers, They were fairly
simple.

ROUND 2: GROUP DISCUSSION

Tips
Depends on your resume. CG wasn't a criterion.

ROUND 3: OTHER INTERVIEW

Q1: I want to expand the e-commerce market to rural areas. How do I go about it?
Q2: I want to sell TV sets in my market. How do I go about it?
Q3: You were an IPR head. When was your last meeting? What did you discuss?

Experience
There were 2 rounds. Resume based. Checked authenticity. There were puzzles, guesstimates, Case study.

Tips
Case Study (Very Imp) and in depth about any projects you have done.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Communication
2: Professionalism

Tips
Did some groundwork on the company about their current venture s( at the time, big billion day was
around the corner), have some idea about the state of e-commerce in India. Concepts from Management
minor proved to be useful. Build good resume. Should be able to talk at length on each of your POR's and
what your role was.

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FLIPKART
Profile: MANAGEMENT TRAINEE

Industry : INTERNET

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Civil Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Group Discussion--> Case Study Interview--> Other Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
Similar to CAT level questions. Speed and accuracy is important.

Tips
Aptitude and Verbal are important for any placement test for that matter. Start and practice well before
the tests. Don't miss your dream company coz of your poor performance in tests. The more you practice,
the easier you can get through.

ROUND 2: GROUP DISCUSSION

Experience
The topic is to test how much you are inclined to the industry. Moderators are very helpful. Topic is the same for
all the groups. One min time to prepare for the topic, about 10 min to discuss. Chance is given for everyone to
conclude after GD.

Tips
It is important to define and understand the topic more than paying attention to start and conclude the
GD. Knowledge on topic is important in GDs. Topics generally depends on company you are preparing for.
Allowing and involving other people shows how well you can perform in a team.

ROUND 3: CASE STUDY INTERVIEW

Q1: Take me through your resume
Q2: What is that one POR you enjoyed the most? I was asked a case study based on the POR i selected.

Experience
Make sure you are expressing your interests when you are taking them through your resume! Talk in such a way
that your resume has something that profile needed! I talked about my course work which is relevant to the
profile offered. Case study was to budget a India wide competition in 2 lakhs!! Exploring as many options as you
can is important! Marketing the event, accommodation for judges, participants, venue charges, Facilities and
requirements should be taken care of!

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Tips
Make sure you are talking to them and explaining them about what is gong in your mind! Interviewer can
correct you at any point! Asking questions about information you do not know or have is always
advisable.

ROUND 4: OTHER INTERVIEW

Q1: Explain how you see E-commerce in India in next few years? What do you think are the problems?
Q2: Why Flipkart?

Experience
It is important that you read about company and related companies to answer such questions! Lot of reading is
through newspapers and articles! Understanding market models is important! It is important to know and define
difference between E-commerce and E-Retail!Once you say the problems faced by E-commerce, you will be
asked to suggest solutions for the same! Though it is not expected that you can solve the problem very much
technically, having insight is important!

Tips
Make sure you have answers for HR questions prepared! Why you? Why this company? Such questions
are common in any interview! Make sure you know why you are trying for placement for that company and
be ready to explain them! Use this questions to show the knowledge you have about company! Use
statistics only if you are sure about them!

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Communication skill

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BLOGS/ARTICLES
1. Newspapers

COURSES/CERTIFICATIONS
1. Operation Research

YOUR MOTIVATION FOR APPLYING TO THIS COMPANY

Developed interest for E-commerce companies!

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Profile: Graduate Trainee

Industry : INTERNET

"This review has been posted by a BTECH & MTECH [ DUAL DEGREE ] student of Metallurgy Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Resume Shortlist--> Test--> Guesstimate Interview
ROUND 1: RESUME SHORTLIST
Experience
Resume points like PoRs matter for only top companies like BCG, McKinsey. If resume is poor, have to
compensate by doing well in tests.

ROUND 2: TEST
Experience
Usual non-core pattern. Quant, logic, datainterpretation, English.

ROUND 3: GUESSTIMATE INTERVIEW

Experience
Had worked on a project in TIFR. Was asked, if you are to sell this, how much will you sell this for? In a football
field,calculate the distance run by a player.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: English based

Tips
Get your resume reviewed from your seniorsStart preparation for quants by end of July. Had help from
alumni too.

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
Quants- CAT

Logic: A book by Arun Sharma

Data Interpretation - Practice tests for AIMCAT

400 Puzzles

Case in Point

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WEBSITES

1. www.techinterview.com
2. www.masterthecase.com
3. www.jobsearch.about.com/od/interview

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
Prepare for CAT. Start
preparing in July.

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SNAPDEAL
Profile: SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Industry : INTERNET

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Aerospace Branch"

SELECTION PROCESS
Resume Shortlist--> Group Discussion--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: RESUME SHORTLIST
ROUND 2: GROUP DISCUSSION
Experience
GD was conducted for shortlisted candidates and candidates were divided into groups of 6 people.There were 3
topics and each topic was discussed for 2 minutes.No specific rules,like each person needs to speak,are to be
followed during the GD.Anyone can initiate,intervene,etc. Finally we were asked to link all three topics and this
discussion went on for another 2 minutes.

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
Only a single round lasting about 40-45 minutes.There were only 4 people in the panel and technical as well as
HR questions were asked. First I was asked to go through my own resume, Introduce/Tell us about yourself?".
E.g.:Where have you shown leadership qualities?Have you led a
team?Size of team? What new initiatives did you take?.Core questions starting form basics like How does an
airplane fly? to specific questions about the different types of engines used in airplanes,their specifications,
etc. were asked. HR questions were put up like"What was the most difficult decision in your life?" and grilled on
my internship for 15-20 minutes which I did in Transocean. (Another oil field services company).

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Leadership qualities
2: Athletic
3: Quick thinking
4: Presence of mind

Tips
Highlight any intern in Oil industry or anything related to that in your resume.Any POR or any sport
activity which shows your leadership qualities should me mentioned in your resume.

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
You need to be very good in the basics of your
core courses and if you have done an internship in the oil industry,
you will definitely be grilled on that.Questions will be asked in quick succession.

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SNAPDEAL
Profile: ANALYST

Industry : INTERNET

"This review has been posted by a BTECH & MTECH [ DUAL DEGREE ] student of OE Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
Aptitude Test - 50 simple questions - 12 minutes.

Tips
Shortlisted candidates were given coding questions (C/C++/Java) - few MCQ's and 3 coding questions.

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
Two interviews -Technical and HR.
Technical interview had basic questions about Algos and their implementation as well as a few puzzles thrown in
here and there.

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
In the HR interview, they scrutinized the resume thoroughly.

Tips
Preparation : Read about a lot of Startups. Learn about the company and business mode. Expected to
have a good understanding of the components of Analytics-quant and data interpretation. Coursera
courses about Analytics are useful

YOUR MOTIVATION FOR APPLYING TO THIS COMPANY

Snapdeal is an online marketplace, New Delhi, India. The company was started by Kunal
Bahl, a Wharton graduate and Rohit Bansal, an alumnus of IIT Delhi in February 2010 , as
part of the dual degree M&T Engineering and Business program at Penn.

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GOLDMAN SACHS
Profile: Strategic Anaylst

Industry : INVESTMENT BANKING

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Aerospace Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
Objective part of the test had total 10 questions and weren't any basic questions. The questions were hard for
those who didn't do any related course.Subjective part had questions regarding proofs from graph
theory,algorithms and Stochastic process questions. E.g.: If the probability of an insect dying from time t to
t+dt is a function f (t)(which is given).What is the expected time of survival of insect/how many insects would
still be surviving at the end of a certain interval of time. Step marks were awarded in the subjective part of
test,so it was okay even if your answer isn't correct.I answered only 2 out of 12 subjective questions.

Tips
Don't leave in between the test.

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
3-4 rounds of interviews were held, 35 minutes each round.Questions asked in interview depended on which
objective section you have answered in the test.I had attempted maths so Maths puzzle questions were asked.
Questions kept on getting tougher. Interviewer asked a question and left the room. We had to get the answer
before he came back.

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
Only two candidates had HR interviews and this seemed random. The only common denominator being that they
both took part in GS Quantify.Interviewers were friendly and helpful and if we asked questions in return,they
showed curiosity.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Out of the box thinking.
2: How well you can think under pressure.
3: How can you adapt the solution to a simple problem to a much larger/complex one.

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Tips
Mention any math course except for the compulsory ones,MA101&102 in your resume.If your minor is
Management or Economics mention it and mention any online finance courses if done.Highlight any
achievements and attending the McKinsey resume workshop will be very useful.

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

COURSES/CERTIFICATIONS
1. Maths courses
2. Graph Theory
3. Management courses
4. Economics Courses
5. Stochastic Process
6. Combinatorics courses

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
Doing a course on Discreet Mathematics will help a lot with the test and revise that before the test.Do a lot of
puzzles before appearing for this interview.

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Profile: Strategic Anaylst

Industry : INVESTMENT BANKING

"This review has been posted by a BTECH & MTECH [ DUAL DEGREE ] student of Electrical Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
1.5 hrs for objective questions (35 questions) and 1.5 hrs for subjective questions (35 questions). In both the
objective and subjective questions the sections were: Graph theory, Math(Probability, Linear Algebra) and
Algorithms. This was the selection round.

Tips
Marking was linear no negatives. Cut off was not revealed.

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Q1: Given a list of numbers give an algorithm that to find 2 numbers that add up to 600. He asked me to
improve the complexity with every attempt I made finally got it down to complexity of O(N).
Q2: What is the probability of a 8 bit string to have no more than 2 consecutive 1's. This might seem like a
probability question :p. But it is actually dynamic programming.

Experience
Based on the written test and your resume interviews are scheduled. I had 3 rounds. Technical rounds are very
heavy. They mostly ask questions on your projects and test your skills in probability,
Datastructures and algorithms (DSA), puzzle solving. They want to know how you solve the problem and not
just the final solution. So it is always helpful to be verbose and think out loud. If you are stuck somewhere it is
not a bad idea to ask for hints. I was asked a lot of questions on DSA, Dynamic programming, Machine learning
and many questions on my projects (since many had mathematical modelling)

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
Trying to understand the way you solve a problem. Your understanding of the job. Your preferences etc.This will
be a talk with the higher management who do another analysis of you preferences and understand what kind of
a person you are and if you will be able to handle some of the tough conditions that ITC employees work in.

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Profile: Strategic Anaylst

Industry : INVESTMENT BANKING

"This review has been posted by a BTECH & MTECH [ DUAL DEGREE ] student of Electrical Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Technical Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
There were 2 tests - objective and subjective.Each test was of one and half hour.Marking scheme and the cut off
marks were not revealed.Questions: Topics: Graphtheory, Algorithms, Probability, and Linear Algebra.Model:
Each test had three subgroups

Tips
Courses: Elec course in probability and data structures and algorithms helped to solve the questions
asked. My maths elective was Linear algebra.

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
There were 3 technical rounds. 1st round - algorithms and Machine learning (ML). 2nd round probability, algorithms. 3rd round - probability, Machine learning, algorithms, puzzles and logical questions.

Tips
Look more towards approach rather than answer.
They dont look at speed. Once you generate idea then they will give time and also help you.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

Tips
Tested in coding, how you think and even tested on algorithms.
Core courses like digital systems, networks and systems, DSP, and depending on profile related courses
should be revised. Projects and interns will matter for core.

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GOLDMAN SACHS
Profile: Strategic Anaylst

Industry : INVESTMENT BANKING

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Metallurgical Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
It is important to score well in the objective section atleast. Usually, the questions are so hard, that people walk
off within a few minutes of the test. It can take as much as 1 hour to get even 1 question. For the subjective
questions, do write all the steps, as they also look for the approach to the problem.

ROUND 2: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
Try to tell your thoughts to them; if you are unable to solve the problem, and if you dont tell them your
approach, youll get rejected. Even if the final answer is not correct, if the approach is correct, youll be
selected

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
U201c40 problems in probabilityu201d

U201cHerd on the streetu201d

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GOLDMAN SACHS
Profile: Strategic Anaylst

Industry : INVESTMENT BANKING

"This review has been posted by a BTECH & MTECH [ DUAL DEGREE ] student of Physics Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
It was an online test. Questions were from Probability, Graph theory, linear algebra , hard core mathematics ,
coding and algorithms. Objective- 1 hour, Subjective 2 hours

Tips
It requires deep knowledge of the above.

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Q1: Given a graph, find whether there is a 3 cycle in the graph in an efficient manner.
Q2: Which one is greater, (Pie power e ) or (e power pie) ?
Q3: Given a fair coin , find the expected number of trails for 4 consecutive heads

Experience
There were 2 rounds of technical interview. Speed was not a problem for GS unlike other companies. Its more
aboutknowledge than speed.

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: How do you manage a team?
Q2: What if in your team, few of them stand on one side and the others stand on the other side, what would you
do?

Experience
In HR round, they ask simple questions, if you reach HR round, it means that youare almost selected. Minors like
physics or mathematics and Computation helps for GS.

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HOUSING
Profile: Associate Product Manager

Industry : REAL ESTATE

"This review has been posted by a student of CIVIL ENGINEERING Branch"

SELECTION PROCESS
Resume Shortlist--> Technical Interview--> Other Interview
ROUND 1: RESUME SHORTLIST
Experience
For Product management, I highlighted points in my resume. Sponsorship and PR core worked in my favour.

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Q1: What was my favorite product?
Q2: Give examples of good products and bad products.
Q3: If good, why is it good? And if bad, what can be done to make it better?

Experience
It lasted for about 45 minutes. He basically tested my knowledge on product management. He asked my
questions on marketing, growth, demographic penetration.

ROUND 3: OTHER INTERVIEW

Experience
Second interview was basically a follow up, lasted for almost an hour. He tested me on my consistency and
some guesstimates. Like estimate the number of mobile internet users of Quora (which was my favorite
product/service)

Tips
Knowledge wasnt tested as such in any field. Important skill was estimation/prediction.
In the second interview, he followed up on questions from the first interview, so he tested me on my
consistency. Consistency is very important!!

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE

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Practice Quant much earlier. It sets the base for the placement scene. Practice up. Other than that, keep doing
the stuff your BC sends. I think that's sufficient. I think reading Economic Times might also help.

First year guys would be free. They should explore a lot of things. The second year, select the option you would
want to pursue. Third year, start prioritizing.
Do's: If you have a project of your own that would work in your favor. Do many side projects.
Don't's: don't put gen start-ups. You will have to justify those
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HOUSING
Profile: Assistant Manager Operations

Industry : REAL ESTATE

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of CHEMICAL Branch"

SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Case Study Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
35 questions were asked most of which were based on data interpretation and analytics which did not require
speedy math skill. On the whole the test was comparatively tough.

ROUND 2: CASE STUDY INTERVIEW

Q1: Tell me about yourself?
Q2: Why did you apply for a consult company?

Experience
A scenario/case was given where the company had to expand to different countries(USA/Dubai/Africa) I had to
choose thecountry and justify as to why I chose the country and also answer as to how I would go about
doing it. It was not a stress interview.

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: Tell me about yourself?
Q2: What is what?
Q3: What is is?
Q4: Estimate the money spent in rental housing in Bombay for 1BHK and 2 BHK apartments?
Q5: Theory behind the movie interstellar?

Experience
Interview began with basic question also other basic science questions were asked, then theyasked me about
my internships. Further guess estimate questions were asked, In all the questions there was no right answer
they simply wanted to test as to how I tackled a problem.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Analytical
2: Creativity
3: Spontaneity
4: Calculation Skills

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5: Mathematics

Tips
How much do you know about the company and how you can relate a question to the company. Being
inquisitive in the interview helped. Preparations involved preparing for HR questions in advance,solving
standard puzzles,being updated about daily affairs watching Victor Cheng videos(for consulting). Also it is
advisable to be thorough of all the points on one's resume.

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
Case and Point

Heard on the street

64 HR questions

Harvard Business Cases

Comprehensive Approach for Chemical Engineering

CAT materials

TIME materials

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OLA CABS
Profile: Developer Operations

Industry : INTERNET

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SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
Questions are of CAT Standard.Conducted by CoCubes Subjects: English, logical Reasoning. quant.

ROUND 2: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: Why interested to join their company?
Q2: How you suit the profile they offered?
Q3: Number of cars needed to start a city like Vijayawada?

Experience
There were about 2 or 3 interview rounds.

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
First years - Improve vocabulary.
2nd Year Internship or project in summer at least to know the sector.
Interview preparation should start from Summer. Prepare case studies and Guesstimates in November. Focus
on all points in resume.

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OLA CABS
Profile: MANAGEMENT TRAINEE

Industry : INTERNET

"This review has been posted by a BTECH & MTECH [ DUAL DEGREE ] student of Industrial Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Group Discussion--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
A selection test was used to screen the applicants initially, with MCQ questions, focusing on quant abilities,
analytical ability. A testplatform Cocubes is used by almost all companies to conduct the tests. I had good
quant ability, which helped me ace the tests.

ROUND 2: GROUP DISCUSSION

Experience
I did not attend a single GD. But Tanuj, my friend, had attended quite a few, and he can be approached for GD
fundaes ;)

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
There were two rounds of Interview.A total of 150 people wereselected for a first round of interview, out of
which 40 students were shortlisted to form a priority list. All 150 students were interviewed for asecond time;
the students not in the priority list underwent a HR interview followed by a second main interview, while the
candidates in the priority list were directly interviewed by the main panel. Only 6 candidates from the nonpriority list made it to the final interview.Communication skills and puzzle solving ability were given importance
in the interview. The shortlist was released late, and the coordinator in charge of handling Ola Cabs got busy
with some other work, so when I went to Sabarmati hostel, I had to rush directly to the interview. Due to this, I
could not maintain composure and performed poorly; I didnt solve even one simple puzzle. But I explained my
position to the interviewer, and the interviewer agreed to re-interview me; I performed well in the re-interview.
The interview lasted for about an hour orso.The experience gained inspeaking to a lot of clients helped improve
my communication skills, which wasvital in helping me get placed. My re-interview went really well; the
guesstimate of the approximate expenditure incurred by Ola Cabs Ltd. was almost spot on, and this helped me
in getting placed.

Tips
With regards to placement nervousness, NOT being nervous is a sign of overconfidence; everyone is
nervous, but it'simportant to not be nervous beyond a limit.Building arapport with the interviewer was
very important in getting placed early.Placement is a conversation and not a ragging session for the
interviewee toget tensed and nervous. In my interview with housing.com, I eventually ended up speaking
to the interviewer in Hindi :) NEVER PUT FALSE DETAILS IN YOUR RESUME OR INTERVIEW. It is
impossible to pull off a lie in an interview.

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KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Communication Skills
2: Puzzle Solving Ability

Tips
I started off very late,hence couldnt do any online courses. But itwould be difficult, if not impossible, to
learn vast subjects like coding oranalytics during the 7th/9thsemester, as the pressure of placement
preparation, academics, tests etc would be too much to bear. Dontuse final year to start learning
coding/analytics.With regards to placement preparation, be open to many choices, as it will be difficult if
one fixates on a particular type of job. There were some friends of mine who applied only for one type of
jobs, e.g. analytics. If one does that,there is a good chance that one might cup in the interview, and thus
end upwithout a job. Also, one can never be sure if they would like a certain type ofprofile; it might look
interesting at first, but might become boring sometimein the future. So one must be open to all
options.Istarted preparing for placements 2 monthsbefore placements i.e. during late September.With
regards to whether starting early helps, it depends on other factors; there are people who prepare for just
15 days and thulp placements, while there are others who prepare for months but end up with not-soexciting offers.

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
Case In Point

U201cQuantum Catu201d book by Arihant

Publishers Ltd. It is THE guide book;

Wall Street Journal

DC++

WEBSITES
1. www.indiabix.com
2. www.careerride.com
3. www-placement.freshersworld.com

VIDEOS
1. Videos on how to answer and some tips tricks

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE

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good except CGPA. Even if I had performed exceptionally well in thetests, and if the company decides to
shortlist based on test performance and CGPA, I wouldnt have got shortlisted, the sole culprit being his low
CGPA. Maintaining a CGPA about 8 is critical to getting shortlisted for interviews. That doesnt mean that
peoplewith low CGPA wont get placed; But for that to happen, a lot of otherfactors, such as good
communication skills, quant ability, performance intests, puzzle solving ability etc are needed to overcome the
minus points dueto low CGPA.Certifications like NCFM help for finance; having such a certification made no
difference to Ola CabsLtd.s selection procedure. I didnt have any of these certifications.
Maintain a high CGPA. There were many companies for which he didnt get shortlisted, only because of my
CGPA. I performed well in tests, had good quant ability,good communication skills, the other points in my
resume, such as hisinternship performance was very good, and I had good PoRs. Everything in my resume was
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MCKINSEY
Profile: Business Analyst

Industry : CONSULTING

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SELECTION PROCESS
Resume Shortlist--> HR Interview--> Case Study Interview
ROUND 1: RESUME SHORTLIST
Experience
20-30 people will be shortlisted.

Tips
Mckinsey looks for 3-4 spikes in your resume. For instance, Leadership Extraordinary papers Good at
academics Music, Arts, etc.Shortlisting happens through resume. You have 30 seconds to impress the HR.
Make a 1 page resume giving your key achievements. Contact seniors from the firms if youre interested.
Start preparing your resume in the month of August. Proofread and make 68 drafts till it becomes perfect.
Do not write things which youre not confident about. Explain achievements in a single line

ROUND 2: HR INTERVIEW
Tips
15 minutes general questions/conversation (about yourself, on resume points)

ROUND 3: CASE STUDY INTERVIEW

Experience
Two cases would be given. The possible solutions and views should be discussed with the interviewer. It is more
like a conversation between the interviewee and the interviewer. They check on the approach to the given
problem. Mainly break down your problem, take your time and dont bounce onto the solution. Discuss the
problem with them and move it like a conversation. Mckinsey interviews are interviewee driven. Move it in the
direction you are comfortable with.

Tips
They would request you to ask one question to them ask sensible questions such as growth curve,
feedback about the interview, etc.

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
Case books.

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VIDEOS

1. Victor Cheng videos

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
Do not lie. Be confident and focus on a maximum of 2-3 sectors during placements.

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MCKINSEY
Profile: Business Analyst

Industry : CONSULTING

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of CHEMICAL Branch"

SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Preparation round--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
3-4 case study with multiple choice answers.

ROUND 2: PREPARATION ROUND

Experience
A meeting was held where each and every selected candidate in test is assigned a buddy(company official).

Tips
You should maintain a good relation with him so that you can call him anytime to solve a case study
together

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: For company X profit decreases can you find the reason?

Experience
Each round (5 round) was HR based and case study was given.

Tips
Objective and clear with all resume points.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Adapting to many situations.
2: Leading different organization basically PORs.

Tips
Solved 3-4 case study with my PSG buddy. Solved 45-50 case studies before the interview from many
materials.

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PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
Kellog (MBA college) case studies

HBS(Harvard business school) case study

Casebook Tuck

Case interview cracked from LAN

COURSES/CERTIFICATIONS
1. Management Studies

VIDEOS
1. Victor Chenge Videos

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
Objective and clear with all resume points. Basically I am good at speaking,so I didn't prepare much for
interview.

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DEUTSCHE BANK
Profile: Analyst

Industry : BANKING

"This review has been posted by a B.Tech student of Mechanical Branch"

SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Interview--> Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
ROUND 2: INTERVIEW
Q1: Introduction o f myself(based on resume)
Q2: Probability puzzle
Q3: Write algorithm for a coding problem statement
Q4: Finance questions based on recent happenings
Q5: Questions on Logical, Verbal & Quantitative Aptitude

Experience
They are essentially looking for enthusiasm and courses you have taken.

Tips
One must know one's courses properly. Read newspaper

ROUND 3: INTERVIEW
Q1: Why DB is agood choice?

Tips
They spoke about general things and asked me what other interviews. Also, they storied speaking about
why DB is a good choice.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Finance fundaes
2: Presentation of facts in Resume
3: CGPA

Tips
Know your content better. A little bit of economics and a bit about stock markets. Practice some puzzles
and probability questions. Brush tip courses on Accounting, economics,marketing and maybe one core
course

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PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BLOGS/ARTICLES
1. Economic Times newspaper

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BCG
Profile: Associate

Industry : CONSULTING

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Metallurgical Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Case Study Interview
ROUND 1: CASE STUDY INTERVIEW
Experience
First 5 minutes is taken to analyse your resume and get a feel of you as a person.The problem will be given for
you to analyse and it is very important that you style what you speak to carry forward a constructive discussion
with the interviewers. They will look at how you apply your knowledge to build a solution.

Tips
The 2 important things that you need to keep in mind are as follows Breaking the problem down to the
absolute basic Following a systematic and structured way of solving the problems.It is important to get
feedback post-interview and they (the interviewers) would be willing to let you know as well.Important to
defend your resume well. Have bullet points ready to speak for 30-45 seconds on them. It should
differentiate you from other candidates.

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
Resume should have a narrative of life in insti. Listing your passions and skills. Lookout for spikes in resume.
Distinguish your work from other people in institute. Attend resume making sessions to understand how to
reflect them in resume. Contact seniors who have joined the company to go through resume and suggest
changes. Good Leadership PoRs will be appreciated. Important to quantify achievements in resume as
companies like to see spike/impact that you have created. November Prep for Case interview in a rigorous
manner

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BCG
Profile: Associate

Industry : CONSULTING

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of CHEMICAL Branch"

SELECTION PROCESS
Group Activity--> Case Study Interview--> Case Study Interview--> Case Study Interview
ROUND 1: GROUP ACTIVITY
Experience
I had an activity (networking session) before interview. However it was nothing related to selection process. we
were given fundaes by senior people about how the work would be, shared their experience working the
company. In brief it was more or less like knowing about the company and their work at more closer level. This
was in no way related to selection. We were given an opportunity to have a small chit chat with their senior
people.

ROUND 2: CASE STUDY INTERVIEW

Experience
I was asked questions related to quantitative cases. Case studies using quantitative analysis contain elements
of the empirical analytical scientific approach.

ROUND 3: CASE STUDY INTERVIEW

Experience
I was asked to answer conceptual cases. I felt this round was a bit more testing than the first round. But overall
fist two rounds are almost similar.

ROUND 4: CASE STUDY INTERVIEW

Q1: Why was I interested in joining this company?
Q2: What are my long term goals and what are my short term goals?

Experience
There was nothing asked about cases. The questions were aimed at knowing about me and my level of
commitment towards my future and the company.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Logic
2: Communication

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Tips
I practiced a lot of cases. I had a partner with me, and we used to sit together and practice cases. I spoke
to some of the pass-out seniors. Even that helped me a lot. If you ask what helped me more while
preparing for interview, having a partner and practicing cases with him helped me and him a lot. You can
literally know many things when you speak to someone rather talking to a book. I had no prior intentions
for core. I wrote all key points on paper, sticked them to my cupboard and used to go through them. I
didn't refer any books or any material or anything. Anyway I had this non-core stuff already in my mind. I
choose my minors and electives in the interest of the management side. I started practicing cases very
early. I also watched many videos about the cases.

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
Case in point

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BCG
Profile: Associate

Industry : CONSULTING

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Chemical Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
nETWORKING session--> Case Study Interview--> Case Study Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: NETWORKING SESSION
Experience
In the activity, we were given fundaes by senior people about how the work would be, shared their experience
working the company. In brief it was more or less like knowing about the company and their work at more closer
level. This was in no way related to selection. We were given an opportunity to have a small chit chat with their
senior people.

ROUND 2: CASE STUDY INTERVIEW

Q1: Quantitative case study questions.

Experience
I was asked questions related to quantitative cases. Case studies using quantitative analysis contain elements
of the empiricalanalytical scientific approach.

Tips
Be good at your logical skills and communication skills.

ROUND 3: CASE STUDY INTERVIEW

Q1: Conceptual questions

Experience
In the second round I was asked to answer conceptual cases. I felt this round was a bit more testing than the
first round. But overall first two rounds are almost similar.

ROUND 4: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: Why are you interested in the company?
Q2: What are your long term goals?
Q3: What are your short term goals?

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Experience
In the 3rd round there was nothing asked about cases. I was asked questions like Why was I interested in
joining this company, What are my long term goals and what are my short term goals. The questions were
aimed at knowing about me and my level of commitment towards my future and the company.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Logical Skills
2: Communications skills

Tips
1. Practice cases.
2. Watch videos on cases.
3. Choose electives and minors on technical side.

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
1. Practice cases.
2. Watch videos on cases.
3. Choose electives and minors on technical side.
4. Good communication skills.

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FUTURES FIRST
Profile: Trainee Market Analyst

Industry : INVESTMENT BANKING

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of IE Branch"

SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Behavioural Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
For Amada Soft:3D geometry, and CS1100 level C,C++ coding questions were asked.

ROUND 2: BEHAVIOURAL INTERVIEW

Q1: What are your future plans?
Q2: Strengths and Weaknesses?
Q3: Why IIT? Why not NIT?
Q4: Where do you see yourself in this company?

Tips
Amadasoft wasn't concerned about CGPA. For Futures First, present yourself as if youre going to be in
the company for a few years. CGPA not a selection criteria for Futures First.

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
Books for CAT preparation

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
Start preparing from 3rd year summer. Learn from websites and use Google effectively. I got a lot of help from
immediate seniors/alumni.Don't ignore quant. Also do some case studies.

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FUTURES FIRST
Profile: Trainee Market Analyst

Industry : INVESTMENT BANKING

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Civil Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Other Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
Section 1: 30 questions Quant Section 2: 20 questions- Speed Math

Tips
Dont stick on to one single question which you are unable to solve. You need to complete it as quick as
possible.
I prepared for Quant for about 10 days before the placements. But I think it would be better if one starts
preparing much much earlier.

ROUND 2: OTHER INTERVIEW

Q1: Who is the President of UK?
Q2: President of Russia?
Q3: New CM of Tamil Nadu?
Q4: What is the Square root of 9?
Q5: Square root of 32?
Q6: Floor area of the room?
Q7: Do you smoke?
Q8: Do you have a girlfriend?

Experience
For me there were 3 rounds. All the 3 rounds went on the same note for me. They were constantly
asking random questions. All you need to do is keep smiling and answer them properly. You can just say to all
the questions he asks as No idea sir. There is nothing like you should be answering all his questions
correctly.
In my 2nd round, he went through my resume. So you need to be very clear about what you wrote in the
resume. You should not fake it as they will shoot many quick questions the moment you start to cup.

Tips
I answered most of the questions with a pleasant smile. One should not worry about their facial
expressions and panic.

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AMERICAN EXPRESS
Profile: Management Trainee

Industry : FINANCIAL SERVICES

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Metallurgical Engeering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
There is negative marking. It is relatively harder than other analytics companies tests.

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Q1: How they use data analytics in their field of work.
Q2: Tell about any analytics projects youve done and general programming skills.
Q3: How to use data analytics for credit cards.

Experience
There are 2 rounds for technical interview

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
They have 1-2 HR rounds as well which are pretty easy.

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AMERICAN EXPRESS
Profile: MANAGEMENT TRAINEE

Industry : FINANCIAL SERVICES

"This review has been posted by a Mathematics for Computer Science student of Electrical Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Technical Interview--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
It had negative marking. There was no CG cut off. Difficult questions were from mathematics and logical
puzzels.

Tips
Most of the math questions were from permutation and combination.

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Q1: A person is described. He comes and asks for credit card. How do you decide to give him a credit card?
Q2: A cricket match is going on at Eden Gardens. Estimate the number of 10 rupee notes in entire stadium

Experience
There were 2 rounds of technical, in this case studies were given and questions were asked based on them. A
few guesstimate questions were asked. Since the company deals in credit card business, the case studies were
related to it.

ROUND 3: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

ROUND 4: HR INTERVIEW
KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

Tips
Prepare in communication and micro-electronics. Solve a few question papers.

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AMERICAN EXPRESS
Profile: Management Trainee

Industry : FINANCIAL SERVICES

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of CHEMICAL Branch"

SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Interview--> Interview--> HR Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
Very difficult.

ROUND 2: INTERVIEW
Experience
Data analysis questions, questions on resume - internship and project.

ROUND 3: INTERVIEW
Experience
Data analysis questions, questions on resume - internship and project.

ROUND 4: HR INTERVIEW
ROUND 5: HR INTERVIEW
KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS
1: Multivariate data analysis
2: Probability and Statistics
3: Linear Algebra
4: Machine learning
5: Algorithms
6: Python

Tips
Read up about company. HR prep, resume prep, company groundwork.

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AMERICAN EXPRESS
Profile: Management Trainee

Industry : FINANCIAL SERVICES

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Chemical Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Technical Interview--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
It was a 1-hour test containing 20 multiple choice questons. They were very tough and one needed to solve
13-14 of them to really pass the test.

Tips
Read about the company.

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Q1: Questions on Data analysis were asked.

Experience
Questions on topics such as multivariate data analysis, probability and statistics, linear algebra, machine
learning, algorithms, python, R were asked.

Tips
Prepare the topics well.

ROUND 3: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Q1: Questions focusing on data analysis.

Experience
Skills similar to first interview were tested.

Tips
Prepare the topics well.

ROUND 4: HR INTERVIEW

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Q1: General HR questions.

Tips
Prepare general HR questions well. Make a good resume. Study about the company.

ROUND 5: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: Genaral HR questions.

Tips
Prepare general HR questions well. Make a good resume. Study about the company.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Multivariate data analysis
2: Probability and Statistics
3: Linear Algebra
4: Machine Learning
5: Algorithms
6: Python

Tips
Prepare these topics well.

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
1. Prepare HR qustions.
2. Make good resume.
3. Prepare Company Groundwork.

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DELOITTE
Profile: Analyst

Industry : CONSULTING

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Computer Science Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Case Study Interview--> HR Interview--> Technical Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
Aptitude consisted of Quants, Logical and VerbalAll three were manageable..Around 68 people got shortlisted
from 200.

ROUND 2: CASE STUDY INTERVIEW

Q1: A Telecommunication company starting a new scheme and they have approached Deloitte for consulting.
How and what will we guide?

Experience
Here the quality as well as quantity of points mattered.. Our group consisted of 7 people..4 got shortlistedTotal
around 30 got shortlisted.

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: Is JavaScript clientside or serverside?
Q2: Explain your B.E.Project
Q3: Difference between C and Java?
Q4: Are you okay with relocation?
Q5: What are your weaknesses and how did you overcome it while coordinating in team projects?
Q6: What do u mean by DNS?
Q7: What are the 7 layers in OSI model of Networking?
Q8: Is it possible to convert bytecode in Java back to original code and how to do it?
Q9: What is the use of JVM in Java?

Experience
So it started with tell me about yourself?your academic achievements?Why computer engineering?Which
projects did you do in these 4 years(the main projects)

ROUND 4: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Q1: Whats the relation between pointers and Security?

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Q2: Explain the concept of inheritance in Java .What is its use?

Q3: What is Abstraction?
Q4: You have to design a database for library. Which language will u prefer?
Q5: Tell us about Firewall?
Q6: Why Deloitte?
Q7: 1 Reason why we shouldnt hire you?
Q8: What is your biggest achievement since you joined engineering?

Experience
At the end 7 people got selected in Deloitte.

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
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DELOITTE
Profile: Analyst

Industry : CONSULTING

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of UnKnown Branch"

SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Group Discussion--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
Everything was objective. Not sure about the cutoff but they selected about 12 members. Quantitative+verbal
questions were asked.

ROUND 2: GROUP DISCUSSION

Experience
We got 2mins for preparing before the GD began.
Group strength was minimal and. some people didnt even speak making it easier to get through this round.

Tips
Speaking skills are required. Put forward sensible points. Leadership quality will help. Drive the group to
discuss your point.

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: Will you join our company if you were to be posted in Aizwal?
Q2: Why do you want to join our company?
Q3: Do you have any aim in life?
Q4: Idiot, rascal, dumbo... These are the kind of words your manager says to you on a general basis. How would
you receive them even if the mistake isn't yours?

Tips
The spirit with which you deal the interview matters most. If it is a stress interview, try to be as cool as
possible.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

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Tips
Any courses relating to infrastructure (IPM offered by Ashwin Mahalingam ofCivil Dept will help).
Any BTP relating to infrastructure like socio-economic evaluation of a project,that they liked in the
resume, or performance in previous rounds etc.)taking BIM to govt, policy considerations etc would be
job-fetchers.

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
I started towards the ending of October. It would definitely help if I had started earlier. If you are aiming for
deloitte you don't have start anytime earlier than october. As many don't aim for deloitte please don't start late
and repent later. There will be plenty of time during the semester to prepare for whatever profile and job you
are aiming for.

2nd & 3rd years

If you are aiming for core companies get a very good project, you can pitch about. The project has to be purely
linked to the dept concept. For example, in civil engineering I did a project on fusing BIM and Gaming. Although
it seems cool, it doesn't help at all as far as core interview is concerned

In general if a person is aiming at a finance or a banking company at least one internship in the respective field
SHOULD be done to bring weight to your resume.

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DELOITTE
Profile: Analyst

Industry : CONSULTING

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Electronics & Telecommunication Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Group Discussion--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
The Test was an adaptive one, which means that the level of difficulty of the next question depends on the
answer to the previous one. The test was very easy though, attempt all the questions and I think that should be
enough to get you through.

ROUND 2: GROUP DISCUSSION

Experience
The GD was a case study, we were divided into group of 8-9 and were given a case to discuss.5 mins to
understand the case + 15 to discuss it amongst the group + 5 mins to present it.We all were being watched
closely and they were jotting down every point made. So make relevant and good points (less is fine but good
points)Speak clearly so that every other person should be able to hear what you are trying to sayThey might
even ask you to add more to the discussion in the end, that doesn't necessarily mean that you are lagging
behind in the scores.

ROUND 3: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Q1: Tell me all about yourself.. Right from the name to hobbies, interests, projects?
Q2: Explain me both the projects ( and a few question on it.. What if I replace this component? How do I make it
secure? Basically all ques related to Electronics)
Q3: Why Deloitte?
Q4: What you wanna be in 5 years?
Q5: Diff between C and Java?
Q6: A few cases on what to use when.. (C / Java)
Q7: What is networking?

ROUND 4: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: Why do you think ill give you this job?
Q2: Explain a virus?
Q3: Why do we need to protect clients data? And more arguments on it?

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KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

Tips
Know basics of languages (C/C++/C#/JAVA.) really well. Know yourprojects thoroughly (almost
everyone was asked on projects). Have an idea aboutcyber security (Firewalls, Viruses.), Networking
(basically CCN). Also do DataStructures properly (every company asks it anyways)

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DELOITTE
Profile: ANALYST

Industry : CONSULTING

"This review has been posted by a BTECH & MTECH [ DUAL DEGREE ] student of Computers Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Group Discussion--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
1st Round was the online aptitude test with 3 sections Quant Verbal Logic

Tips
Make sure u r good at aptitude tests as most of us feel its easy and in the end not even qualify

ROUND 2: GROUP DISCUSSION

Experience
After short listing 60-70 could make it to the 2nd round which was G.D in a group of 8 it was a case study on
developing a system as a deloitte employee my advise for G.D is dont take a start if you are not comfortable but
at the same time make sure u speak 3-4 times in between and that too with strong points, such that others
listen to you and start adding on to your points. Then ur definately in.After the GD 3-4 people from each batch
got shortlisted we were 33 students for PI Mostly all students had 1 round, both tech and HR included, few were
called twice. I had only 1 round

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: How was your day?
Q2: Tell me about yourself?
Q3: Saw my resume and asked about the competitions i took part in and what i did in that
Q4: Which language m comfortable in ( I said all three java c c++) So he asked if hes a customer and wants a
library app which lang will i suggest him?
Q5: How to find Largest element in the array wid most efficiency?
Q6: You know Normalizastion? Tell me what is 3rd normal form
Q7: Which subject do you like?
Q8: Are you comfortable with networking?
Q9: On resume- difference between html5 and its previous version?
Q10: Why should we not hire you?
Q11: Are you comfortable with relocation?

Tips
Answers to these Qs are easy and depend on your interests. make your resumes strong and knw what you
have done, dont try to fool them. For eg in Q7 above i placed html on my resume but didnt knew the

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answer so i frankly told them nd still i ws selected. Not necessary you should answer everything. finally
ask them Questions (Q11). In the end if its your day u will definately get the job, otherwise theres always
sumthing better for you so dont get depressed, instead get motivated For the next company

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KPMG
Profile: Analyst

Industry : CONSULTING

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Electronics And Telecommunication Engineering. Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Resume Shortlist--> Group Discussion--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview--> Other Interview
ROUND 1: RESUME SHORTLIST
Experience
There was no aptitude test, only resume screening, out of that 120 people were shortlisted.

ROUND 2: GROUP DISCUSSION

Experience
General topics were given. Everyone was praising NAMO so just to stand out, I decided to go against the motion
and it worked. The main catch in the GD was each group had 8 members but time allotted for discussion was
only 5 minutes so you might get only a few opportunities to speak so prepare solid concrete points so that you
stand out from the others, lay them out effectively and you will clear the round easily. After GD 12 people were
shortlisted for forensics

Tips
Take the center seat if possible. If you start the discussion, do so with proper topic(it may seem stupid
now but people do make mistakes in that as well). Dont try and dominate from early stages of
discussion. Give everyone a chance to speak(not at a cost of your own turn though). Your nature in the
discussion(aggressive or a team player) should depend on the type of job description. At the end you
should have stated one concrete point dont just talk without any sense it does not help at all.

ROUND 3: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Q1: What do you know about networking?
Q2: What do you know about virtualization?
Q3: What is cloud?(i assumed he meant cloud computing here)
Q4: Tell me about any one of your projects or internships?
Q5: How proficient are you with MS excel?

Experience
There were no 'ice breaker' questions straightaway tech questions.

Tips
Select one language you want to be perfect at, know the basics of others as well. I had selected C asmy
language.In general I was preparing from the standard textbooks (Let us c,Test our C skills and

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others)Solve each and every problem in the book clear your concepts thoroughly. I preferred leaving the
coding part for the later stages of my preparation as I had focused first on clearing my aptitude test and
then on my interview(coding was required at the interview and not for aptitude test).

ROUND 4: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: Tell me about your family background?
Q2: Given a choice between KPMG and a company X How likely is it that you will take up the job here?
Q3: Sell me this pen?
Q4: There is a lot of travelling involved are you comfortable with it?
Q5: This job will involve interacting with clients who might be very rude...how comfortable are you dealing with
such people?

Experience
The interview kept on shuffling between the Tech guy and the HR lady so that was a good sign.5 people were
shortlisted after this round.

ROUND 5: OTHER INTERVIEW

Q1: Tell me about your technical project in 1 minute?
Q2: Why KPMG?
Q3: Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
Q4: What is software licensing?

Experience
Interview with the director. This was a telephonic interview since the director was unable to reach the
campus.Most of the questions were repeated from the previous rounds.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Soft Skills

Tips
It doesn't matter how good the product is you can't sell it. Your soft skills help you present yourself in
front of the recruiters. This cannot be developed overnight, you need to have consistent practice for the
GD and the interview. Some of the tips for Interviews: Never Say NO or I dont know in an interview,
say you dont remember or are not clear on the concept a direct NO places you on the
defensive. NEVER LIE, this is an interview not our viva,the person sitting in front of you is much more
experienced in spotting liars and much more smart then we are. Show some respect. Prepare the answers
to standard questions Be prepared to be grilled on anything and everything on your resume so dont
give false facts in that.

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PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
R.S. Agarwal

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
Your resume introduces you to the interviewer before you do it yourself so work hard onit.DO NOT copy some
templates from the internet, design one for yourself. Avoid cluttering it withuseless facts. Design one for each
profile accordingly.

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KPMG
Profile: Analyst

Industry : CONSULTING

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Computer Science Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Resume Shortlist--> Group Discussion--> Technical Interview--> Paragraph writing--> Other Interview
ROUND 1: RESUME SHORTLIST
Experience
We had no Aptitude test. Students were shortlisted directly for GD round on the basis of their resume.

ROUND 2: GROUP DISCUSSION

Experience
Group Discussion: Groups of approx. 10 were made. Topics given were very general. At the end of GD everyone
was asked to conclude individually for 2 minutes.In all 11 were shortlisted for the interviews.

ROUND 3: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Q1: Tell me about yourself?

Experience
They asked me about my projects, internship and why I see myself at KPMG. They also asked about my final
year project. No technicality, but you should be able to give them a clear idea. What is my role in the project and
other general questions.5 were shortlisted for the next round.

ROUND 4: PARAGRAPH WRITING

Experience
Each one of us was asked to write a short paragraph on some random topic.

ROUND 5: OTHER INTERVIEW

Q1: What all did you organize and what were your positions of responsibility?
Q2: Tell us about your family?

Experience
It was not an HR round. A person with higher position in the firm usually takes this interview, in my case, it was
the Partner. All resume based questions were asked. He asked me about my favourite subjects and few technical
questions regarding those subjects. He asked me about my hobbies and achievements.

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Tips
Be honest, the company is very particular about it.

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KPMG
Profile: Analyst FMAS/SSOA

Industry : CONSULTING

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Aerospace Branch"

SELECTION PROCESS
Resume Shortlist--> Group Discussion--> Technical Interview
ROUND 1: RESUME SHORTLIST
ROUND 2: GROUP DISCUSSION
Experience
There were 10 people per GD. One needs to be vocal and firm on his stance and present logical points.After
this,6-7 people were shortlisted for the interview.

ROUND 3: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
Only one round of about 30-45 minutes took place. Questions were resume-based and any resume point which
shows that you can think out of the box will help.Good POR helps and standard consult company questions were
also asked. After this round,only 2 were selected.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Well balanced individual.
2: Should be able to strike a conversation from nothing.
3: Easily approachable.
4: Team player.

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
Placement preparation is enough and reading newspaper may help.Read about the company and know what
KPMG means,etc.Interview is slightly informal so dont be nervous and be courteous instead.

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CREDIT SUISSE
Profile: ENO

Industry : BANKING

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Metallurgical Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Technical Interview--> Other Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
-> Quants MCQs -This section consists of about 10-12 quants MCQs. It is fairly simple. > Puzzles- This section
consists of 7 puzzles. Try to solve the puzzles, and if you cant, atleast write the logic that you think will lead
you to the answer-> Programming Logic Questions-This section consists of about 7 programming logic
questions (example recursive reversed linked list, angles between hands of a clock, how to find square root
without using sqrt function, etc). Preferably, write the code, otherwise the pseudo code. Section Bonus
Section-!This section consists of designing some architecture for a system. Do not attempt this till you have
completed all the above sections.

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
Technical Round was around 30-40 minutes. It was mostly based on resume. There were 2-3 programming
questions which I had to write pseudo code for. Then they gave me a problem statement on which they asked
2-3 DBMS query. Sadly, I dont remember the exact question but assure you that with sound understanding of
any one programming language and DBMS you can easily clear the tech round.

ROUND 3: OTHER INTERVIEW

Experience
Managerial Round was a mix of tech + managerial skills. Some OOPS concepts were asked.Give examples while
explaining the concept. Complex DBMS queries including join was asked.Query was something like how will you
detect whether duplicate roll no. exist in your database.He also asked a few ethics related qn that you ever
copied or let others copy in examination.Other few qn were like how much time can you work maximum, how
much you study regularly,any new news in IT that you have recently come across, what went wrong in
internshipinterviews (Forgot to mention that I was rejected after tech round during Credit Suisse
internshipinterview) and many more such questions.He asked us to ask him any qn about Credit Suisse or even
outside it

ROUND 4: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: How was your day
Q2: Tell me about yourself
Q3: Your weakness and how did you improve on it
Q4: One reason that we should hire you
Q5: What went wrong in your internship interview

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Q6: Event that we had organized in SPACE

Q7: Has there ever a fight while you were working in a team and how did you solved it
Q8: Which project you were proud of and why
Q9: MOST IMPORTANTLY Tell me everything you know/ heard about Credit Suisse and WHY Credit Suisse

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CREDIT SUISSE
Profile: ENO

Industry : BANKING

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Metallurgical Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Technical Interview--> Other Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
-> Quants MCQs -This section consists of about 10-12 quants MCQs. It is fairly simple. > Puzzles- This section
consists of 7 puzzles. Try to solve the puzzles, and if you cant, atleast write the logic that you think will lead
you to the answer-> Programming Logic Questions-This section consists of about 7 programming logic
questions (example recursive reversed linked list, angles between hands of a clock, how to find square root
without using sqrt function, etc). Preferably, write the code, otherwise the pseudo code. Section Bonus
Section-!This section consists of designing some architecture for a system. Do not attempt this till you have
completed all the above sections.

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
The interview process begins with the technical round. You are asked general questions on the language you
are proficient in. Also, you are asked to write general codes in your preferred language. Then there are
questions on Database Management System, Operating System, Software Testing, OOP Concepts and Data
Structures. Also you are asked to solve a few of the unsolved aptitude questions

ROUND 3: OTHER INTERVIEW

Experience
Managerial Interview
Once you clear the Technical round, you are called in for the Managerial round. You are asked about yourself,
your interests, your interest in technology, your technical skills, your projects, the technical competitions that
you participated in. Here you may be asked a few technical questions too.

ROUND 4: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
The HR Round is the last round. This round mostly consists of resume based questions about yourself, your
interests, hobbies, strengths, weaknesses, etc. You are also asked to brief about your co-curricular, extracurricular and social activities. You are also asked to speak whatever you know about the company. Be prepared
for questions like Why Credit Suisse?, Where do you see yourself n years down the line?, Why should we
choose you over your batchmates?.

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PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
Cracking The Coding Interview (by Gayle Laakmann

Let Us C (by Yashwant Kanetkar)

McDowell),
Test Your C Skills (by Yashwant Kanetkar),

How To Ace The Brain Teaser Interview (by John

Kador)

Puzzles To Puzzle You (by Shakuntala Devi).

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CREDIT SUISSE
Profile: ENO

Industry : BANKING

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Metallurgical Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Technical Interview--> Other Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW
Q1: Java questions:What are abstract classes?What are final classes?What are static classes? Difference
between static and nonstatic classes. What is inheritance? Give example and explain.
Q2: Net questions: Write a program to connect to a backend or database(SQL server) using C#. What is a
service? Advantages of WCF service
Q3: Android: What do you mean by target API level? Which software do u use to build android apps? What do
you mean by APK?

Experience
Puzzle: there are 3 baskets, one has only oranges the second one has only apples and the third one has both
oranges and apples. How many minimum fruits u need to take out to determine the content of all the baskets.
You can take out only one fruit in one turn. Number pattern: write a program in any language to display the
following number pattern (a kite shape full of numbers, requires some 3-4 loops)Basically I didnt get all the
answers right. But what they expected was to think logically and say whatever that comes to your mind so at
least they can judge whether u are on the right track or not.

ROUND 2: OTHER INTERVIEW

Experience
This was the best round! The director took my interview. It eventually got converted into a technical round. He
asked me almost the same questions about .Net. Then he asked me an easy puzzle. He asked me why I chose
EXTC(because my resume is full of IT projects and achievements). I was quite honest to tell that I did a mistake
while filling the form! And there were a couple of questions which I answered honestly which I guess he liked. So
I think it is advisable to be true and honest. Then I was asked whether I have any questions. I asked about his
career path. We spent more than half an hour discussing about his career path, he gave a lot of advice as well.

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
He asked me about my family. He asked whether I have any post graduation plans. Then he asked something
related to Credit Suisse and the pre-placement talk.

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
They had shortlisted students who had aggregate above 75%. We were called directly in their office at Powai,
Hiranandani. We didnt have any aptitude test or GD, only 3 rounds of personal interview.

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CREDIT SUISSE
Profile: ENO

Industry : BANKING

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Metallurgical Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Technical Interview--> Other Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
15 Quantitative analysis and reasoning questions (MCQs)The problems were basic to mid-level CAT Quantitative
7 Puzzles (Subjective)-How to Ace the Brain Teasers book helps
5 Programming questions (Subjective)Algorithm or code in any language was accepted.-Questions were based
on String manipulation techniques, Searching-Sorting techniques, anagram, calculation of the angle between
hour and minute hand in a clock if the time is given and data structures used in RDBMS.
1 Bonus question (Subjective)-Client Server Architecture type of question. The test was a written test with no
negative marking!

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Q1: Asked about projects. (Detailed Explanation)
Q2: Basic concepts of JAVA.
Q3: Types of indices in Relational databases.
Q4: Mapping of ER Diagram into Relational database. (Since I had used it in one of my projects)
Q5: Different keys in DBMS.
Q6: Is ADO.NET part of VB.NET?
Q7: Which sorting technique is better and why?
Q8: Educational profile.
Q9: Difference between procedural oriented and object oriented concepts.
Q10: What is encapsulation, data hiding and abstraction?
Q11: Do you know about functional programming?
Q12: Have you taken any course on functional programming on Coursera?

ROUND 3: OTHER INTERVIEW

Q1: 1) Tell me about yourself? What do you do in your leisure time?
Q2: 2) Why Investment Banking?
Q3: 3) Aptitude test paper discussion.
Q4: 4)1-2 situation based questions.
Q5: 5) My research on Credit Suisse.
Q6: 6) Questions for the interviewer.

Experience

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Managerial around

ROUND 4: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: Tell me about yourself? Hobbies?
Q2: Family background.
Q3: Discussion about relocation possibilities
Q4: One quality that makes me different from the rest of my class with example.
Q5: How have I improved after internship interview experience with Credit Suisse?
Q6: My research on Credit Suisse.
Q7: Why no further studies in spite of good grades?
Q8: Why Credit Suisse?
Q9: Questions for the interviewer.

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
1.Resume should be simple, precise and up to date. Check for typos before submitting your resume. 2. Pay
attention to the speakers during the company's pre-placement talk. Carry a small notebook to note important
points. They would even suggest you to read particular topics. Note those topics and glance through them
before going for the interviews. Be familiar with company's website and the role they are offering. Talk with
seniors who are already working in the firm if possible. Do some basic research before going to the pre
placement talk. 3. Be yourself, patient and confident while answering and during the entire procedure 4. Do one
programming language properly and have some basic knowledge about one other programming language.
Preferably one procedural oriented and one object oriented language. Know the concepts well.

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CREDIT SUISSE
Profile: ENO

Industry : BANKING

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Chemical Branch"

SELECTION PROCESS
Group Discussion--> Other Interview--> HR Interview--> Other Interview
ROUND 1: GROUP DISCUSSION
Experience
The person should be a team player, should have good interpersonal skills, and should have good leadership
qualities to control the flow of the discussion. Being a good conflict manager also helps.

ROUND 2: OTHER INTERVIEW

Q1: If an egg is thrown from a 1000 storeyed building, determine from what minimum floor it should be thrown
for it to crack.
Q2: How many tennis balls can fill INS Vikrant?

Experience
Puzzle solving type question was asked. For first question I solved it using Binary Sorting Method. Basically,
throw the egg from 500th floor. If it doesnt crack then go to 750th floor, if it cracks then go to 250th floor.
And continue. (Egg is quite strong of course). And for second, I used volume of each ball and void fraction. They
see your approach rather than the numbers.

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: What do you expect to be doing at the company?
Q2: What do you expect yourself to be doing 5 years down the line? Be honest.

Experience
I told them that Im not sure about what I would be doing after 5 years but I have a vision to be a decision
maker of the company. I also told them frankly that I wasnt really interested in Chemical Engineering.

ROUND 4: OTHER INTERVIEW

Q1: Why Credit Suisse?
Q2: What have you recently read in the newspaper?

Experience
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second, I told the director about the new low in oil prices along with its trends and reasons for the same.
Demand and supply was used as a reason.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Interpersonal skills
2: Systems identification
3: Numerical Techniques
4: Time series
5: Linear algebra
6: Multivariate Data analysis

Tips
Should be a team player. Should have a good story to tell. Should be interesting -There should be key
take away for everything you do. For example for my events core-ship, we cut a few events to increase
quality, quantity and price money of other events we founded Sangam to bring all clubs under one
umbrella. Wont really help in interview directly but will help in problem solving.

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
The person should be a team player, should have good interpersonal skills, and should have good leadership
qualities to control the flow of the discussion. Being a good conflict manager also helps.

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CREDIT SUISSE
Profile: ENO

Industry : BANKING

"This review has been posted by a Dual Degree student of Engineering Design Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Resume shortlist--> Group Discussion--> HR Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: RESUME SHORTLIST
Experience
There isn't much I can write here in terms of my experience. But it wouldn't be fair to skip this as this was the
first selection criterion.

Tips
Have a neat readable resume- not too crammed, not too blank. Get it checked by atleast 10 people. If you
are from a non-finance background, they want to see your enthusiasm to learn. Be sure to write about
relevant stuff - certification exams, relevant projects and courses (economics, accounting,operations
research) taken up in the institute, conferences, business plans etc.

ROUND 2: GROUP DISCUSSION

Experience
We were a group of 9 people - 5 girls and 4 boys; a ratio in line with the topic given to us. Each of us was
initially given 40 seconds to talk and then a discussion of 10 minutes followed. It was necessary to make a mark
in the beginning since these 40 seconds were uninterrupted.
I started by declaring that I would wish to discuss this topic first at a national level and then at a global level. If
you can relate to a current issue, you have started well. I mentioned a few points about empowering women
from PM Modi's speech delivered on Independence Day. I also built on one of the points raised by a member in
the group. As I was the last one to speak, I took advantage of it and gave structure to the upcoming 10 minutes
of discussion by declaring 3 major issues to be tackled when it comes to empowering women - Education,
Employment and Safety. All of them around me agreed and the discussion was constructive. I was told, "Always
summarize" and I did so when we were told that we were left with two minutes only.
P.S. - I was told later that I was ranked the highest in my round.

Tips
What gives you an edge above the others is
- Making a new/different point
- Structuring your ideas/thoughts
- Connecting to current affairs
- Summarizing at the end

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ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW

Q1: Walk me through your resume.

Q2: Where do you gain your interest in finance from?
Q3: Technical questions (based on idea generation, implementation and financials) on winning Business Plan
Q4: Technical questions on an academic project - Product development from design till launch
Q5: You seem to have a consult-based resume. Why finance then?
Q6: Trap question: Just because you couldn't make it to a consult firm, you want to join Credit Suisse?
Q7: What is something in you that you would want to change?
Q8: Pitch Credit Suisse to a Manager for 1 minute.
Q9: What is the difference between the roles being offered at Credit Suisse for IITM students?

Experience
Oh this was an enjoyable interview. Once the ice was broken, we were having more of a conversation setting
than an interview one. Credit Suisse definitely wants to see your inclination towards a particular division with a
clear notion of why you picked one over another. The lady who interviewed me had just moved from the division
of Prime Services to Private Banking(PB) Americas. I wanted to join PB and laid down my motivation for the
same. Towards the end, I asked her about the learning curve and her 6-year experience at Credit Suisse. She
asked me about my significant achievements (non-academic) in my undergraduate years.

Tips
Know your resume inside out. Expect anything. Carry documents/certificates that will increase your
chances. I carried a copy of my Business plan and she had a question to ask for every page she
turned. Stay relaxed. They don't have a stress round but the interviewer wants to interview someone who
doesn't have well-prepared answers. If you can get the interviewer to have a casual conversation with
you, it's likely he/she will recommend you for the next round.

ROUND 4: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: Tell me about yourself
Q2: Why do you want to join Credit Suisse?
Q3: Is your father a Private Banker?
Q4: How often do you speak to your Banker?
Q5: If your account balance was multiplied by a million, what would you do with it?
Q6: Considered doing an MBA? Why not?
Q7: Been to 11 countries in the world, but not the U.S.A.(Immense finance activity hub)? Why not?

Experience
I pride on telling everyone that I didn't have a Puzzles round. The selection process right from the Group
Discussion seemed very smooth and I was directly sent to a Senior person for supposedly the last interview.I
started with a line in Swahili (the national language of Tanzania - a country where I lived for around 15 years).
The translation to English brought a smile on his face and I knew he was one who was looking for something
different in a person. At a point, he asked me whether I had been to the U.S. and then with much excitement, he

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himself started telling me about the Financial Hub, his tales from Morgan Stanley and his experience of 15 years
in Prime Services.

Tips
Understand what the interviewer wants to buy. And then sell accordingly. This was certainly not an
interview where the interviewer had a fixed set of questions.
The answer to "Tell me about yourself" drove the entire interview. So be smart and steer the conversation
allowing you to talk about stuff off your resume - some interesting experiences and your hobbies.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Communication skills
2: Finance
3: Accounting

Tips
Just be fluent in whatever you say or explain. Usually client side roles demand that otherwise even that is
not a must. Knowing basics of finance is a must so that you know what kind of profile you are getting into.
Finance is a big field and has lots of divisions where you can try your hands on. Like Investment Banking,
Private Equity / VC, Private Banking, etc

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
NCFM Beginner's module

WetFeet Insider Guides

CFA Level 1 books

FRM Level 1 books

BLOGS/ARTICLES
1. http://aswathdamodaran.blogspot.in/

WEBSITES
1. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com
2. http://www.investopedia.com/
3. http://www.financialexpress.com/
4. https://www.learnwithflip.com/

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COURSES/CERTIFICATIONS
1. Principles of Economics
2. Principles of Management
3. Fundamentals of Operations Research
4. Marketing Management
5. Accounting and Finance for beginners
6. CFA Level 1 Certification
7. FRM Level 1 Certification
8. NCFM Certificates

CLASSROOM COACHING
1. Pristine Classes
2. Chennai

VIDEOS
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx_LWm6_6tA
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYhDkZjKBEw
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQzEWeGJLP0
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ECi6WJpbzE
5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrFSO62p0jk
6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A3YLOfxNd4&list=PLlYbZvQL-lkqqEbFBGt6foQA7yKr1jqx6

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
Getting placed during the campus placement season is a huge achievement.Start preparing early. And
remember, placement prep never happens alone.
Irrespective of the kind of profile you are looking at, pair up with friendsand study together.

YOUR MOTIVATION FOR APPLYING TO THIS COMPANY

CreditSuisse has a long tradition of meeting the complex financial needsof a wide range of clients, offering
advisory services andinnovative products to companies, institutional clients and high-net-worthprivate clients
globally.I applied to Credit Suisse specially for their Analyst role inthe Private Banking Americas division which
was set up in Mumbai in March 2014.
The pre-placement talk on campus by Credit Suisse officials, a neat jobdescription on the institute placement
portal made the role very appealing andtalking to IITM alumni at Credit Suisse helped me strengthen my choice.

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FUNNY MOMENTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE

Since I have studied till 10th in Tanzania, Africa they asked me to speak in Swahili :P I not only spoke but also
sung a Swahili Jingle.

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CITICORP
Profile: BUSINESS ANALYST

Industry : FINANCIAL SERVICES

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of UnKnown Branch"

SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Case Study Interview--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
It was basic 12th class maths such as probability, permutation andcombination and things, and stuff such as
data sufficiency where a question is provided with some data and you will be asked whether you will able to
solve it or not with the help of given data.
Overall good experience, About 40 students were selected.

Tips
Prepare well the part of quantitative and analytical analysis in CAT's syllabus.

ROUND 2: CASE STUDY INTERVIEW

Q1: Problem on Probability and Optimization

Experience
It was a good round with questions mainly focused on probability and statistics, and optimization.

Tips
Basic knowledge of probability and statistics will do.

ROUND 3: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Q1: Questions based on Data Analysis, General Awareness and Resume-based questions.

Experience
The round was a long one, with questions on data analysis and about current economic affairs in the world.
They also discussed about things mentioned in resume in detail.

Tips
1. Be through with your resume with explanation for each point in mind.
2. Gather the knowledge about current affairs. Try to read newspapers such as The Economic Times for at
least 2 months prior to interview.

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ROUND 4: HR INTERVIEW

Q1: Basic HR Questions such as 'Tell me abour yourself.' and a few random questions.

Experience
Questions were asked on ourselves to judge the personality and a few random questions as per HR.

Tips
Be prepared with questions such as:
1. Tell me about yourself.
2. Strengths and Weaknesses.
3. Why this company?
4. Why should you be hired?
And a few more of typical questions. Keep your mind open for anything.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Knowledge in Probability and Statistics
2: Basics in Operation Research (Optimization).
3: Quantitative aptitude.

Tips
Basic knowledge will do. Try to practice more.
And read more stuff.

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
Class 11th and 12th maths.

Any book for probability and statistics for

engineering.

Book on CAT Quantitative Aptitude.

WEBSITES
1. www.pagalguy.com

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CLASSROOM COACHING
1. Endeavor
2. CAT coaching
3. TIME

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
1. Read newspapers such as The Economic Times for at least two months prior to interview.
2. Prepare well on basic maths especially topics covered in CAT.
3. Be through with points mentioned in resume with a ready explanation for each.

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CITICORP
Profile: BUSINESS ANALYST

Industry : FINANCIAL SERVICES

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of CHEMICAL Branch"

SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Case Study Interview--> Case Study Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
10 single correct questions, 10 CAT based questions, 5 data sufficiency questions, 2 subjective questions were
asked.

Tips
All the objective questions were easy so everyone would have solved. Subjective questions were
important for selecting candidates .Final solution for subjective questions are not important ,the way you
approach is important.

ROUND 2: CASE STUDY INTERVIEW

Q1: Citi bank has to enter Indian Market where should it set up its offices?

Experience
Questioned on Resume points. A case study was given and the student has to analyse it.

ROUND 3: CASE STUDY INTERVIEW

Q1: If I am(interviewer) a client will you(interviewee) give me credit card?

Experience
Case study question and brain teaser were asked. Brainteaser was an easy question.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Soft skills
2: Case study solving ability

Tips
Mock interviews with friends and ready with all resume points of how to explain them each helps. Solved
many case studies. Updated myself with latest news. I also read Wiki questions like how to get 3 wolnes, 2

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men to other side of river?.

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
Online material available in DC written by 2 IITB

Harvard case study book available in DC Market

about latest case studies.

knowledge.

WEBSITES
1. www.quartz.com
2. www.bloomberg.com
3. www.reuterz.com
4. www.braingull.com

COURSES/CERTIFICATIONS
1. Process optimization
2. Management minor
3. Probability and statistics

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CITICORP
Profile: BUSINESS ANALYST

Industry : FINANCIAL SERVICES

"This review has been posted by a BTECH & MTECH [ DUAL DEGREE ] student of Aerospace Engg Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Case Study Interview--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
Basic CAT level questions of Data Sufficiency

Tips
CAT preparation would help. Strong basics in High school mathematics needed, along with some smart
thinking at times.

ROUND 2: CASE STUDY INTERVIEW

Q1: Probability based optimization problem

Experience
15 minutes given for an almost impossible to get an answer problem. Later asked to explain your solution. The
approach matters much much more than the final answer.

Tips
Be cool, think basics. Don't forget elementary things that units conversion, unitary methods, probability
distributions etc. If while explaining, you realize you actually made a mistake while attempting the
problem, acknowledge it and explain the correct approach from there on, rather than trying to disguise
your mistake.

ROUND 3: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
Things like, why Citi, prior experience with data analytics, examples from real life for mathematical concepts
highlighted in Resume. Some general awareness related questions asked!

Tips
Be thorough through the resume. Act smart and reply what they want to hear. It's okay to ask them for a
few minutes in case you want to think before answering something rather than mumbling what comes to
your mind first!

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ROUND 4: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
Again things like why Citi, why analytics. This round seemed more out of formality than for selection.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Probability
2: Statistics
3: Analytical skills

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
Any book for CAT preparation

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
Keep calm, and take the interview as a conversation - unless it's a stress interview. Always take your time and
think before you answer anything rather than mumbling out the first thing that comes to your mind.

YOUR MOTIVATION FOR APPLYING TO THIS COMPANY

Needed a break into the Finance sector!

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CITICORP
Profile: BUSINESS ANALYST

Industry : FINANCIAL SERVICES

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of CIVIL Branch"

SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Other Interview--> Other Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Tips
Could use C/C++/Java to solve,

ROUND 2: OTHER INTERVIEW

Q1: Why do you think this works? What are the drawbacks?

Experience
Simple puzzles, Basic data structures and algorithms based question were asked.

ROUND 3: OTHER INTERVIEW

Q1: Why Citi? Why not higher studies?
Q2: Why do you think this works? What are the drawbacks?

Experience
Asked about my Analytics intern Explained some Text mining, machine learning techniques like Artificial
Neural Networks. Also DDP and Projects some Regression and Time Series Concepts.

ROUND 4: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: Why do you think this works? What are the drawbacks?

Experience
Basic HR and background check, Also Check if you are genuinely interested and will not leave the company.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

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Tips
Speak confidently and explain your projects in simple terms. Ask if they want further explanation, and only
then talk about it in depth.

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
Heard on the Street

Xinfeng Zhou book

Puzzle books in lan

64 HR Questions

Answering Tough Interview Questions for Dummies

WEBSITES
1. http://www.caseinterviewscracked.com/
2. http://www.geeksforgeeks.org/

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
Talk to people, read stuff, find out what interests you. Decide a few areas and prepare for those. Take part in
insti clubs, get to know new stuff.There are a number of free online video courses available like coursera, edX,
etc. Have a look at these, pick up one or two, learn whenever you have time. If possible, even submit the
assignments and give the quizzes. A programming language cannot be learned just by reading a book or
watching videos. You have to practice and do somehands-on exercises.While preparing for Puzzles and coding
questions, do not directly go to the solution, always make an attempt, scribble your thoughts on a piece of
paper.Participate in competitions (for both core and non-core), you ll learn a lot through such experiences than
what you learn from textbooks.

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CITICORP
Profile: BUSINESS ANALYST

Industry : FINANCIAL SERVICES

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Aerospace Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Case Study Interview--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
Test conducted covered 12th class mathematics like probability, permutations and combinations, etc.
Good knowledge of this subject was needed for clearing this round.Around 40 students were short-listed after
this round.

ROUND 2: CASE STUDY INTERVIEW

Experience
Questions asked were based on probability and optimization.

ROUND 3: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
This round judged the candidate's knowledge on Data Analysis, General Awareness and other questions asked
were resume-based.

ROUND 4: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
In this, a candidate were asked some random questions and questions regarding himself.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Knowledge in Probability and Statistics.
2: Basics in Operation Research (Optimization).

Tips
CAT preparation would definitely help (almost same topics as CAT).

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

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COURSES/CERTIFICATIONS
1. CAT preparation will help to get through in this.

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
Have a good practice on all the questions sent by BC.For every point mentioned in the resume, one should have
a backup for that point.Read Newspapers (at least Economic Times) at least before 2 months.

YOUR MOTIVATION FOR APPLYING TO THIS COMPANY

The company encourages entrepreneurial skills,enabling and empowering employees to take appropriate
decisions. Those wanting to grow better as an entrepreneur should definitely apply here.

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NOMURA
Profile: Analyst

Industry : INVESTMENT BANKING

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Metallurgical Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
There was no negative marking but I am not sure whether wrong answers were counted for elimination (though
I feel they were not). The level of test was moderate

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Q1: Tell me something about yourself?
Q2: 2. What programming language are you good at?
Q3: . The interviewer worked with data structures (DS), so was not much interested in my previous answer and
directly came to it asking- do you know data structures?
Q4: What DS have you known and which one you personally like?
Q5: What do you know about hashing, hash table, hashing key?
Q6: He gave a question which made use of linked list and hash table
Q7: Do you have any questions for me?

Experience
There were 3 different panels (nos. might change). Allocation was done the basis of your performance in the
test. I was ranked 3rd so I got a panel where I was first to enter. This gives you a lot of advantage if you absorb
it effectively. The interview lasted for more than 1 hr 15 min. .

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
The interview was about my interest, family background, likes, dislikes, higher education. He had all my answers
written on back side of my resume.

Tips
Be firm and honest. Dont try to match your answers with theirs. If you have higher education in plan
have an alternative answer. Know you strengths. Know you weaknesses and what are you doing to
overcome them. Know where you would see yourself 5 years down the line.

ROUND 4: HR INTERVIEW

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Q1: How was your day and your previous interviews?

Q2: What was asked in your previous interviews?
Q3: So I was again asked about data structures. But this time I was asked about queues and stacks.
Q4: What do mean by stacks and queues?
Q5: Can you implement queues using stacks?
Q6: Can you implement circular queues using stacks?
Q7: Tell me something about heap sort.
Q8: Do you know any other sorting algorithm? 9. Do you have questions for me?

Experience
It was already 5 pm when I was called in for the interview and I was very exhausted. This was again a test of my
programming skills. The atmosphere was not tensed at all as the interviewer was pretty relaxed and comforting

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
CAT/CMAT books (recommendation: - Arun Sharma
or R.S. Agrawal)

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NOMURA
Profile: Analyst

Industry : INVESTMENT BANKING

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Metallurgical Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Technical Interview--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
Divide your time well for each section in aptitude test. Practice well and avoid solving long passages in the
beginning. Make logical guesses for the remaining questions. No negative marking.

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Q1: Did u have lunch?
Q2: Tell me about yourself
Q3: What is inner join, outer join, left outer join?
Q4: She gave me a question and asked me to write down SQL queries Asked me a puzzle, how would you
reduce the number of iterations (make it more effective)
Q5: Tell me about your projects. Explain one in detail (Prepare well)
Q6: Asked me to write down a java code (pattern matching)
Q7: What was the last topic you studied (apart exam syllabus)
Q8: Any questions

ROUND 3: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Q1: Rate yourself on scale of 10 in Java and database
Q2: Gave me a question and asked me to write queries (union, intersection, joins, ordering)
Q3: Asked me to write a code in java (Data Structures)
Q4: Make it more efficient (Think aloud and keep trying)
Q5: What is SDLC? Explain all phases in detail
Q6: Which of the two phases would you like to work? Why so?
Q7: Tell me your strengths
Q8: Asked me to solve a puzzle
Q9: Which is the first month in a year?
Q10: He gave me managerial situations for testing my sense of ethics and responsibility
Q11: Any questions

ROUND 4: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: How was your day?

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Q2: Were the interviewers nice? Why do you feel so?

Q3: Are you ready for 5-6 more interviews?
Q4: What did you like about our PPT?
Q5: Tell me about your achievements
Q6: Your scores are low in first year. Why so?
Q7: Tell me about your weakness. Name at least 3 of them
Q8: Asked me about political issues prevailing in Iraq
Q9: Do you have any other offer?
Q10: Which was the last company you got rejected? What do you think is the reason?
Q11: Why Nomura?
Q12: Why not MS/MBA? (It was a very long discussion)
Q13: Any questions

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NOMURA
Profile: Analyst

Industry : INVESTMENT BANKING

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Metallurgical Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview--> Technical Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
There was no negative marking but I am not sure whether wrong answers were counted for elimination (though
I feel they were not. The level of test was moderate and if you solve any CAT/CMAT books.

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Q1: Tell me something about yourself?
Q2: What programming language are you good at?
Q3: The interviewer worked with data structures (DS), so was not much interested in my previous answer and
directly came to it asking- do you know data structures?
Q4: What DS have you known and which one you personally like?
Q5: What do you know about hashing, hash table, hashing key?
Q6: He gave a question which made use of linked list and hash table?
Q7: Do you have any questions for me?

Experience
There were 3 different panels (nos. might change). Allocation was done the basis of your performance in the
test. I was ranked 3rd so I got a panel where I was first to enter. This gives you a lot of advantage if you absorb
it effectively

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
The interview was about my interest, family background, likes, dislikes, higher education. He had all my answers
written on back side of my resume. Be firm and honest. Dont try to match your answers with theirs. If you have
higher education in plan have an alternative answer. Know you strengths. Know you weaknesses and what are
you doing to overcome them. Know where you would see yourself 5 years down the line.
And of course, Do you have any questions for me?

ROUND 4: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Q1: How was your day and your previous interviews?
Q2: What was asked in your previous interviews?
Q3: So I was again asked about data structures.

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Q4: What do mean by stacks and queues?

Q5: Can you implement queues using stacks?
Q6: Can you implement circular queues using stacks?
Q7: Can you implement circular queues using stacks?
Q8: Do you know any other sorting algorithm?
Q9: Do you have questions for me?

Experience
It was already 5 pm when I was called in for the interview and I was very exhausted. This was again a test of my
programming skills. The atmosphere was not tensed at all as the interviewer was pretty relaxed and comforting

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
Arun Sharma or

R.S. Agrawal

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NOMURA
Profile: Analyst

Industry : INVESTMENT BANKING

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Metallurgical Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> HR Interview--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
Divide your time well for each section in aptitude test. Practice well and avoid solving long passages in the
beginning. Make logical guesses for the remaining questions. No negative marking.

ROUND 2: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: Did u have lunch?
Q2: Tell me about yourself
Q3: What is inner join, outer join, left outer join?
Q4: She gave me a question and asked me to write down SQL queries
Q5: Asked me a puzzle, how would you reduce the number of iterations (make it more effective)
Q6: Tell me about your projects. Explain one in detail
Q7: Asked me to write down a java code (pattern matching)
Q8: What was the last topic you studied (apart exam syllabus)
Q9: Any questions

ROUND 3: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Q1: Rate yourself on scale of 10 in Java and database
Q2: Gave me a question and asked me to write queries (union, intersection, joins, ordering)
Q3: Asked me to write a code in java (Data Structures) , Make it more efficient
Q4: What is SDLC? Explain all phases in detail
Q5: Which of the two phases would you like to work? Why so?
Q6: Tell me your strengths
Q7: Which is the first month in a year? (Do ask whether he is talking about a financial year)
Q8: Asked me to solve a puzzle
Q9: Any questions

Experience
He gave me managerial situations for testing my sense of ethics and responsibility. (Stick to your answer)

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ROUND 4: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: How was your day?
Q2: Were the interviewers nice? Why do you feel so?
Q3: Are you ready for 5-6 more interviews?
Q4: What did you like about our PPT?
Q5: Tell me about your achievements
Q6: Your scores are low in first year. Why so?
Q7: Tell me about your weakness. Name at least 3 of them
Q8: Asked me about political issues prevailing in Iraq
Q9: Do you have any other offer?
Q10: Which was the last company you got rejected? What do you think is the reason?
Q11: Why Nomura?
Q12: Why not MS/MBA? (It was a very long discussion)
Q13: Any questions

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NOMURA
Profile: Wholesale Strategy Analyst

Industry : INVESTMENT BANKING

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Aerospace Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Resume Shortlist--> Technical Interview
ROUND 1: RESUME SHORTLIST
Experience
Candidates were shortlisted based on resume and cover letter.In the cover letter, applicants were asked to
write about ,why they are suitable for the position of risk analyst and why they are better than others.

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
The interview was of about 50 minutes and mostly technical questions were asked and also relating to maths
course and probability.Questions were asked on core subjects also, like derivation Navier Stokes Equation.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Quantitative Skills
2: Analytical Skills

Tips
Revise all the maths courses you have mentioned in your resume. People with quantitative and analytical
skills are preferred. They look for people who have given exams like CFA.

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

COURSES/CERTIFICATIONS
1. Economics Courses
2. Maths courses

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JP MORGAN CHASE
Profile: Junior Analyst

Industry : FINANCIAL SERVICES

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of I.T Branch"

SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
It was a pen & paper test. There were 4 sections, 20 questions and 20 minutes for each section. You cannot
switch between the sections as they take the question paper after a particular section is timed out.
1. Verbal- Comprehension and basic grammatical sentence structuring. I solved the latter part first. It wasn't
very difficult
.2. Logic- Find the next number in series, next figure stuff. This was the simplest section.
3. Quants- Not that easy, but manageable.
4. Programming- Very difficult. Questions were majorly of the type:

a) Get the output (Almost all the codes had complexity n^2.)
b) Which of the following options is the correct algorithm for c) Output of flowchart (Honestly, I dont even
remember seeing the flowcharts.)
d) One or two theory questions.

I solved around 7-8, made logical guesses for the rest.There was no negative marking, so I made sure I
attempted all the questions. Also, I marked the answers with pencil, so that if I get time at the end of any
section, I can change an answer after cross checking. After the aptitude test, we were given a chance to interact
with the managers of the company. It was not a very formal session. Make sure you make the most of
this opportunity, as no other company gives you such a chance. Get all your doubts about the company cleared
in these 20-30 minutes. I gained some interesting insights about the company in this session. This was not an
elimination round.

Tips
All of us struggled with this section. My suggestion would be to scan the paper for the theory questions
first, then type a) questions and then type b). I doubt youll get time for type c). Another key point is to
not get stuck on a particular question for a long time. If you are finding it difficult, theres a
possibility that others are also struggling with that question. So it would be wise to utilize that time to
solve a few simple questions rather than one tough question. After all, weightage for each question is the
same. ;)

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ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Q1: What is the most complex algorithm you've ever written?

Q2: Asked to explain my recent project in detail.
Q3: Asked which algorithm Id used. I explained the algorithm with examples.Time complexity of my most
recent project.
Q4: How did you test your project?
Q5: Any conflicts within the team while making the project? How did you resolve them?
Q6: What are your weaknesses?
Q7: What are you passionate about?
Q8: What are the two things you really want to do with your passion?
Q9: One innovative change you would like to bring in the current ATM system. (We had a healthy discussion on
this one.)
Q10: What is your family background?
Q11: One thing about your life you would want to change?
Q12: Do you have any senior friends at JPMC? I said "Yeah, many." They asked me to name them, and wrote a
few names on the back of my resume.

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: What is the difference between you now and in this photo? (the photo attached to my document)
Q2: Why do you like JPMC?
Q3: What are your Strengths and Weaknesses?
Q4: What is your Location preference?
Q5: Ready to work night shifts?
Q6: Any plans for further studies?

Experience
Any questions for me? (I asked him about one of their products. )They look for many things apart from your
technical skills.

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
RS Agarwal exercise questions

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE

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those companies whose job profiles aligned with my job preference.Eat your breakfast/lunch. Fruits preferably.
Interview day can be stressful sometimes and you need energy to look lively in your interview.Dont forget your
manners. Ask for permission to enter the room, greet them and thank them after your interview.If you are
rejected for a company, don't lose hope. Instead, accept the decision and analyze where you went wrong. Work
on it and make sure you never repeat that mistake again.Come talk to me if you aren't able to cope up with
rejections.Even I faced rejections, but every rejection taught me something that eventually helped me on 22nd
September, in one way or the other. :)
Always dress properly. Even if you are told that 'semi-formals' are allowed,wear formals.Read about the
company and be thorough with the job they're offering. Sit for the company only if it interests you. I sat only for

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JP MORGAN CHASE
Profile: Junior Analyst

Industry : FINANCIAL SERVICES

"This review has been posted by a student of Civil Engineering Branch"

SELECTION PROCESS
Resume Shortlist--> Test--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: RESUME SHORTLIST
Experience
Resume shortlist based on exposure to finance field.

Tips
Exposure to finance will be beneficial.

ROUND 2: TEST
Experience
Essay test. Timing 1 hr. 2 essays on general topics. Q1. Why Finance? (Compulsory to answer)Q2. What India
needs to do to become a superpower by 2020? (optional 1 out of 2 questions).

Tips
English skills, grammar and essay writing skills will be beneficial.

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: Tell me about yourself.
Q2: Name 2 sectors where you will invest and 2 sectors where you wont? Why?

Experience
2 rounds.Starts with general HR questions like: Tell me about yourself.
Then a thorough review of my resume and detailed question on finance courses and internship. Questions on
the basis of my answers to this question were asked. So make sure you know what you are talking about.
Current events questions. Take on market as in where to invest and where not to with proper reasoning.Some
simple puzzles and behavioral questions.
Then they let us ask if we have any questions.

Tips
Be confident and have logics to your answer and a certain finance inclination.
HR is very important in Non-core. People sort of leave it at last minute and then they sound like scripted
in interview. SO give yourself some time at least 10-15 days for getting your HR answers look right and

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real. Speak in front of friends or mirror.

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
Heard on the Wall Street

Case in Point

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
1st and 2nd year:
Just explore different options to figure out your interests. Dont restrict yourself and try every opportunity you
get in any field.
3rd year:
Polish you selected area of interest. Talk to seniors and figure out best way forward for you.
4th year:
keep learning and make sure you have direction in your interest and not do anything and everything that comes
your way in an interest field. Your resume should tell a I figured my interest out like story.

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JP MORGAN CHASE
Profile: Junior Analyst

Industry : FINANCIAL SERVICES

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Metallurgical Engeering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
HR Interview
ROUND 1: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: General HR questions about yourself
Q2: Specific resume questions: Have a 2 min pitch line for every line of your resume and know the jargon that
you might end up using during the interview
Q3: Behavioural questions: A particular situation was put in front of the candidate and his reaction to it was
what was to be spoken about. For example, what would you do if your boss gives you some unknown task at an
odd hour?
Q4: Other questions were based on current affairs,opinion on stocks , market analysis where logic and
interpretation matter a lot

Experience
The interview had 2 or 3 rounds depending on the candidate. It would be good to have some finance
background for the HR round. The second interview round involved solving puzzles and math problems. Many
people had a third round of interview which comprised of case studies and guesstimates. One can ask for some
time before answering any question- gives them an impression that you're putting thought into it. Make sure
your replies don't sound rehearsed and be honest. While talking about your weaknesses, make sure you do tell
them about steps that you have taken to overcome them. They later open flow to ask them questions. Here, one
must make sure that one knows the company well and ask questions specific to that company. Most often, you
won't realise the transition between HR and technical questions.

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
64 HR questions

400 puzzles and herd on the wall street

BLOGS/ARTICLES
1. economic times
2. financial times

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JP MORGAN CHASE
Profile: Junior Analyst

Industry : FINANCIAL SERVICES

"This review has been posted by a BTECH & MTECH [ DUAL DEGREE ] student of Mechanical Engngineering
Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
This had 4 sections of 20 mcqs each. We were allotted 20 mins for each section after which theinvigilator would
take away the respective sections question paper.The 1st section was Verbal Ability.The questions were based
on passages,complete the sentences with appropriate option and other general English qns such as find out
error in the sentence. No question on synonym antonym except maybe 1 passage based question of that sort
.English section was doable. Logic was the next section, it had questions based on blood relations, coding and
decoding letters, direction sense , a passage on cubes and other logical questions which were easy overall
Quants was next section which was a bit lengthy and had questions on pipes, speed distance and other
prominent quants topics.Next was the programming section which had language independent questions of
predict for the output of code, identify correct code, output of flowcharts and algorithms, multiple loops.
Adifficult section overall.About 80 students appeared and around 37 were shortlisted

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
There was no GD round unlike previous years and we had the technical round directly. I was asked to give a
briefing about the projects I had done so for this ,one should know the purpose of the project ,the technology
used ,the role you played ,the challenges you faced etc. Seeing my resume he asked me what I had learnt in a
networking workshop I had mentioned it along with 3-4 other technical workshops. I barely remembered
anything about itand said to him that I had attended it in my second year and I didnt remember much.I
alsouttered a few concepts on networking I could recollect. So make sure you dont appear dumb about
anything throughout the interview and keep the conversation going or dont write things which you dont
remember just for enhancing your resume as it could back-fire on you.Asked me what is relational database
Which editor is used in linux, what is shell scripting,commands in linux? Why JPMC?

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: How was your previous interview?
Q2: Are you introvert or extrovert, leader or follower
Q3: Strengths, Weaknesses-cross questioning on those.
Q4: Your biggest achievement you are proud of
Q5: Are you flexible with late working hours, any location preferences etc.
Q6: Family Background
Q7: Pressure situation you have faced and how you handled it
Q8: Why jpmc?

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Experience
They dont grill you much on technical. They just want to make sure that you will fit into their environment and
work culture. Have the basic knowledge of every subject so that you can show that you have some idea and can
drift the conversation in that direction if you are stuck

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PWC
Profile: CONSULTANT

Industry : CONSULTING

"This review has been posted by a student of CIVIL ENGINEERING Branch"

SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
The test had three sections:VerbalQuantsReasoning

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
Hypothetical problems. Asked lot of questions from projects mentioned in Resume. Moslty Infra. /DDP.
Guesstimate problems. Approach is important, not the answer.

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: Why this company?

Experience
Asked general HR questions, like the one mentioned above.
Case Study:- wanted to know how I am going to approach a problem which was happened recently in Trissur
PPP. Other than obvious solution.Any hypothetical problems occurring in the projects can be asked.

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
For Core.:- Learn Basics. Put only core projects in resume.
Non Core:- Knowledge & Communication skills are most important. More Emphasis on PoR, Extra Curricular,
NGO work etc.

First year Put fight. Change the Branch. Possibly EE or CS. Rest all are same.
Second /Third year- Decide whether you want to work in CORE or non Core and start work accordingly.

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L&T
Profile: Management Trainee

Industry : CONGLOMERATE/GROUP

"This review has been posted by a BTECH & MTECH [ DUAL DEGREE ] student of Metallurgical Engineering
Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Tips
Clearing 1st test, you will be considered for PGET and on clearing both tests, you will be considered for
PGMT.

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Q1: Asked about welding, in detail about stainless steel welding

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: Whether you are flexible or not to get posted anywhere in India/

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
Started preparaing a month before, brushing technical concepts,aptitude for speed.1st year(M tech)- if you
prefer core companies, gofor some process related courses(it would help in interviews). Those with mechanical
background, they have an upper hand, CG is important, 8+ is safe, 9+is very good.
2nd years- project is important

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URBAN LADDER
Profile: BUSINESS ANALYST

Industry : E-COMMERCE

"This review has been posted by a student of Civil Engineering Branch"

SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> HR Interview--> Case Study Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
It was an easy exam(The UL one). Basic quant questions were asked. But easy exams are tricky ones. You
cannot afford to make mistakes. So speed and accuracy were expected.
There are lot of companies that short list based on aptitude test. Most of them shortlist around 40-50 people
for the next round. So CAT preparation(or the likes of CAT,GRE etc) is a MUST even if you are not actually giving
CAT. Speed and Accuracy is required. Practice infinite. Only then you can make it to the short list.

ROUND 2: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
It was a happy round. I had to talk about me, which is easy if you are well aware of who you are and what you
want. I was fortunate, I was asked an easy puzzle midway and a small Guesstimate.

Tips
Keeping Calm and Talking whatever I know in a confident way helped a lot. Also, asking him a bunch of
questions about the company.

ROUND 3: CASE STUDY INTERVIEW

Q1: Increase the sales of Sofas over the next three months.
Q2: Set up a Cab service like Ola in Chennai and develop a strategy to optimize costs and revenue etc.
Q3: If youre a consultant for a Multiplex Cinemas, What would you do to create revenue generation avenues?

Experience
It was a 40 minute interview.This interview had a bit untidy start. It took time for me to handle the first
question, where I had to increase the sales of sofas. But I took my time, jotted down my thoughts and never
stopped again. So, stay cool throughout and it helps. I could do well in all 3 questions.

Tips
Talking to the interviewer about whatever you know in the smartest way always helps. I guess my minor
helped. Doing the common stuff is more than enough.

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GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
Basic Practice for Interview is a must. Find a friend and start asking interview questions to each other. Mock
Interviews help.
Use Insti life to find what you want to do for the rest of your life, and give your best in finding it. Placements are
like any other course, If you really want to get them..You willNo matter what.

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URBAN LADDER
Profile: BUSINESS ANALYST

Industry : E-COMMERCE

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Civil Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Guesstimate Interview--> Stress Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
The questions were very easy. So everyone might have done well but the accuracy with speed is what that
makes difference.

Tips
Practice! Practice! Practice! Even though you dont want to attempt CAT you must definitely practice with
material. Several practice tests will be available online too.

ROUND 2: GUESSTIMATE INTERVIEW

Q1: How many airports leave Chennai airport every day?

Experience
It started with normal conversation where I was asked about my interests then followed by guesstimate and a
puzzle. I did the guesstimate well. I stumbled while solving puzzle, but then I went over it again from the
beginning and finally solved it.

Tips
If you feel that you are going in the wrong direction then ask the interviewer and start it from scratch
without getting tensed. Its approach that will be observed not the outcome.

ROUND 3: STRESS INTERVIEW

Q1: Tell me 3 strengths of yours & 3 weaknesses.

Experience
It was completely HR based stress interview. I was questioned about my weaknesses and I had to convince the
interviewer by quoting examples of thing done by me. At the end there was general discussion about the
company.

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Tips
They were impressed with my intern work. Intern was based on project management and business analyst
which was very close to the job I got selected in.

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
CAT material

400 puzzles

BLOGS/ARTICLES
1. http://www.analyticsvidhya.com/blog/%20(if%20you%20are%20interested%20in%20analytics%20field)

WEBSITES
1. ET Retail.

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
Making resume should be started during summer itself. Just make sure of whatever you are saying. Dont ever
think of how the interviewer is feeling about your answer.Prepare well to talk about the company and its profile.
Refer economic times/ ET retail time to time.

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URBAN LADDER
Profile: BUSINESS ANALYST

Industry : E-COMMERCE

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Naval Architecture And Ocean Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> HR Interview--> Case Study Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
Very easy questions. Basic cat preparation helps

ROUND 2: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: About myself
Q2: My strengths and weeknesses
Q3: About urban ladder and why urban ladder
Q4: Why not core ??
Q5: A puzzle
Q6: Guesstimate

Tips
Be confident. Interviewers are very friendly. Groundwork about the company is very useful
Know about the profile your applying and get some questions ready to ask them. Go through their website

ROUND 3: CASE STUDY INTERVIEW

Q1: A case study on how to increase profit
Q2: Behavioural question
Q3: Another case study

Tips
Get as much as information as you can from them. Ask questions. Get involved. Dont give up

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Analytical skills
2: Communication skills
3: Teamwork

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PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
Books on how to answer hr questions(dont
remember the names)

WEBSITES
1. Time education website

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URBAN LADDER
Profile: BUSINESS ANALYST

Industry : E-COMMERCE

"This review has been posted by a BTECH & MTECH student of Chemical Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Resume Shortlist--> Interview--> Test--> Interview--> Group Discussion
ROUND 1: RESUME SHORTLIST
Experience
I had really good points in my resume. I had done few courses related to data analysis, projects (my DD project
was related to data analysis), PORs.
I prepared my resume points very thoroughly. I wrote about each point and then discussed with my friends and
took their opinion about that.

Tips
Its better to review your review by atleast 5-8 people. so that you can make relevant changes. I think, it's
good to highlight the end result of any project or intern.
Try to connect ur resume point to the skills required for the company.

ROUND 2: INTERVIEW
Q1: The number of windows in IIT ?
Q2: Sales are increasing but profit is decreasing. what would you approach this in any context or in given mess

Experience
These two questions were asked in two different case interviews. My overall experience was good. In first one, I
had good approach because I had done one project in which I followed the similar approach (how the whole
institute can be categorized and how to calculate the number of ppl according different sections- students,
profs, employees, workers etc)
As the second case, i felt was tough because how mess work in our college is different from any other private
canteen. So for that you had to ask many questions.

Tips
In the case interviews, interviewer just check for approach but they expect you to reach at conclusion
also. As you start solving the case, you can ask for extra information during solving it.

ROUND 3: TEST
Experience
Most of the companies will have 60 questions in 60 mins. most of the companies (analytics profile)1/3 of
portion will be verbal. My overall experience with tests was not good.

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Tips
I felt, the time was less. It's good to prepare for CAT, so that you don't have to prepare separately for
aptitude which i did mistake.

ROUND 4: INTERVIEW
Q1: Why you want to work with us? why would you prefer this profile? ur strength, weakness?

Experience
These all questions were asked in third round of interview. I had very strong reason to choose business analyst
profile and the company because my courses and projects showed my interest in this field.

Tips
I think, it's good to be honest and answer the HR questions. even I gave myself 9/10 points for analytical
skills.
even if you haven't done any work related to this field but you show interest and have good analytical
skills, then also any company will select you.
It's good to have overall idea of how any business works in the given sector which can help you in asking
relevant question when they ask if you have any question for them. Good question which shows ur depth
of understanding of industry, gives really good impression on interviewer.

ROUND 5: GROUP DISCUSSION

Experience
This company didn't have group discussion. This was my first company and i got into it.

Tips
I practised many GDs with my friends and i attended soft skill workshop by tvs. The workshop was not
helpful. The mock GDs and interviews which were organised by alumni associations were really helpful.
They give feedback also.
One can google out the GD topics and practice with wing mates.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Analytical skills
2: Communication skills

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS

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Case in point

COURSES/CERTIFICATIONS
1. System Identification
2. Process Optimization
3. Applied time series analysis
4. Multivariate Data Analysis
5. probability and statistics

VIDEOS
1. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBwUxnTpTBo

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
Try to be optimistic during interview in any context.

YOUR MOTIVATION FOR APPLYING TO THIS COMPANY

I applied for almost all companies expect coding profile but i wanted analyst profile and luckily i got it.
I like mathematics and this was the field where i can pursue my interest.

FUNNY MOMENTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE

My name is difficult to pronounce. So my very first question was, 'how to pronounce it and meaning of it'.
Another funny moment when i forgot the name of scholarship because i was so nervous.

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URBAN LADDER
Profile: Business Analyst

Industry : E-COMMERCE

"This review has been posted by a BTECH & MTECH [ DUAL DEGREE ] student of OE Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Resume Shortlist--> Test--> Group Discussion--> Puzzle Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: RESUME SHORTLIST
ROUND 2: TEST
Experience
It was a basic CAT Aptitude

ROUND 3: GROUP DISCUSSION

Experience
It was a general topic

ROUND 4: PUZZLE INTERVIEW

Experience
Puzzles, Guesstimates and Questions from Probability.

ROUND 5: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
This was the second round of interview, It was HR fully resume based (Stress Interview)

Tips
Preparation : Projects related to Analytics from Insti. Look for Coursera courses and Internships/Projects
related to Analytics. Analytics companies shortlist based on Resume. So, make sure you have a very good
resume.

YOUR MOTIVATION FOR APPLYING TO THIS COMPANY

Urban Ladder is a curated online furniture seller in Bangalore, India. The company offers arange of products
such as beds, sofas, wardrobes, and dining among other furniturecategories. Urban Ladder is present in 12
cities across India.

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URBAN LADDER
Profile: BUSINESS ANALYST

Industry : E-COMMERCE

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SELECTION PROCESS
Resume Shortlist--> Case Study Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: RESUME SHORTLIST
Experience
Questioned on resume points, Finally they will ask if you have any question for HR(It is advisable to ask a nice
question which would impress them).

Tips
1 probability question and 1 case study.Probability question: simple conditional probability problem,Case
study question: No of windows in IIT.

ROUND 2: CASE STUDY INTERVIEW

Q1: Sales are increasing but the profit is decreasing .how?

Experience
Case study and general family based questions.

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
Basic HR based questions. Tested on clear idea of which job profile you want.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Communication
2: General technical knowledge
3: Market analysis
4: Social relation
5: Team work

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

COURSES/CERTIFICATIONS

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1. System identification
2. Principle of economics

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
Mock interviews with friends. Ready with all resumes points of how to explain them each. I did a Data analysis
project, which was helpful. Before interview I read that thoroughly. Solved many case study problems

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CRISIL
Profile: Graduate Trainee

Industry : MARKET RESEARCH

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SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
Questions were mostly on mental ability, aptitude and general knowledge. No one crossed the cut off which the
company proposed. Since they came on day 16 they dont have much choice other than decreasing the cutoff.

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Tips
No particular skills were required. It is better to know a great deal about finance. Knowledge acquired
through minor courses did help.

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET
WEBSITES
1. courseera.com

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
For third years1) Get a clarity on what you want to pursue.2) Start preparation as early as possible and keep
focused.3) Focus more on 2-3 companies and prepare accordingly.
For 1st and 2nd years,1) Try to get a finance intern.2) Do a minor in finance

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TIMES INTERNET
Profile: Assistant Product Manager

Industry : INTERNET

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SELECTION PROCESS
Resume Shortlist--> Technical Interview
ROUND 1: RESUME SHORTLIST
Experience
Start-up experience counts.

Tips
Try to look and present everything from a product perspective.

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Q1: Take one product you like. And, tell me why you like it.
Q2: If you are the manager of the app, how will you create a metric system to keep track of progress?

Experience
I took Ola Cabs app. Explained why it adds value to our lives.

Tips
Try looking at things from a user perspective and from a designer perspective .

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Creativity
2: Articulation
3: Break down analysis

Tips
Understanding of existing systems (user/ consumer, customer,services, products, values, maker)

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HONEYWELL
Profile: SENIOR ENGINEER

Industry : CONGLOMERATE/GROUP

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SELECTION PROCESS
Resume Shortlist--> Test--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: RESUME SHORTLIST
Experience
Good projects and internships helped me to get through this round

ROUND 2: TEST
ROUND 3: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW
Experience
Questions related to signal processing (included image signal processing as well), control and communications.
Also there were few technical questions based on the internships and the projects done. This interview lasted
for about 30 mins.

ROUND 4: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: Standard HR questions
Q2: Questions based on my POR's and extra curricular activities

Experience
45 mins of HR round. All the standard HR questions were asked and questions were based on each and every
point that you have put up in the resume

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HONEYWELL
Profile: ENGINEER

Industry : CONGLOMERATE/GROUP

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SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
To appear for test CG cut off -7.0. English and Basic aptitude/logical reasoning questions were asked. Basic
coding questions and identifying errors in the program were there.

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
It was a 30-40 minutes round where questions were asked resume-based. Aerospace students were asked
basic aero questions based on Navier Stokes equation,etc. There were no coding questions.

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
It was a 15 minutes round where only some standard questions were asked.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Basic coding knowledge
2: Good aptitude
3: Willing to learn new things.

Tips
Courses in control systems might help but are not compulsory.Just describe one or two projects from
your courses & BTP, which should be enough.Ensure that you know about the company well. BTP was
very useful in my interview for Honeywell, it is not in their area of interest but he was just impressed by
the project details. If you are applying for a core interview BTPs will definitely help.

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INDUS INSIGHTS
Profile: Associate Consultant

Industry : CONSULTING

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SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Guesstimate Interview--> Guesstimate Interview--> Case Study Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
A moderately tough test, but not as hard as American Express.

ROUND 2: GUESSTIMATE INTERVIEW

Q1: How many roses were sold in India this year?
Q2: How many people travel by train in Inida in a year?

ROUND 3: GUESSTIMATE INTERVIEW

ROUND 4: CASE STUDY INTERVIEW
Tips
Not as hard as BCG, McKinsey interviews. Very generic questions were asked.

ROUND 5: HR INTERVIEW

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INDUS INSIGHTS
Profile: ASSOCIATE CONSULTANT

Industry : CONSULTING

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SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Tips
A general aptitude written test was there. It is a bit more difficult as compared to other screening tests.

ROUND 2: HR INTERVIEW
Tips
There were 4 rounds of interviews 2 guesstimates, 1 HR and 1 case study round. They look at your
approach to the guesstimate and not the final answer. They expect you to able to solve puzzles as well.
The guesstimates are very important to solve. The case study round is pretty easy. PoRs arent really
important.

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
Case studies by Victor Cheng

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
Caseinpoint and Case interview cracked will help too. Manage your slots well on the day. Apart from that
studying in groups help more for placements.

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INDUS INSIGHTS
Profile: ASSOCIATE CONSULTANT

Industry : CONSULTING

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of CIVIL Branch"

SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Guesstimate Interview--> Case Study Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
More analytical thinking was tested than simple aptitude/ logical questions

ROUND 2: GUESSTIMATE INTERVIEW

Experience
They will just check your approach, they dont even wait till you finish estimating a final no. This round will be
only for10- 15 minutes.

ROUND 3: CASE STUDY INTERVIEW

Experience
This round is a bit long and depends on how much time you take to complete the case. They again look for
yourapproach but final number is also important here.

ROUND 4: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: Why this stream?
Q2: Why this company?
Q3: Will I be adjusted to North ?
Q4: How do you rate yourselves for your work parameters ( like determination, energy while working e.t.c)?
Q5: What will be the annual revenue for TajMahal?
Q6: How many coolie/ labor will be working in an average railway station?

Experience
This again depends on the performance of the interviewee.

Tips
For any preparation HR round is the most crucial one, please dont neglect it. If HR is prepared much
advance one will be very clear about why they want that particular job and will be clear of all confusions
during placements.

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PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
64 HR questions book

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INDUS INSIGHTS
Profile: ASSOCIATE CONSULTANT

Industry : CONSULTING

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of CHEMICAL Branch"

SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Guesstimate Interview--> Case Study Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
Data Interpretation- PI chart and bar graphs- simple questions but complex calculations Quantitative aptitudesimple and generic There was negative marking The questions were simple.

Tips
Answer after reading a paragraph.

ROUND 2: GUESSTIMATE INTERVIEW

Q1: What was the yearly revenue of PVR ?
Q2: Annual revenue of TOI ?

Experience
A second shortlist was prepared. 20 out of 60-70 were selected.

ROUND 3: CASE STUDY INTERVIEW

Experience
Once the interviewer gives a case, you need to discuss it with him. What are his requirements and problems,
Finally come up with a solution after analysis. They gave 7 offers finally, 5 accepted them.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

Tips
Be aware of current prices and news. Know about your internship very well. Know about core
courses. Read up all the material that the BC shares. Keep yourself updated. Read the newspaper
regularly.

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

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BOOKS
Herd in the Street.

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
They didnt really ask me anything about my resume even though my resume was completely core. They also
didnt ask me any HR questions. I dont think the resume counted at all. Not much preparation is required
because the questions are generic.

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TARGET CORPORATION
Profile: Associate Software Engineer.

Industry : RETAIL

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SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
Pattern: both MCQs and descriptive type. Cannot remember about the marking and cut-offs as he had to write
a lot of tests during that time. 18-19 students were shortlisted for interviews. MCQ questions were mostly the
ones asked in CAT exam consisting of English and logical reasoning. Few of them were related to programming.
Descriptive questions included writing a program in C language.

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
There were 2 rounds of technical interview.
In first round, technical questions were asked in BTP. The project was Power aware compilers. A few HR related
questions were also asked.In second round, technical questions were asked on C programming. Questions were
related to Basic Data Structuring. Asked to choose a favourite course and conceptual questions were asked
from it. Choose a minor course as favourite one.

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: How will you resolve a conflict arises between the members of the project you are currently working on?
Q2: Give us instances where you adapted to situations quickly?
Q3: How do you feel about corporate environment?

Experience
Third round was HR round. All the students who reached to this round were selected.Overall 9 students were
selected by the company.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

Tips
Performance in the previous rounds is the main criteria.

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GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
Starting earlier would have definitely help.

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MU SIGMA
Profile: Trainee Decision Scientist

Industry : CONSULTING

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SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> video synthesis--> Problem Statement--> Group Discussion--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
15 simple quant and logic questions with negative marking.People who could solve even 10 correctly were able
to clear the aptitude round.

Tips
Dont get stuck on one question. Go further and come back to that question if time permits.

ROUND 2: VIDEO SYNTHESIS

Experience
Youll be shown a video clip of around 2-3 minutes from a Hollywood movie. You have to write your inferences
about the clip. Please do not summarise. For example: We were shown a clip from the movie 2012. The scene
showed the crowd fighting to get on the airplane which was permitted only to the ones with a green card (richer
section). Then the main character telling heads of nations about right and wrong. Now to answer this
correctly, you can write about the bravery of the man, discrimination between richer and the poorer sections,
etc. And incorrect synthesis would be: people are fighting to get on the plane, man is giving a speech, etc.
Write at least 3 major points and 2 sub points to support every major point.

ROUND 3: PROBLEM STATEMENT

ROUND 4: GROUP DISCUSSION
Experience
Groups of 4 were made. Likewise there were around 21 groups. Each group was given a general management
based problem, for example, the lowering sales of a so and so company. The group had to discuss about this
problem and find a solution. There were 2 people from Musigma to guide during the GD. You can ask them
necessary data related to the problem that is not mentioned. This will add to your scoring points.

ROUND 5: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
Simple non tech interview. Feel free to talk anything Be prepared for situation based questions such as, if you
were the manager of a company then which kind of team will you prefer, generalists or specialists? I am the
owner of a diaper producing company, I raised the price but still my sales are rising, how is that possible? Any
lame but practically possible answer will do, but let him know that you are thinking. Dont be quiet whatsoever.

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 I was asked about my family, the quality that I like the most about myself. Be thorough with your resume
because it will be scanned and will be the source to most of the interview questions. In the end, why musigma?
Then I asked him few questions about the company.

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MU SIGMA
Profile: Trainee Decision Scientist

Industry : CONSULTING

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SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> VIDEO SYNTHESIs--> Problem Statement--> Group Discussion--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
15 simple quant and logic questions with negative marking. People who could solve even 10 correctly were able
to clear the aptitude round.

Tips
Dont get stuck on one question. Go further and come back to that question if time permits

ROUND 2: VIDEO SYNTHESIS

Experience
Youll be shown a video clip of around 2-3 minutes from a Hollywood movie.You have to write your inferences
about the clip. Please do not summarise For example: We were shown a clip from the movie 2012. The scene
showed the crowd fighting to get on the airplane which was permitted only to the ones with a green card (richer
section). Then the main character telling heads of nations about right and wrong. Now to answer this correctly,
you can write about the bravery of the man, discrimination between richer and the poorer sections, etc. And
incorrect synthesis would be: people are fighting to get on the plane, man is giving a speech, Write at least 3
major points and 2 sub points to support every major point.

ROUND 3: PROBLEM STATEMENT

ROUND 4: GROUP DISCUSSION
Experience
Groups of 4 were made. Likewise there were around 21 groups. Each group was given a general management
based problem, for example, the lowering sales of a so and so company. The group had to discuss about this
problem and find a solution. There were 2 people from Musigma to guide during the GD. You can ask them
necessary data related to the problem that is not mentioned. This will add to your scoring points.

ROUND 5: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: if you were the manager of a company then which kind of team will you prefer, generalists or specialists?
Q2: I am the owner of a diaper producing company, I raised the price but still my sales are rising, how is that
possible?
Q3: Asked about my family, the quality that I like the most about myself

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Q4: Why musigma?

Experience
Simple non tech interview. Feel free to talk anything.Be prepared for situation based questions such as, if you
were the manager of a company then which kind of team will you prefer, generalists or specialists? I am the
owner of a diaper producing company, I raised the price but still my sales are rising, how is that possible? Any
lame but practically possible answer will do, but let him know that you are thinking. Dont be quiet
whatsoever. Be thorough with your resume because it will be scanned and will be the source to most of the
interview questions. In the end, why musigma? Then I asked him few questions about the company.

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MU SIGMA
Profile: Trainee Decision Scientist

Industry : CONSULTING

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SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Problem Statement--> case study--> video synthesis--> Group Discussion--> HR Interview--> HR
Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
The test was conducted by cocubes.com. I didn't even clear the aptitude during the on campus process. It's
fairly easy though. Attempt at least 13 questions. I think the cut-off was around 10. Around 450 students
passed this barrier.

ROUND 2: PROBLEM STATEMENT

ROUND 3: CASE STUDY
Experience
Some details were provided about a pharmaceutical company. We were expected to write down 3 questions that
we deemed important regarding the details provided. Also we were to ask 3 additional questions that would give
additional details about the problem statement. (10 minutes). These two rounds were combined and then there
was an elimination. Around 100 people cleared these rounds.

ROUND 4: VIDEO SYNTHESIS

Experience
A video featuring Mr.DhirajRajaram (CEO of Mu Sigma) was screened. In the video, he explained the core values
of Mu Sigma. We were expected to synthesise the video. Write down three main points about what we got from
the video.

ROUND 5: GROUP DISCUSSION

Experience
Our GD was initially based on the video itself. After 10 minutes, our monitor gave us a new topic- Iron Man vs.
Super Man. 3 from 8 people were selected. The selection was based on the quantity as well as quality of the
matter you spoke. Again, these 2 rounds were combined and then an elimination. At least 50 cleared this round.

ROUND 6: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: No. of crows in Mumbai?

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Q2: No. of swifts sold in Mumbai.

Q3: No. of coffees sold by CCD in a day.
Q4: how you would fix the ticket price for a play in an auditorium.
Q5: Questions about my experience as the Head of Finance for IETE and Udaan14
Q6: Who's my idol?

Experience
There are scores given to you based on your performance in each round. So after the GD round, if you pass a
certain threshold, you'd have only one interview with the senior HR. I didn't, so had to go through 2 interviews.
My 1st interview lasted for 65-70 minute. The other half of my interview was based entirely on my resume.
Questions about my experience as the Head of Finance for IETE and Udaan'14 were asked. I had to tell him in
great details about what did I actually do. What did I learn from my experience and would you recommend your
juniors taking up such positions.

ROUND 7: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
I had to wait for 3 hours for the final interview confirmation. The last interview was a kind of a formality I
suppose. Questions like tell me about yourself and my hobbies were asked. Then again resume based questions
were asked. I was asked to ask some questions about the company. (Always ask). I asked two questions and I
was done.

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
R.S Agarwal for Quants

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ICICI BANK
Profile: Management Trainee

Industry : BANKING

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Civil Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Group Discussion--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
The test was on Probability.

ROUND 2: GROUP DISCUSSION

Experience
Current Affairs. Abstract word 'RED' was the topic. We were given a very short duration to discuss. People who
got lead over others were selected for further rounds.

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: Tell me something about yourself?
Q2: Why our company?

Experience
Some puzzles were asked. I was also asked to provide brief solutions to the questions asked in the test.

Tips
One should be extremely good in Probability.

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
One of the topics for case study was you were left in a virtual world and given a set things. What things would
you choose and Why? They have given a set of things. We need to explain the reasons for choosing them.
Prepare well for placements say like for at least 3-4 months.

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ICICI BANK
Profile: Management Trainee

Industry : BANKING

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Aerospace Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Resume Shortlist--> Test--> Group Discussion--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: RESUME SHORTLIST
Experience
Shortlisted on CGPA>8

ROUND 2: TEST
Experience
Only one test was conducted on data interpretations and then shortlisting based on test scores was done.

ROUND 3: GROUP DISCUSSION

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

ROUND 4: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
Interview was of only one round and in it both HR and technical were completed in 15 minutes.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

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.

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

COURSES/CERTIFICATIONS
1. CAT will cover almost entire technical process.

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HDFC BANK
Profile: Relationship Manager

Industry : BANKING

"This review has been posted by a pgdm student of Marketing Branch"

SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview--> FLIP Online training program
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
It was overall a simple test, some difficult questions were there to check the patience of student. Otherwise the
questions were of moderate level.

Tips
Prepare basic things, work on fast calculation & anlytical skills. For sales competency section no need to
give ideal answers, be realistic.

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Q1: Briefing of resume
Q2: Familiarity with accounts
Q3: Tell me all the sources of money for an organization.

Experience
It was a 10-15 minute interview. He asked basic things & the interviewer was focusing on my financial
knowledge

Tips
If you are planning to appear in hdfc interview, work on your accounting, frame some stories of your life,
try to find out your skills so that they can hire you.

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: Tell me about yourself
Q2: Why bank?
Q3: Why should we hire you?

Experience
The questions were simple, they were looking for relative experience & person suitable for their profile.

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Tips
Sales experience of internship will add some weightage to your performance. Try to share experience of
projects you have worked on.

ROUND 4: FLIP ONLINE TRAINING PROGRAM

Experience
They detailed us about the profile, gave us relavant information & took the test for the same. There were online
ppts on types of loan, balance sheet, credit note etc.

Tips
You have to work seriously to crack this part of process. Once you clear this you will become a member of
hdfc bank. All the best

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Sales
2: Financial knowledge
3: Communication skills
4: Grasping power
5: Commen sense

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
If you are looking for a profile in banking sector, then work on accounting balance shhets & generate your
interest in the same field. It is not always about financial selling. You may have to give advice to your
customers, prepare credit note.

YOUR MOTIVATION FOR APPLYING TO THIS COMPANY

Name of the company, profile was a mixture of sales & finance & I was confused about my interest whether lies
in sales or office work (analysis). So i applied

FUNNY MOMENTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE

Waiting time. We spent a great time in Indira college that day.

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RELIANCE
Profile: GET

Industry : CONGLOMERATE/GROUP

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of CHEMICAL Branch"

SELECTION PROCESS
Technical Interview
ROUND 1: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW
Experience
Interview questions were mostly core. Here and there a few HR questions were asked. A lot of questions on
Heat,mass transfer. They asked some very basic HR questions to see if i was prepared.

Tips
They look for students who have good conceptual knowledge of fundamentals of core courses.They look
for students genuinely interested in core profile and hence grilled me on core knowledge.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Core Courses Understanding.
2: Knowledge About Industries.
3: Project And Internship.

Tips
Solved some mock core tests given by BC. Brushed up on important concepts in CRE, HT, MT, momentum
transfer etc.Looked at GATE papers of past five years.

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RELIANCE
Profile: GET

Industry : CONGLOMERATE/GROUP

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Chemical Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
The test had aptitude and technical sections in equal parts. the aptitude part was very easy, you have to score
almost full in this section if you are from IITs. The technical part was also easy, but you have to get your basics
right to score well in the test.Once you got through the test round,you have great chances of getting the
job.During my placement, they selected people who scored above 90%.

Tips
In the technical round, all the topics will be covered, so you should be clear with your basics in all the
topics.I had to put special attention on topics such as pumps since it was not taught for us.

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
If you have an above average CGPA, they try really hard to eliminate you in the technical round, so brace
yourself and be ready for it.If you are an average pointer,you will find it relatively easy, you will get through the
round provided you don't show your stupidity.
Mine was a stress interview right from the start, they didn't agree upon whatever I said. In fact at one point one
of the interviewer turned towards another and just said "yeh kuch bhi boltha hai yaar". At the end I got through.
I attribute my success to the tolerance and patience I showed during the interview.Whatever they say try not to
give up and try to answer their questions in a crisp manner.
They asked questions about my projects as well as questions on application of chemical engineering in the
industry.

Tips
I attribute my success to the tolerance and patience I showed during the interview.Whatever they say try
not to give up and try to answer their questions in a crisp manner.

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
All the candidates who got through the technical round got the jobs.So as you can understand the HR round is
"Naam ke vasthe" atleast during my placement.

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KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Chemical engineering basics
2: Stress handling ability

Tips
If you aim for Reliance, preparing for GATE really helps you.

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
Especially for this company people need not bother about their communication skills. If you just can
communicate your ideas in english that's suffice.

YOUR MOTIVATION FOR APPLYING TO THIS COMPANY

Wanted to do work in core chemical engineering.And in reliance, since it has the largest petroleum refinery in
Asia you will have great learning oppurtunity.

FUNNY MOMENTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE

In my first round of interview, they really tried to stress me out. At one point in the interview they looked as if
they were not interested in whatever I say and one of the interviewer tried to show that intent by telling the
other interviewer "Yeh kuch bhi boltha hai yaar"(He is bullshitting). But since I knew that I was not bullshitting, I
didn't yield to the stress and answered all the questions patiently.
In the HR round, since there was a point about chemistry Olympiad, they asked me a question on chemistry. I
didn't really know the answer but I tried to answer it. The interviewer was a chemistry graduate and she got
visibly angry at my effort of answering. She yelled at me and created an impression I screwed it up.But at the
end she suddenly burst into a laugh and told that I got the job.Happy ending atleast :)

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DRDO
Profile: Scientist

Industry : DEFENSE

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics And
Communication And CS. Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Technical Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
After filling a bio-data form mentioning the details regarding projects/papers published and BTP/DDP,
shortlisting is done based on the following points:CG cut-off 6.75. Shortlisted after comparing the test scores of
all the students.
Objective type test is conducted on the basis of aptitude and core questions.

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
It was a Skype interview with a panel of 8 and questions were asked about core engineering,internship and
projects.Additional questions were asked regarding the branch one is interested in.Questions were asked about
the work DRDO has done and is doing and about BTP.

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
One need to be thorough with core subjects,at least the one you are interested in.Be confident while answering
questions and avoid talking about something of which you have no knowledge.

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ATKINS
Profile: Graduate Engineer

Industry : OTHER

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Civil Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
Questions asked were from basic civil engineering. They were not just structural but from other streams as well.
Mostly structural were expected so that was a bit disappointing. English was bit difficult, long passages for
comprehension were given. Aptitude was easy enough. The filling of form between the test with general
information about one self was a bit annoying.

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
No problems were asked to solve neither any BMD'S were asked to be drawn. Resume was looked at and asked
what was taught in some courses, some details of the project being worked on as well. It was a friendly talk than
an interview. Then a few simple questions were asked.

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
Firstly was asked to introduce himself. Details about family and siblings and what they are doing were also
asked. Some other general questions like, hobbies, how much are you interested, what are your future plans etc
were also asked. Interview didn't seem like it was critical, it was easy.

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IRS
Profile: Assistant Surveyor

Industry : OTHER

"This review has been posted by a BTECH & MTECH [ DUAL DEGREE ] student of OE Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Technical Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
Written Test 40 questions in 40 minutes.
25 objective questions. (MCQ)
7-8 short answer questions very specific answers (2-3 line answers).
3-4 long answer questions very specific answers (2-3 line answers with sketches).

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
There was Only 1 round of Interview.
Basic fundaes about a course of your choice.Interested in other companies that you applied for.
Also interested in both the 2nd year and 3rd year internships.
Look for Depth in your understanding and your thought process.Different interviews for different candidates.

Tips
Preparation : Basic core courses Ship Theory, Resistance and Propulsion, Ship Structures and the
section on Sea trails from the course Dynamics of Floating Bodies.Preparation for the Grand Viva helps a
lot.

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

COURSES/CERTIFICATIONS
1. Ship Theory
2. Resistance and Propulsion
3. Ship Structures
4. Dynamics of Floating Bodies

YOUR MOTIVATION FOR APPLYING TO THIS COMPANY

Indian Register of Shipping is an internationally recognized, independent ship classification society, founded in
India in 1975.

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MORGAN STANLEY
Profile: Analyst

Industry : FINANCIAL SERVICES

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Metallurgical Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Technical Interview--> Group Activity--> Technical Interview--> PRO FIT ROUND--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
There was negative marking for these questions (+4 & -1) and the number of questions in the second section
were more (10 and 20 respectively, I think).The second part of the test was a Coding Round, online. We were
given 3 problem statements to be solved in 45 minutes and the programming languages allowed were C, C++
and Java. However you are required to use the same language for Part 1 (Technical Skills) and Part 2 (Coding
Round). So make sure you know any one language in its entirety. I hadnt touched anything apart from C. The
questions were essentially based on data structures.

Tips
Word of caution: Be wise in designing your strategy to solve questions, there always IS a sectional cut off
and the competition is cutthroat.

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Q1: How would you find whether a number is even or odd without using any conditions?
Q2: Implement a dynamic 2D excel sheet using DS (underwent various levels of improvisations)
Q3: A build up that resulted in the concept of using joins in DBMS
Q4: Discussed the concept of virtual memory and paging in OS

Experience
-1 was pretty much basic, probably just for them to find out whether you know everything that you claim to
know. I was asked questions on the basics of C, Data structure implementation, DBMS AND OS. Sounds
daunting, but it really wasn't. My panellists were really cool about giving me all the time in the world to think
about my answers, they'd even roll their chairs to the corner of the room and chit chat when I'd ask them to
stop looking at me. Not a recommended course of action for you guys, because you might get really badass
panellists who might want to take a stress interview and using this would probably get you a ticket to take you
directly out of the building. But the point is that you don't need to panic when you're asked a question that you
don't understand AT ALL. It is probably just a coating of shiny silver on a very basic problem. ALWAYS
remember to restate the question as you understood it to make sure that you're on the right track. If you're
right you get a bonus for being able to analyse well. If you're not, they will make you understand and you won't
spend 15 minutes of your interview time solving a misinterpreted question.

ROUND 3: GROUP ACTIVITY

Experience

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This is subject to change every year, but for ours we had the one with the Lego toys

ROUND 4: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
This round was perhaps the most difficult of all, with gruelling technical questions that I couldn't make head or
tail out of. But they were satisfied with a broad outlook to the number of solutions and the different ways to
approach the problem. They asked me a little about how my day had been till then and for improvisations on the
answers to the questions I was asked in the previous rounds. I was also asked a question about synchronization
that I answered with my knowledge of embedded systems. They were really interested in how I applied
unrelated knowledge to solve a problem that I would otherwise not be able to answer. This was the end of
TECH-2 which made me believe that I had screwed up entirely and that I was out for sure.

ROUND 5: PRO FIT ROUND

Experience
I went in to my ProFit round with an "I-should-really-have the-best-time-with-this-thing-since-it-is-all-downthe-drain-anyway" attitude, but really, I think that is just what you're expected to do anyway. :) This ended up
being the coolest round of all and I had the time of my life for those 30 minutes. My interviewer asked me ALL
the general questions you expect in an HR, and I answered them all very, very truthfully and with really long
explanations :P The guy was a veeeeery keen listener and caught on to each and every one of my indications. He
let me talk about practically everything, from my very hippie-like outlook of life to the most silly bets I have
placed, ever. And the best part was that he was always interested, poker-face like, but always waiting patiently
for more exemplifications. Don't bother trying to make up achievements you haven't really made, because they
don't care about how accomplished you are, more like how zestful you are, and it probably shows when you're
talking about things that you love. Long story short, talk your heart out, they hardly speak in all of those 30
minutes. Let them know that you really ARE passionate about the things that you do.

ROUND 6: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
The next round that I was immediately ushered into was my HR. Now, I probably felt what I did because I had
talked a LOT in my previous round, but I really thought this round was predominantly precursory. My
interviewer was one of the big shots of the day, but he hardly asked me any questions that could qualify as HR.
This person was the only one from all of my interviews who was even remotely rigid, but that too only
marginally. He was ultra-friendly again by the end of the interview. This might vary case by case, but he only
asked me things like my comfort with relocation and what I aimed to achieve in the next 5 years. At the end of
the interview, he kid around a little and escorted me to the waiting room.

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MORGAN STANLEY
Profile: Analyst

Industry : FINANCIAL SERVICES

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Metallurgical Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Technical Interview--> Group Activity--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview--> fitness roound
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
The first round, quite naturally, was the aptitude round. We had to answer questions that were designed to test
our quantitative and technical abilities. But this was only the first part. The second part involved finding
computational solutions to simulated situations. These questions needed to be solved in a programming
language we were asked to choose earlier, during the aforementioned first part. I chose to do it in Java as that
is one language I am really thorough with. I understand that C/C++ are more important and versatile, but what
matters here is your inherent understanding of the concepts involved

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

ROUND 3: GROUP ACTIVITY
Experience
We had to build model buildings, using LEGO blocks. Other than the fact that I love building things from other
smaller things, the supplied material took me back to my childhood days. We were divided into four groups. Two
in each room, and each group consisted of 8-10 candidates. We were given a time limit within which we had to
design and construct a building. As a surprise, after half time, they asked the two groups in each room to merge
their projects. This probably was to see if the candidates were pro-active team players, and could handle
unexpected situations like professionals.

ROUND 4: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Q1: Asked about my projects the technical aspects, scope, etc
Q2: Databases and Mysql queries, types of keys, joins, etc
Q3: Fundamentals of Operating Systems threads/processes, scheduling algorithms, memory/storage, etc
Q4: Data Structures and Files, so sorting/searching algorithms, their complexities, files, other data structures,
etc.

Experience
There was another technical interview after the group activity. I was interviewed by two of their officers, who
again asked questions similar to those from the first technical round. It went quite well, since I was quite
confident about the way I was solving the problems they gave me. Thinking out loud is key, as that lets them in
your problem-solving abilities. That way, they let you know if you are headed in the right direction. My
interviewers were quite pleasant, as they liked discussing possible scenarios to the problems they gave me.

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ROUND 5: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
There was an HR round, where the woman interviewed me about my projects. She needed to know if I had the
guts to finish whatever it is that I started. So she asked more on the lines on my role in the projects I had
undertaken in the previous years. She also asked me about my working experience from before. That too went
well. It was pretty much a standard HR interview projects, hobbies, traits, etc.

ROUND 6: FITNESS ROOUND

Experience
There was another round in the end, which was to test the candidates professional fitness if they indeed are
the right people for the job. I found it to be a blend of technical and HR interviews, more on the lines of HR
though. All in all, it was a brilliant experience

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
To my juniors, study hard, be sincere, be yourself, be smart (preferably in that order, but you are free to
improvise!)

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INDIAN NAVY
Profile: Special Naval Architects

Industry : DEFENSE

"This review has been posted by a BTECH & MTECH [ DUAL DEGREE ] student of OE Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
Technical interview comprised of both Tech and HR. Each interview lasted for about
45 minutes.
CGPA isnt really a factor (at least Last Year).
Questions about Cochin Shipyard Internship were asked.
Questions like, why you wanted to be an IITian were asked.
Medical standards for Eyesight permissible up to -3.5 D (Myopia).

Tips
Preparation : Basic Naval architecture courses like Ship theory, Resistance and Propulsion and Ship
Structure. Special Importance to be given to the assignment in Ship Design. Preparation for the Grand
Viva helps a lot

ROUND 2: HR INTERVIEW
YOUR MOTIVATION FOR APPLYING TO THIS COMPANY
The Indian Navy today employs the largest pool of trained Naval Architects in India. With the Navy going for
more and more sophisticated warship production within the country, the Corps of Naval Architects offers
excellent opportunities to keep abreast of the advancement in ship building technology and implement your
innovative ideas.

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BLUEOCEAN MARKET INTELLIGENCE

Profile: Analyst

Industry : MARKET RESEARCH

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Civil Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Group Discussion--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
It was a two hour objective pattern test. Questions were mostly on mental ability, aptitude and general
knowledge.

ROUND 2: GROUP DISCUSSION

Experience
There were 9 people in a group. It went for half an hour.
They looked for leadership qualities, whether you started the discussion, whether you are able to express your
thoughts, whether you are standing on your views etc.

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
There were three rounds. They asked HR questions, few puzzles and also few tech related questions.No
particular skill are required. Minor knowledge didnt help much.

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LAKSHMIKUMARAN & SRIDHARAN

Profile: Senior Patent Analyst

Industry : LAW / LEGAL SERVICES

"This review has been posted by a BTECH & MTECH [ DUAL DEGREE ] student of Engineering Design Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Technical Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
It was a basic CAT level verbal exam with an essay to check whether you can present your thoughts in a proper
manner. The verbal exam was to check grammar and verbal reasoning as in this type of job one is expected to
have good command over english.

Tips
CAT level preparation

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
My interview was for 1 hour and they asked question only basic questions related to automobiles. They require
engineers to understand the technology from the client and document it so that lawyer can understand it.

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BARCLAYS TECHNOLOGY CENTRE INDIA

Profile: UnKnown

Industry : BANKING

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Metallurgical Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Resume Shortlist--> Test--> Group Activity--> Other Interview--> Technical Interview--> Other Interview
ROUND 1: RESUME SHORTLIST
Experience
We had to answer three questions while filing our application. The questions were:1. What do you understand
about our Company Values? Give an example of how you have demonstrated one or more of our Values.2. Why
have you chosen to apply to this particular role and why at Barclays?3. Describe a recent development in the
banking industry.

Tips
Don't copy the answers to these questions directly from the internet or from your friend.They will be short
listing based on your responses.

ROUND 2: TEST
Experience
Here you are given different scenarios and out of the four options given you have to choose the most likely and
least likely response to that situation. It is fairly simple. You have to answer 40 questions in less than 20
minutes. The level of difficulty in the second around is the same as the first one.

ROUND 3: GROUP ACTIVITY

Experience
We had two group activities, the first was a Group Case study. Groups of 5 or 6 students were made. The GD
was about Barclays taking over a company which had high net worth people which used Aurelia software. The
software was good but it was badly coded. So you had few flow charts with the cost, which was used in order to
shift this high net worth people on the Barclays Platform. You could also make a new flow chart too but then you
had to specify cost. This was the same topic which our seniors had during their process.
The second one was a Group Exercise - a Strategy game called Slide and Score. Here team work and
coordination is more important. Just follow the rules. They will give you some time to practice the game as well

ROUND 4: OTHER INTERVIEW

Experience
SBI round. It was a rapid fire round where recruiter would shoot questions and you would have to answer them.
45 questions had to be answered. The key to this interview is to be honest and just be yourself. In the end the
interviewer shall ask you if you have any question. Always ask a question and a good one.

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ROUND 5: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
Here I was mostly asked questions based on my resume. Then in detail about the various joins and keys in
database, a lot about data structures and about my projects. Here also in the end they will ask if you have any
questions so always have one or two questions prepared to ask them.

ROUND 6: OTHER INTERVIEW

Experience
Online Technical tests. They say, this are only for their information, in order to know how much an employee
knows. Basics of C, Java and SQL are there. There are around 10-15 questions in each section. It is fairly
simple.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Database
2: Data structures

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BLOGS/ARTICLES
1. http://blog.cappeu.com/2013/01/31/how-to-prepare-for-a-strengths-based-interview/.
2. http://www.shldirect.com/en/practice-tests

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BARCLAYS TECHNOLOGY CENTRE INDIA

Profile: UnKnown

Industry : BANKING

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Metallurgical Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Resume Shortlist--> Test--> Group Activity
ROUND 1: RESUME SHORTLIST
Experience
We had to answer three questions while filing our application. The questions were: 1. What do you understand
about our Company Values? Give an example of how you have demonstrated one or more of our Values. 2. Why
have you chosen to apply to this particular role and why at Barclays? 3. Describe a recent development in the
banking industry.

Tips
Dont copy the answers to these questions directly from the internet or from your friend.
They will be short listing based on your responses.

ROUND 2: TEST
Experience
Here you are given different scenarios and out of the four options given you have to choose the most likely and
least likely response to that situation. It is fairly simple. You have to answer 40 questions in less than 20
minutes. The level of difficulty in the second around is the same as the first one.

ROUND 3: GROUP ACTIVITY

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET
BOOKS
SHL Direct.

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
All in all, just be confident and give your best.You will surely make it.All the best

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AVANTI FELLOWS
Profile: Curriculum Associate

Industry : EDUCATION

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Computer Science Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Resume Shortlist--> Behavioural Interview--> Test
ROUND 1: RESUME SHORTLIST
Experience
On the basis of resume first,shortlisting of candidates took place.

Tips
Resume should be uniform and precise.

ROUND 2: BEHAVIOURAL INTERVIEW

Experience
After shortlisting, in interview,judging of candidates was done on the basis of their communication skills and an
optimistic outlook.
In candidates, motivation and ready to travel anywhere were looked for.

ROUND 3: TEST
Experience
Tests were conducted to test the teaching ability of a candidate.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Knowledge in MATLAB.
2: Knowledge in C,C++ is required.
3: Soft skills

Tips
Programming basics like pointers, arrays, Dynamic array allocation should be known.Prepare for the
questions sent by BC and on aptitude.Elective: Knowledge on Structures, Finite element analysis may be
useful.

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AXIS BANK
Profile: BUSINESS ANALYST

Industry : BANKING

"This review has been posted by a BTECH & MTECH [ DUAL DEGREE ] student of Aerospace Engineering
Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Resume Shortlist--> Test--> Case Study Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: RESUME SHORTLIST
Experience
Initial shortlisting was based on resume where CGPA cutoff was around 8.

ROUND 2: TEST
Experience
Questions were related to Data interpretation and Aptitude,which mostly tests a person's patience too.Around
20-25 were shortlisted after this round.

ROUND 3: CASE STUDY INTERVIEW

Experience
Questions relating to case studies and course done in your maths were asked.

ROUND 4: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
In this round,the candidate was asked to talk about himself, his qualities and mostly the activities he was
involved in the past 4-5 years of his life.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Good communication skills

Tips
A proper revision of math courses will also be useful during interviews and can do much better by having
preparation in case studies.

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

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COURSES/CERTIFICATIONS
1. CAT preparation would help a lot to crack tests.

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INFIBEAM
Profile: Analyst

Industry : INTERNET

"This review has been posted by a BTECH & MTECH [ DUAL DEGREE ] student of Mechanical Engineering
Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Behavioural Interview--> Puzzle Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: BEHAVIOURAL INTERVIEW
Q1: How was your day?-Tell me about yourself?
Q2: Which language do you prefer to code in? "Have you read The C Programming Language book by Dennis
Retchie?" Which technical book have you read recently?.-So you like C, have you ever thought of bringing up
the concept of Inheritance in C?
Q3: What is the reason behind inventing the concept of inheritance? Write a program and explain.
Q4: What is Liskov substitution principle?
Q5: Explain OOPs concepts with a program for each.
Q6: Write a code for dynamic polymorphism
Q7: What is the drawback of global variables?
Q8: Why using 'goto' is a bad programming practice?
Q9: Which is your favourite subject? Why? Name a book for that subject.
Q10: Bring modularity in the code that you had written in aptitude test
Q11: Told me to make changes as per his wishes in that code-What is DRY in software engineering?

ROUND 2: PUZZLE INTERVIEW

Q1: Gave a puzzle (find the heaviest ball amongst 8 balls in an optimized way). Tell the logic and write code for
it.-write Create, Update, Delete, Insert, Select, Join SQL queries for a given problem
Q2: Asked me one sentence questions about the technologies that I had mentioned in resume... What is.....
HTML, CSS, JQuery, JSP?
Q3: What are implicit objects in JSP?
Q4: Name a web server and an application server.
Q5: How to deploy web application on apache tomcat?-What is Collections in Java?

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: How was your day?-Tell me about yourself
Q2: How to optimize the code that you had written in aptitude test - It was a discussion, he helped me in solving
the problem
Q3: Now write an optimized version of that code

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STAYZILLA
Profile: Associate Product Manager

Industry : HOSPITALITY & TOURISM

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Mechanical Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
Usual type.

Tips
Preparing for CAT helps a lot as questions were similar

ROUND 2: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
A lot of profile related queries were asked. Explain why youre suitable for that profile. Interview was totally
based on resume points.

Tips
Startup experience (Pizza Mutiny) helped a lot, and was the deciding factor in getting placed, as other
resume points werent that great.

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

WEBSITES
1. www.quora.com

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STAYZILLA
Profile: Associate Product Manager

Industry : HOSPITALITY & TOURISM

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Mechanical Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Group Discussion--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
30-45 mins, accounting & finance related

ROUND 2: GROUP DISCUSSION

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
Questions such as what a product manager does? different situations were put forward & possibility of
expansion in specific verticals was tested resume based questions were asked, no of languages known was
asked, case related questions.

Tips
Case study preparation helpedan internship in startup was useful
Dos: bethorough with resume, basic level core fundaes, be prepared with questions like why you/this
company/this field?.
Donts:dont fake, lie

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
Case studies prep

CAT prep

VIDEOS
1. videos of victor cheng

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TIGER ANALYTICS
Profile: Senior Analyst

Industry : CONSULTING

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Metallurgical Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Technical Interview--> Case Study Interview
ROUND 1: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW
Q1: on C++ coding,
Q2: Simulation

ROUND 2: CASE STUDY INTERVIEW

Q1: data based case study like missing data questions.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Big Data Analytics
2: C++
3: Statistics
4: Regression

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
Resume doesnt really matter, but specific things in it can be looked at. CGPA does not matter as well. Build up
your skills, engage with teams and startups in the institute.

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AUCTUS ADVISORS
Profile: Business Analyst

Industry : CONSULTING

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Metallurgical Engeering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Case Study Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: CASE STUDY INTERVIEW
Experience
The problem will be given for you to analyse and it is very important that you style what you speak to carry
forward a constructive discussion with the interviewers. They will look at how you apply your knowledge to build
a solution

Tips
The 2 important things that you need to keep in mind are as follows Breaking the problem down to the
absolute basic Following a systematic and structured way of solving the problems

ROUND 2: HR INTERVIEW
Tips
Be very honest and frank with your answers. The candidate was psychoanalyzed and asked to respond to
analysis done by company on himself.

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
Case In point

Case Interviews Cracked

VIDEOS
1. Victor Cheng Videos

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE

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manner
Resume should have a narrative of life in insti. List your passions and skills. Lookout for spikes in resume.
Distinguishing your work from other people in institute. Attend resume making sessions to understand how to
reflect them in resumeContact seniors who have joined the company to go through resume and suggest
changes. Good Leadership PoRs will be appreciated. Important to quantify achievements in resume as
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companies like to see spike/impact that you have created.November Prep for Case interview in a rigorous
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DIEBOLD
Profile: UnKnown

Industry : FINANCIAL SERVICES

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
Total 14 people were shortlisted after the aptitude. EXTC and ETRX students had MPMC, Digital Logic, Digital
communication ,etc. and quants ,logic in aptitude test

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Q1: Tell me about yourself. What are your hobbies?
Q2: Explain BE project and TE project.
Q3: How would you rate yourself in C and Java?
Q4: Which Data Structures are you comfortable with?
Q5: Given an array, sort it using a tree(Write the whole code)
Q6: Explain stack and queue. Have you used stack or queue in any of your projects?
Q7: Which platforms are you comfortable with? Have you used UNIX?
Q8: Difference between Windows7 and Windows XP?
Q9: Difference between single core and multi core processors.
Q10: Virtual functions, OOPS concepts like inheritance(explain using example),abstraction
Q11: Multithreading - its benefits, applications, thread vs process.
Q12: Explain encryption , decryption
Q13: What are the methods used for encryption of data?

Experience
I said I am comfortable with linked lists (data structure). So he asked questions like find the Nth node to last in
a linked list, find if it is a circular list. Some questions were based on microprocessors and microcontrollers.

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: Why do you think are you better than Comps/IT candidates?
Q2: Rate yourself in C and Java?
Q3: How much do you code daily?
Q4: Why do you want to join Diebold?

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PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

WEBSITES
1. Geeksforgeeks.com
2. indiabix
3. Programmerinterview

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MATRIMONY.COM
Profile: Web Developer

Industry : INTERNET

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Aerospace Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Resume Shortlist--> Test--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: RESUME SHORTLIST
ROUND 2: TEST
Experience
It was normal aptitude test involving maths and puzzles. There was no coding.

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
They shortlisted some 25(not sure) after the test and first 10 had only HR and remaining 15 had both HR and
technical interviews. I had only HR in which they asked about my project,why software,why our company,blah
blah blah and normal stuff like this.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Web Technologies
2: PHP
3: Javascript
4: HTML
5: Mysql
6: Redis
7: Sphinx

Tips
First give some practise tests online, solve puzzles, learn atleast C till lists(linked lists etc), and do sorting
algorithms.

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ICICI LOMBARD
Profile: MANAGEMENT TRAINEE

Industry : INSURANCE

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Aerospace Branch"

SELECTION PROCESS
Resume Shortlist--> Group Discussion--> Technical Interview
ROUND 1: RESUME SHORTLIST
Experience
Shortlisting was based on resume.

ROUND 2: GROUP DISCUSSION

ROUND 3: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW
Experience
One round of 30 minutes interview took place. No coding questions were asked. Questions on data analytics and
like "Why would you fit in?" were asked.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Presence of mind.
2: Communication skills.
3: Should have a data analytics background.
4: Good in probability and statistics.

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
Check out what they expect from candidates on their website. Highlight relevant points.Probability required is
12th standard level.Limit to single page.You can mention relevant points in interview which are not present in
your resume.

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PYKIH DATA VISUALISATION

Profile: UnKnown

Industry : INTERNET

"This review has been posted by a BE student of Computers Branch"

SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> HR Interview--> CODING
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
It was not an aptitude test but a logical test. We were given 3 questions at start.2 questions were geometry
based and the other one was database question.A figure was given and we were asked to calculate the area
orsome thing.Prove using geometry (a+b)^2 identity.We were to design a table for given problem.Lastly we
were told to write a code for finding the longest streak

ROUND 2: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
The process starts with a 5-7min HR type round. The round is conducted by the founder himself.

Tips
Just be u r self, dont panic be cool and answer what ever u r asked.

ROUND 3: CODING
Experience
Based on the test results we were assigned a task of studying a particular language.....I was told to study ruby
and back end related technologies.The rest 4 were to study web front end related technologies.On the day we
were given a set of questions to code, around 10 and I solve 9 of them, the programs were simple.

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
64 HR questions

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AMADASOFT
Profile: Trainee Engineer

Industry : OTHER

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Mechanical Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
3D geometry, and CS1100 level C,C++ coding questions were asked.

Tips
Dont ignore quant. Prepare for it.

ROUND 2: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: What are your future plans?
Q2: What are your future plans?
Q3: Strengths and weakness
Q4: Why did you choose IIT? Why not NIT?
Q5: Where do you see yourself in this company?
Q6: Whats your fav. Course? Why?
Q7: Why is your CGPA low?
Q8: Why do you want to join this company?

Experience
They were looking whether youd stay in the company for 3 years atleast.

Tips
Present yourself as if youre going to be in the company for a few years.

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
64 HR questions

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COURSES/CERTIFICATIONS
1. CAT
2. Coding

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ITC
Profile: AUT - Assistant Under Training

Industry : FMCG

"This review has been posted by a BTECH & MTECH [ DUAL DEGREE ] student of Electrical Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Group Discussion--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: GROUP DISCUSSION
Experience
It was a resume based shortlist.Around 50 were selected for G.D. GD was conducted with 8 members in a group,
of which 4 were selected. They were looking for people who could consider multiple options and arrive at a
solution.

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Q1: A whisky manufacturer sees more demand in the market. Has options of renting external factory or
expanding own factory to meet demands. Considering the cost and returns, find the expected profit if each one
of the options are followed. A decision uncertainty based analysis was to be followed.
Q2: What will you do if you were given 1 million rupees. Was expected to ideate something that give periodic
returns. And also how to go about making the profit.

Experience
There were 2 rounds. 1st round:Technical and HR questions asked details about projects/internships. Was
asked questions like "would you be comfortable with working places far from city" etc? Looked for candidates
with a sense of social responsibility.

2nd Round: Technical interview( Questions were on power systems, opamps etc. Even Mech question were
asked)

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ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
Questions on PORS were asked, to elaborate on what the POR is about. Questions about internship was asked.

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ITC
Profile: AUT - Assistant Under Training

Industry : FMCG

"This review has been posted by a B.Tech (Hons.) - M.Tech (Dual Degree) student of Chemical Engineering Systems Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Resume Shortlist--> Group Discussion--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: RESUME SHORTLIST
Experience
You are shortlisted based on your application & resume. I feel more importance is given to the application. You
are asked to list out and briefly explain your internships, projects, extra/co-curricular activities and any
Positions of responsibilities you have held. You also have to give in a couple of short essays highlighting your
short and long term objectives, achievements and an instance where you applied your mind over matter.

Tips
You are rated on five different aspects - CGPA, Internships, Projects, Extra/Co-curricular activities and
PORs. Be sure to bring out your strengths in a clear and concise manner.

ROUND 2: GROUP DISCUSSION

Experience
The GD happened in groups of six and was for 30 minutes which included the five minutes of prep time. We were
presented with five different energy sources available in a hypothetical region. The objective was to come up
with a consensus the best alternative to solve the energy crisis in the region.
We came up with a couple of key parameters and rated each of the projects based on those. We weren't able to
reach a conclusion.

Tips
The moderator looks for a structure in your analysis and the manner in which you present it to the team.
It'll be great if everyone agrees with your point which reflects your natural leadership skills. Your body
language counts a lot. Stay attentive and look engaged and passionate about the discussion. You get
points for starting a GD but do so only if you have a good point in mind. Never put any disagreement to a
vote - try reaching a consensus.

ROUND 3: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Q1: Tell us about yourself .
Q2: This project (Internship) looks interesting! Tell us more about it.
Q3: Explain the algo (From another project) you had used to solve this problem.
Q4: Do you feel this product (Something I developed in my internship) has any practical application?
Q5: How did you model the bubble dynamics in this project?

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Q6: Tell us about a conflict you have had and how did you manage it?
Q7: What do you hate doing?

Experience
The first round went on for about 45 minutes. The first few questions were a set of typical HR introductory
questions. Next the questions were primarily about my interships and projects. I found this round pretty fast
paced and rapid. They would randomly pick something from my resume (So be through with everything on your
resume!) and would ask me to briefly explain it. Then there were tons of follow up questions, for example, why
did you use this pump, why did you limit your model to these inputs etc. There were also a few HR questions
which were behavioral in nature - wherein you would be asked to give an instance from your life that illustrated
a competency like people skills conflict resolution etc.

Tips
Make sure you are able to speak constructively about every line in your resume. Have a clear
understanding of every project/internship. Revise all your courses from a practical standpoint. I would
highly recommend going through the Lab experiments and their respective chapters in McCabe & Smith.

ROUND 4: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: Walk us through your resume
Q2: You have been brought up in Metros. How will you manage in rural areas?
Q3: Whats your favorite subject?
Q4: Why ITC?

Experience
The second interview was reasonably laid back and chilled out. I was interviewed by the CEO and MDs of the ITC
Printing and Packaging division. The interview went on for about 20 minutes and was HR based.

Tips
Interviews are nothing but a story telling competition. Pick a unifying theme and prepare a story for
yourself. This should come out in the first two/three minutes of the interview. Make sure you have a
rationale behind having done everything you have put in your resume. The interviewers look at your
resume in its totality and not as bunch of independent spikes.
DO NOT mug up answers to standard HR questions. You'll sound unnatural and fake and won't strike a
chord with the interviewer. Have a set of bullet points ready and go over them in a way you would, when
you meet someone on a train.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Technical Knowlegde
2: Communication
3: Confidence and ability to deal with stress
4: Leadership skills

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5: Taking initiatives
6: Ability to deliver on a project
7: Team skills
8: Innovating

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering - McCabe
and Smith

WEBSITES
1. http://www.itcportal.com/

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ITC
Profile: AUT - Assistant Under Training

Industry : FMCG

"This review has been posted by a B.TECH student of Mechanical Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Resume Shortlist--> Group Discussion--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview-->
ROUND 1: RESUME SHORTLIST
Tips
1 or 2 page Resume. Stress on your positions of responsibilities, internships and your academic projects.
Try to highlight the mathematical values about your project (eg: 50 lakh investment, 20 lakh returns,
20% efficiency increase etc etc)

ROUND 2: GROUP DISCUSSION

Experience
Some story with different characters and their involvement in the situation was given. The story revolves around
work ethics and maintenance of confidential information about the company. At the end we need to discuss and
come to a conclusion as to who is main culprit or the person responsible for causing the problem in the
company.

Tips
Don't be too demanding or too easy going in the GD. If you don't know how to start just wait so that
someone will catch up and u can definitely join in. It's good if you can start first but make sure you have
enough content to be put up bcoz u started first. Don't try to cut other's while they speak but try to
remain in the conversation as much as you can. Try to give a proper conclusion from your end as much as
possible because I feel that the reviewers will be very attentive towards the end than in the middle. Even if
your GD doesn't go well don't worry bcoz there are points both for your application and GD so if you have
a strong application then you can easily be shortlisted.

ROUND 3: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Q1: Stresses in a two end supported beam.
Q2: Heat exchanger types (parallel and counter heat exchanger) and their temperature profiles.

Experience
I had an internship in P&G. ITC being an FMCG too most of my interview revolved around the work I did in P&G.
It was easy for me bcoz I just had to explain all the stuff which I already did. They asked a bit about my POR's
and sports and I explained them briefly..that's it :)

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Tips
Be thorough with ur resume. They will mostly be asking points from ur resume itself so if you are
thorough with ur resume points you can easily get through this round. Prepare some basic core questions
from your subjects like thermodynamics, strength of materials etc bcoz they are definitely going to ask
you questions about them.

ROUND 4: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: Why ITC?
Q2: What else companies are you giving interviews today?
Q3: Do you like factory work?
Q4: Why not higher studies?

Experience
This interview is mainly to understand whether u r a right fit to ITC or not. They will ask u questions as I stated
above. Try to be honest as possible but make sure u don't say anything which is not in line with the company
(For eg: When they say about factory work say them that u like it ..if u r honest and say u dont like factory work
then there are high chances that u wont be selected bcoz they are mainly looking for people to work in factories
in supply chain profile)

Tips
When they questions about other interviews (and if u r actually attending other company interviews) be
honest and say them the truth. Don't say that u r not attending others bcoz they will have the list of all
companies u r shortlisted on Day-1..
As you know ITC is an Indian FMCG so try not to focus on other things abroad. They might ask some trap
questions like ..Do u like working in foreign countries etc..here u should not say no but yes either..try to
put in a good way which favour them the most. (u can say that India is a developing country and there is a
lot of potential which can be tapped here so focusing in India can definitely be good in the
future..something like that..:P)
Finally I want to say that its not about ITC or any other company whenever u attend any interview try to
be yourself and use your words properly which will give a positive impact to the interviewer that you can
actually profit the company a lot than anyone else.
Hope it helps :)

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Internship work
2: Positions of responsibility
3: Leadership skills
4: Team work

Tips
GPA (good if u have 8.0+)

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PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

COURSES/CERTIFICATIONS
1. Basic Core subject courses

YOUR MOTIVATION FOR APPLYING TO THIS COMPANY

Good FMCG..great growth (if u work straight for 15 yrs in ITC u can easily reach the top positions of the
company)..nice pay :P
good hours of work like may be max 10hrs per day...

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ITC
Profile: AUT - Assistant Under Training

Industry : FMCG

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Mechanical Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Resume Shortlist--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: RESUME SHORTLIST
Experience
The resumes were given in November. We were given a questionnaire form with general HR questions answers
to which will reflect our personality.

Tips
Do mention all the PORs, cocurricular,extracurricular activities done by you. Take care of typos that
might creep in.

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
30 to 40 people will be shortlisted for this.It was around 1 hour.If you have a good cg, then you might get
questions like "why don't you app?".

Tips
You should be through with your projects; be confident with your theory. Familiarize yourself with supply
chain, handling projects, things about handling people, optimization, production cycles, etc.

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
Selected 10 to 12 people will be called for this.The questions depend on your interviewer.General questions like
even on your family or whatever the interviewer is interested in you. Only 4 to 5 people will be selected.

Tips
Don't black out at any point of time.They expect honesty in your answers.The questionnaire will be
compared to what you say during interviews. So don't try to exaggerate.

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS

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64 HR questions

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ITC
Profile: AUT - Assistant Under Training

Industry : FMCG

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of CHEMCIAL Branch"

SELECTION PROCESS
Group Discussion--> Other Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: GROUP DISCUSSION
Experience
The Group Discussion happened in groups of six. We were also given five minutes of prep time. We were
presented with five different energy sources available in a hypothetical region.

Tips
The objective was to choose the best alternative to solve the energy crisis in the region.

ROUND 2: OTHER INTERVIEW

Q1: Walk me through your resume ?
Q2: Tell me about your background ?
Q3: Why did you use this pump ?
Q4: Why did you limit your model to these inputs ?

Experience
This round was primarily core based. The first few questions were a set of typical HR introductory
questions. Next thequestions were primarily about my interships and projects. I found this round pretty fast
paced and rapid. They would randomly pick something from my resume and would ask me to briefly explain
it. Then there were tons of follow up questions. There were also a few HR questions which were behavioural in
nature - wherein you would be asked to give an instance from your life that illustrated a competency like people
skills conflict resolution etc.

Tips
Be through with everything on your resume.

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: Why ITC?
Q2: Hobbies?
Q3: Why should we hire you?

Experience

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Reasonably laid back and chilled out. I was interviewed by the CEO and an MD of the ITC Paper and Packaging
division. I also got to ask a couple of questions in the end.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Confidence while communicating.
2: Clarity in arguments.
3: Practical application of concepts.

Tips
Make sure you are able to speak constructively about every line in your resume. Have a clear
understanding of every project/internship. Revise all your courses from a practical standpoint. I would
highly recommend going through the Lab experiments and their respective chapters in McCabe &
Smith. Apart from Core, I was focusing on Finance. I had cleared CFA level 1 and so I revised the syllabus
once. I would recommend reading the Econ, CorpFin, Portfolio Management and Derivatives portions of
the level 1 syllabus. Reading ET everyday can be of great help in the interview andGD. Also pick and read
about any five major Fin/Econ episodes in the world. Apart from that practice puzzles regularly. And
MOST importantly prep for CAT. Almost all the companies beyond Day 1.1 have CAT based tests as a
shortlisting criteria.

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
Interviews are nothing but a story telling competition. Pick a unifying theme and prepare a story for yourself.
This should come out in the first two/three minutes of the interview. Make sure you have a rationale behind
having done everything you have put in your resume. The interviewers look at your resume in its totality and not
as bunch of independent spikes. Google the company. Check out their latest corporate news, product lauches
etc. Have answers ready for the following questions - Introduce yourself (2-3 minutes pitch. Clear, concise and
well bucketed as acads/interns etc), Strengths & Weaknesses (Pick 3 each and back them up with instances
from ur life) and Long term and short term goals (Make sure they are alligned with the firm's culture). Follow
the STAR approach (Google it) to answer HR questions. DO NOT mug up answers to standard HR questions.
You'll sound unnatural and fake and won't strike a chord with the interviewer. Have a set of bullet points ready
and go over them in a way you would when you meet someone on a train.

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COGNIZANT
Profile: ASSOCIATE

Industry : IT / ITES

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Computer Science Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
Two papers were held for aptitude and were easy enough for a person with good logical and reasoning skills.In
the coding section, programs like string reversing were asked. easy enough for a good programmer to bang
on!If you have a superb grammar and vocabulary, this section will not be hard enough to fry your brains
consequently.

Tips
A good presence of mind and apt time management will help in scoring well.

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
This was a 10 minute round, where few questions on the previous tests held, coding and questions on aero
courses were asked.

Tips
Knowledge definitely pays!

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
A person should be witty enough in answering questions asked. A great presence of mind will act as a bonus.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Coding
2: Aptitude

Tips
If the basics of programming are very fluent,then zero problem will arise in encoding or decoding
programs.Extra curricular activities weren't given much of any importance.Going through case studies
given on the company's website will increment your knowledge.

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PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

COURSES/CERTIFICATIONS
1. Any programming language courses
2. Data Structures

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
Right knowledge and understanding regarding coding or any programming language that you are confident
enough about will be of great help.

YOUR MOTIVATION FOR APPLYING TO THIS COMPANY

Presence of mind, knowledge and fine observation are the three key ingredients that will make you pass!

FUNNY MOMENTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE

I was sincere enough and on my best behavior, to cause any nerdy moments!

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COGNIZANT
Profile: Associate

Industry : IT / ITES

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Metallurgical Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview--> Case Study Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
It included quantitative ability questions and a few subjective coding type questions. Nothing known about
cutoff as almost major chunk of people appearing for the test were called for the interview.The criteria for test is
mainly on CGs and at timesdepartments too.There are rare companies like BCG, DB who actually refer your
resumes for interviews without tests.

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
2 rounds of interview were there first the technical interview which included questions on your resume.
Detailed questionson every point you have mentioned, cross checking whether you really know aboutit at times
asking you for examples. No speed math was included. The interview was purely on all the stuff mentioned in the
resume.

Tips
Study the resume thorough with every point mentioned. Questionswere asked about things externally
related (not in the resume) to stuffmentioned as part of skills. So while exaggerating any point be aware
of everyfact about it.

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
The HR interview included personal level questions like tell me about yourself, where you hail from, positives,
negatives, why cognizant, why non-core, how do you see yourself after 2-3 years etc.The second stage may
depend upon GDs or interviews. In this case it was purely one on-one interview in both rounds.

ROUND 4: CASE STUDY INTERVIEW

Experience
Mentioned about R a tool used in analytics and was talked about linear and logistic regression. Questions about
Big Data Analysis and hadoop etc were asked.

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE

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Its better to start from August solving CAT papers which helps a lot. Purefin certifications do help for companies
like DB, Futures First, Nomura and all. Read only quantitative and a few previous years case studies (googled
as per the company). Read one to two cases everyday and discussions related to them on the internet and write
relevant points in some notebook at times searching for terms or phrases. Read the newspaper daily be it times
or even the economic times know whats happening in the world. They may ask you questions like whats
happening in the world. Be sure to answer them with what they would like to hear rather than what you would
like to talk on.The situation is better for non core companies because majority of them dont see the word
department while recruiting from iit. Both for non-core or core: give your best for every round andeven if you
dont get selected for first round you can try to push your resumein on spot interview calls for companies you
really want to be part of.Although it isnt fair play but thats what happens from Placemnt season day 2.And if
the rest do it there's no point regretting than to be a part of it.

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WIPRO
Profile: PROJECT ENGINEER

Industry : IT / ITES

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of CHEMICAL Branch"

SELECTION PROCESS
HR Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: Why do you want to work with us?
Q2: What are your future plans?
Q3: What are your strengths? Weaknesses?
Q4: Do you know what it is like to work in a plant?

Experience
I had previously done a field internship in Schlumberger so it helped with answers.

ROUND 2: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
A questionnaire was given. The HR went through the questionnaire and kept commenting and asking for a few
reasonsof the answers. He was basically confirming whether to select you, after the HR of the 1st round told him
how I was.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Technical Skills

Tips
Focus on your Study.. Revise the subject that you have studied at the time of Interview

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
R.S. Agrawal for APTITUDE.

WEBSITES

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1. m4maths.com

COURSES/CERTIFICATIONS
1. Soft Skills Development by NCVT

CLASSROOM COACHING
1. Amitabh Sir for Programming in C and DATA STRUCTURE

VIDEOS
1. N.P.T.E.L. Videos

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
(Pretty good team this year compared to his year(he was placement coord too), Good that it was in same
hostel.) DB didnt come. I sat for 3 company interviews. 2nd company knew that I had attended the first
companys interview so they didnt take me seriously. So make sure you send people to interviews according to
their preference. Last year,only one mock test was conducted (Momentumtransfer) for core subjects. These
should have been more core tests. I also suggest, keep a presentation in the even sem for internships because
companies start coming early in August.

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HUL
Profile: Management Trainee

Industry : FMCG

"This review has been posted by a BTECH & MTECH [ DUAL DEGREE ] student of Mechanical Engineering
Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Resume Shortlist--> Test--> Group Discussion--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: RESUME SHORTLIST
Experience
Resume submission was around 20th September

Tips
Be prepared before 20th November

ROUND 2: TEST
ROUND 3: GROUP DISCUSSION
ROUND 4: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
Most of the questions were about internship and projects. There were direct questions on favourite courses.
One page form will be given to fill personal details

Tips
You should be thorough with the points in your resume . Attached justified proofs. One page resume
should be there.

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
Blue Book

64 HR Questions

COURSES/CERTIFICATIONS
1. CAT preparation

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YOUR MOTIVATION FOR APPLYING TO THIS COMPANY

The company needed a socially good person who had a ability to learn new things

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HUL
Profile: MANAGEMENT TRAINEE

Industry : FMCG

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Mechanical Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Resume Shortlist--> Group Discussion--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: RESUME SHORTLIST
Experience
The company expects all aspirants to fill out a form provided by them. This contains questions that ask
aspirants to mention the Tech oriented Projects done and scholarships/ awards won. HR questions include
questions like Events that influenced the candidate the most.

Tips
Put cocurricular achievements that showcase leadership. Highlight all Tech related activities. Be
completely confident about the projects that are on the resume. Highlight internship details that are
related to the activities of HUL. An FMCG internship adds brownie points.

ROUND 2: GROUP DISCUSSION

Experience
12 days before interview the GD is conducted. The attendees of GD will include BTechs, Mtechs, PhDs of
Chemical and Mechanical engineering. Candidates are expected to go in formals. Topics of GD include situation
based topics like factorys case study.

ROUND 3: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
First stage: Usually lasts 30 minutes. This interview is majorly Technical. The candidate is asked to specify a
topic of interest on which further questions will be asked. Extensive and intrusive questions about the internship
done will also be asked.

Tips
Do not choose topics that you are not entirely thorough with. Also,even if the interviewer asks about the
previous company's personal details, beyond a stage, do not divulge. They wouldnt want you doing the
same with their company.

ROUND 4: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
Lasts for around 45 mins to 1 hours. It is usually telephonic. Standard HR questions will be asked.The company
expects the students to have great capability of handling human relationships as they will be working with

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factory workers on a day to day basis.

Tips
prepare for a focussed set of companies. Aiming efforts at multiple companies will prove hazardous.
Have a clear priority sorted out.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Analytical skills

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
64 HR questions

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
Do not panic. Good companies come after day 5 also.Keep your calm and focus your efforts and thoughts.

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SABRE
Profile: Business Analyst

Industry : TRANSPORTATION

"This review has been posted by a B.Tech student of Mechanical Branch"

SELECTION PROCESS
Resume Shortlist--> Technical Interview
ROUND 1: RESUME SHORTLIST
Experience
Initial shortlist based on the resume (OR minor or course is a must), and a 20 minute CAT based test (speed
Is tested here) on aptitude, verbal, quant and logical reasoning skills, Test questions matter even after the
shortlist. The first interview was general and was HR based. One should do one's homework well before
such lnferviews.

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Q1: What does Sabre do?
Q2: What is OR?
Q3: What opinion do you have about the moth courses that you have done?
Q4: You are from Bio.tech department. Why not app?

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

Tips
You should be able to convince lhem that you are amicable. Also, you need to show during the Interview
that your math skills are high. It is your skills that matter in title selection. They check for is a background
in OR and math skills. As for basics in OR; what they want from us is very different from what we have
been taught. They will teach us OR anyway. You could show how you have applied OR in projects and
Internships. All said and done. the next question is whether or not you will be able to work productively
with them. Be prepared for it.

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SCHLUMBERGER
Profile: JUNIOR FIELD ENGINEER

Industry : OIL & ENERGY

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Mechanical Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Resume Shortlist--> Group Discussion--> Group Activity
ROUND 1: RESUME SHORTLIST
Tips
Emphasize more on your projects and internships. Be thorough with them.If you have any sports
achievements, please add it to the resume.

ROUND 2: GROUP DISCUSSION

Experience
3 topics of group discussion. While the students discuss a topic they are asked to pause and shift to another
topic.

Tips
Be confident and keep your points through. A concept brush through material emphasizing the important
concepts in each of the corecourses would be shared by the branch councillor. .

ROUND 3: GROUP ACTIVITY

Experience
Students will be given topics to speak about.

Tips
Dont Panic

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SCHLUMBERGER
Profile: JUNIOR FIELD ENGINEER

Industry : OIL & ENERGY

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Aerospace Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Resume Shortlist--> Group Discussion--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: RESUME SHORTLIST
ROUND 2: GROUP DISCUSSION
Experience
GD was conducted for shortlisted candidates and candidates were divided into groups of 6 people.There were 3
topics and each topic was discussed for 2 minutes.No specific rules,like each person needs to speak,are to be
followed during the GD.Anyone can initiate,intervene,etc. Finally we were asked to link all three topics and this
discussion went on for another 2 minutes.

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
Only a single round lasting about 40-45 minutes.There were only 4 people in the panel and technical as well as
HR questions were asked. First I was asked to go through my own resume, Introduce/Tell us about yourself?".
E.g: Where have you shown leadership qualities? Have you led a team? Size of team? What new initiatives did
you take? Core questions starting form basics like How does an airplane fly? to specific questions about the
different types of engines used in airplanes,their specifications, etc. were asked. HR questions were put up
like"What was the most difficult decision in your life?" and grilled on my internship for 15-20 minutes which I
did in Transocean. (Another oil field services company).

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Leadership qualities
2: Athletic
3: Quick thinking
4: Presence of mind

Tips
Highlight any intern in Oil industry or anything related to that in your resume.Any POR or any sport
activity which shows your leadership qualities should me mentioned in your resume.

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
You need to be very good in the basics of your core courses and if you have done an internship in the oil
industry, you will definitely be grilled on that.Questions will be asked in quick succession.

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MICROSOFT
Profile: Software Development Engineer

Industry : IT / ITES

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Metallurgical Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> programming round--> case study round--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
Some companies dont make any strict regulations regarding the language in question, but Microsoft always
goes with C/C++. The questions are similar to what you would find in books like Let us C. Questions
regarding pointer manipulation, predicting the output, pre-order postorder increment decrement, structures,
arrays formed the majority. These are their favourite areas of computer science that they choose to focus on.
That being said the questions asked in this section were quite few. Maybe 5 or less than that. Questions
regarding like memory allocation in OS, preferred data structure for a particular application, properties of
database management systems made it in.

Tips
1. While preparing for the aptitude, sharpen your C skills. Give second preference to OS, DBMS and
DSA. 2. Get extensive practice in the most common types of C aptitude questions and give regular online
tests. 3. Cover what you can in OS, DBMS and DSA in the time that remains.

ROUND 2: PROGRAMMING ROUND

Experience
Once you clear the aptitude you become eligible for the programming round. This round has two questions
meant to be solved in C. The focus is on the following aspects and in this particular order:CorrectnessOutput is
correct for the given test cases Completeness Output is correct for all the test cases Time Complexity The
program has the specified time complexity or less Space Complexity The program does not occupy too much
excess space
You dont have to write the entire programs just the necessary functions to perform the tasks given. The results
were declared after a few days when Microsoft visited.
Question1 - Find an element in a rotated sorted array in O(log n) time. For ex. Find 4 in 7 8 9 1 2 4 5
Question2 - With a parent pointer in every node of a binary tree, find the in order successor of a given node. I
solved both of these questions, yet my solution for the first one used some amortized amount of time
(amortized time is time that is not significant enough to affect the order, that is log n, but it is not too
insignificant to be ignored as constant) more than the required time constraint which had me worried a little

Tips
Work on getting at least the right answer, worry about the run time and space complexity later. Even
people who could get just the right answer made it to the wildcard round

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ROUND 3: CASE STUDY ROUND

Experience
People who barely managed to get their output right in the last round were eligible for this round. I dont have
details about how this round was conducted since I wasnt part of it but it is pretty standard procedure, the
same kind of GD or case study that happens in most companies

ROUND 4: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Q1: : While I read the resume go ahead and introduce yourself.
Q2: : Questions about DSA and DBMS
Q3: Write code for the subtitle syncing application you talked about, not the entire thing, just the crux of it.
Q4: Write code for designing the ADT (Abstract Data Type) for all the classes that might be required to
represent the game of chess

Experience
Keep it real. Say stuff that is good about you AND makes you a good candidate for the job. You never have more
than 3-4 minutes for such questions so focus on conveying what is most important. After general introductions,
I talked about how passionate I am about programming and technology in general, how I didnt just see it as a
subject or a career option but something that I enjoyed doing and have successfully used in my daily life. Talk
about what values and work ethics you believe in. End it with what qualities you have as a person or as a
possible employee. Please note that you should not leave the interviewer on just your words to believe on. Give
short descriptive examples to support what you are saying but dont go on telling long boring stories I gave the
required answers. I am not elaborating on this part since this is something that you can answer just by knowing
your stuff. It was nothing out of the ordinary but it wasnt all that easy. DSA and DBMS were among my
favourite subjects so I did pretty well. I wrote the code since I had actually made the application. This is an
important question where he was testing whether I told the truth or not earlier. So whatever happens do not lie
or make up even a single detail while explaining something, you never know what might come back to haunt
you Write code for designing the ADT (Abstract Data Type) for all the classes that might be required to
represent the game of chess Me: This was the kind of question that I wasnt expecting. Also the reason I got
this question was that I had mentioned chess in my hobbies. So keep in mind every small thing you put in your
resume matters a lot. He allowed me to choose my language of choice so I began with Java and then I did the
important part.

ROUND 5: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: Why Microsoft?
Q2: You left Barclays for Microsoft?
Q3: What makes you better than you colleagues?
Q4: Write the artificial intelligence logic in code for your Chess representation

Experience
Why Microsoft?- Give some answer that is well thought and prepared beforehand.
You left Barclays for Microsoft? -Basically what they wanted to know here is that I dont have the same plans
for Microsoft. I told them Barclays was an investment bank and while I was fortunate to get a chance to work in
that great environment I want to start my career in a product based company so Microsoft (Microsoft is
becoming a service based company now BTW) Note: If you have done internship somewhere else and have

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rejected an offer from there, say only good things about your previous employer. Anything else will reflect badly
on you.
What makes you better than you colleagues? - Whatever nice things you can say about yourself, everything
comes here. Dont, however mention the negative points of your colleagues, in hopes of making yourself look
good. It will only make you look bad.
Write the artificial intelligence logic in code for your Chess representation- Now the fact that this question was
asked in HR rather than Tech should give you an idea about the real purpose of this question. When this
question was asked we didnt even have AI as a subject yet. The interviewer knew beforehand that I could not
code this. He wanted to see how I would handle it. So after thinking for a few minutes I decided to draw flow
charts and map out scenarios

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MICROSOFT
Profile: Software Development Engineer

Industry : IT / ITES

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Metallurgical Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> coding--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview--> Other Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
ROUND 2: CODING
Experience
Write 2 functions(not entire programs) in C language on cocubes.com platform Q.1 Find an element in a rotated
sorted array in O(log n) time. For ex. Find 4 in 7 8 9 1 2 4 5 A binary search technique could also do it in O(log
n). They wanted an optimized binary sort and so I felt, the question wasn't clear enough. Didn't attempt it and
told the interviewer the reason. Q.2 With a parent pointer in every node of a binary tree, find the in order
successor of a given node. Solved only the second, but I ensured it could work on all boundary cases. Results of
round 2 were declared on the day Microsoft visited the campus.

ROUND 3: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Q1: how I would have attempted the first question in round 2
Q2: Asked me my interests?
Q3: How would you find least common ancestor of two nodes in a binary tree?
Q4: How would you optimize it for a binary search tree?
Q5: Find a string in a 2D character matrix in any order(horizontal/vertical/diagonal)
Q6: How would you identify two nodes that have been swapped in a binary search tree?

Experience
How would you find least common ancestor of two nodes in a binary tree? I said you could use two stacks, push
nodes as you traverse and then compare when you are popping. He asked me to explain on the whiteboard. I
did, but realised there was a problem, I looked at him and he was there, smiling as wide as he could. I asked for
2 minutes, and then gave him a better approach with a stack and a hash table. He seemed satisfied

Tips
Keep talking while you are solving a problem/writing code. This keeps him informed of your progress and
if you are lucky, you might receive some help. He repeatedly had been asking me stand up and sit to
explain everything on the board. So eat adequately on any interview day.

ROUND 4: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: Asked me to write a function for reversing characters in a string.
Q2: Asked me to explain my projects.

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Q3: A few HR questions about family, achievements, why Microsoft, future pla

Experience
Asked me to write a function for reversing characters in a string and left the room. I wrote 4 lines of code to
swap characters from ends. A vague question it was, he returned and explained what he wanted later. It was his
fault but I politely apologized for not understanding the question. Remember: The boss is always right!
He wanted the string to be reversed alphabetically. So if it was "adecb", it should become "edcba". I wrote code.
He had a 2-second glance at it, and then asked for an explanation

ROUND 5: OTHER INTERVIEW

Q1: Creative Interview

Experience
A happy two hour discussion-cum-interview on designing another Facebook, all data structures, algorithms that
can be used and features, optimisations that could be added. I asked him a few conceptual questions related to
his subjects of interest and he answered delightfully. He gave me his email ID to contact him for more
knowledge and for a second I missed my heartbeat, coz that might mean he wont meet again. But results were
announced and there he was, shaking my hands with a gleaming smile.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: C++
2: Data structures
3: Algorithms

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
Overall, it was a great experience interacting with them. Seemed to be a nice bunch of interesting people,
looking for intellectual conversations with students.

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MICROSOFT
Profile: Software Development Engineer

Industry : IT / ITES

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Metallurgical Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Technical Interview--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
It consisted of 20 questions primarily on C (What will be the output/error types). 3-4 of these questions were
on basic logic, data structure, operating system etc. 30 minutes were given, which everyone found adequate.
The test was not very difficult since I was thorough with books such as . Two codes were to be written,
compulsorily in C. Both the questions were directly taken from the book Cracking. Question 1: A sorted array is
given, but it is rotated an unknown number of times. Find an element in this array. Time complexity should be
log(n). Array example: 15, 17, 19, 50, 1, 2, 6, 8. I did not know how to do it. I tried a modified binary search
but it did not work for all cases. So I just used a normal for-loop (Linear Search)Question 2: Find the in-order
successor of a node in a binary tree.

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Q1: 1. Tell me about yourself (This was the first question in every interview I ever gave. So prepare a good
answer for it).
Q2: 2. Print first 200 Fibonacci numbers in reverse order. (I did it but it was not efficient).
Q3: 3. Check whether a string is palindrome or not.
Q4: 4. What is normalization? Explain 2NF, 3NF, BCNF. (I didnt know BCNF).
Q5: 5. What is TCP IP (I could not answer). 6. What is a stack/queue?

ROUND 3: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Q1: What are indexes, clustered and non-clustered indexes?
Q2: What are the problems in Mumbai and design technological solutions for them. You get a good chance to
show your creativity in open-ended questions like these. We discussed the above question for almost 20-25
minutes
Q3: Design the database that you used in your project.

ROUND 4: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: . What went wrong in the first round?
Q2: . Why is your aggregate so low in comparison to your peers?
Q3: Why dont you join your fathers business?
Q4: How do you use your technical skills to help him in his business?
Q5: Why dont you pursue a career in teaching?

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Q6: Why Microsoft?

Q7: What was your role in the projects? Which technology did you use and Why?
Q8: Why have you not participated in any coding-competition?
Q9: Why have you not done an internship?
Q10: Why have you not done an internship?

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
Let Us C

Test Your C Skills

The Coding Interview

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ORACLE
Profile: Member Technical Staff

Industry : IT / ITES

"This review has been posted by a BTECH & MTECH [ DUAL DEGREE ] student of Metallurgical Engeering
Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Tips
You should be familiar with OOP concepts and a few concepts like binary tree. Also aptitude and quant
questions (like in CAT). They will test your coding skills thoroughly during the test (only in the prog.
language that you opted) and will question your logic and your approach to the problem. Be thorough
with your coding basics.

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Tips
The tech rounds focused mostly on coding. You can choose any programming language that you are
comfortable with. They are not insistent that you know Java. I chose C++. The interviewers mainly look at
how you approach the questions (the way you solve the question - if its the most efficient/fastest solution
to the problem). They will also ask quite a lot of puzzles (the ones you can prepare from Heard on the
street, 400 puzzles etc.) and a few CAT quant qns.

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
HR round is very easy

Tips
Basic qns that you will prepare for any company. Be sure to attend the PPT; the HR will surely ask you a
few qns from it. Also know a bit about the company and the profile you are sitting for.

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE

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companies if aiming for non-core. PORs are important

3rd year- internships.
4th year- start placement preparation very early.
Work well on your project if you want to go for core.
The test is the only criteria for getting shortlisted to the interview round. There are certain Oracle profiles that
are only open for CS and one which has a CG cutoff of 8.5. But for the App Dev profile there was no CG cutoff.
your performance in the test is most important,because they generally do not entertain walkins during
interview. Resume is not that important. Only HR team will have a look at it. If you have any coding experience
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(from any projects) or Java certification then its an added bonus. But its not mandatory.
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1st year- concentrate on CGPA
2nd year - find out what you want(core or noncore). Do internships in starts ups or finance or consult

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SAMSUNG
Profile: Software Engineer

Industry : ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC MANUFACTURING

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Foundation In Physics Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
It was an MCQ test with marking as: +1, -1/3

Tips
Practice coding and finding output because most of the questions required it and some questions were on
the registers.

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Q1: A piece of plain paper is torn into random number of pieces and how do you construct back the original
paper?

Experience
It was of about 45min. Mainly questions were asked about image processing, internship and on the project.

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
No questions were asked. It was mostly to inform that I got the offer.

Tips
Knowledge from minor is not tested.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

Tips
I would like to suggest everyone to be honest with the interviewer and in resume.

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CAPGEMINI
Profile: Consultant

Industry : IT / ITES

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Metallurgical Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Resume Shortlist--> Test--> Group Discussion--> Technical Interview
ROUND 1: RESUME SHORTLIST
Experience
A balanced resume is preferred. It helped me in the further stages of the selection process, as everything was
quite based on how was my resume.

ROUND 2: TEST
Experience
It was actually and English skill based test, more like a basic clearance test. Two different rounds were
there:(i)Listen/read and then fill up questions (approx. 45min) (ii) Telephonic test (computer generated
test, approx. 15min).
I also appeared for other companies like Auctus and Reliance. Auctus had direct interview SL and Reliance had
Aptitude and Technical (Mech) approx. 30 minutes each.

Tips
Aptitude is a must, so practice.

ROUND 3: GROUP DISCUSSION

Experience
They actually tested the skills of the way you interact in a group and essence of your points. Felt that they
didnt concentrate much on speaking skills as such.

Tips
Practice to talk in groups, current affairs and even random topics.

ROUND 4: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
Basic understanding of Big Data and tested on enthusiasm.
For others:
Reliance Corrosion & welding based questions; it was mainly a technical round
Auctus Only HR was taken

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Housing Puzzles and HR (same round)

Deloitte Basic consult based questions on whatever was given in JD.

For core:Reliance Corrosion engineering, welding courses and a bit of 1st year metallurgy. BTP was related to
Corrosion and discussion about BTP happened.

Tips
Puzzles (for most startups) and HR & resume based for others mostly.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: English based skills
2: How to interact with people
3: Aptitude

Tips
Starting earlier helps and I started around October. Aptitude requires some time and it is better to start
atleast during summer vacation. Last two months before placements can be spent for other preparations.

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
TIME material for aptitude

Case in Point

Puzzles partially

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
Aptitude and puzzle preparation is a must. For interviews prepare things very much related to the company.
(For startups knowledge related to their field might be a plus point)If people are looking for Non-Core: better
that they do some good and useful non-core intern atleast once, taking part in competitions will also help.

2ndyears can learn R or any other technical stuffs which can be useful for non-core (mainly, Fin or
analytics)Case studies are good to prepare for one month atleast.

YOUR MOTIVATION FOR APPLYING TO THIS COMPANY

Mostly based on the enthusiasm towards the field of work and the basic understanding of it.

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CAPGEMINI
Profile: Consultant

Industry : IT / ITES

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Mechanical Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Group Discussion--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
English skill based test, it was more like a basic clearance test. There were two different rounds one of them was
to listen/read and then fill up questions (approx. 45min) other one was the Telephonic test (computer
generated test, approx. 15min).

Tips
Aptitude is a must, so practise

ROUND 2: GROUP DISCUSSION

Experience
Here the way you interact in a group and essence of your points. Personally I felt that they didnt concentrate
much on speaking skills as such.

Tips
Practise to talk in groups, current affairs and even random topics

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
I was tested on basic understanding of Big Data and tested on enthusiasm

Tips
Puzzles (for most startups) and HR & resume based for others mostly.prepare things very much related to
the company.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

Tips
Starting earlier helps . Aptitude requires some time and it is better to start atleast during summer

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vacation. Last two months before placements can be spent for other preparations.

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
Case in Point

COURSES/CERTIFICATIONS
1. TIME CAT mateial
2. Corrosion engineering
3. Welding courses

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CAPGEMINI
Profile: Consultant

Industry : IT / ITES

"This review has been posted by a BTECH & MTECH [ DUAL DEGREE ] student of Mechanical Engineering
Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Group Discussion--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
Quant was most important for the tests, fast mathematics, then technical questions. Technical questions
generally asked by the company. The tests were mostly MCQ. Some tests were there which had subjective
question papers. Those subjective type tests lasted 3 hours. They would write a program to do *task* type
questions. The programming
language to write the code in, was our choice. The language options were C, C++, Python, Java. Python was
rarely asked

ROUND 2: GROUP DISCUSSION

Tips
The skills they wanted to test was to see how well they were able to express their ideas, but without
outwardly disrupting others while talking.

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
The HR usually starts with Tell me about yourself. Then they go through the resume, and ask about the
project (DDP, in this case) and internship. This was done by the HR team, just to see how the candidate is
putting forth his ideas and contributions clearly. Two puzzles were given in the interview.The interview was at
least 40 minutes, with 5 minutes of HR interview HR people were not interested in the depth of the resume, but
rather on whether the candidate was able to talk or not. It was used to eliminate some people.

Tips
People with low CGPA had to perform exceptionally well to compensate for the low CGPA. For managerial
positions, PoRs like coordships, coreships etc can be used to pitch your leadership qualities. They can
start a chain of conversation that involves the work you did, on how you managed to execute the task
efficiently, which ends up working in your favor.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Technical Skills

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Tips
Focus on your Study.. Revise the subject that you have studied at the time of Interview

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
R.S. Agrawal for APTITUDE.

WEBSITES
1. m4maths.com

COURSES/CERTIFICATIONS
1. Soft Skills Development by NCVT

CLASSROOM COACHING
1. Amitabh Sir for Programming in C and DATA STRUCTURE

VIDEOS
1. N.P.T.E.L. Videos

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IBM RESEARCH IRL

Profile: SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Industry : IT / ITES

"This review has been posted by a B.Tech student of Mechanical Branch"

SELECTION PROCESS
Resume Shortlist--> Technical Interview
ROUND 1: RESUME SHORTLIST
Experience
I had sent my resume to the hiring group, Selection through telephonic interviews. I was interviewed by three
different research groups (once by each).

Tips
Factors in decreasing order of importance: CGPA each stage. Ability to explain your projects
precisely. Ability to solve ''standard" logarithmic problems. The way you think and put down your
Answer is the most important. The final answer .s not so I important, and they prod you when you
think out aloud anyway.

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
Almost- by default they ask about your previous projects/internships if they are relevant to the group. Ofher
questions depend on the group you are interviewed by and your own profile, In my case it was machine
learning, text mining etc. I was told about the research problem they were dealing with then and asked f or
comments/suggestions/.inputs and a discussion followed.

Tips
Basically these are specialized Interviews so it's good to have sound knowledge of your domain
(analytical and application skills are very much required).

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

Tips
CGPA>9.0, 1f not (like me) relevant work done in the domain and in past internship.A recommendation
from the professor is also a good add on.

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SHELL
Profile: Shell Graduate Program

Industry : OIL & ENERGY

"This review has been posted by a BTECH & MTECH [ DUAL DEGREE ] student of Mechanical Engineering
Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Test--> Other Interview--> Case Study Interview--> Technical Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
The questions asked will test your personality, psychology.Its a MCQ test having 4 choices.We have to solve
120 Questions in 1 hour duration

ROUND 2: TEST
Experience
Its a basic level test and you should write it from your hostel rooms.This test is used to judge our speed at
solving simple problems. 20 questions will have to be answered in 20 minutes.

Tips
TIME material will be useful to crack this test. Make sure you bring calculators for the test

ROUND 3: OTHER INTERVIEW

Q1: Introduction to Shell

Experience
The questions will be of the kind: Why do you want to apply for the shell? Why should we recruit you? After the 3
tests the company will shortlist the candidates for the interview.

ROUND 4: CASE STUDY INTERVIEW

Experience
The shortlisted candidates will be having a casestudy 1 day before the interview. In this casestudy you need to
show team spirit to them.

ROUND 5: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
Technical interview is the final challenge. Mostly interview is done by HR ,where questions from your test 1 will

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be asked and thereby check your personality (do not write fabricated answers in test 1 as they are related to
your personality).

Tips
If you think you have a chance of getting selected after 3 tests, put in your full efforts, or else it would be
impossible to get a spot.Selection will be based on overall score of tests, casestudy and interview. It will
not be based only on interview. Be thorough with the project /internship mentioned in your resume. They
will ask you a lot of questions on this point. So be well prepared on your internship/project work.Make
sure that you are consistent, honest in your interview because they will judge you from the answers in
psychometric test.

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
TIME material provided for CAT

101 HR Questions

WEBSITES
1. www.shell.com

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SHELL
Profile: Shell Graduate Program

Industry : OIL & ENERGY

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of CHEMICAL Branch"

SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Test--> Test
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
A statement will be given with 4 options and the examinee has to rate himself/herself on a scale of 1 to 5 for
each option. Questions were testing them whether they good team player or not, if he/she can work well
without relying on others etc.18 questions were there ,all are objective.

ROUND 2: TEST
Experience
A situation will be given with 4 -5 outcomes, we have to choose the most feasible option. Check for the
feasibility, efficiency for the best option. Around 18-20 questions, all are objective.

ROUND 3: TEST
Experience
Data interpretation questions were asked. No core knowledge was tested. Pie charts, data comparing the
statistics were given, how much % growth and which product got sold more were asked. 16 questions in 18
minutes.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: CAR Capacity Achievement Relationship

Tips
No core knowledge is required except for basic chemical engineering concept.

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
GATE-201 by GK publications

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WEBSITES
1. www.indiabix.com

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
Mock interviews with friends. Attended IAR mock interview in career connect also.

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SHELL
Profile: Shell Graduate Program

Industry : OIL & ENERGY

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of CHEMICAL Branch"

SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Test--> Case Study Interview--> Case Study Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
A scenario/problem was given with four options/solutions out of which the best and the worst had to be chosen
after which each option was to be rated on the scale of 5.

ROUND 2: TEST
ROUND 3: CASE STUDY INTERVIEW
Experience
There was an E-tray round before the main interview.This was a case study interview the time constraint was of
one hour. About 12 mails were sent containing scenarios with four options, here again the best and worst
option was to be chosen and also all the options were to be rated on the scale of 5.

ROUND 4: CASE STUDY INTERVIEW

Experience
In this round a scenario was to be analysed with four options, we had to mention the advantages, the
disadvantages of each option and also mention the risks involved in choosing each.

ROUND 5: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: Tell me about yourself?
Q2: Why did you apply for shell?
Q3: Why did you choose to apply in an energy sector?

Experience
The interviewers completely analysed my resume questioning me about the projects(including my B.Tech
project) and my internship that i undertook. To each point in my resume related to my projects or interviews i
had to detail as to what problems I faced ,how i overcame them and who were the stake holders involved. They
were keen to know my experience in being a part of a team and leading one.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

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1: Spontaneity
2: Logical Thinking
3: Ability to make quick calculations.

Tips
Courses related to petroleum profile were helpful.

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
CAT Materials.

Walk On The Street

BLOGS/ARTICLES
1. www.indibix.com

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
My experience in different case-study competitions and doing a detailed study on the company's background
helped me in my interview.

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IBM
Profile: Software Engineer

Industry : IT / ITES

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Electrical Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Technical Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW
Experience
There were 2 technical rounds. Technical (software): These were tested-How a person approaches a
problem,how he thinks.Solutions werent needed. Basic understanding, knowledge of Algorithms was tested.

ROUND 2: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: Why should we choose you?
Q2: Why did you choose our company?

Experience
Knowledge in Machine learning, Artificial Intelligence (electives of the person)

Tips
Basic math would help. Speed doesnt matter.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

Tips
For applying to Software profile, one needs to practice much.

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TATA MOTORS
Profile: UnKnown

Industry : AUTOMOTIVE

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Mechanical Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Resume Shortlist--> Test--> Group Discussion--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: RESUME SHORTLIST
Experience
You will be asked to submit your profiles in a very short notice. Last time they asked just 15 days before the
start of placement season It is a Day 3 company.

Tips
Put co curricular achievements that showcase leadership.Attach well verified proofs for all the PORs.

ROUND 2: TEST
Experience
The questions in the test will be very basic.

ROUND 3: GROUP DISCUSSION

Experience
There is a good chance of clearing GD.

ROUND 4: HR INTERVIEW
Tips
Be thorough with your core courses. Try to be rational and stay cool.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

Tips
Do not panic. Good companies come after day 5 also. Keep your calm and focus your efforts and
thoughts.Prepare for a focussed set of companies. Aiming efforts at multiple companies willprove
hazardous. Have a clear priority sorted out.

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PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

COURSES/CERTIFICATIONS
1. CAT
2. Soft skills workshop

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PHOTON INTERACTIVE
Profile: INNOVATION CONSULTANT

Industry : IT / ITES

"This review has been posted by a B.tech student of Chemical Branch"

SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
Aptitude has general questions ,In section 2(software) they asked us to write a program for 2 questions

Tips
Try to score maximum in aptitude test software section I could not do well but I got selected.

ROUND 2: INTERVIEW
Q1: Tell me about yourself
Q2: Questions on BTP
Q3: How was your experience after coming to IIT what did you achieve

Experience
They mainly see for your confidence ,enthusiasm to learn things quickly.They asked me one question from
software.

Tips
Prepare HR questions thoroughly from 64 HR question book

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Quick learning ability
2: Analytical skills
3: Logical skills

Tips
Questions on BTP or internship include what is the outcome of project?
How did u analyse the situation?
How did u come up with a particular decision?

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PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
CAT books for aptitude

Online puzzles

BLOGS/ARTICLES
1. I didnt refer to anything

WEBSITES
1. www.indiabix.com

COURSES/CERTIFICATIONS
1. Some software courses like data structures
2. OOPS online

VIDEOS
1. Some video lectures of software courses offered by IITM faculty

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PHOTON INTERACTIVE
Profile: Innovation Consultant

Industry : IT / ITES

"This review has been posted by a DUAL DEGREE student of METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING
Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
Since exam was conducted by Cocubes, the questions were more or less of similar difficulty level for most of the
placement tests. I cleared many of the tests and I found the questions easy but the time limit is little too less if
you have not practiced enough quant for placements.
There were two coding questions out of which I solved one completely and the other one partially.

Tips
Start quant and verbal preparation as early as possible and that will take care of placement tests.

ROUND 2: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: Tell me about yourself
Q2: Why do you want to join our company?
Q3: Why not core? Why consulting?
Q4: Prepare for obvious questions. e.g. In Snapdeal I was asked,
Q5: Why not MS?

Experience
It was good as I had prepared myself for most of the questions and interviewers were quite friendly.
If I could not come up with a convincing answer I always responded confidently that I was not sure.I was asked
to solve a coding problem. It was tricky.They asked me about the online course entitled "Playful science of
Android apps" which I did on Coursera.They also asked me about the courses I mentioned on my resume and as
to how they were relevant to them.Overall it was a good experience.

Tips
Prepare prepare prepare!!Prepare for most commonly asked questions.Do research about the
company.Conduct a mock interview session with your friends.

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BOOKS
Any good book on data structure and algorithms.

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EXL SERVICE
Profile: Consultant

Industry : IT / ITES

"This review has been posted by a BE student of Comps Branch"

SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Other Interview--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
3 sections - Quant, Verbal and Logical Reasoning.No sectional time limit and sections could be attempted in any
order. However, they might have section-wise cut-offs (not sure) and so each section must be given
importance. It is a speed based test. Level of difficulty is easy to moderate

Tips
You need to be quick. Do not waste too much time on any question. All questions contain equal marks.
You can come back to the remaining questions later.Try maximizing your score in the apti. A lot of
preference is given to the high scorers of the apti.

ROUND 2: OTHER INTERVIEW

Experience
It started with a brief introduction-Tell us about yourself. Till the time you answer, one panellist goes through
your resume.Be thorough with everything you write in your resume. Do not write fake stuff, they question you
on anything that you have written.They asked me about everything- projects, seminar topic, languages
mentioned, extra-curricular activities A lot of SQL questions were asked. They ask concepts, queries, syntax.
The had questioned me a lot on JOINS.

Tips
Support everything you say with an example. (eg. if u say you have leadership qualities, give an example
of when you have been a leader).If you dont know an answer, tell it to them honestly. Dont try to fool
them.

ROUND 3: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
Standard puzzles that you normally prepare for interviews were asked. Do not give away the answer
immediately as if u know it by heart. Think aloud and explain them every step. It does not matter even if the final
answer is wrong, the approach is important. In my case, I wasnt prepared with the puzzle I was asked so I
explained it to them from myperspective. Even though the final answer was wrong, the approach was correct so
they qualified me for the next round. Also, they smartly try to confuse you. So remain confident in what you say.
Do not argue if you are very confident, explain it to them politely. In the tech part of the interview, basic
java/c/c++ questions wereasked. (what is object oriented programming? What is inheritance?

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ROUND 4: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
Be prepared with all sorts of HR questions- strengths, weaknesses, happiest moment, proudest moment etc).
Why EXL? One Fermi question was asked in this round. Again here, the approach is important, not the final
answer. Beprepared with a question to ask at the end of the interview- it could be abt the company/ data
analytics or anything. That shows your interest in the job

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

Tips
Dont panic or be nervous. Stay calm. Once the interview starts, they make you feelvery comfortable.

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
101 HR questions

COURSES/CERTIFICATIONS
1. CAT classroom teaching

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EXL SERVICE
Profile: Consultant

Industry : IT / ITES

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Civil Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
CAT kind of test.

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Q1: If I have to install an elevator in the Sabarmati building, give me 5-6 factors that I need to consider.
Q2: If I have to install a light pole on the road, what should its height be? (use logic)
Q3: Did you do the coding for the TNA project?

Experience
Basic logical questions were asked.

Tips
Be thoroughly prepared with your resume. My TNA project (Had Djikstra's algorithm) was given a lot of
importance,

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET
WEBSITES
1. Coursera.com

VIDEOS
1. Victor Cheng

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE

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will end up with nothing. Your resume is a paper telling people who you are and what your interests are. Don't
run after anything that comes your way.(Only applicable if interests are not clear) All years Read up on what is
happening in the world.1st-3 sems Explore as much as possible. Do random project and random PORs.You will
be able to filter what you like.(or you don't) 4th sem Learn something in non civil related that you like and do an
intern in that field. If you like civil, pursue a project under a prof.3rd year Choose interesting electives and
minors. There are many civil minors that are interesting and have some non-core feel to it (eg TNA)
I feel that knowing a senior(who works at EXL) helped. He had come for the interviews. Know what you want
beforehand. Your preparation will be better that way. Focus only on 2 areas. Don't try to go for everything. You

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EXL SERVICE
Profile: Consultant

Industry : IT / ITES

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Mechanical Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Case Study Interview--> Puzzle Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
It was not that difficult and so the cut offs were high. I started the quant preparation from RS Agarwal (found it
too repetitive so stopped midway) and started with Arun Sharma(first 2 levels of few important topics like
logical reasoning and statistics).Always target to be in the top so that you have your interviews early because
last year the hiring team were in a hurry and so they rushed with the interviews of later part students. Few
people call these LUCK FACTORs.

Tips
Remember the imp. topics would be Probability, Statistics ,Work-Time.

ROUND 2: CASE STUDY INTERVIEW

Experience
Questioned me about my college activities , few common puzzles and then came the most interesting part. They
gave me a case study based on sports since I had mentioned my interests. It had to do with probability, Bayes
Theorem and logic...sum real bad logic...I liked this even though I had no basic idea of how to start with this .It
was as if He was teaching me there itself on these .We discussed a lot-almost 20 minutes on this .At times he
used to stress out few questions and I had to ensure that I stayed firm with my answers. They try to confuse
you. You just keep smiling and be firm with your answers. Stay damn confident with yours. Then he moved onto
another case study wherein I had to list all types of data to be collected , decisions to be made if I were to start
an ice-cream shop in a famous shopping mall. It was a discussion wherein I needed to justify my decisions on
how to make maximum profits in any situation. Took almost 45 minutes to come out

ROUND 3: PUZZLE INTERVIEW

Experience
This one was with a very cool person who continuously kept on offering me Oreo biscuits This round had to do
with puzzles which you will find in How to Ace the BrainTeaser (I dont recollect which were the puzzles). I could
answer 3 of the 5 asked. Then he moved to C programming. Asked me to write code to print few patterns ,
optimize them further and that was it. Took hardly 20 minutes for this round.

ROUND 4: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: INTERVIEW WITH THE DIRECTOR

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Experience
He started with questions like Why Data analytics ? Where could this field be used ?(almost everywhere-just for
facts : almost every top IT firm especially the banking firms are having a data analytics team) We had
discussions on different topics that he raised. One of them which I remember is: Suppose one of the hospitals in
your city has been having an increasing number of patients, then please quote the possible factors leading to
the ill-health of the citizens. How to ease the different issues in medical field using data analysis? It was just
a discussion and I was quite sure that he liked my points.I also asked him about how to utilize this field of data
analysis to improve the current business markets of India and how differently did countries like USA used data
for business than in INDIA. Overall this was an interactive session. He kept me busy and I also did keep him
busy answering my questions. This might have lasted for 40 minutes and then it was all over

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
Quant preparation from Arun Sharma

WEBSITES
1. www.chron.com

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EXL SERVICE
Profile: Consultant

Industry : IT / ITES

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of CHEMICAL Branch"

SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> HR Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
Questions were similar to that in CAT. Question based on logic, reasoning and English were asked with every
section having 20 questions. Shortlisted students were selected for interviews.

ROUND 2: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: Tell me about yourself?
Q2: Why did you apply for this company?

Experience
A case was given which had to be analysed and I was to suggest different solutions and justify them.

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
Consisted of HR questions and guess estimate questions.Also a few analytics question were asked.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Analytics

Tips
My projects related to analytics,basic knowledge on engineering, spontaneity was tested. The PDF's
uploaded by the BC,solving puzzles from the Internet helped.Also I talked to my seniors which gave me a
good idea as to what to expect of the interview. Basic preparation on all the core courses. Reading from
the materials provided by the BC. Reading TIME material,brushing up on coding concepts (from NPTEL
lectures), learning R(analytics software) from coursera helped.

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS

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[24]7 INNOVATION LABS

Profile: DATA SCIENTIST

Industry : SOFTWARE

"This review has been posted by a BTECH & MTECH [ DUAL DEGREE ] student of Electrical Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Technical Interview--> Technical Interview--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW
Experience
I have applied through a website and after around a month's time I got call for the first round.The First round of
interview was by a Manager in Data Sciences Group and it was a easy one.I felt they just wanted to filter out
candidates , Hence asked easy questions. They were two questions form C programming, Data Structures and
two questions in Final year project and followed by two puzzles. Being a preliminary round these questions were
pretty simple and I could answer all the questions correctly.

Tips
It is very easy to crack this round. There is nothing great expected from you in this round. Just be clear in
the basics .

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
It took more than a month after 1st round to get a call for second round.This round was taken by a Senior
Director in Speech Sciences team which was my major area. This round was more technical and most of the
questions were focused on the Speech processing and on the analytics project I have done as a part of my
Internship.My final year project was in Image processing (Super Resolution from Single image) so there were
many questions from my project regarding the algorithms I used and the way I proceeded towards results, My
current progress and what am I going to do in next step. They were pretty much clear in their questions, But I
was confused by the time and couldn't answer some questions. Over all it was good and I was hoping for the
call for next round.

Tips
Same tip as in the first round Be clear on whatever you mention in your resume and be frank accept the
things you don't know. It doesn't matter if you don't answer some questions, but don't lie.

ROUND 3: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
Within two days after my second round I got a call for third round which was pretty much technical and mostly
concentrated on Machine learning, Probability,Statistics. I was not that great at Machine learning ( I just knew
few basic algorithms which I have learnt from Coursera.org). As a part of my final year project I implemented a
some Machine learning algorithms that I explained very clearly and made a very good impression on the
interviewer.There were many questions regarding the limitations of the algorithms I implemented and Why did I

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choose that for that algorithm, the practical applications of my final year project . Next, there were questions
from probability and statistics. Then they had given me a problem and asked me to solve that. But they mostly
concentrated on the approach I am using rather than the final result. They have guided me if I was struck
somewhere in solving that problem. Over all a very good technical round I ever had.Finally with their help I
could solve the problem they had given me. I was confident of getting an offer now.Because the interview was
good.

Tips
Same tip again be clear in whatever you know. Don't get tensed when they ask something you don't
know.And remember that no one is worried about the final result and rather they just check your
approach.The interviewers are always cool and they help you if you are struck somewhere.But be sure to
catch the hint and complete the answer. I am sure offer will be in your hand if you can do this.

ROUND 4: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
It was a formality round. They just asked me about my goals, passion , interests and career plans and expected
salary which I told was less than they usually offer for that profile. I was feeling bad for doing that. But to my
surprise they had offered more than what I demanded. I was pretty much happy for that.

Tips
Be cool and Be clear on how much salary you are expecting :P

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Machine Learning
2: Probability Statistics
3: Data Structures
4: Algorithms

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
Data Structures and Algorithms by Narashima

C programming by Yeshwanth kanethkar

Karumanchi

WEBSITES
1. www.coursera.org

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GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
As I mentioned after each round, Be clear on points you mention in your resume and Be sure to grab the clues
provided by them in the interview.

YOUR MOTIVATION FOR APPLYING TO THIS COMPANY

My motivation for the company was the profile they are providing.

FUNNY MOMENTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE

I don't know if you can call it funny or not. But I don't know how much was my expected CTC even at the final
round of interview. I demanded less than what they offer usually for the profile and they offered me more than I
demanded.This in not funny moment but obviously an awesome moment :P

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NVIDIA
Profile: Hardware Engineer

Industry : SEMICONDUCTORS

"This review has been posted by a MS student of Electrical Engineering Branch"

SELECTION PROCESS
Test
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
1 question on cache miss.

1 question on CMOS circuit design for MUX

Tips
Learn basics very well.

Digital IC design - RC delay calculation, designing circuits using CMOS, transmission gates, NMOS,
memory design etc.

Computer Architecture - problems oriented - so learn cache miss, no of bits calculation problems, MIPS,
etc.

Digital Systems -

Some logic questions - learning to use divide and conquer, stack, queues, hashes on non-programming
problems,

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
Computer Architecture : A Quantitative Approach

Digital ic design rabaey

Book by David Patterson and John L. Hennessy

Digital systems morris mano

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Structure and Algorithmic Puzzles, Second Edition

(English)

WEBSITES
1. www.geeksforgeeks.com

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
If you have done any work which is related to NVIDIA, it might help.
In my case, I have worked in CUDA for my project.
Keep details about your project at your fingertips.

YOUR MOTIVATION FOR APPLYING TO THIS COMPANY

VLSI is my core and interest. I had plenty of experience in designing systems in FPGA and EDA algorithms. I am
also into parallel algorithms in GPU.

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QUALCOMM
Profile: ASSOCIATE ENGINEER

Industry : SEMICONDUCTORS

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Electrical Branch"

SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
Aptitude was as usual.
Technical was tough. lots of concepts were revisited. Digital systems, analog circuits, Computer Oraganization
etc.

Tips
For aptitude general prep for placements is enough.
If you want to get seriously placed for Qualcomm then you must be thorough with all the courses i
mentioned.
Only Mtechs have cleared the test. Even in the extended shortlist there were no Btechs. Everyone may not
be lucky as myself in getting a Walk-in interview.

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
Basic questions on Digital Systems. Some aptitude questions.
General questions about interests and future goals.

Tips
Questions were easy if u have prepared even a little bit.
Get shortlisted for interview and then it must be easy to crack.

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
Maybe i was already hired, as no questions were asked. She actually gave me an idea of how the work is going
to be in Qualcomm Chennai.

Tips
Just clear the test and tech interview and you most likely will get the job.

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KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Digital Systems

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
Morris Mano

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
Prepare well and be cool during the interviews.

YOUR MOTIVATION FOR APPLYING TO THIS COMPANY

Its core and a well established MNC with lots of future possibilities.

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QUALCOMM
Profile: Associate Engineer

Industry : SEMICONDUCTORS

"This review has been posted by a BTECH & MTECH [ DUAL DEGREE ] student of Electrical Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
All questions had equal weightage and no negative marking. It was of MCQ pattern.

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
3 technical rounds occoured. a) 45 minutes duration.b) First round was on general aptitude where they
asked some puzzles.c) 2nd and 3rd were technical where they asked about projects mentioned in resume.

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
It was mostly to inform that I got the offer.

Tips
Knowledge from the minor advance topics in VLSI is tested.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

Tips
The questions were asked only based on projects highlighted in my resumeand questions were easy.

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TVS MOTOR COMPANY

Profile: PGET

Industry : AUTOMOTIVE

"This review has been posted by a MTECH student of Metallurgical Engeering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
HR Interview--> Technical Interview
ROUND 1: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: Which place do you belong to?
Q2: Asked about educational background, family background
Q3: , Are you ready to work in any position, How do u see yourself after 10 years in the company?, and about
my goal.

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
The studentshould be good in metallurgical basics, shouldprepare well for HR questions, go through website for
what the company is looking for, should know what products they are manufacturing, etc.
For eg.- Sundaram clayton- asked questions about steel , melting point. Basic understanding should be very
good, one should be fluent with GATE type of questions(1 word answer)B Tech

1st year- focus on academics, good CGPA

2nd year- which course to choose, field to work,foundation should be laid,
3rd year- choose area of interest
4th year- june-july, project is very important(for interview, internship, HR, public speaking,

Mtech
1st year- concentrate on subject, scoring nicely.
2nd year- project.

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CITRIX
Profile: Software Engineer

Industry : SOFTWARE

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Energy Technology Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
It was an online test with Objective questions for 1 hour and Coding one and half hour.The questions asked
were mainly based on CS networking course.Other than networking, there were lot of DSA questions, few OS
questions and puzzles were asked.

Tips
Coding requires good speed.
For coding, I chose C++, there were other languages too.

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Q1: Design a Peer-to Peer sharing network like torrent. What all parameters would you like to consider?
Q2: You want to retrieve data about cricket players. Search string will be name. Also, we want first players
having first 10/10000 hits. What data structures will you use to store data?
Q3: Tell about the projects you have done?

Experience
It was of about 20 minutes.There were 2 technical interviews.

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: According to you, what is the definition of good job?
Q2: What are your future plans?
Q3: Where do you see yourselves after few years?
Q4: Are you planning for any higher studies?

Experience
Minor was not at all related.

Tips
Oracle, easy dsa questions are asked. Its easy to get into this. This is like a back-up one.

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KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

Tips
Practice Coding through codechef etc.

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EATON CORPORATION
Profile: Engineer

Industry : ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC MANUFACTURING

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Electrical Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Resume Shortlist--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: RESUME SHORTLIST
Experience
Shortlisted on the basis of resume and CGPA cut-off.

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
Questions were asked about the projects one has worked on and some very basic questions on aero-science.

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
General questions like why are you preferring EATON over others or why did you not go for PHD were asked.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Good knowledge on projects previously made.
2: Good communication skills

Tips
Include extra-curricular activities and the projects you have worked on in your resume.They look for your
interest levels in the projects and internships you have done,in the interview.Good CGPA will act as a
positive add-on in your resume.

YOUR MOTIVATION FOR APPLYING TO THIS COMPANY

Eaton is a power management company providing solutions to its customers to manage electrical, hydraulic and
mechanical power efficiently, safely and sustainably.

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ANALOG DEVICES
Profile: ENGINEER

Industry : SEMICONDUCTORS

"This review has been posted by a BTECH & MTECH [ DUAL DEGREE ] student of Electrical Branch Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Resume Shortlist--> Technical Interview--> Case Study Interview
ROUND 1: RESUME SHORTLIST
Experience
Shortlisted 8 students from resumes for interview.
Parameters for shortlisting (at each stage of process):Varied ResumeAny work done in FGPACG - I had CGPA of
8.66Internship - Was an Intern at QualcommProjects - Digital IC Design-used Standard Cell Design,WirelessOFDMsynchronization and channel estimation,Automatic speech recognition)

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
Only 1 round of interview was taken.No HR round and only Technical Questions were asked.
Basics in our courses(state diagrams etc.) were tested.Concepts were explained and was asked questions. So,
skill ofgrasping and applying were also testedSpeed didnt matter. How aproblem was approached,thought
were testedNo knowledge regarding minors/electives tested.
For Core:No courses/electives looked at(as nothing related to FPGA is taught)Nothing related to BTP/DDP

Tips
Good skills of maths might help.
In the interview, in 2nd question which was mentioned, whether repetition isallowed or not was asked by
the candidate.This really mattered as that was theonly thing different he has done from the person who
did an intern in FPGA andit might helped in getting selected finally :)

ROUND 3: CASE STUDY INTERVIEW

Q1: Implement the following code using gates(MUX and multiplier) If(A): F = D*E Else: F = G*H
Q2: Draw State diagram to find a pattern 1011.Important to ask: If overlap is allowed.If there are 1000 states,
we represent using 10 bits. If P power is consumed when the system moves from State 0 to State 1 (only 1
bit is flipped), argue that power consumed when system moves from State 1024 to State 0 (10 bits get flipped)
is more than 10P and where is the extra power getting dissipated.
Q3: Timing analysis of Sequential and combinational logic: Definition of Setup time. How does it affect the
system. Find the minimum clock frequency given Tcq, delay of all the gates, Tsu, Thold.
Q4: Due to some other type of fabrication, if clock frequency happened to be more than whatit is supposed to

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be(the one calculated above), how do you handle that situation?

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Grasping Power
2: Approaching a Problem
3: Thought Process
4: Math Skills
5: C++
6: Python
7: Matlab
8: Networks
9: Digital Signal Processing
10: Data Structures
11: Digital Systems
12: Algorithms

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ANALOG DEVICES
Profile: Digital Design Engineer

Industry : SEMICONDUCTORS

"This review has been posted by a BTECH & MTECH [ DUAL DEGREE ] student of Electrical Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Technical Interview--> Technical Interview--> Technical Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
Was tested on all courses. Logic/Math questions were also included.

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Q1: Explanation of all digital projects.
Q2: Layout based questions
Q3: Many questions on setup/hold time. Find the max clock freq?
Q4: Asked to write simple Verilog codes

Experience
First interview (Only digital questions)

ROUND 3: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Q1: Plot step responses for different RC circuits (with inc complexity).
Q2: Determining the sign on the opamp, Output impedances of many transistor based circuitswithout using pen
and paper
Q3: How to implement a pMOS current mirror, asked to draw the output waveform of a circuitwhere a capacitor
is connected from drain (Vout) of a pMOS to ground in the mirroredpath
Q4: Questions on stability, pole-zero, inv laplace transforms, nyquist theorem
Q5: Sampling: Min sampling freq req for a passband signal from 5kHz to 10 kHz
Q6: Asked to write a very basic C code.

Experience
Second interview - wanted to test knowledge in other areas.

ROUND 4: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Q1: Draw state diagrams
Q2: Explanation of how cache and pipelining works followed by few questions from cache and pipelining.
Q3: Write verilog codes again. Asked to interpret a verilog code given by them.

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Q4: Detailed explanation of DDP

Q5: Questions on setup and hold time again. Setup/hold questions in a circuit with multi cycle clockpath. Which
violation is more severe?
Q6: Draw log(Id) vs Vgs for a MOSFET and explain the curve. Questions on subthreshold slope, howVth varies
with length, asked to explain what is DIBL
Q7: Describe the design flow from logic to testing and post silicon validation (after fabrication)
Q8: Tested whether I knew any placement, routing algorithms
Q9: Basic questions on testing - like fault equivalence and dominance
Q10: Simple puzzle: There is a river and four people (A,B,C,D) are on one side. They all have to move toother
side in 17 min. There is a boat with a max capacity of 2. Time taken by each people to travelalone is A=1min,
B=2min, C=5min, D=10 min. If two people travel together, the time taken by them tocross is max{individual
time}. Find how they travelled.

Experience
There was no separate HR round. Few common HR questions were asked during the third interview.The
interviews were very long and took more than 3 hrs for the entire process.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

Tips
Selection criteria was the interview performance only.

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ROLLS-ROYCE
Profile: Engineering Graduate

Industry : AUTOMOTIVE

"This review has been posted by a BTECH & MTECH [ DUAL DEGREE ] student of Aerospace Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Resume Shortlist--> Test--> Test--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: RESUME SHORTLIST
Experience
About 40 students are shortlisted from 160 applicants.

ROUND 2: TEST
Experience
Questions asked for Technical test:1) Finding the thrust of a an engine with given specifications2)Finding the
efficiency of a Rankine/ Brayton cycle3) Given a truss structure with loads, and asking to find which elements
were under tension which under compression?4) Some question on what kind of bearings to be used5) Some
question on how to reduce the stress on a turbine blade- whether to increase the base dimensions or decrease
it, something like that

ROUND 3: TEST
Experience
Questions asked were similar to the example given below-Situation:You are a member of the board of directors
and have recently launched a new automobile design and it has become very popular. You are sure that if the
design reaches the assembly line, you willhave demand for the next one year.But today your chief engineer
comes toyou with a design flaw and says, if the vehicle moves with very high speed and has a head on collision
with another vehicle, the fuel tank will dis integrate and come off with fuel leaking.CHOICES GIVEN :a) you can
have a small fix, and limit the damage to vehicle moving with a very high velocity, having fuel tank filled more
than 3/4th and having only head on collision. This will take a month.b) You can have the complete fix. This will
take another 6 months and might change the look of the design
1. what are your first thoughts?2. What choices do you have?3. what are your actions

ROUND 4: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
Questions will be asked mostly to test your knowledge in topics of propulsion, materials.
Sample questions:1-How do you test the safety of particular product 2-Related to propulsion - shown a
diagram engine and required to explain functioning of each part, hints will be
abundant(difficult) 3-Stressconcentration and load distribution on a sheet with hole and also over a wing

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ROUND 5: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
Questions related to resume, team work capabilities and also regarding PORs taken.Sample question: Situations
like conflict aroused in your team.Brief some situations where you have faced some critical situation and how
you dealt with it and questions regarding projects and your internship were asked.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

Tips
Preparation topics : Propulsion,Basic,Mechanical basicstuff related to bearings and tolerance,Product
Design and General knowledge about Jet engines and their industries.

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

COURSES/CERTIFICATIONS
1. DDP-Machine learning control for combustion instability
2. Strength of Materials
3. Propulsion,Basic

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ROLLS-ROYCE
Profile: Engineering Graduate

Industry : AUTOMOTIVE

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Aerospace Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Problem Statement--> Technical Interview--> Written communication skills test
ROUND 1: PROBLEM STATEMENT
Tips
Has to interact with related professors of the topic of interest to work on that subject.start interacting
from 8th sem with profs and to start research..

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Q1: Finding the thrust of a an engine with given specifications
Q2: Finding the efficiency of a Rankine/ Brayton cycle
Q3: Given a truss structure with loads, and asking to find which elements were under tension which under
compression?
Q4: Some question on what kind of bearings to be used
Q5: Some question on how to reduce the stress on a turbine blade- whether to increase the base dimensions or
decrease it, something like that

ROUND 3: WRITTEN COMMUNICATION SKILLS TEST  

Experience
You are a member of the board of directors and have recently launched a new automobile design and it has
become very popular. You are sure that if the design reaches the assembly line, you will have demand for the
next one year.But today your chief engineer comes to you with a design flaw and says, if the vehicle moves with
very high speed and has a head on collision with another vehicle, the fuel tank will disintegrate and come off
with fuel leaking.CHOICES GIVEN :a) you can have a small fix, and limit the damage to vehicle moving with a
very high velocity, having fuel tank filled more than 3/4th and having only head on collision. This will take a
month.b) You can have the complete fix. This will take another 6 months and might change the look of the
design
1. what are your first thoughts?2. What choices do you have?3. what are your actions

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

Tips
Preparation topics 1) Propulsion2) Basic Strength ofMaterials3) Mechanical basic stuff related to
bearings and tolerance 4) Product Design5) General knowledge about Jet engines and their industries.

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ROLLS-ROYCE
Profile: Engineering Graduate

Industry : AUTOMOTIVE

"This review has been posted by a BTECH & MTECH [ DUAL DEGREE ] student of Aerospace Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Resume Shortlist--> Test--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: RESUME SHORTLIST
Experience
About 40 students were shortlisted from 160 applicants and this was based on cutoffs for CGPA(10th & 12th
Exam).

ROUND 2: TEST
Experience
Comprehensive Test was of about 20 minutes questions consisting of a situation to be managed. Technical
round had Completely
MCQs on topics like propulsion and materials and the final test was on data interpretation with a set of 60
questions.

ROUND 3: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
Questions
were asked mostly to test your knowledge in topics of propulsion, materials and related
to your projects worked in institute and finally on some data interpretation.

ROUND 4: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
Questions
related to resume, team work
capabilities and also regarding PORs taken were asked and a situation was given and we had to explain how we
deal with it.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

Tips
Preparation topics for ROLLSROYCE are-Propulsion,Basic Strength of Materials,Mechanical basic stuff
related to bearings and tolerance,Product Design and General knowledge
about Jet engines and their industries. Having extra credentials like being a head of a club or core which

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shows leadership and team managing skill will help.

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COURSES/CERTIFICATIONS
1. DDP

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DR. REDDY'S
Profile: Management Trainee

Industry : CHEMICAL

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of CHEMICAL Branch"

SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Group Discussion--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
The test has two sections,the first consisted of aptitude questions similar to that in CAT ,carrying 50% of
weightage.The second consisted of core questions which were similar to that in GATE carrying 50% weightage.

ROUND 2: GROUP DISCUSSION

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
The interview questions were HR and core based. They tested me as to how well I knew about the company
andpharmaceuticals in general.I was asked to design a Heat exchanger and distillation column.I was asked to
derive the Navier-Stokes equation, mention the types of packing and I was also asked questions on mass
transfer.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

Tips
Knowledge on courses such as Mass, heat and momentum transfer was tested. Importance was given to
the amount of knowledge that I gained from the Heat and mass transfer labs.

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
Case and Point

Case Interview Cracked

COURSES/CERTIFICATIONS
1. Momentum Transfer
2. Heat Transfer
3. Mass Transfer

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SHAPOORJI PALLONJI
Profile: MANAGEMENT TRAINEE

Industry : CONSTRUCTION

"This review has been posted by a BTECH & MTECH [ DUAL DEGREE ] student of Civil Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Group Discussion--> Technical Interview
ROUND 1: GROUP DISCUSSION
Experience
6-7 students for group.
2 topics one after the other.
Looking for your knowledge on current affairs,

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
Core questions from resume and general questions like Density of concrete.
They tested Core knowledge.
For other batch, general topics like Telangana and Andhra Pradesh issue was asked.

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
Prepare well to answer Project and company updates related questions. Start preparation for non core
companies from summer so that it will be useful for CAT also.
Core- CG is the most important. Choose electives and projects according to your preferred sector. Prepare
puzzles. Guesstimate Create situations and work with groups. Improve Speaking skills,

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JINDAL STEEL AND POWER

Profile: Junior Manager

Industry : MINING & METALS

"This review has been posted by a MS student of Metallurgical Engineering Branch"

SELECTION PROCESS
Technical Interview--> Case Study Interview
ROUND 1: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW
Experience
Iron and steel making
basics, Interest in working for long time. Criteria for shortlisting was basically CG (9 and above is
good, 8 above is ok)For core it was Related to the project.

ROUND 2: CASE STUDY INTERVIEW

Q1: Why lot of constructions are going in IIT?
Q2: IF you get selected what is the first thing you do?
Q3: Do you have any plans for higher studies?

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
Mechanical Metallurgy by dieter

Iron and steel making by Ghosh

Corrosion by Shreir

WEBSITES
1. Doitpoms
2. NPTEL

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
Be well prepared and confidant
that job is for you. Quant related
problems should be prepared.

YOUR MOTIVATION FOR APPLYING TO THIS COMPANY

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Project was on steel,

which is their area. Hometown is near to
the company.

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TATA STEEL
Profile: Management Trainee

Industry : MINING & METALS

"This review has been posted by a MTECH student of Mechanical Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Group Discussion--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
Aptitude + chemistry (12 std level)

ROUND 2: GROUP DISCUSSION

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
Main focus on project .Checked if you know the basic ideas on project topic.Was asked whats the difference
between RnD in academics and Industry. Company wanted to know if he will stay with JSW for a longer period or
go back to academics. This question was repeated in different ways.Questions about steel and its alloying
elements were asked. Second round of interview with Higher authorities was mostly HR oriented.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

Tips
CG matters

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
64 HR questions

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SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS INDIA SOFTWARE OPERATIONS

Profile: Software Engineer

Industry : ELECTRONICS

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Electrical Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
Two tests:1.Aptitude test for 1 hour consisting of multiple choice questions.2.Coding test for 1 hour which had
3 questions.

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
First round was a technical round for about 1 hour. The questions were based on the resume, internships,
projects and courses undertaken.Students shortlisted from this round went on to the (second) HR round.

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
This round involved questions pertaining to one's strengths and weaknesses. Nearly everyone who went into the
HR round was given an offer. In this case, offers were given to 8 people in total, including CS and electrical
students.A student's knowledge in minor was not tested in this profile.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

Tips
The company was looking at the ability to solve problems, to think under stress as well as intuition.
Whenever I did not know the answer to any of their questions, they led me to the answer by helping me
think for possible solutions to issues.

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EXOTEL
Profile: UnKnown

Industry : TELECOMMUNICATIONS

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Economics Branch"

SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Case Study Interview--> Stress Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
The 1 hour test consisted of aptitude questions and had negative marking.Cut off for Consult(2) profile was
based on JEE ranks (under 500).

ROUND 2: CASE STUDY INTERVIEW

Q1: I was given the case of a pharma research company which had come up with a drug. I was asked to discuss
about whether the company was to go in for its own manufacturing or license it.
Q2: Was about a retail firm aiming to use analytics to upset its competition. I was asked to discuss about target
groups and how someone would go on implementing them. Basically I was asked about analytics

Experience
I did not know! I told them that my knowledge was limited in that area.

ROUND 3: STRESS INTERVIEW

Experience
Little time was given to answer each of the questions. This is where speed math is important.My concepts from
my minor (economics) were extremely useful for the jargon that I used which I think might have impressed
them.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

Tips
Presentation of the resume seemed to be extremely important. There were a few people who were sent
out just after they presented their resume.

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MOONRAFT INNOVATION LABS

Profile: SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Industry : DESIGN

"This review has been posted by a BTECH & MTECH [ DUAL DEGREE ] student of OE Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Technical Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
The written round comprised of Puzzles and Aptitude.

Tips
20 people were shortlisted from this round

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
Two rounds of Interview.First Round : Mostly Technical. You have to convince them that you're good for the
company.Second Round : Mostly coding. They weren't interested in syntax, interested only in Algorithmic
approach. Questions about Startups were asked.

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
How to move Mount Fuji

Heard on the Street

WEBSITES
1. www.ambitionbox.com

YOUR MOTIVATION FOR APPLYING TO THIS COMPANY

Moonraft is a design and innovation firm. They strive to advance human experience
through design-driven innovation.

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MOONRAFT INNOVATION LABS

Profile: SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Industry : DESIGN

"This review has been posted by a student of CIVIL ENGINEERING Branch"

SELECTION PROCESS
Resume Shortlist--> Test--> Technical Interview
ROUND 1: RESUME SHORTLIST
Experience
No CG but they were interested in Coding profile. They were looking for the word design in the resume.

Tips
Resume should be well prepared.

ROUND 2: TEST
ROUND 3: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW
Experience
Interview was mainly on why startup and more on HR. One simple quiz was asked regarding how to divide a
square into two equal areas in multiple ways.

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SECLORE
Profile: UnKnown

Industry : IT / ITES

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Test--> Puzzle Interview--> HR Interview--> Technical Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
It was a pen paper test with 50% negative marking. Please attempt wisely as negative marking is high. The time
is enough for thinking and attempting 16 questions.

ROUND 2: TEST
Experience
Java code on trees was given with some functions. 6 questions were given and we were asked to answer in one
line only Questions were like what is this function doing, if you remove this node how the new tree will look like.
The test was tough. Try to attempt each and every questions as there are no negative markings, even if you are
close to the answer they will consider. I only attempted 3 out of 6 questions.

ROUND 3: PUZZLE INTERVIEW

Experience
Two puzzles were given and it was asked to give solutions to the puzzle. If you know the solution, try to explain
it in detail.I knew both the answers and gave a detailed explanation for it. 2 were selected for the interviews.

ROUND 4: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
The interviewer asked me puzzles; he was looking for my approach on every puzzle. He also asked few basic HR
questions.

ROUND 5: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
It was a pool campus. There were 12 candidates for the Final Round. Interviewer asked me about some
questions on the technical quiz of which was taken in the college. Asked me about what have I studied in the
previous semester. Asked me to explain a subject in brief like what have you covered in this subject. Few basic
questions on that subject. Then a puzzle question for which I took time, I couldn't solve that puzzle but they
liked my approach towards solving that. Questions were asked on my T.E. project and the applications of it in
real life. Then few HR questions related to why you want to switch to Software Company being an EXTC
Engineer.

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PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
How to ace the brain teaser interview

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XORIANT
Profile: UnKnown

Industry : IT / ITES

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Computer Science Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Group Discussion--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
In this round there were different sessions including logical, technical questions on Networking, Operating
Systems, etc. Out of all this part logical was easy and requires medium practice of quants. In technical all
technical subject knowledge was checked at medium level, If you are form COMPUTER/IT/MCA then a quick
revision to important subjects is required and most of the thing can be solved by common sense. It also had
coding part in it, We were given two codes one which was easy and the other was bit tough. We were allowed to
use online IDEs.

ROUND 2: GROUP DISCUSSION

Experience
In this we were divided in to group of 6-7 people and were given simple topic. The other topics were not very
technical. Out of that students were selected.

Tips
IMP points for GD for Xoriant :1) If you start be sure that you are really good at it and can continue
conversation for a while, otherwise dont take a chance.2) Do speak politely with audible voice, and
please dont create fish market and do give chance for others to speak.3) Try to bring some good points
and be expressive.4) Do be ready with a conclusion, as individual conclusion were asked.

ROUND 3: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
It is really very important of all as most eliminations are done in this and GD round. Do not fake yourself, be
confident and try to speak about your projects if they are good. They will ask you basic code like factorial.
Remember if you are highlighting your projects the next question will be about your role in it.

Tips
Do try to talk about new technology if you are working on any. They just want to see the SPARK in you,
thats it .Sell yourself good. Do practice basic codes please.

ROUND 4: HR INTERVIEW
Experience

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This was very smooth yet very important round. They are very frank with you, but please be wise and dont go
into that flow. They asked me about my family and my interests and about my projects. Please try to show them
that you are doing some-thing that is important and you have the learning attitude. As, I was in ROBOCON, they
asked me lot about how I used to handle the extra-circular activity, some questions on leader-ship. After that I
was asked to leave.After some time they again called me, and asked whether I was comfortable with the job at
Pune. Which I undoubtedly replied yes. And after the interviews were done they announced the results and three
students were selected.

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XORIANT
Profile: UnKnown

Industry : IT / ITES

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of UnKnown Branch"

SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Group Discussion--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
The aptitude test was online.It consisted of MCQs on Networking, DBMS,OS, C and Java in general. Also there
were two coding questions. Try to answer as much questions as you can, and code for at least one
question.They are simple coding questions.

ROUND 2: GROUP DISCUSSION

Experience
This was followed by a group discussion among 10 people. Pitch in relevant points and try to give illustrations.
The judges were very interactive and provided feedback after the GD.

ROUND 3: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
The technical round revolved around OOPS concepts,algorithms, C and Java.I was asked if I had watched
Inception, when I said yes, the interviewer asked me which algorithm did I think was used behind dreams within
dreams. I answered that any recursively written algorithm can be used, and it was basically nesting. He was
quite satisfied. Then I was asked to write simple Armstrong number and prime number codes as well. It was a
fairly simple round.

ROUND 4: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
The HR person grilled me a lot about my blog and committee work.Normal HR questions about hobbies and
family background were also asked. Overall, it went quite nicely. Just be confident and go with the flow.Xoriant
is fully into product based engineering,so it is a good opportunity to grow technically.

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ITS PLANNERS AND ENGINEERS

Profile: Junior ITS Engineer

Industry : TRANSPORTATION

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of CIVIL Branch"

SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Other Interview--> Other Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
Essay writing, 3 essay type questions (40, 40 and 60 marks) related to recent development in transportation
sector were asked.

ROUND 2: OTHER INTERVIEW

ROUND 3: OTHER INTERVIEW
Q1: Tell me about yourself.
Q2: Describe your Dual Degree Project.
Q3: Describe the most difficult situation in your life and how you managed to come out from it.
Q4: Future study plans.
Q5: How long will you take to write a code on Fibonacci series?

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

Tips
Try to write in a systematic way giving recent examples.

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
Elective - Computer application in highway
engineering.

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ITS PLANNERS AND ENGINEERS

Profile: Junior ITS Engineer

Industry : TRANSPORTATION

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of CIVIL Branch"

SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
They asked us our opinion on smart cities and development.

ROUND 2: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: What do u know about our company?
Q2: What was the biggest challenging situation you have faced?

Experience
They asked us questions based on my transportation engineering related projects and courses. They were
basically asking questions on any project that I have done and they were just checking how well I have applied
the concepts even though it wasnt related to transportation engineering. They also asked me about my extracurricular activities.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

Tips
Did not prepare for non-core companies. Knowledge about current affairs might help in non-core
placements. Case in Point and Victor Cheng can be helpful for consulting.

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

COURSES/CERTIFICATIONS
1. Transportation Engineering

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE

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helpful during non-core placement. First year- Try to explore everything in insti- be it sports, CFI, Drams,
Choreo or learn any musical instrument. Dont just mug and concentrate on CG. Try to build an all round
personality.Second year- Try taking responsibilities and get involved in Fests like Shaastra, Saarang, CEA. Try
to participate in them and build up a passion for anything that interests you the most.Third year- try to
concentrate on your acads as the department courses become more interesting . Talk to profs to find out the
area of your interest and start working on some dept. projects.Fouth year- Start preparing for non core
placements atleast a month before the actual placement season. People interested in core, please dont waste
your time on placement preparation instead be involved in dept. project and work on it with full enthu. Do not let
the placements affect your CG.
Doing a Finance based intern during second/third year would have helped in getting a fin company. For
consulting big firms like McK and BCG, getting involved in many other activities during first and second year
would have helped in building up an all round resume. Proper preparation for CAT would seriously be very
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HOSPIRA
Profile: Trainee Executive

Industry : PHARMACEUTICALS

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of CHEMICAL Branch"

SELECTION PROCESS
Group Discussion--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: GROUP DISCUSSION
Experience
Also a case study of who will you hire a technical person or a person with half technical and half management
skills were taken. The moderator was interacting like giving hints, etc.

ROUND 2: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
Normal HR questions.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

Tips
Read the material given by branch councillor. The sessions conducted by BC were very helpful especially
Soft skills workshop. Concentrated on mass transfer, heat transfer and applications.

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

WEBSITES
1. www.indiabix.com

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VEDAM DESIGN & TECHNICAL CONSULTANCY

Profile: NAVAL ARCHITECT

Industry : SHIP BUILDING

"This review has been posted by a BTECH & MTECH [ DUAL DEGREE ] student of OE Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Technical Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
Selection Procedure :Test : 70 questions 45 minutes .Areas tested were Ship Theory, Basic Engineering
Mechanics and Basic Aptitude questions.Basic questions from Resume BTP related as well as Internship
related.

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
Interview : Two rounds of interview. First Round : It was more like an Informal Discussion. Second Round : It
was a GD 3 people. The question asked was 'Build a Shipyard'. Inputs from Cochin Shipyard Internship were
important. The GD lasted for 30 minutes. Another interview analyzing whatever was said in the interview.
Questions about Future Plans were asked. Puzzles and Guesstimates were asked. They had a concept of Peer
review. Feb 2007

Tips
Preparation :Prepare basic courses like Ship Theory, Ship Design and Ship Resistance and
Propulsion.Preparation for Grand Viva.A thorough technical background about BTP/DDP and intern would
help.

YOUR MOTIVATION FOR APPLYING TO THIS COMPANY

It is an ISO 9001:2008 company offering marine design, engineering and technical
consulting services to entire marine world.

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OVERDICK
Profile: NAVAL ARCHITECT

Industry : OIL & ENERGY

"This review has been posted by a BTECH & MTECH [ DUAL DEGREE ] student of OE Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Technical Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
There were no written rounds

Tips
I was shortisted based on CGPA

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
Only 1 round of interview.
It was more like an informal discussion.
Only Basic questions were asked, especially from Strength of Materials (Stress Strain Curves), Ship Theory
(Stability Cross Curves).
They were interested in use of commercial software like ANSYS.
They were not interested in theoretical knowledge. They looked for applications in
DDP.
Asked all applicants the same set of questions.

Tips
Preparation : Basic courses like Strength of Materials and Ship Theory. A thorough technical background
about BTP/DDP and intern would help.

YOUR MOTIVATION FOR APPLYING TO THIS COMPANY

Overdick is one of the leading specialists in modern offshore engineering and design, maintenance and
inspection service. They offer a wide range of services within the areas Offshore Oil and Gas, Offshore Wind,
Naval Architecture, Marine Operations, Platform Removals and Salvage.

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SUNDARAM CLAYTON
Profile: PGET

Industry : AUTOMOTIVE

"This review has been posted by a MTECH student of Mechanical Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Group Discussion--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
1 hr duration of core engineering subjects and 0.5 hrs of aptitude test.
No negative marking. 50 questions of core and 30 aptitude, one mark for the right answer.

ROUND 2: GROUP DISCUSSION

Experience
General knowledge related topic, current affairs
They look for communication skills.

ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW
Experience
Basic hr questions, Technical- stress-strain diagram,casting,Al-Si phase diagram,basic mechanical testing.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

Tips
Aptitude and English

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
101 HR questions

COURSES/CERTIFICATIONS
1. CAT course

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CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR
Profile: Applications Engineer

Industry : SEMICONDUCTORS

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SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Technical Interview--> Technical Interview--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
One word answers [they asked on digital and analog circuits and computer organization, some basics of analog
and digital Ics and simple aptitude [1 Q]]. 8 CG cutoff, marks unknown. Similar to questions asked in our
academic exams.

ROUND 2: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
It was basically resume based. They asked about internship [work and knowledge, DDP [Prof Kamlesh - Grid tied
solar inverter [control techniques]], computer organization.]

ROUND 3: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
Circuit design for micro controller [both analog and digital-1 analog input varies from 0-10 volt and from 0-5 v
relay 1 should be on and if it is 5-10 V relay 2 should be on- , Embed coding - C coding is enough [micro
processor lab], basic power electronic course.]

ROUND 4: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
System level interview - design a weighing machine, power and capacitance measuring device. They will analyze
your working and thinking skills [measurement course, A&D circuits]Basic power and device questions [EMC
and solid state devices]

ROUND 5: HR INTERVIEW
Q1: Tell a situation in your life when you are preparing for a success at a instance you thought you wont
achieve it but you later u succeeded it due to your hard work.

Experience
General HR round questions asking about personal life.

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TCS INNOVATION LABS

Profile: Engineer

Industry : IT / ITES

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of CHEMICAL Branch"

SELECTION PROCESS
Other Interview
ROUND 1: OTHER INTERVIEW
Experience
They were core interviews basically and highly focused on Resume points.

Tips
Projects and internships were given significant importance and they grilled students on these aspects.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

1: Core courses concepts.
2: Project and internship experiences.

Tips
High importance was given to all courses basics.

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET

BOOKS
Placement team core mock tests.

GATE chemical engg papers.

COURSES/CERTIFICATIONS
1. Heat Transfer
2. Momentum transfer
3. Mass Transfer

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE
Interview questions were mostly core sprinkled with a few HR questions. They asked a lot of questions on
Heat,mass transfer. They look for students who have good conceptual knowledge of fundamentals of core
courses.

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3I INFOTECH
Profile: UnKnown

Industry : IT / ITES

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Civil Engineering Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Group Discussion--> HR Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
There are 3 sections in this round.
1) Verbal AbilityIn the verbal ability section, a paragraph will be given and the first 10 questions will be based
on the paragraph. There will be questions on grammatical error an jumbled sentences. Students are expected to
correct the sentences. There will be few fill in the blacks questions and synonyms and antonyms will be asked in
this section.

2) ReasoningThere are questions based on data sufficiency, notations and symbol, questions on Venn diagrams,
arrangement and blood relations.
A. Look at the series: 22, 21, 23, 22, 24, 23, ... What number should come next?
B. If Suresh is brother of Tanya; Tanya is sister of Ram; and Ram is father of Sonia; How is Sonia related to
Suresh?
C. Amita, Priya, Ritu, Wasim, Sima and Zarin are sitting in a row. Sima and Zarin are in the centre. Amita and
Priya are at the ends. Ritu is sitting to the left of Amita. Who is to the right of Priya ?

3) Quantitative ApptitudeQuestions are asked on simple and compound interest. They are also asked on speed
and distance, variations, simplification, profit and loss, linear equations and ratio proportion.
A. There are 5 red chilies, 4 green chilies. If one draw randomly a chilly what is the probability of getting a red
chilly.
B. Ram can fill a tank in 30 mins and Suraj can fill it in 28 mins. If 3/4th of the tank is filled by Suraj alone and
both are opened, how much time is required by both of them to fill the tank completely ?
C. The cost of an umbrella is Rs 120. If the profit is 10% over selling price what is the selling price of the
umbrella ?

ROUND 2: GROUP DISCUSSION

Experience
The topics of group discussion were:
A. In commercials should celebrities participate.
B. Is cricket a national obsession and detriment to other sports
C. Is Press invading our privacy.

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ROUND 3: HR INTERVIEW

Experience
In this round, the HR of the company measures the students leadership, interpersonal, communication, decision
making skills and the ability to work under pressure and stress.
The student is expected to introduce him/herself. He/she is asked about the academic project. The students
attitude is evaluated by the HR and are also asked if they are ready to relocate and if they are ready to sign
bond with the company.

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UNMETRIC
Profile: Software Engineer

Industry : IT / ITES

"This review has been posted by a BTECH & MTECH [ DUAL DEGREE ] student of OE Branch"
SELECTION PROCESS
Test--> Group Discussion--> Technical Interview
ROUND 1: TEST
Experience
First test was conducted in October. Permutations, Puzzles and Coding

ROUND 2: GROUP DISCUSSION

Experience
The GD was very general

ROUND 3: TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

Experience
Two rounds of interviews :First Round :It was focused on Startups. Questions included why you should be the
right person to hire and what can you uniquely bring to the table.Second Round :It was a Skype Interview,
completely based on the resume.

KEY SKILLS TESTED IN THE PROCESS

Tips
Preparation : Coursera courses. Pick up coding skills. Skills which are relevant to Startups are highly
appreciated.

YOUR MOTIVATION FOR APPLYING TO THIS COMPANY

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