Category: Thapar Campus Interviews

Sahil Kadiyan’s Salesforce Interview Experience

“Sahil Kadiyan” who is an upcoming intern at “Salesforce” talks about his interview experience and some other tips to prepare for placement season. Check out what he says about the placement season.

His Interview was taken by UnsaidTalks Interviewer: “Radhika”

Profile offered: Software Engineer

Job Location: Not decided yet

Branch and Graduation Year: COE – 2024

Cgpa Cutoff: 7.0+

Interview Difficulty Level: Medium to hard

Here are the questions we asked Sahil Kadiyan to know about his interview experience.

Question 1: Introduce yourself to our readers.

Answer: Hello Everyone! I am Sahil Kadiyan. I am from Panipat and pursuing engineering from the COE branch of Thapar Institute. I’m a programmer working to understand better how can a piece of code made the life of humans so easy, and aiming to implement DSA in real life. I enjoy generating new ideas and devising feasible solutions to broadly relevant problems. I’m seeking opportunities that will allow me to develop and promote technologies that benefit humans. Moreover, I am a front-end web developer and love creating websites. In my free time, I like to play badminton, and helping people gives me immense happiness.

Question 2: Describe Your written test experience specifying the number of rounds, details of each round, and type of test platform (online – amcat, hackerearth, etc / offline)

Answer: There was 1 online written coding round with 3 questions of DSA which was held over the Hackerrank platform. Then 2 technical Interviews and 1 HR Interview.

Question 3: Describe your all technical interviews specifying the number of rounds and details of each round (if any) (please share coding questions if possible)

Answer: In Salesforce, Interviewers judge whether a student has DEEP knowledge of a particular data structure or not.

INTERVIEW 1: (45-50 minutes) 1 DSA Question(medium to hard), then questions related to OOPs concepts.
Introduction then provided the link for Hackerrank Code Pair and asked to solve a Coding question.
I like hashmaps, so I try solving questions using hashmaps as a priority.
While solving the coding question, there was a thorough discussion of all the approaches. My approach was different from theirs, but the final answer was correct, so all was okay! In the end, he also added a twist to the question and asked me to answer in 1 minute.
Then, there were all the questions related to Object Oriented Programming.

INTERVIEW 2: (Around 1 hr)
2 DSA questions: (30 minutes)
Easy question related to Binary Tree ( get diameter ) – need to tell Optimized Approach. They asked me to code from scratch, from making structure to the rest of the code. Asked thoroughly about Complete Binary Tree, Full Binary Tree, and their examples.
There was one more question.

OS questions (20-25 min): not simple OS questions like What is something? They were interested in knowing Why and How a particular thing works in depth.
DBMS: 5 queries( sub-queries, correlated queries)
Computer Networks: Basic questions related to OSI – TCP/IP Models and other concepts.
In the end, he gave me an Aptitude question as well: A numbers related Puzzle.

RESOURCES TO LEARN FROM:
I started DSA in my 2nd year but before that my basics were clear. I did Coding Ninja’s course.
My advice for you is: Purchase any course of Coding Ninjas or GFG. Abdul Bari’s playlist is also good. Don’t switch between the 2. Clear your basics first, then DSA questions. Consistency is the most significant factor in your learning.

Question 4: Describe your all HR interviews specifying the number of rounds and details of each round

Answer: I presented myself as a real Sahil Kadyan. What I do, what my interests are.
10-15 minutes for the introduction itself. They appreciated me for my book reading habits, so asked about my favorite author, favorite books, and what are the learnings from them.
He asked about my Failures and how did I deal with them.
I love playing Badminton. So, he asked me what will I choose if I had to choose between Coding and Badminton. Present examples that they are bound to get convinced by you.
Why did I opt for Computer Science? I replied, that I explored all the fields and was finally attracted by coding.
Why did I learn Blockchain? You need to be clear about your aim and why are you interested in a particular domain.
Why do you want to join Salesforce?
Don’t boast about your knowledge a lot. Be the real you while answering!
In the end, he asked me if I had any questions for him. So, I asked 2- 3 questions: What problems does Salesforce face?

Question 5: What were the key factors for your selection?

Answer: My command over DSA.

Question 6: What are the things students should focus on in order of priority?

Answer: Work and Parents
Work: DATA STRUCTURES then Development if you are interested & CS fundamentals

Question 7: According to you, what role do extracurricular activities as well as participation in societies play?

Answer: Societies do help in improvising your personality. I took a workshop on Competitive Programming, which pushed my confidence to speak in front of a large audience. We learn leadership and teamwork spirit. In societies, you do some projects with groups which will help you further.
But you should know how to balance your life. Don’t give more priority to society work. Give 70-80% to DSA in the 3rd year and 5-10% to societies.

Question 8: Any Other Advice you would like to give to your juniors?

Answer: Jo bhi karo dil kholkar karo!
And dedicate yourself to coding in the way that: “Kisi cheez ko siddat se chaho toh poori kayanaat use tumhe milane mai lag jaati hai”.

Question 9: How can we contact you? (LinkedIn Profile Link/Contact No./etc.)

Answer: kadiyans990@gmail.com

Your LinkedIn Profile URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sahil-kadiyan-437936136/

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Abha Himani’s Salesforce Interview Experience

“Abha Himani” who is an upcoming intern at “Salesforce” talks about her interview experience and some other tips to prepare for placement season. Check out what she says about the placement season.

Her Interview was taken by UnsaidTalks Interviewer: “Radhika”

Profile offered: Software Engineering Intern

Job Location: Not confirmed yet

Branch and Graduation Year: COE – 2024

Cgpa Cutoff: 7.0+

Interview Difficulty Level: I believe it was around 8. (1-very easy, 10-very difficult)

Here are the questions we asked Abha Himani to know about her interview experience.

Question 1: Introduce yourself to our readers.

Answer: Hello, my name is Abha Himani, and I’m from Ranchi, Jharkhand. Having come from a small city, this journey has been a tough but an exciting one. I’m currently in my third year, pursuing B.E. in Computer Engineering from the Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology. I’ve been interested in technology and exploring different fields in technology since my 1st year of college. Along with that, you can find me reading Shayaris and listening to Ghazals almost every alternate day in the library, haha.

Question 2: Describe Your written test experience specifying the number of rounds, details of each round, and type of test platform (online – amcat, hackerearth, etc / offline)

Answer: It was an online assessment test on the Hackerrank platform. There were 3 questions, and I had solved 2 of them completely; they were focused on DSA only. We just had to write the code of the function given.
Only one written round was conducted. After that, we had 3 more rounds. 2 Technical and 1 HR.

Question 3: Describe your all technical interviews specifying the number of rounds and details of each round (if any) (please share coding questions if possible)

Answer: There were 2 technical interviews, and 1 HR interview (within a time gap of 10-15 minutes each, the interviews lasted about 1 hour each):
In both the interviews, they asked questions related to DSA and OOPs concepts. Salesforce asks questions of DBMS and OS as well, but they didn’t ask me.
They provided me the hackerrank code pair link, and I was supposed to be present on the google meet as well. They asked me to share my screen and code along with that. I had to explain the approach of my code side by side. The key to this is to – Think Out Loud.

Interview 1: 2 DSA questions and discussion of the entire approach with a lot of cross-questioning (tell the other ways of doing this, why this approach? how to make this approach efficient, time complexity, space complexity)
Q1: Array question: index of first and last occurrence of the number which is being repeated. (Explained brute force approach and binary search algorithm to solve the question)
Q2: Related to finding the nth even and odd term of the Fibonacci Series

Interview 2: 2 DSA questions and one OOP-related question where I was given the code, and I was supposed to give the output.
1st was the Leetcode easy or medium question of Stack, and another was related to finding if there was a unique frequency in the array elements.
There was a question about OOPs to tell a code’s output. During that, I had to explain all the logic (about virtual functions to resolve ambiguity, classes, run time polymorphism, and inheritance). It checked my complete knowledge of Object Oriented Programming.
Both the interviewers were quite friendly. They supported me throughout. At starting itself, they made me comfortable with the environment, so it was a good start already!

RESOURCES TO STUDY FROM:
Did Dynamic Programming from Aditya Verma. I had done striver’s sheet almost 2 times and a few more courses, including Sandeep Jain’s course of GFG, for a basic understanding of every data structure. Striver’s sheet is very important. All my 4 coding questions were more or less from the sheet itself. Do top 50 questions of CS fundamentals from Interview Bit.

Question 4: Describe your all HR interviews specifying the number of rounds and details of each round

Answer: HR asked questions on every topic, including a lot of brainstorming and technical questions as well.
Strengths, Weaknesses, How do I cope up with my weaknesses? Where I am from? : I am from Ranchi, which is not a very developed place, so I explained the exposure I got after coming to Thapar and how it helped me improve.
Do you like working individually or in a group? So, I told him the pros and cons of both things.
He asked me about my projects which I’ve done in a group or individually. I had 2 deep learning projects and one project on Web development: What Deep Learning is? Difference between Deep Learning and Machine Learning. What does my project do?
One of the most important questions during the HR interview was, Why Salesforce?
It was a nice interview since HR was very supportive.

Question 5: What were the key factors for your selection?

Answer: I feel Confidence was the key factor because everyone who had reached that round knew DSA well, so what makes the difference is confidence and being true to yourself throughout.

Question 6: What are the things students should focus on in order of priority?

Answer: I believe focusing on DSA should be your number one priority. Along with that, you can give a bit of time to revising CS fundamentals such as DBMS, OOP, and OS. Keep practicing on leetcode and don’t change your plans according to what others are doing. Make a concrete plan and stick to it.

Question 7: According to you, what role do extracurricular activities as well as participation in societies play?

Answer: I wasn’t a part of any society, but I personally believe that one should join a society only if you have an actual interest in the work it stands for.

Question 8: Any Other Advice you would like to give to your juniors?

Answer: I believe most of us are scared of reaching out to people and asking for help and guidance. There’s always someone who is ready to help you and guide you, you just have to reach out to them!

Question 9: How can we contact you? (LinkedIn Profile Link/Contact No./etc.)

Answer: abhahimani2002@gmail.com

Your LinkedIn Profile URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abha-himani-564102213

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Jatin Aggarwal’s ET Medialabs Interview Experience

“Jatin Aggarwal” who was interned at “ET Medialabs” talks about his interview experience and some other tips to prepare for placement season. Check out what he says about the placement season.

His Interview was taken by UnsaidTalks Interviewer: “Akshita”

Profile offered: Digital Marketing & Analytics

Job Location: Noida

Branch and Graduation Year: ENC – 2022

Interview Difficulty Level: 7/10 (1-very easy, 10-very difficult)

Here are the questions we asked Jatin Aggarwal to know about his interview experience.

Question 1: Introduce yourself to our readers.

Answer: Hi! I’m Jatin Aggarwal, a Final year student of ENC (Electronics and computer) at Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala. From my school days, I had developed a passion for coding in C++ and never missed an opportunity to participate in competitions.
I choose ENC because you will get to learn about both the subjects, electronics and computers.
I love to connect with people from different backgrounds and thus build on my network. I love to play cricket, football and have an interest in marketing and analytics. So basically, I had hands-on everything that I could possibly explore.

Question 2: Describe Your written test experience specifying the number of rounds, details of each round, and type of test platform (online – amcat, hackerearth, etc / offline)

Answer: The test was conducted on the mettl platform. It consisted of 4-5 different sections and the total duration of the test was 1 hour.
In the 1st section, there were questions to check upon your logical reasoning and some questions to check your speed and accuracy of answering the questions (for example in a given sentence how many occurrences of a particular letter are there, find the odd one out, what figure comes next in sequence, etc.). It was basically a race against time. The duration of this section was 10 mins.
The remaining 3 sections were untimed and needed to be completed in the remaining 50 mins. Each section consisted of 10-12 questions each checking upon your mental ability, aptitude, english comprehension, analyzing and deriving information from graphs and figures in order to answer the further questions.

Question 3: Describe your all technical interviews specifying the number of rounds and details of each round (if any) (please share coding questions if possible)

Answer: There were 5 different panels of interviewers and we had 2-3 rounds of interviews, each one being an elimination round. Each round lasted for approximately 20 mins.
In my 1st round, initially, I was asked to introduce myself, then some questions were asked from my resume about my prior internship experiences and the mentioned projects. Then some rapid-fire questions were asked to check upon my speed and accuracy (basically checking my mental maths as I had mentioned that I had won in the national abacus championship). Some examples of questions asked include: factorial of 8, multiplication of 3 digit numbers, and some mathematical riddles, and each of these questions was supposed to be answered within 5-6 seconds. Then I was asked some HR questions like why should we hire you, why do you think you are suitable for this role, what is your expertise level in excel and analytics, etc.
Then in the 2nd round, again I was asked to introduce myself followed by questions related to mathematical calculations. Then some questions were fired at me which I had to answer within 8-10 seconds. These included:
1. If you have a cake and you are allowed to make 3 cuts, then what are the maximum number of pieces which you can obtain?
2. There is a cubicle room with an ant situated at one corner, so what is the shortest distance for the ant to reach the diagonally opposite corner of the opposite face of the room?
3. Some squares and cubes of random 2-3 digit numbers
4. A guesstimate question that how many tennis balls can be filled in an airplane?
Finally before concluding they asked some HR questions like why do you want to work with us, how will you rate your knowledge in excel and analytics part, etc.

Question 4: What were the key factors for your selection?

Answer: Firstly one should read the job description very carefully and accordingly mention their skills in the resume. Be thorough with the JD as to what the company is expecting from the candidates. Moreover, being calm throughout the whole process, from the online assessment to the interview, is very important. Also having a strong command over my mathematical calculations analytics part and thorough knowledge of excel helped me in acing this interview. Personally, I feel that one should have 2-3 seniors who could mentor them and especially boost their confidence during the placement season.

Question 5: What are the things students should focus on in order of priority?

Answer: Firstly you should focus on building your resume. Secondly, you should prepare the basics of OOPS, DBMS, and SQL and also should be thorough with whatever technology you have mentioned in your resume. Also for especially cracking ET Medialabs, one should focus on enhancing their logical reasoning, aptitude skills, and mathematical calculations should be on their fingertips.

Question 6: According to you, what role do extracurricular activities as well as participation in societies play?

Answer: I have been a part of many societies from my 1st year itself major ones being IETE Students’ Forum(former Convener), Youth United – Patiala Chapter(former Joint Secretary), and UnsaidTalks(COO & CTO). Personally, I feel that societies play a major role in your college life. They help you build your confidence, leadership skills, technical skills, and many more. In my second year, I was part of the UIP program conducted by UnsaidTalks, which I would recommend to everyone (although not publicizing it here) because it gives you insights into what happens in the placement room. If not part of any society directly, one should definitely try to participate in some competitions to gain some experience.

Question 7: Any Other Advice you would like to give to your juniors?

Answer: The most basic advice would be to remain calm throughout the recruitment process, and trust in your strength and ability to tackle the questions easily.
For cracking technical interviews one must focus on DSA, OS, Computer Networks, and DBMS. And for cracking non-technical interviews one must devote some time to solving logical reasoning and aptitude questions (trying to solve questions with speed and accuracy).
Lastly, utilize your college life efficiently and enjoy it! Do whatever suits you – means whatever you are interested in. Never take too much stress about anything – be it academics or placements or even relationships. Nothing is more important than peace of mind. Placements can never define your career. There is so much to grab in life if you are ready for it. 🙂

Question 8: How can we contact you? (LinkedIn Profile Link/Contact No./etc.)

Answer: 9711471137 (If you want any advice, feel free to connect over!)

Your LinkedIn Profile URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jatin-a-21222712b/

For any further Queries feel free to comment below.

Shivam Sharma’s TATA Digital Interview Experience

“Shivam Sharma” who was placed at “TATA Digital” talks about his interview experience and some other tips to prepare for placement season. Check out what he says about the placement season.

His Interview was taken by UnsaidTalks Interviewer: “Vivekanand”

Profile offered: Digital Engineer

Job Location: Mumbai

Branch and Graduation Year: ECE – 2022

Cgpa Cutoff: 7.0

Interview Difficulty Level: 5 (1-very easy, 10-very difficult)

Here are the questions we asked Shivam Sharma to know about his interview experience.

Question 1: Introduce yourself to our readers.

Answer: Hi! I am Shivam Sharma, currently pursuing my Bachelor of Engineering from TIET in ECE. I am a coder and also the general secretary of IETE Student’s Forum, Patiala. I am interned at Samsung Electronics and now I am placed in Tata Digital as a Digital Engineer. I have also done 4 months internship in Codify Apps Pvt. Ltd.

Question 2: Describe Your written test experience specifying the number of rounds, details of each round, and type of test platform (online – amcat, hackerearth, etc / offline)

Answer: The written test was taken on Hacker Rank. There were three coding questions, two of them were very easy, and the third one was easy but a bit tricky, mostly formula-based. There were also some MCQs which very were relatively easy.

Question 3: Describe your all technical interviews specifying the number of rounds and details of each round (if any) (please share coding questions if possible)

Answer: My Technical Interview was totally focused on my projects and skills mentioned in my resume. Mostly questions were asked based on projects itself but in great detail for about forty-five minutes. So, if you have some good projects done on your own then definitely you are going to crack it.

Question 4: Describe your all HR interviews specifying the number of rounds and details of each round

Answer: So, it was a panel of three. It was an HR+ Managerial round. First, they asked me basic questions about my strengths and weakness. Then they started asking me tricky questions which have to answer carefully. Some of the questions were like Suppose I have a pencil in my hand then tell us five factors based on which you will judge whether the pencil is good or not. So, I answered that I would check its grip, its nib for ductility/brittle, write with it for an hour to analyze how much it needs to be sharpened, sharp with the sharpener in order to check the material, building design, etc. They might also ask some sort of technical questions that might not be taught in college, for example, they asked me whether I had hands-on experience with Kanban? (Thanks to my internships), How familiar I was with other technologies like a flutter, react-native?, Then where do I see myself in five years and what do I expect from corporate life?.

Question 5: What were the key factors for your selection?

Answer: My Projects, My Internship experience, My prior interview experiences, and Self-Confidence.

Question 6: According to you, what role do extracurricular activities as well as participation in societies play?

Answer: In my first year I was part of ELEMENTOS in IETE, and later became a mentor to general secretary. So these extracurricular activities are very important because even though you might have a good cgpa but still communication skills matter a lot. Let me tell you, my managerial round in Tata digital lasted for an hour where I was asked a lot of questions, even my HR round in Samsung lasted for a long time. During these HR rounds they generally ask you questions by giving you different situations and scenarios then how can we expect ourselves to answer such questions when we ourselves have not gone through such scenarios and this is where the experience we gain, the teamwork and leadership quality we gain helps us while handling different situations in these societies. Next, our confidence matters too, I have given several interviews, and I have taken a lot of interviews of my juniors so this helped to figure out what an interviewer actually seeks in a candidate.

Question 7: How can we contact you? (LinkedIn Profile Link/Contact No./etc.)

Answer: 6283437152

Your LinkedIn Profile URL: www.linkedin.com/in/itsshivm

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Souparna Saha’s Asian Paints Interview Experience

“Souparna Saha” who was placed at “Asian Paints” talks about his interview experience and some other tips to prepare for placement season. Check out what he says about the placement season.

His Interview was taken by UnsaidTalks Interviewer: “Vivekanand”

Profile offered: Graduate Engineer Trainee

Job Location: Confirmation after training only.

Branch and Graduation Year: Electrical – 2022

Cgpa Cutoff: 7.5

Interview Difficulty Level: 4 (1-very easy, 10-very difficult)

Here are the questions we asked Souparna Saha to know about his interview experience.

Question 1: Introduce yourself to our readers.

Answer: Hi! I am Souparna Saha, a final year student, an electronics enthusiast. I recently got placed in Asian Paints.

Question 2: Describe Your written test experience specifying the number of rounds, details of each round, and type of test platform (online – amcat, hackerearth, etc / offline)

Answer: The written test was conducted online on the Wee-box platform. The questions were based on basic electrical engineering that you would have done during your academics for example there was a question where the supply frequency, rotor rpm, and no of poles were given and we were asked to calculate the slip of the induction motor.

Question 3: Describe your all technical interviews specifying the number of rounds and details of each round (if any) (please share coding questions if possible)

Answer: It was conducted on Microsoft teams. They will ask you tricky questions like why shouldn’t they hire you instead of why should they hire you. So you have to be careful while your answers, be careful while telling answers to questions about strength, your weakness, and how you are going to suffice that.

Question 4: Describe your all HR interviews specifying the number of rounds and details of each round

Answer: HR saw my resume and asked me whether I have done any work or project which is non-technical because my resume had a lot of hardcore technical projects. she asked me general stuff like what kind of public places do I go, what type of person I am, so I had to be very true to myself, so you can say that you are an introvert its ok but you have to specify how you counteract your introvertness in the time of need.

Question 5: What were the key factors for your selection?

Answer: Trust on my knowledge, helped me crack through different rounds of core companies.

Question 6: According to you, what role do extracurricular activities as well as participation in societies play?

Answer: I was part of TAAS. I felt like I got a place where I can express my ideas regarding astronomy. I suggest people join societies because in my case it helped me in improving my soft skill. It will give the response that you don’t how to tackle so that you can learn how to manage things and improve.

Question 7: Any Other Advice you would like to give to your juniors?

Answer: Have the courage to handle difficult things, if you don’t handle the situation now then you will always be dependent on others because just like a warrior you go into the battle alone though you may fail multiple times but you have to do it yourself. start doing projects from the second year itself, if you are really serious about your subject then make projects otherwise you won’t be able to build yourself gain knowledge and build stuff, all the best.

Question 8: How can we contact you? (LinkedIn Profile Link/Contact No./etc.)

Answer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/souparna-saha-554aa41b6/?originalSubdomain=in

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Arjun’s Digit Insurance Interview Experience

“Arjun” who was placed at “Digit Insurance” talks about his interview experience and some other tips to prepare for placement season. Check out what he says about the placement season.

His Interview was taken by UnsaidTalks Interviewer: “Maitreyi”

Profile offered: Software Engineer

Job Location: Bangalore or Pune. It is not fixed yet.

Branch and Graduation Year: COE – 2022

Cgpa Cutoff: 6.0

Interview Difficulty Level: It was around 7. The interview was not that difficult. (1-very easy, 10-very difficult)

Here are the questions we asked Arjun to know about his interview experience.

Question 1: Introduce yourself to our readers.

Answer: My name is Arjun. I am in 4th year in TIET.

Question 2: Describe Your written test experience specifying the number of rounds, details of each round, and type of test platform (online – amcat, hackerearth, etc / offline)

Answer: There was 1 written round. The questions asked were easy.

Question 3: Describe your all technical interviews specifying the number of rounds and details of each round (if any) (please share coding questions if possible)

Answer: There was 1 technical interview round. The questions were asked from the OOPS concept.

Question 4: Describe your all HR interviews specifying the number of rounds and details of each round

Answer: There was no HR round.

Question 5: What were the key factors for your selection?

Answer: My concepts were up to the mark and I was confident during my interview.

Question 6: What are the things students should focus on in order of priority?

Answer: Basic concepts of data structures and core subjects are important. Also, your communication skills are important.

Question 7: According to you, what role do extracurricular activities as well as participation in societies play?

Answer: For tech jobs, extracurricular activities do not matter. Only your technical skills matter.

Question 8: Any Other Advice you would like to give to your juniors?

Answer: You can direct the interview according to your wish. Answer in such a way that interviewer only asks the questions related to topics that you know.

Question 9: How can we contact you? (LinkedIn Profile Link/Contact No./etc.)

Answer: aarjun_be18@thapar.edu

Your LinkedIn Profile URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arjun-shoor-54ab19221

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Aryaman Kumar’s Wells Fargo Interview Experience

“Aryaman Kumar” who was interned at “Wells Fargo” talks about his interview experience and some other tips to prepare for placement season. Check out what he says about the placement season.

His Interview was taken by UnsaidTalks Interviewer: “Maitreyi”

Profile offered: CIB Analyst

Job Location: Bangalore

Branch and Graduation Year: CSE – 2022

Cgpa Cutoff: There was no specific cgpa cut-off. There were some internal cut-offs according to the departments.

Interview Difficulty Level: It was around 7. (1-very easy, 10-very difficult)

Here are the questions we asked Aryaman Kumar to know about his interview experience.

Question 1: Introduce yourself to our readers.

Answer: My name is Aryaman Kumar. I am a final year student of TIET and my branch is Computer Science and Engineering (CSE). I got an internship offer at Wells Fargo.

Question 2: Describe Your written test experience specifying the number of rounds, details of each round, and type of test platform (online – amcat, hackerearth, etc / offline)

Answer: The written test was of 70 mins. It was of 70 minutes. There were 3 sections. The first one was the quantitative section. The second one was the case study section and the third one was pure finance. They asked questions based on the basics of financial concepts. The platform of the test was SHL.

Question 3: Describe your all technical interviews specifying the number of rounds and details of each round (if any) (please share coding questions if possible)

Answer: There was 1 technical round related to finance.

Question 4: Describe your all HR interviews specifying the number of rounds and details of each round

Answer: There was 1 HR round in which basic HR questions were asked like why do you want to join the company and so on.

Question 5: What were the key factors for your selection?

Answer: In the test, there was no negative marking so I attempted as many questions as possible. I had read basic of financial concepts throughout my college years.

Question 6: What are the things students should focus on in order of priority?

Answer: Maintain a good CGPA.(8.5+ is safe CGPA). A resume is important for such kinds of jobs. Do not mention your technical knowledge in non-tech jobs. You should know your projects thoroughly and focus on your GK. Read economic news daily.

Question 7: According to you, what role do extracurricular activities as well as participation in societies play?

Answer: In IB jobs such activities are not that important. For finance roles, extracurricular activities do not play a very important role so part in 1 or 2 societies will work.

Question 8: Any Other Advice you would like to give to your juniors?

Answer: Spend your time learning the basics of finance.
Your people and communication skills are very important for such kind of job.
Know your resume inside out. Do not bluff on your resume.

Question 9: How can we contact you? (LinkedIn Profile Link/Contact No./etc.)

Answer: aaryamaan_be18@thapar.edu

Your LinkedIn Profile URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aryamaan-kumar-b381a8191/

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Varun Agarwal’s MakeMyTrip Interview Experience

“Varun Agarwal” who was placed at “MakeMyTrip” talks about his interview experience and some other tips to prepare for placement season. Check out what he says about the placement season.

His Interview was taken by UnsaidTalks Interviewer: “Maitreyi”

Profile offered: Software Engineer

Job Location: Gurugram

Branch and Graduation Year: COE – 2022

Cgpa Cutoff: Initially the cut-off was 6 but when a lot of students qualified then the cut-off was raised to 8.45.

Interview Difficulty Level: The difficulty level was around 7-8. (1-very easy, 10-very difficult)

Here are the questions we asked Varun Agarwal to know about his interview experience.

Question 1: Introduce yourself to our readers.

Answer: Hello! My name is Varun Agarwal. I am currently in my 4th year in TIET and I was placed in MakeMyTrip during on-campus placements in TIET.

Question 2: Describe Your written test experience specifying the number of rounds, details of each round, and type of test platform (online – amcat, hackerearth, etc / offline)

Answer: There was 1 written test round on HackerRank. The questions were completely technical. The topics were CN, OOPS, OS, DBMS, and general C++ output questions. There were 25 MCQs and 2 coding questions. The MCQ questions were mostly from DBMS. One coding question was based on a variant of merge sort.

Question 3: Describe your all technical interviews specifying the number of rounds and details of each round (if any) (please share coding questions if possible)

Answer: There were 2 technical interview rounds. It was on HackerEarth. Firstly I introduced myself then I was asked questions from topics like OOPS, Normalisation in DA, Binary Array. She helped me during my interview to optimize my approach.
The 2nd round of interview was on Zoom. I was asked questions about Data Structures entirely.

Question 4: Describe your all HR interviews specifying the number of rounds and details of each round

Answer: The HR round was telephonic. I was asked questions related to my family then about my strengths and weaknesses.

Question 5: What were the key factors for your selection?

Answer: It was mostly the preparation and the failed interviews. I found my weaknesses and prepared accordingly. The confidence during the interview matters and also the answers should be to the point.

Question 6: What are the things students should focus on in order of priority?

Answer: Do not focus too much on your resume. Firstly improve your knowledge in subjects like CN, OS, and DBMS. They will not judge you on your resume but on questions asked that day. Aptitude questions are also important.
Just focus on core subjects.

Question 7: According to you, what role do extracurricular activities as well as participation in societies play?

Answer: They enhance your confidence and communication skills. They help you face the interviewer. They are important only for the interviews.
Giving mock interviews will also serve the same purpose.

Question 8: Any Other Advice you would like to give to your juniors?

Answer: Do not worry if you do not get internships. You have to go deep in core subjects and practice coding regularly.

Question 9: How can we contact you? (LinkedIn Profile Link/Contact No./etc.)

Answer: vaggarwal1_be18@thapar.edu

Your LinkedIn Profile URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/varun-aggarwal-840970179

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Ravindranath Prasad Yadav’s Amdocs Interview Experience

“Ravindranath Prasad Yadav” who was placed at “Amdocs” talks about his interview experience and some other tips to prepare for placement season. Check out what he says about the placement season.

His Interview was taken by UnsaidTalks Interviewer: “Vidushi”

Profile offered: Associate Software Engineer

Branch and Graduation Year: ECE – 2022

Cgpa Cutoff: 6.0

Interview Difficulty Level: I would rate it as 4. (1-very easy, 10-very difficult)

Here are the questions we asked Ravindranath Prasad Yadav to know about his interview experience.

Question 1: Introduce yourself to our readers.

Answer: Hello everyone, I am Ravindranath studying B.E, 2022 batch. I am an Electronics and Communication Engineer. Recently I got an internship from Keysight Technologies and a placement offer from Amdocs. I want to help my juniors using this medium.

Question 2: Describe Your written test experience specifying the number of rounds, details of each round, and type of test platform (online – amcat, hackerearth, etc / offline)

Answer: The online test was for three hours. The questions were based on aptitude and coding. There were two coding questions based on DSA which you could do in any language and two SQL programs were asked. Answering three out of four coding questions was sufficient to clear this round.

Question 3: Describe your all technical interviews specifying the number of rounds and details of each round (if any) (please share coding questions if possible)

Answer: It lasted for 1 hour. Some basic coding questions were asked. OOPS, concepts were also asked. DBMS was also asked like SQL queries were asked. They asked about the project. They asked to write 2-3 simple programs like sorting. They would ask which sorting technique is better. Questions like Reversing the array and finding the largest number were asked. Remove the duplicate element question was also asked.

Question 4: Describe your all HR interviews specifying the number of rounds and details of each round

Answer: The HR round was a formal round. They only check if you telling truth or not. They check with your 10th and 12th marks what you have submitted.

Question 5: What were the key factors for your selection?

Answer: Coding concepts were clear.

Question 6: What are the things students should focus on in order of priority?

Answer: Be ready when the company is coming. Be clear with the coding concepts. Be clear with OOPS concepts also.

Question 7: According to you, what role do extracurricular activities as well as participation in societies play?

Answer: Societies help in improving your communication skills. Being part of society you have overall development. So in interviews, you will be able to answer confidently. If you would not be able to answer any question then you would know how to take hints from the interviewer and proceed further. If you are not part of any society then if you don’t know any answer you will be blank.

Question 8: Any Other Advice you would like to give to your juniors?

Answer: Be focused. Prepare well before your interview and be confident. You should not be disappointed if you are not selected in your dream company. Focus on knowledge and increase your knowledge freely. Enjoy the subjects don’t just mug up things.

Question 9: How can we contact you? (LinkedIn Profile Link/Contact No./etc.)

Answer: ryadav_be18@thapar.edu

Your LinkedIn Profile URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ravindranath-prasad-yadav-a0b19a81/

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Ravindranath Prasad Yadav’s Keysight Technologies Interview Experience

“Ravindranath Prasad Yadav” who was interned at “Keysight Technologies” talks about his interview experience and some other tips to prepare for placement season. Check out what he says about the placement season.

His Interview was taken by UnsaidTalks Interviewer: “Vidushi”

Profile offered: Test Development & Automation

Job Location: Gurugram

Branch and Graduation Year: ECE – 2022

Cgpa Cutoff: 7.0

Interview Difficulty Level: I would rate it as 7. (1-very easy, 10-very difficult)

Here are the questions we asked Ravindranath Prasad Yadav to know about his interview experience.

Question 1: Introduce yourself to our readers.

Answer: Hello everyone, I am Ravindranath studying B.E,2022 batch.I am an Electronics and Communication Engineer. Recently I got an internship at Keysight Technologies. I want to help my juniors using this medium.

Question 2: Describe Your written test experience specifying the number of rounds, details of each round, and type of test platform (online – amcat, hackerearth, etc / offline)

Answer: The online test was held on Wheebox.It had general aptitude questions. There were circuit questions based on electronics. Circuits were based on multivibrators, switching circuits, RC Filter and we had to identify the circuits. Some questions were based on finding the output of MUX. Questions were based on subjects like Analog, Digital, Linear Integrated Circuits, and Model Control Theory. Not more than 5 questions were related to coding.

Question 3: Describe your all technical interviews specifying the number of rounds and details of each round (if any) (please share coding questions if possible)

Answer: There was only one round. First, they asked me to introduce myself then they asked about my projects. They asked me about combinational and sequential circuits. They asked about the oscilloscope and how does it works and have I worked on it or not. Then they asked me about different types of noise. They asked about ADC(Analog to Digital Converter). They asked about FFT(Fast Fourier Transform). Then they asked me if I know about my role or not.

Question 4: Describe your all HR interviews specifying the number of rounds and details of each round

Answer: There was no HR round.

Question 5: What were the key factors for your selection?

Answer: My basics of electronics were very clear.

Question 6: What are the things students should focus on in order of priority?

Answer: If you want to get into a good core Electronics company, first thing is to have your notes of all major subjects and you should revise them thoroughly and have confidence. Digital Electronics is very important for some companies and Analog is important for some. The main subjects were Analog Communication, Digital Communication, Linear Integrated Circuits and Applications, Model Control Theory, and Digital System Design.

Question 7: According to you, what role do extracurricular activities as well as participation in societies play?

Answer: Societies help in improving your communication skills. Being part of society you have overall development. So in interviews, you will be able to answer confidently. If you would not be able to answer any question then you would know how to take hints from the interviewer and proceed further. If you are not part of any society then if you don’t know any answer you will be blank.

Question 8: Any Other Advice you would like to give to your juniors?

Answer: Be focused. Prepare well before your interview and be confident. You should not be disappointed if you are not selected in your dream company. Focus on knowledge and increase your knowledge freely. Enjoy the subjects don’t just mug up things.

Question 9: How can we contact you? (LinkedIn Profile Link/Contact No./etc.)

Answer: ryadav_be18@thapar.edu

Your LinkedIn Profile URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ravindranath-prasad-yadav-a0b19a81/

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