Praveen Kumar

Research Areas

Digital VLSI, System Design, Computer Architecture, Image Processing

Pre-Placement Preparation

This is a time, one should utilize efficiently to prepare technically plus aptitude. There are various company pre-placement talks. Thus, one should attend only if you are going to sign JAF for that company else you can skip. Technical tests are organized by dpc of the respective department. Hence one should use this opportunity to test his technical skills. As, I am from Electrical department, there are couple of test in different domain like digital, analog, signal processing. So, one should be crystal clear in mind for which profile, he/she will be interested and focused more on that domain. To me, I was more interested in digital so I prepared accordingly. There is also Aptitude test organized by placement office, weekly basis. Hence you can attempt to test your timing management and aptitude skills.
I got shortlisted in following firms

1. Qualcomm
2. Intel
3. Math Works
4. Philips innovation Campus
5. Micron Semiconductor

Placement Experience

Qualcomm

Round 1 interview
In my panel there were two interviewers. They asked first to tell me something about myself. They asked me about my course projects like what is embedded system, difference between fifo and flop, pipelining, Verilog, and where do you want to see yourself in 5 years. I was selected for 2nd round
Round 2 interviews
In my panel, there were two interviewers. They asked to design PLL, clock divide by 3 circuit and waveform, FIFO depth. I was rejected from this round, but those who got selected went for HR round which was last.

Intel

The interviewer asked me to sit, then he had drawn a sequential circuit on paper to which he asked how delay can be decreased, Consequences of scaling down technology, tradeoff between speed, delay and power consumption, dynamic power of cmos, front end design flow. I got rejected in first round. The interview was not in sequence. Some got selected only after 1st round and some has to go to 2nd round of technical interview. There was no HR separately.

Math Works

There was three round GD, Technical and Managerial.
GD
There were total of eight students. The topic was given 2 minute before and then each had to conclude in 1 minute after the discussion is over. To me, the topic of discussion was open source vs. licensed software/tools.
Technical
The interviewers asked me about PLL, to write a Verilog of combinational circuit, setup and hold time, Verilog output.
Managerial
In managerial they told me about the job which was engineer in engineer development group. They ask me to explain my thesis, my strengths, some twisting questions like given a situation, how to handle/tackle such problems.

Phillips Innovation Campus

There were 3 rounds technical, managerial, HR
Technical
The interviewers asked me about the cisc and risc processors and their differences, pipelining, cpi, throughput, hazards in pipelining, vhdl, buffer circuit.
Managerial
The interviewer asked to me to pick one of my best project and asked me to explain, Interviewers explain me about the job being offered, my strengths, some more questions.
HR
The HR round was simple, the Interviewers asked questions such as where do you want to see yourself in 3 years, why do you want to join, why do you think you are the best for the profile and so on.
I was offered job in Philips, senior engineer, R&D.

Fundae

1. Make your resume very much effective, include the relevant points, you should know everything what you have written in your resume. So you should be able to explain properly to the interviewers.
2. Preparation materials are provided my DPC, there are many important concepts and previous year placement papers and company interview questions
3. Stick to your domain, if you are interested in digital, sign for digital company only.
4. Interviewers will ask basic questions which you have learnt during course projects, thesis, and theory courses.
5. Don’t panic if you don’t get placed on 1st day. Even in our batch good students remain unplaced till 4 days. At last everyone gets placed.
6. Prepare well before interview, your resume, your thesis, your projects and other technical questions.