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Kaushik Agarwal’s Bajaj Auto Interview Experience

“Kaushik Agarwal” who was placed at “Bajaj Auto” 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: “Aarushi Bhati”

Branch and Graduation Year: Mechanical Engineering – 2021

Profile Offered: General Engineering Trainee

Job Location: Not yet confirmed but mostly Pune.

CGPA Cutoff: 8.5

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

Question 1:Introduce yourself to the readers.

Answer: Hello everyone! My name is Kaushik Agarwal. I am currently pursuing Bachelor of Technology in mechanical engineering from SVNIT,Surat.

Question 2:Describe your written test experience specifying the number of rounds, details of each round and type of test platform ( If online mention the type of test platform eg. Hackereart, CoCubes, Amcat etc).

Answer: The test platform was cocubes, which consisted of 90 questions in 90 min. 45 of them were technical questions which can be considered as tough and were from important core subjects like SOM, MD, thermodynamics, etc. Other 45 were of basic aptitude including logical, verbal , quantitative ability and were of moderate level.

Second round was a personality test(psychometric test).

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

Answer: There was one technical interview, but due to some issue in the company, the technical panel was not available, so some substitute was taking our interview and there he asked questions related to our achievements, and some situational questions, there were no major technical questions.

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

Answer: The final round was a HR interview , there were not any out of the box questions. They asked basic questions.

Question 5:Key factors for your selection.

Answer: I answered the situational questions in a good manner and solution and so the panel was impressed by my answer and apart from this I think CGPA is a key factor( I have 9.53)

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

Answer: Firstly you should focus on your CGPA, as if you have less CGPA then maybe you can not even get a chance to sit for test.

Question 7:Advice to juniors for technical skills they should develop.

Answer: You should have good knowledge of your project and if you have done no project then you must be excellent in at least one subject.

Question 8:According to you, what role does extra curricular activities as well as participation in societies play?

Answer: It played a very important role in my interview as I mentioned my managerial positions in college and they asked questions on that. You can learn ,many things if you take part in such activities as it gives you confidence as well as you have something extra to speak in your interview.

Question 9:What would you like to advise juniors for cracking HR round of this company?

Answer: You must have a good problem-solving technique and you should be able to give an idea to the problem given to you at that instant.

Question 10:Any other advice you would like to give to your juniors?

Answer: Nothing much apart from what I have said before.

Question 11:Your Instagram handle (we will tag you when we post your interview experience).

Answer: kaushikagarwal5

Question 12:Your LinkedIn Profile URL

Answer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaushik-agarwal-282648180?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_profile_view_base_contact_details%3BOMODcL2PRT6P0s23Z1D45A%3D%3D

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Aditya Gheewala’s Publicis Sapient Interview Experience

“Aditya Gheewala” who was placed at “Publicis Sapient” 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: “Riya Sharma”

Branch and Graduation Year: Computer Engineering – 2021

Profile Offered: Associate Software Developer

Job Location: Currently there are three locations – Bangalore, Gurugram and Noida and we will get to know at the time of joining.

CGPA Cutoff: 6.5 and above

Here are the questions we asked from Aditya Gheewala to know about his interview experience.

Question 1:Introduce yourself to the readers.

Answer: I am Aditya Gheewala. I am in final year, Computer Engineering. I have a deep interest in Ethical hacking and Cyber security. Talking about extra curricular activities, I am the head of Art club, Akriti and like to play basketball and write poems.

Answer: This was an online coding round on Hackerrank having two questions only and of one and a half hour.
I completed one of them and passed all the test cases for that but didn’t get enough time to attend the other one. The first one was on dynamic programming.
The questions were average but a little tricky and you have to think about them.

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

Answer: This was a 40-min long interview. Most of the questions were based on theory of Data Structures, SQL, and OOPs concepts. He didn’t ask any coding questions. He asked questions on real world applications like explain OOPs concepts taking an example of your room.
He was just checking my approach and whether my concepts are clear or not.
Communication played an important role here because I have to explain everything theoretically.

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

Answer: In the HR interview, the interviewer was very understanding and was keenly involved in the conversation.
He started with my introduction and some frequently asked questions. He also asked about my past experience while working in a team and asked questions based on different situations.
He also asked me to talk about Cyber security since I was interested in this.
Overall it went nice.

Question 5:Key factors for your selection.

Answer: First of all clear your concepts and be confident.
Then always present your approaches before the interviewer when they ask you a question. Never just sit and think quietly.
It’s better to think out loud. Conversation is important.

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

Answer: Everybody is confused about what to choose first. So, its totally normal and don’t take stress about this.
Next, write all the things down that you need to focus and what all it requires. It will help you a lot and you won’t keep switching between different things. It will be always overwhelming when you keep imagining things, writing them down will give you a clearer view.
Most importantly don’t compare yourself to others and focus only on yourself.

Question 7:Advice to juniors for technical skills they should develop.

Answer: Developing Technical skills depends on every individual. Topics like Data Structure and Algorithm, SQL and Operating system are necessary. Apart from these, try different things and see what fits you better and develop skills in that.

Question 8:According to you, what role does extra curricular activities as well as participation in societies play?

Answer: Extra curricular activities helps developing your personality a lot. In the starting it helps you to build your network and later to improve your communication skills. Moreover, it will take out your fear of presentation or oration when you’ll talk to you juniors in the later stage. Also, discussing and brainstorming with people gives you new ideas and also keeps you creative.

Question 9:What would you like to advise juniors for cracking HR round of this company?

Answer: First of all prepare for the frequently asked questions because you have to talk about yourself. It sounds easy but it is a different experience. Practice the faqs with someone if possible.
Faking stories might bring trouble. Be confident and real.

Question 10:Any other advice you would like to give to your juniors?

Answer: Stay involved in atleast one of the many clubs or sports. Being overwhelmed and confused is okay, happens to everyone. Everything doesn’t have to be necessarily figured out at this very moment.

Question 11:Your Instagram handle (we will tag you when we post your interview experience).

Answer: __.adi._

Your LinkedIn Profile URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aditya-gheewala

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Devanshi Bhatia’s Publicis Sapient Interview Experience

“Devanshi Bhatia” who was placed at “Publicis Sapient” 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: “Riya Sharma”

Branch and Graduation Year: Computer Engineering – 2021

Profile Offered: Trainee Engineer

Job Location: That’s not mentioned and we will get to know at the time of joining. But currently there are three locations – Bangalore, Gurugram and Noida.

CGPA Cutoff: 6.5 and above

Here are the questions we asked from Devanshi Bhatia to know about her interview experience.

Question 1:Introduce yourself to the readers.

Answer: Hey, I am Devanshi Bhatia, an Computer Engineering undergraduate currently in fourth year. I have done two internships so far. I was a part of Kirdaar Drama club in my first year, Executive member of ACM in second year, Treasurer of ACM in third year and currently I am the T&P coordinator of Computer Engineering Department.

Answer: It was an online coding round on Hackerrank. There were two medium level questions but they were not the frequently asked and the cut-off was high this time. I was practicing for coding around that time, so that was not tough but you surely have to think a lot.
The key factor is that you should practice coding and be good in problem solving skills.

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

Answer: There was only round but it was pretty long as it took more than a hour. The interviewer asked for my introduction and about the internships mentioned in the resume.
He asked me to explain one of my projects based on Web Development. In that he was majorly concerned with the database involved and asked some basic SQL queries. Later, he asked me to find the top ten active users in the database using SQL query and then using Data Structure if the data was saved in csv file.

After that he asked me questions about OOPs concepts and asked me to apply OOPs concepts on a project based on Machine Learning. He also asked me about how can I explain the properties of my spectacles with the OOP view.
Later, he switched to Computer Networks and asked what happens after when I type a URL on the browser. Also asked me about the difference about www and internet. He also asked questions from Operating systems like what happens when we switch on a pc and what is bootstrap.
Lastly he asked where I see myself in the next 5 years and what do expect from I the company.
The overall interview covered every aspect of the subject and was a bit tiring because it was long enough.

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

Answer: The HR interview went well. She asked some frequently asked questions.
She asked me to convince your team for a particular idea that you have and about my experience in various clubs. Also asked me how you convince someone to do a particular task and how was my experience while working in a team.
She also asked me what’s my reaction to the advice that people give on my negative aspects.
She was majorly focusing on team spirit and personality.

Question 5:Key factors for your selection.

Answer: Always be confident and while mentioning your personal qualities, give instances from your life.
Clear your basic concepts about the subjects and never give up.
Your resume is very important, so it should be prepared well.

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

Answer: The most important thing is time management because you have a lot to do.Firstly focus on the building your resume and get some projects under your belt. Then focus on the basics of subjects and competitive programming as well.

Question 7:Advice to juniors for technical skills they should develop.

Answer: First of all explore everything you find interesting and clear your concepts about the core subjects while studying for your academics. Practice for coding on online platforms and build some projects too.

Question 8:According to you, what role does extra curricular activities as well as participation in societies play?

Answer: I was a part of many clubs. So, from my personal experience I can tell that when you do that, you get to work with a lot of different people and get to know their experience as well. Whether its about your career or anything else, you have your seniors as your mentors.
It also develops your communication skills and enhances your personality.

Question 9:What would you like to advise juniors for cracking HR round of this company?

Answer: Be confident and your way of speaking matters a lot.

Question 10:Your Instagram handle (we will tag you when we post your interview experience).

Answer: __devanshi_29

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Naman Mathur’s Bajaj Auto Interview Experience

“Naman Mathur” who was placed at “Bajaj Auto” 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: “Aarushi Bhati”

Branch and Graduation Year: Mechanical Engineering – 2022

Profile Offered: Intern in research, development and manufacturing department – Internship

Job Location: Online internship

CGPA Cutoff: 7+(No Backlog)

Here are the questions we asked from Naman Mathur to know about his interview experience.

Question 1:Introduce yourself to the readers.

Answer: Hello everyone. My name is Naman Mathur. I am 3rd year undergraduate pursuing mechanical engineering from SVNIT Surat . My interests are in automobile industry and non core subjects like finance.

Answer: The written test consisted of 2 parts. The first part had sections like aptitude, logical and verbal reasoning, and technical questions. Time allotted was 90 minutes, out of which 45 minutes were dedicated to the technical section and the other 45 minutes for the remaining sections. The test was online and was conducted by logging into Bajaj’s site. After this test, an additional psychometry test was also conducted.

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

Answer: There was 1 technical round, and the Production head of Bajaj was the interviewer. The interview was based on my resume, past experiences, projects. There were questions about my experiences from the hackathons(technical) I took part in. From the core side, IC Engines part invited the most questions. Trick questions were asked from time to time to time to judge the basic knowledge base.

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

Answer: There was 1 HR round which comprised of a personal interview. Questions were directly picked up from points in my resume like my experience at the previous internships I have done, work in CEV(cutting Edge Visionary) a student chapter I was part of, Hackathons etc. Situation based questions and personal questions were also a part of the interview.

Question 5:Key factors for your selection.

Answer: The key factors that made it possible for me to get the intern were my previous internships and projects. Communication skills came in quite handy as well. My work in various student chapters, especially CEV (Cutting Edge Visionary), proved my active participation and leadership qualities. It is not wrong to say that if a person has a genuine interest in the field, then it becomes slightly easier to get into the internship program and all these factors helped me a lot.

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

Answer: Projects and internships are the most crucial since they provide hands-on experience. Communication skills and CGPA are at par on a priority scale.

Question 7:Advice to juniors for technical skills they should develop.

Answer: It is beneficial if technical skills that assist in the core branch are developed. MATLAB, AutoCAD, Solid-Works, designing etc should be learned. Programming languages like Python, Java can be learned as a backup.

Question 8:According to you, what role does extra curricular activities as well as participation in societies play?

Answer: Extracurricular activities and societies reward the students with immense knowledge, great communication skills, quite a few projects if the student is willing to give his/her 100 percent to it. I was a part of a student chapter CEV (Cutting Edge Visionary), and being the part of it helped me in numerous ways. It provided me with the required guidance, contacts, exposure that made me land this internship. Interaction with seniors gives a necessary motivational boost, which in turn increases our participation and activeness in activities. I was also a part of SAE(Society of Automotive Engineers )for 2-3 months and got an insight of automobile functioning from it.

Question 9:What would you like to advise juniors for cracking HR round of this company?

Answer: Develop a well-rounded profile that is equipped with sound technical knowledge coupled with good communication skills. Being a part of student chapters, clubs, societies proves to be quiet useful.

Question 10:Any other advice you would like to give to your juniors?

Answer: CVs hold great importance and should be prepared in advance. One should stick to his/her answers in the interview and shouldn’t be manipulated by the interviewers. Your strengths should be highlighted from time to time.

Question 11:Your Instagram handle (we will tag you when we post your interview experience).

Answer: definitely_naman

Question 12:Your LinkedIn Profile URL

Answer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/naman-mathur-318651167?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_profile_view_base_contact_details%3Blmm%2ByDzbTLK96SQ6z%2BO%2B3Q%3D%3D

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Rishabh Kumar’s Oracle Interview Experience

“Rishabh Kumar” who was placed at “Oracle” 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: “Aarushi Bhati”

Branch and Graduation Year: Computer Engineering – 2021

Profile Offered: Applications Engineer

Job Location: Gandhinagar, Gujarat

CGPA Cutoff: 7+

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

Question 1:Introduce yourself to the readers.

Answer: Hello, I am Rishabh Kumar, currently in my final year of computer engineering at NIT Surat. I like programming and stuff related to it, especially Data Structures and Algorithms. Apart from them, I really like playing and watching cricket.

Answer: There was 1 written round, it was conducted on Oracle’s platform. All the questions were an objective type. The questions were related to aptitude, data structures and algorithms (especially AVL Tree and BST), English, Computer Fundamentals (DBMS, OS).

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

Answer: I had 3 technical interviews. All the interviews were online; we were asked to share our screen and write our solution on a notepad or any other editor in each round.

First interview – It was based on data structures and algorithms; I was asked 2 questions, one related to the DFS islands type problem, and the other one was a simple string manipulation problem. This round lasted around 20-25 minutes.

Second Interview – This round lasted around 45-55 minutes. Questions related to DBMS were mainly asked in this round, SQL Queries, Joins, ER diagrams, types of relations, and some questions related to my projects.

The third Interview – In this round, only one question was asked. It was like this – given a date D and number of days N, add N days to the current date and return the date. This round lasted around 10-15 minutes.

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

Answer: No HR rounds

Question 5:Key factors for your selection.

Answer: I had a decent practice of Data Structures and Algorithms, so I think that really helped a lot. Apart from that, being clear in conveying your thoughts to the interviewer is really important.

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

Answer: Try to practice DSA and try to study topics like OOP, DBMS, OS. Also, go through previous year interviews on sites, doing this will kind of help you in understanding what topics you need to work more on.

Question 7:Advice to juniors for technical skills they should develop.

Answer: For interviews, one should be decent in DSA, OS, DBMS. Apart from these, try to work on projects related to your field of interest.

Question 8:According to you, what role does extra curricular activities as well as participation in societies play?

Answer: It does play a significant role; it helps in exploring and learning new things. Apart from enjoying doing extracurricular activities, I think it also helps in improving soft skills and networking.

Question 9:What would you like to advise juniors for cracking HR round of this company?

Answer: -NO HR ROUND-

Question 10:Any other advice you would like to give to your juniors?

Answer: Be confident during interviews, and don’t hesitate to ask for help from the interviewer.

Question 11:Your Instagram handle (we will tag you when we post your interview experience).

Answer: rish0305

Question 12:Your LinkedIn Profile URL

Answer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rishabh-kumar-211208154?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_profile_view_base_contact_details%3BNe%2FJm%2FOhTkiJWAqfNqFhNg%3D%3D

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Shrijeet Jain’s Mastercard Interview Experience

“Shrijeet Jain” who was placed at “Mastercard” 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: “Aarushi Bhati”

Branch and Graduation Year: Electronics And Communications Engineering – 2021

Profile Offered: Software Engineering Intern – Internship with PPO

Job Location: Initially Vadodara but later Work from Home

CGPA Cutoff: 7.5

Here are the questions we asked from Shrijeet Jain to know about his interview experience.

Question 1:Introduce yourself to the readers.

Answer: Hey this is Shrijeet jain , currently in 4th year, pursuing Electronics & communication engineering from SVNIT, Surat I’m born and brought up in Gandhinagar, Gujarat My technical interests are Data Science, Big data Analytics also Deep learning, Computer Vision and competitive Data science. My hobbies include watch sports, also writing sports blog, listening podcast.

Answer: Round 1 was an Online MCQ test on TECHGIG of 45 questions for which time given was 1 hour. It consisted of 3 sections
1.Logical reasoning
2.Verbal reasoning
3.Technical questions
For logical reasoning questions were based on work & time, speed distance, Simple interest, Profit – loss, Data Interpretation, Sequence and Series. IndiaBix and RS Aggarwal are good resources.
Verbal Reasoning: – It consisted of questions from Sentence Completion, Comprehension, Synonyms, Antonyms, Ordering of Sentences.
Technical Section – Mainly focused on Pointer, Input/output, Error based question, Data Structures & Algorithms, Questions based on OOPs concepts.
Geeksforgeeks is a nice platform to practice these types of questions. Also, some YouTube lectures can also be referred to (mycodeschool).
Around 34 people were Shortlisted and were called to Vadodara for Personal Interview.

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

Answer: A techno-HR type of Interview was conducted. It lasted for around 30-35 minutes. I was asked to explain my project ROBOCON-2019. As it was a team project I laid emphasis on my part more. I was also asked to explain it on the whiteboard. Later I was asked about my favorite subject (DS & Algo). I was asked about data structures such as vectors, sets, and stacks. Followed by questions on Algorithms. There were questions from OOPs also (explain Polymorphism) and also I was asked to mention where I have used OOPs.
Some favorite technical questions of the panel were

Difference between C/C++
Difference in structure & Union
OOPS concepts
Pointer (dangling pointer, void pointer)
There were questions from Information Security and Computer Networks also. Basic knowledge of the above subjects is a plus point. They also asked puzzles to each candidate, mine was Torch and Bridge. Also, Geeksforgeeks is a good platform for learning puzzles

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

Answer: There was not any specific HR round. There were 3-4 panels for taking personal interviews. It was a techno-HR type of Interview. The interview lasted for about 30-35 mins. Started with an Introduction, followed by what motivates you to work with Mastercard. They asked puzzles to each candidate, mine was Torch and Bridge. Also, Geeksforgeeks is a good platform for learning puzzles. Finally, I asked them about the feedback of my interview and we conversed for 4-5 mins.
A total 11 candidates were selected. (7 ECE + 4 CSE).

Question 5:Key factors for your selection.

Answer: I don’t know many but according to me feedback taken for the interview and discussion followed by it, also puzzle (maybe not sure

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

Answer: In Mastercard JAVA is preferred but not necessary.

Question 7:Advice to juniors for technical skills they should develop.

Answer: One programming language, OOPS, 1 technology (Web, ML, DevOps), decent communication & interpersonal Skills.
According to my proficiency in any one programming language, along with a basic understanding of DSA is a must, also knowledge of OOPS is good.
These things are necessary if you are attempting to secure intern/placement in IT/ core company
Projects are equally important in any of the recently trending field this could range from Web Development, Android development, Machine Learning, NLP, computer vision.

Question 8:According to you, what role does extra curricular activities as well as participation in societies play?

Answer: Participation in societies are the grassroots of the interpersonal skills that are bonus points in your interview, Also the societies help an individual to explore his/her interest
They are not compulsory but they add a bonus point for your interviewer to judge your personality
The work done in committees reflect the efforts you have put in to develop yourself beyond the academic curriculum.

Question 9:What would you like to advise juniors for cracking HR round of this company?

Answer: Always keep a learning attitude in the Interview procedure.
Important to have a firm tone, confident posture and fluent English. This round is all about being able to express yourself in that small duration.
Read some Tutorial & blogs from omnisecu.

Question 10:Any other advice you would like to give to your juniors?

Answer: Try to explore your interest and do practice about interviews before the actual one. It helps a lot, preparing for puzzles and aptitude are also necessary.
Decent communication skills, good technical knowledge, inquisitive nature and a learning attitude is all one need to clear the interview
Also try to compile information about the company eg their customer segment, technologies used, acquisition, Future plans etc
Prepare for the HR questions beforehand these question are always there in most of the company. Always gain some basic knowledge about technology either from Youtube or Articles or blogs,
Process for final year placement and Internship is a lot more different so these things are written assuming internship procedure.
Always try to get experience and try to do internship

Question 11:Your Instagram handle (we will tag you when we post your interview experience).

Answer: https://www.instagram.com/shrijeet_jain/

Question 12:Your LinkedIn Profile URL

Answer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shrijeet-jain-81b0a3165?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_profile_view_base_contact_details%3BuCb0Zu%2FDRSmNc0w9WMyEaA%3D%3D

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Sandeep Ashiwal’s Air Products Interview Experience

“Sandeep Ashiwal” who was placed at “Air Products” 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: “Arnav Adhiya”

Branch and Graduation Year: Electrical Engineering – 2020

Profile Offered: Plant Designer

Job Location: (Not sure yet as the job will begin in October)

CGPA Cutoff: 7 CGPA for Civil and Electrical

Here are the questions we asked from Sandeep Ashiwal to know about his interview experience.

Question 1:Introduce yourself to the readers.

Answer: Hey Everyone! I am Sandeep Ashiwal, a 2020 B. Tech pass out from SVNIT. Cricket and Table Tennis are my favorite sports, and I am quite interested in Astronomy. I was a part of Dristhi Revolutionary Concept club for 3 years and worked for Robotic Contest that was held in MIT Pune in 2018 and IIT Delhi in 2019. I was the driver of an Autonomous Robot in Robo Cons 2019 and have also guided my juniors regarding the same.

Answer: We had an MCQ test which consisted of 25 questions, all of which were related to core Electrical Engineering similar to GATE and a few of them were mathematical questions. After that we had a GD round where I had to compete with 17 other and out of which 12 were selected for the interview round. At the end, only a few of us got placed in the company.

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

Answer: There was only 1 round of interview in which Technical and HR interviews were conducted simultaneously. Both the interviewers were present there and asked me questions accordingly.

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

Answer: The above mentioned interview lasted for about 30 minutes. At the beginning they went through my resume and asked my regarding the skills I had mentioned in it. I was glad to notice that they appreciated my resume and so then I had to answer a few questions about the Internships I had participated in. At the end, HR interviewer asked some questions like ‘Will I be able to match with the people here?’ which I answered accordingly.

Question 5:Key factors for your selection.

Answer: I believe that my technical abilities and my experience in Robotics field helped me impress the interviewers.

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

Answer: Firstly, students should be much focused on their studies and have an aim of scoring above 7 CGPA. Secondly, they should make the best use of co-curricular activities by not missing the opportunities. Lastly, they should build a good rapport with others and be comfortable working as a team.

Question 7:Advice to juniors for technical skills they should develop.

Answer: If you are applying for core field, then you should be well aware of the basic concepts and also the machines in electrical field as you are asked questions from core subjects. If you are applying for non core field, then one must have a good hold on the coding languages viz. C, Python etc.

Question 8:According to you, what role does extra curricular activities as well as participation in societies play?

Answer: Participating in such activities makes a great impact in you resume because when you are doing a job, they not only check your technical skills but also look for your experience in handling a bigger team or sometimes an event.

Question 9:What would you like to advise juniors for cracking HR round of this company?

Answer: In HR round, there’s one thing that you should definitely take care of is that you should be honest with your answers and never make things up. You never know on what basis you are being judged so if you say something which you didn’t mean then you will surely contradict yourself later which will get you into trouble.

Question 10:Any other advice you would like to give to your juniors?

Answer: Stay calm and don’t panic if you face a tough situation or a question!

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Rushikesh Sonawane’s Welspun Corp. ltd. Interview Experience

“Rushikesh Sonawane” who was placed at “Welspun Corp. ltd.” 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: “Aarushi Bhati”

Branch and Graduation Year: Mechanical Engineering – 2020

Profile Offered: Presently a GET(Graduate engineer trainee). Will be going for maintenance in future

Job Location: Anjar , Kutch district , Gujarat

CGPA Cutoff: 8

Here are the questions we asked from Rushikesh Sonawane to know about his interview experience.

Question 1:Introduce yourself to the readers.

Answer: Hello everyone. My name is Rushikesh Sonawane . I did my undergraduate from SVNIT Surat in mechanical engineering. My hobbies include dancing. I am also a sports fanatic with a special interest in football.

Answer: There was an online test instead of a written test. The test consisted of aptitude , technical and psychometric questions .The aptitude questions required practise for accuracy and speed and could have been tackled better by the students who are preparing for CAT, GMAT and other kind of master degree level exams. Technical questions required basic conceptual knowledge and not a very in-depth topic hold. Psychometric questions came at regular intervals in the paper and were not cluttered in a separate section.

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

Answer: There was no technical round after the online test . Only a few students could clear the online test so directly an HR round was there.

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

Answer: There was 1 HR round . It consisted of an interview . The interview was solely based on the resume .Directly points from the resume were picked up and questions were asked on that.

Question 5:Key factors for your selection.

Answer: There were quiet a few factors which enhanced my chances of selection . A strong resume was the primary and cardinal factor . Being a part of various technical student chapters like SAE , Drishti etc helped me get an insight of real life projects and allowed me to put my technical skills to work. I was also in the organizing team of our college events like Sparsh( Cultural fest of SVNIT) and Kashish. As a member of the organizing team I learned various managerial skills and overall I developed as a team member . Apart from these things my strong communication skills also payed an essential role in my selection.

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

Answer: Foremost confidence is essential to crack any interview. Apart from that ,the order in decreasing level of importance is ; 1)Resume 2)GD 3)Aptitude 4)Technical . It is not that the focus should entirely be on the most important points and the latter ones can be completely ignored . A proper balance is required.

Question 7:Advice to juniors for technical skills they should develop.

Answer: First of all full advantage of college activities and clubs should be taken .Students should engage in tech clubs like SAE, Drishti etc . As for mechanical branch students , they need to have basic knowledge of AUTOCAD, Solidworks . If teachers are not available to teach a particular skills , then students should resort to the internet for help.

Question 8:According to you, what role does extra curricular activities as well as participation in societies play?

Answer: Confidence building and personality development are the two very critical things that clubs develop in any student. Working with clubs makes one a good team member . One also gets real life problems exposure with clubs.

Question 9:What would you like to advise juniors for cracking HR round of this company?

Answer: It is important that the resume is completely honest as the whole interview was based on it . It is necessary that students are practical in the interview and support their view point with logical reasoning .

Question 10:Any other advice you would like to give to your juniors?

Answer: It is impotant to get accquinted with sub fields in your respective branch and it will be good to explore them. There are various courses available on the internet that one should go through so as to gain a deeper knowledge of their respective field

Question 11:Your Instagram handle (we will tag you when we post your interview experience).

Answer: s_rushi16

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Jay Rathod’s JP Morgan & Chase (SDE) Interview Experience

“Jay Rathod” who was placed at “JP Morgan & Chase (SDE)” 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: “Riya Sharma”

Branch and Graduation Year: Computer Engineering – 2021

Profile Offered: Software Engineer – Internship with PPO

Job Location: We have to select that according to our priority. Mine was Bangalore first and Mumbai second.

CGPA Cutoff: 7 and above

Here are the questions we asked from Jay Rathod to know about his interview experience.

Question 1:Introduce yourself to the readers.

Answer: I am Jay Rathod. I am in final year now, Computer Engineering Department. I did my internship at JPMorgan Chase & Co. and next year I am going to work with them. I have been exploring different fields of coding and computers in my college years. Besides this, I like playing Football, Pool, Snooker and Counter Strike.

Answer: This was a coding round organized on Hackerrank. It had two questions and the duration was 1hr. The questions were asked previously. One of them was based on circular queue and the other one was based on mathematical interpretation of digits.
Questions were of moderate level but one need to take care of the time given.

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

Answer: The technical interview was of two rounds.

First one was taken by two interviewers. Starting with the introduction, they asked few questions from my resume like about the Programming languages I have written there and some more. Then, they asked me a coding questions in which I have to convert an Array to a Binary Search Tree and asked to do dry run with the given test case. They asked about my personal skills and about Hackathons I had participated. Overall it was nice and it went well.

Second one was taken only by one interviewer. He asked me about my competitive skills and a questions related to why my interest is more towards development than competitive coding. He also asked me a real-world problem to make a personalized gym-trainer and its feasibility. This was taken in about 40-min and was pretty good.

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

Answer: The HR majorly focuses on your personality and communication skills. At first, she asked me about my academics and then some common-asked questions.

Question 5:Key factors for your selection.

Answer: Clear your basics about computer subjects and be positive and calm.

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

Answer: Starting from your interest, focus on everything that you want to learn including technical skills and skills required for maintaining a good personality.

Question 7:Advice to juniors for technical skills they should develop.

Answer: Data Structures and Algorithms are important. Having good knowledge about SQL, DBMS, Computer Networks. Operating System helps you a lot. These topics are like Heart and Soul of Computer.

Question 8:According to you, what role does extra curricular activities as well as participation in societies play?

Answer: I think its too important for your personality development. It teaches you to be responsible and manage things. Moreover, it increases your networks and you get to know more people. Exposure is mainly beyond books and engaging in these activities.

Question 9:What would you like to advise juniors for cracking HR round of this company?

Answer: To crack the HR round of this company, you should have good communication skills and you should be able to present your thoughts to them in a good way. Being positive and calm always helps you.

Question 10:Any other advice you would like to give to your juniors?

Answer: Students should always explore about new things and always be enthusiastic about learning new skills and gaining knowledge.

Question 11:Your Instagram handle (we will tag you when we post your interview experience).

Answer: they_say_j

Your LinkedIn Profile URL: linkedin.com/in/jrathod9

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Rushi Bhatt’s UnitedHealth Group Interview Experience

“Rushi Bhatt” who was placed at “UnitedHealth Group” 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: “Gaurav Kumar”

Branch and Graduation Year: Electronics and Communication Engineering – 2020

Profile Offered: Associate Software Engineer

Job Location: Hyderabad

CGPA Cutoff: 7

Here are the questions we asked from Rushi Bhatt to know about his interview experience.

Question 1:Introduce yourself to the readers.

Answer: Hi everyone, I am Rushi Bhatt, Machine Learning and Signal Processing Enthusiast, I have been deeply interested in research work within the domain of ML application in real-world use cases.

Answer: The online test consisted of 2 rounds: Aptitude (20 points) and Coding round (5 points). The test was held on Cocubes platform.

The aptitude round consisted of logical and quants based questions without negative marking. There were 30 questions split into two subsections: (20 questions) logical, word problem (basic speed, time, etc) and (10 questions) data interpretation which were to be answered in 30 minutes. The difficulty level was moderate for most of the questions and it was really difficult to answer all of them within the stipulated time.

The aptitude round was followed by a coding round. The coding round was fairly simple and consisted of 2 questions to be answered in 30 minutes.

The first one was a simple implementation based on the given conditions in the problem statement. (Take care of the corner cases)
The next was a string manipulation based question where you had to deal with the frequency of the characters in the string.

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

Answer: In the first interview, which lasted about 45 minutes, I was asked:
Basic DBMS based questions (focused more on indexing). SQL joins related questions. Some basic python libraries and packages related questions. To write any classification algorithm from scratch in Python. Gave a hypothetical situation where ML had to be used in the insurance claim verification process. About the academic as well as internship projects that I had done.

After the first round of every candidate, they were immediately giving the response if the candidate is going to the next round or not. Out of 15 shortlisted, only 3 or 4 could make it to the second interview round.

The second interview was conducted by the manager who was also presented the ppt. It was more of a discussion with him rather than an interview. The second interview lasted 50 minutes. He asked me:
What technologies are you passionate about? What are your 3 strengths and weakness? Describe your projects? Which is your best and your worst project? About machine learning and deep learning algorithms, which algorithms would perform better in particular scenarios, Talked about healthcare challenges in India, Various deployment techniques and issues with them, About Kubernetes, dockers, cloud computing, microservices in general.

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

Answer: It all ended with an HR interview which lasted 30 minutes. Only 2 could clear both the interviews. The HR asked traditional HR questions like:

Tell me about yourself, family.
What does your daily routine looks like?
Why UHG? Location preference.
Plans for higher studies?
Do you think the journey is important or the destination?

Question 5:Key factors for your selection.

Answer: Always ask questions during the presentation. I asked them 3 questions because of which the entire UHG team took notice of me and they started the interview discussing more on the questions that I had asked. They focus a lot on DBMS in the technical rounds, and I was good at these. Also, the projects as well as my experience in Healthcare with Machine Learning were very helpful for my selection. Also, during the interview when I was asked to write the code, I went through the constraint analysis and discussed my approach with them thoroughly and then wrote the code accordingly. It helped and was more effective than simply writing the code quietly because they tend to analyse your thought process and problem solving skill.

Question 6:What would you like to advise juniors for cracking HR round of this company?

Answer: At the end of every round, the interviewee would ask if you have any questions. Make the most of this opportunity to ask them about their companies or the roles that they’re offering. HR will basically test your communication skills.

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