Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (2019-20)

The process of selection at DoMS, IIT Roorkee consists of Essay Writing (WAT) and Personal Interview.

Duration: 30 minutes

Word Limit: 300

Average Duration: 10-15 minutes

No. of Panelists: 2

Candidate Profile: B.Tech, Work Experience of few months

Introduce yourself. (some cross-questioning) What is your work profile? What is regression? What is Machine Learning? Do you know about Big data? What is 1G? What is 2G? What is the concept of smart city? What are your hobbies? What is Ranji? Tell me about some records broken in the 2019 World Cup. Jet Airways was in news recently. Do you know why? And Air India? Do you have any questions for us?

Candidate Profile: Finance background, Fresher

Tell us about yourself. What is fiscal deficit? So what subjects have you studied? Okay, I have 10 crore rupees. And I want to invest it. Where should I invest it? So imagine there is this matrix with risk and return on the X and Y axis. And it's divided into 4 parts of high risk high return, low risk low return, low risk high return and high risk low return. What all securities would you place in these segments? Where would you place debentures? Do you know about financial ratios? Explain Debt Equity ratio and why is it calculated?

(common interview for IIT Delhi & IIT Roorkee)

Candidate Profile: B.Tech (ECE), Work Experience of few months

Which other IIT calls are you having? Tell me something which is not there in the application form. What challenges do you think this company faces today? What do you think about regulation part? How many times we need to go for KYC? Do you know what KYC is? You must be in a written contract that you would not share the company’s privacy and resources with anyone. Isn’t it wrong? Do they pay you? How much time do you give them? What is your long term goal? When are you going to do it then? What exactly? Do you know what OTP scam is? Blockchain is a technique or technology? Are you sure? What is blockchain? What are your hobbies?