“Naman Garg” who is placed at “Signify” 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: “Danish Agnihotri”
Profile offered: Assistant Developer Engineer
Job Location: Bangalore
Branch and Graduation Year: COE – 2023
Interview Difficulty Level: The interviewee reported that the difficulty level of the interview was 6. (1-very easy, 10-very difficult)
Here are the questions we asked Naman Garg to know about his interview experience.
Question 1: Introduce yourself to our readers.
Answer: I’m Naman Garg , 4th year Computer Engineering Department and currently I’m placed as a assistant developer engineer in signify.
Question 2: Was there any internal CGPA cutoff ? If yes, then how much ?
Answer: Yes there was an internal CGPA cutoff that was different for both boys and girls, for Boys it was 8.8 and for girls it was 7.4
Question 3: What was the procedure of the placement that took place? (Shortlisting criteria/ coding or aptitude test/ number of interviews)
Answer: 1. There a internal CGPA cutoff on basis of which the shortlisting took place. 2. Then there was an online coding test . 3. There were total 3 interview rounds (including HR interview also)
Question 4: Tell us about the written/online test. (Aptitude, Coding, Test Platform, etc)
Answer:1. There was an online test . 2. Test consist of two type of questions concept MCQ’s and problem based . 3. There were two problem based questions in which they had given 45 times to solve .
Question 5: Tell us about Interview Round 1 including the questions that were asked.
Answer: in the first round of interview questions were asked on the basics of OOPS, DSA ,LOOPS etc some questions were: 1. What is difference between Polymorphism and Abstraction. 2. What is difference between for loop and nested loop . 3. Difference between class and structure . etc
Question 6: Tell us about Interview Round 2.
Answer: In the second round of interview the were focusing on communication skills. This round almost depends upon how you manage things and your attitude towards your work .
Question 7: Tell us about Interview Round 3.(if any)
Answer:In the third round some HR interview questions were also covered . Many situation based questions were given and your communication skills were tested . this whole round depends upon situation solving and tuning with the interviewer.
Question 8: Tell us about the HR interviews(if any) specifying the number of rounds and questions asked.
Answer: NA
Question 9: What were the key factors of your selection?
Answer: Key factor of the selection was having the basics knowledge in the technical part and good communication skills . Tuning with the interviewer also played important role in selection .
Question 10 What are the things students should focus on, in order of priority?
Answer: On the daily basis student should focus on their problem solving skills ,they should master the way to implement logic in the provided problems . Apart from that they should also participate in different events to enhance their communication skills.
Question 11: According to you, what role do extracurricular activities, as well as participation in societies, play?
Answer: Yes societies play important role in building your technical skills (if it is a technical society) and not only this they also play role in building up your communication skills.
Question 12: Were there any companies you got rejected from after appearing for their interview? If yes, then tell us about your rejection story and what do you think were the reasons for your rejection?
Answer:yes there were two companies from which i got rejected (ORACLE and SELIGO). for both the companies reason of rejection was the same i.e. lack of communication skills . As i was more focused on my studies i didn’t took part in events and fests due to which i was not good in communication . So even after cracking the online tests just because not good enough in communication I got rejected .
Question 13: What message would you like to give to your juniors regarding the stress they go through during placement season?
Answer: I would like to advice that there is no need to study whole day, try to explore different things, get experience, take part in different events, develop communication skills, but focus on grades to.
Question 14: How can we contact you? (LinkedIn Profile Link/Contact No./etc.)
Answer: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/naman-garg-64644a19a/
Mail Id: namangarg040@gmail.com