IIT-M Placement Guide 2015-16

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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:

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Business Analyst: The responsibilities include managing liquidity risk,fund-raising requirements, assessing the creditworthiness of the firm’s counterparties, monitoring market risks associated with the firm’s trading activities, designing and operating systems to support financial management, building risk models to support new businesses and derivatives analysis; managing the firm’s 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 company’s 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

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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 – NSE’s Certification in Financial Markets BCSM – BSE’s 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:    

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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 don’t 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 People’s 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)

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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 sets—so-called big data—will 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:

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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

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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

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McKinsey Quarterly The Economist Fortune Magazine

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

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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.

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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.

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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 company’s 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 FMCG’s 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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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

Nestlé 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:   

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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 company’s 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. It’s 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 company’s products: be prepared to be asked which your favourite is. It’s also a good idea to be aware of competitor products, but don’t 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, it’s 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:  

It’s 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

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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, POR’s, 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

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Solidworks 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

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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 Master’s 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 Master’s 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

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Vantage Research and Consulting 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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Immunology 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 company’s 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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Data Science Confidence Diagrammatic reasoning

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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 BTP / DDP

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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 don’t 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 and how each of them work) Your technical knowledge

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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 industries—specifically, 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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English/Communication Convincing skills Speed , accuracy,Confidence

EDC , Control system

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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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Forte Research Systems India Pvt. Ltd.

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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

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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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dbms- Korth

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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

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C

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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PLC\SCADA

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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. Shanti’s 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

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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

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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

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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

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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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"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 Do’s: 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 Don’ts:1. don’t lie to the interview about thing that you have not done or about something you do not have much idea about. 2. Don’t 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!

Don’t 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: Don’t 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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"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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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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FLIPKART 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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GOLDMAN SACHS 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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GOLDMAN SACHS 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 don’t 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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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 don’t tell them your approach, you’ll get rejected. Even if the final answer is not correct, if the approach is correct, you’ll 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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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 wasn’t 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!!

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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 Find more interview experiences, questions & tips of Housing from the link below ambitionbox.com/housing-interview-questions

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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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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

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Civil Engineering Branch" 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 didn’t 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 couldn’t 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. Don’tuse 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

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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 wouldn’t have got shortlisted, the sole culprit being his low CGPA. Maintaining a CGPA about 8 is critical to getting shortlisted for interviews. That doesn’t mean that peoplewith low CGPA won’t 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 didn’t have any of these certifications. Maintain a high CGPA. There were many companies for which he didn’t 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 Find more interview experiences, questions & tips of Ola Cabs from the link below ambitionbox.com/ola-cabs-interview-questions

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MCKINSEY Profile: Business Analyst

Industry : CONSULTING

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Metallurgical Engineering Branch" 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 you’re interested. Start preparing your resume in the month of August. Proofread and make 68 drafts till it becomes perfect. Do not write things which you’re 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 don’t 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.

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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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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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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 ï Breaking the problem down to the absolute basicï 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 empirical–analytical 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 you’re going to be in the company for a few years. CGPA not a selection criteria for Futures First.

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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 Don’t 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 you’ve 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 Verbal…All 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: What’s 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 shouldn’t hire you? Q8: What is your biggest achievement since you joined engineering?

Experience At the end 7 people got selected in Deloitte.

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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 didn’t 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). Don’t 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 don’t 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 don’t know’ in an interview, say you don’t 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 don’t 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 don’t 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 can’t, 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 don’t 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 can’t, 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 didn’t 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 didn’t 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.

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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 doesn’t 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 I’m 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 wasn’t really interested in Chemical Engineering.

ROUND 4: OTHER INTERVIEW Q1: “Why Credit Suisse?” Q2: What have you recently read in the newspaper?”

Experience Interview was taken by the director. For first question, I answered,” It’s in Bombay and I am from Bombay.” For

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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. Won’t 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. Don’t 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. Don’t 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

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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 don’t 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 you’ll 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, there’s 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 I’d 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.

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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.Don’t 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 won’t? 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.

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GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE 1st and 2nd year: Just explore different options to figure out your interests. Don’t 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 section’s 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 didn’t remember much.I alsouttered a few concepts on networking I could recollect. So make sure you don’t appear dumb about anything throughout the interview and keep the conversation going or don’t write things which you don’t 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 don’t 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 you’re 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 will…No 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 don’t 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.

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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. Don’t 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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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

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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

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

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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

"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 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 don’t 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

"This review has been posted by a BTECH & MTECH [ DUAL DEGREE ] student of Engineering Design Branch" 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

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

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

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

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Metallurgical Engeering Branch" 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 aren’t 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 don’t 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 don’t 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.

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BOOKS Herd in the Street.

GENERAL TIPS/ADVICE They didn’t really ask me anything about my resume even though my resume was completely core. They also didn’t ask me any HR questions. I don’t 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

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Electrical Engineering Branch" SELECTION PROCESS Test--> Technical Interview--> HR Interview ROUND 1: TEST Experience Pattern: both MCQ’s and descriptive type. Cannot remember about the marking and cut-off’s 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

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Metallurgical Engineering Branch" 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 Don’t get stuck on one question. Go further and come back to that question if time permits.

ROUND 2: VIDEO SYNTHESIS Experience You’ll 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. Don’t 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

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Metallurgical Engineering Branch" 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 Don’t get stuck on one question. Go further and come back to that question if time permits

ROUND 2: VIDEO SYNTHESIS Experience You’ll 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. Don’t 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

"This review has been posted by a BTECH student of Metallurgical Engineering Branch" 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 Udaan’14 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.

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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 hadn’t 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 candidate’s 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 isn’t 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 didn’t 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 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 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 you’re 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 weren’t 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 Do’s: bethorough with resume, basic level core fundaes, be prepared with questions like ‘why you/this company/this field?’. Don’t’s:don’t 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 doesn’t 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 ï Breaking the problem down to the absolute basic ï 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 Find more interview experiences, questions & tips of Auctus Advisors from the link below companies like to see spike/impact that you have created.November – Prep for Case interview in a rigorous ambitionbox.com/auctus-advisors-interview-questions

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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, don’t 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 Don’t 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: “What’s your fav. Course? Why?” Q7: “Why is your CGPA low?” Q8: “Why do you want to join this company?”

Experience They were looking whether you’d stay in the company for 3 years atleast.

Tips Present yourself as if you’re going to be in the company for a few years.

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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.

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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?

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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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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 don’t see the word department while recruiting from iit. Both for non-core or core: give your best for every round andeven if you don’t 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 isn’t fair play but that’s 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 didn’t come. I sat for 3 company interviews. 2nd company knew that I had attended the first company’s interview so they didn’t 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 factory’s 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 wouldn’t 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

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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 don’t 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 don’t 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 don’t have details about how this round was conducted since I wasn’t 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 didn’t 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 don’t 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 wasn’t 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 wasn’t 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 don’t 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. Don’t, 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 didn’t 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 won’t 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 didn’t 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 don’t you join your father’s business? Q4: How do you use your technical skills to help him in his business? Q5: Why don’t 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 Find more interview experiences, questions & tips of Oracle from the link below (from any projects) or Java certification then its an added bonus. But its not mandatory. ambitionbox.com/oracle-interview-questions 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 didn’t 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 didn’t 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.It’s a MCQ test having 4 choices.We have to solve 120 Questions in 1 hour duration

ROUND 2: TEST Experience It’s 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.

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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.

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1: Spontaneity 2: Logical Thinking 3: Ability to make quick calculations.

Tips Courses related to petroleum profile were helpful.

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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 weren’t 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 doesn’t 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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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 don’t know an answer, tell it to them honestly. Don’t 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 wasn’t 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 Don’t 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 don’t 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.

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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

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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. It’s 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 didn’t 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 MCQ’s 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.

PREPARATION MATERIAL THAT HELPED YOU BUILD THE REQUIRED SKILL-SET 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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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 IDE’s.

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 don’t take a chance.2) Do speak politely with audible voice, and please don’t 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, that’s 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 don’t 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 wasn’t 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

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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. Don’t 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 don’t 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 Find more interview experiences, questions & tips of ITS Planners and Engineers from the link below ambitionbox.com/its-planners-and-engineers-interview-questions

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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

"This review has been posted by a BTECH & MTECH [ DUAL DEGREE ] student of Industrial Engineering Branch" 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 won’t 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 Unmetric injects advanced algorithms and unrivaled analytic depth to expand and enhance your approach to content marketing, creating what we call Intelligent Workflow. It's a more sophisticated way to approach the challenges of the modern marketer.

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