Ishita Vyavahare: Placed at Flipkart

My name is Ishita Vyavahare (200459). I am from the Department of Physics., studying in IIT Kanpur will be joining Flipkart; Business Development Manager. Here are some brief insights.

Shortlisted Profiles & Companies:

Tata 1 Mg

Selection Process of the Company you are selected in 1) Resume Shortlist, 2) GD, 3)Test

The company had an aptitude test that tested one’s general logic, mathematics, puzzles solving, basic excel, SQL and python knowledge. It also had a language section at the end which was actually quite tricky if one did not understand the semantics and vocabulary.

Insights on the interview process

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Sample Interview Questions?

Resume round Asked me to describe my projects in great (excruciating) detail; process, time taken, most difficult part, most easy part, insights etc. - Why is your CPI (fill in the blank)? - Give me a timeline of your projects and why you took them? - What more project would you have taken? HR round - Tell me about your greatest weakness. - Tell me about a time in your tenure as (blah blah) where you and a colleague had a disagreement and how did you work around it? - What is your pet peeve when working with someone else?

Preparation Resources

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Advice for students (do's and don'ts)

Study well…I guess. You are in an IIT, you know the drill. Study with a curiosity and study with an openness; try to make it a process that is less mechanical and more fun. Solve cases, solve guesstimates, solve puzzles as much as possible. Go through your projects thoroughly and stand in front of a mirror acting like your own interviewer. Take a second to distance yourself from your own head and act like you have no idea about who you are and will judge yourself purely from this resume in your hand. Ask every possible question you can about your resume and find where you make errors. Revise and remake your project details and keep going till you are sure you won’t stutter. Do this as soon as possible, hopefully before your endsems. You this alone first and then with friends and experienced seniors. Remember to switch between being your greatest critic to your own best friend during placement preparation. Identify your shortcomings when you speak up and hype up yourself when you are doing well. Also, a word of advice- the world doesn’t end if you don’t get placed. There will be a world out there ready to embrace you and you will fit in somewhere when the time comes. Having known this, give every interview and test your very best.