Mechanical Placement Talk

By Batch of 2016

Statistics• Mech- 42/80 (52.5 %)• Institute (B. Tech) – 373/555 (67.23 %)

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Important Highlights• Entry of BCG…• Increase in StartUps… Non- Tech profiles increased• Decrease in core recruitments… (ITC, Schlum, Bosch didn’t visit)• Increase in overall Job-Student Ratio from last year at the time of

registration.• Unpreparedness for non tech roles, led to decrease in % placed…

Consulting(Specific to BCG)• CV

One page formatHolistic Personality(CPI, Achievements, POR, Project….)

• Preparation

Practice Cases in GroupsMake notes from books and cases(note your mistakes)Use BCG Buddy wiselyDemographicsPractice with different sets of people

Resources• BooksCase-in-Point FuquaCaseBook Duke UniversityLBS CasebookYou tube Videos by Victor Cheng

Consulting

Process3 to 4 rounds of interviewsCase studies and guesstimatesGeneral CV and HR questions (be thorough)Day long process

Consulting

• Citi Group• OLA• FICO• Snapdeal• RoadRunnr• Ruptub solutions• Testbook.com• Rivigo

• Stratbeans• Future first• Next education• Innoplexus• Axtria• ZS associates• EXL services

Companies (Visited IITG)Placement preparation: ANALYST PROFILE

Topics:• Aptitude• Puzzles• Guesstimates• Probability• Software

Placement preparation: ANALYST PROFILE

Aptitude – speed and accuracy , practice and practice

Preparation Resources:• CAT Preparation Material• Indiabix.com• Testbook.com• Pariksha.com • Freedu.in• HitsbulleyeBooks:• Quantitative aptitude by RS Aggarwal• Quantitative Aptitude & Logical Reasoning by Arun Sharma

Important StuffTime and workSyllogismRelationship

Placement preparation: ANALYST PROFILE

Puzzles:Try to know the approach not final answerResources:• How to ace the brain teaser interview• Geeks for geeks• Puzzlersworld.com• Puzzles books from CCD

• Most are asked in aptitude questions

Placement preparation: ANALYST PROFILE

Guesstimates – Follow the structure

• Commonly known as Estimation questionsResources:• Cracking the PM interview (Good Structure)• Case in point • Quora (for questions)• Knowledge of Indian statistics

No specific book but can be found in case study books and internet

Placement preparation: ANALYST PROFILE

ProbabilityResources:• 12th standard basics• Basics of probability- placement material• CSE, ECE department courses• Online courses

Placement preparation: ANALYST PROFILE

Software– Data scientist

1) R2) Python3) Excel

Best Time for Aptitude and Puzzle Solving: Summer.

Placement preparation: ANALYST PROFILE

Specific to company- campus placements

Compulsory Courses:• Thermodynamics• Fluid mechanics ( Turbomachinery )• Solid Mechanics ( SOM )• Theory of Machines

Placement preparation: CORE

Resources• Study for gate, IES, PSUs – Easy to crack • Made easy• Ace • Class Notes

• Stick to the syllabus• Solve last year questions

Placement preparation: CORE

Companies (Imp. Topics)

• Reliance - Design of machine elements, Turbomachinery (for interview) - Concentrate on Manufacturing, Engg. Materials are difficult to answer (for test)• General motors - IC engines, Automobile psychometric test, Syllogism• L&T Ltd.- Fluid Mechanics, IC engines, Current affairs Aptitude+ Paragraph Reading.• Altair – CFD, Coding basics- OOPs, CV, BTP Solid Mechanics, Coding question based on paragraph• VE Commercials – no HR, Strength of materials, material science, manufacturing, measurements Test(apti+core)+GD• Anglo eastern ship – Refrigeration, TOM, IC-Diesel engines, Workshop tools mostly same topics for the interview• Vodafone – Projects, HR, Sensational news- Volkswagen scandal Test (Respond to the workplace situations, MCQs) + GD

Placement preparation: CORE

Placement preparation: Software Profile A huge number of jobs will be offered in software profile during placement season. So unless you

absolutely hate to code, it is very advisable that you prepare for this profile.

Placement preparation for coding profile jobs should mainly cover the following topics: Learning a particular programming language, preferably C++ (or Java). Data Structures and Algorithms Object Oriented Programming System (OOPS) Other subjects like Operating Systems or Database Management Systems (optional)

It is good to have some projects which is related to programming.

Placement preparation: Software ProfileC++ Familiarize yourself with basic C++. Solve some basic problems using C++. (Preferably from Hackerrank) Have clear concept about pointers, dynamic memory allocation, passing by reference etc. Learn about class, inheritance, templates etc. in C++. Learn about built in C++ containers like vector, map, string, stack, queue etc. and their corresponding

functions. Learn about STL (Standard Template Library) as much as possible.

Resources:-

Youtube playlist Introductin to C++ by 3DBuzz Youtube playlist C++ Programming Tutorials by thenewboston http://www.cplusplus.com http://en.cppreference.com/

Placement preparation: Software ProfileAlgorithms and Data Structures :- Know about the basic data structures and algorithms up to Graph algorithms. Do not just study algorithms, implement them! Prepare for typical questions from Linked List and Tree. Practice tricky questions from Arrays (solve all array problems on Interviewbit) Learn to solve problems using dynamic programming.

Resources:- Coursera Course: Algorithms: Design and Analysis, Part 1 and Part 2 of Stanford University Coursera Course: Algorithms Part 1 and Part 2 of Princeton University (for Java programmers) Coding Interview Questions by Narasimha Karumanchi Introduction to Algorithms by Charles E. Leiserson, Clifford Stein, Ronald Rivest, and Thomas H. Cormen GeeksforGeeks

Placement preparation: Software ProfileObject Oriented Programming:- Good understanding of basic OOPS concepts will be very helpful in facing the interview questions. Resources:-

Object-Oriented Programming in C++ by Robert Lafore Coding Interview Questions by Narasimha Karumanchi Youtube playlist C++ Programming Tutorials Playlist by thenewboston GeeksforGeeks

Practice Platforms:-

HackerRank Codechef Interviewbit or LeetCode (for interview questions) Participate in Coding contests hosted by HackerRank, Hackerearth, Codechef and Codeforces.

Placement preparation: Software ProfileOther hacks:- Practice Aptitude, needed in clearing the preliminary tests. (Solve from R.S. Aggarwal ) Questions will be repeated in the coding tests. Do solve the questions asked in other IITs before

taking the tests. For interview prepare thoroughly from GeeksforGeeks. Study Puzzles, as those will definitely be asked in interviews. Practice writing error-free codes in plain paper.

February - April

October Onwards

August - September

Summer

Participate in programming contests Solve problems from Interviewbit Study DS and Algo from Karumanchi Practice aptitude

Complete all the pending works! Study about OOPS Read about puzzles Practice a lot! Revise DS & algorithms

Prepare for Coding tests Prepare for interviews from

GeeksforGeeks and Interviewbit

Revise.

Learn Basic C++ Start practicing problems on HackerRank Do the Coursera Course on Algorithms

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Timeline

Interview Experiences•Rivigo•EXL•FICO•OLA•Reliance

IMPORTANT POINTS/OBSERVATIONS• Highly imp: Practice in Groups for GDs (10), Case Studies (group of 3)

and HR interviews.• Speak Up: Conversational Skills matter a Lot.