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Hello friends, I am A.N.V.K.Chaitanya.Today I want to share my interview experience with all of you. Hope it will help you.CTS came to our college on 1st,2nd september 2015.
It consists of basically 3 rounds:Aptitude Test,TR,HR First round was online test.
1.Aptitude Test:The test is conducted by Merit Trac. The pattern remained the same from the previous year. Let us get into the details.
Reasoning-30
Questions30 minutes
Verbal-25
Questions 30 minutes
No Negative marking
Topics covered -Reasoning:(Expected Cut-off 15 to 17 Marks) Data Interpretation- 4-5 Questions Visual Reasoning- 4-5 Questions Data sufficiency- 3-4 Questions Logical Reasoning- 4-5 Questions Syllogism- 3-4 Questions Coding and Decoding- 3-4 Questions Critical Reasoning- 3-4 Questions Topics Covered-Verbal:(Expected Cut-off 13 to 15 Marks) Reading Comprehension- 10-12 Questions Parajumble- 6-8 Questions Sentence Correction 6-8 Questions
2. Technical Round: This round is only to check your confidence and your little bit technical skill.
Me: May I come in sir?
Interviewer: Yes
Interviewer: How are you?
Me:Fine sir
Interviewer: Tell me something about yourself
Me: Told name,education,family background,hobbies,short term goals,role model.
Interviewer: Tell me about your academic projects?
Me:told about 3 projects
Interviewer: What is 555 timer and how will it works?
Me:told by diagrammatic explanation
Interviewer: Draw the circuit of this project?
Me:drawn and gave explanation
Interviewer: According to your project,what is sensing element when phone charge is phone and how it reacts?(Project:Mobile phone charger)
Me:told by diagrammatic explanation
Interviewer: What is a diode?What is the symbol of diode?
Me:told
Interviewer: Explain the working of diode?When it is in FB and RB?
Me:told by diagrammatic explanation
Interviewer: Why the breakdowns occur?Explain the various breakdowns of diode?
Me:told by diagrammatic explanation
Interviewer: Explain the various types of diode?
Me:told by diagrammatic explanation(about varactor,schottky,tunnel diode)
Interviewer: What is the difference between Analog and Digital communications?
Me:told
Interviewer: Tell me about Analog communication?
Me:told
Interviewer: Types of Analog communication brief with examples?
Me:told
Interviewer: What is difference between AM & FM? Which is more preferable? Why?
Me:told few difference and individual advantages
Interviewer: Which has better SNR in AM & FM? Why?
Me:told
Interviewer: How do you rate yourself in C programming in scale of 1 to 10?
Me:rated as 8 and gave explanation
Interviewer: What are the concepts in C?
Me:told about basics,arrays,functions,strings,pointers,structures,unions
Interviewer: Do you know about C,DS,DBMS,Java?
Me:told that I know C,DBMS,Core Java
Interviewer: Write a program in C using functions and pointers to add 2 numbers and return value? Me:written the program(but with 1 error and he corrected it)
Interviewer: Do you have any questions for me?
Me:asked 2 questions about their way of handling projetcs and assignments
Interviewer: Ok fine,that's it from my side.
Me: Thank you
3.HR Round:
Interviewer: How are you?
Me:Fine sir
Interviewer: How was the day upto now?
Me:Fantastic and wonderful
Interviewer: Why ECE to IT Industry?
Me:A project which inspired me in my 2nd year lead to the exploration in embedded systems and C drove me to IT industry
Interviewer: What are your hobbies?
Me:told
Interviewer: Tell me anything which is not in the resume?
Me:told about various paper presentations and other activities
Interviewer: What are your strengths?
Me:told with few of my experiences in life
Interviewer: What are your weaknesses?
Me:convinced him with a joke
Interviewer: Do you have knowledge in C programming language?
Me:Yes
Interviewer: How do you rate yourself in the scale of 1 to 10?
Me:Rated as 8 and gave an explanation
Interviewer: Why CTS?
Me:The USP is happy job,rewarding for performance.Also explained with some of my projects.
Interviewer: Give me one reason why to choose you for this CTS job?
Me: Told how my thoughts and projects are matching with the requirements of job and company.
Interviewer: What places did you travel outside the state and India?
Me:told few tours(explained about organization skills)
Interviewer: As the IT companies are 24x7,Would you like to overwork in the projects at required times?
Me:Yes sir
Interviewer: Can you relocate anywhere?
Me:Yes sir
Interviewer: Can you work in graveyard shifts?
Me:Yes sir
Interviewer:Alright Chaitanya, that's it from my side.
Me:Thank you sir, it was really good to talk to you
I had TR+HR interview for 40 minutes and I was literally facing questions like bullets. From intricate details of my Resume, to giving different situations, he asked me everything. One thing I noticed, you need to spontaneous and quick as well as have confident.
