Placement Process at Jadavpur University

A placement cell is in charge of all the placement activities conducted at the Jadavpur University.

Jadavpur University is a government technology institute established in 1955. There are several UG and PG courses available for students in various streams. The college offers placements for both UG and PG courses. There is a dedicated placement cell at the University for providing assistance to students. This cell is in charge of all the placement activities conducted at the institute.

Jadavpur University Placement Cell

The placement cell at Jadavpur University organises various activities like arranging placement drives, organising workshops, building and maintaining cordial relationships with recruiters for internships, etc. It provides necessary training to students for enhancing their knowledge and skills and improving their chances of getting offers during the placement drives. Students can either participate in the placement drive or choose to pursue higher studies.

Jadavpur University Placement Process

Companies interested in participating in the Jadavpur University placement drive follow the steps below for the placement process.

• The placement cell at Jadavpur University sends a placement invite to the recruiting companies.
• Once the companies receive the placement invite, if interested, they fill out the form with the required details.
• Subsequently, the placement cell sends the profiles and resumes of the eligible candidates to these companies.
• Dates for pre-placement talks are decided after a discussion between the companies and the institute.
• During the placement drive, students go through a series of various rounds conducted by the participating companies
• After the placement drive is concluded, participating companies send the list of students they are interested in hiring along with the package details to the institute.

Placement Rounds

There are typically four rounds of the placement drive conducted at Jadavpur University. The questions and the nature of the rounds vary across companies and are based on the positions offered by the recruiters and the profile of the students. The placement rounds at Jadavpur University include:

Round 1: Resume Short-List Round

Round 2: Aptitude Test- It's based on your core subject knowledge, basic reasoning and aptitude

Round 3: Technical Round- The interviewer may ask common questions from your core subject. The duration of this round is around 1.5 hours. The level of difficulty is moderate and it has mostly MCQs. The test mainly has logical reasoning, aptitude and technical questions from mechanical, electrical and power plant-oriented subjects. Apart from the course curriculum topics, students should familiarise themselves with questions based on technical topics of fluid mechanics, electrical machines, power systems etc.

Round 4: One-on-one Round- Common random questions may be asked in this round

Additional Placement Rounds

In the case of some companies, there might be a Round 5: Group Discussion and Round 6: HR or Personal Interview Round. This round may be of 30-45 minutes in duration. HR Round may include common HR questions like strengths, weaknesses and relocation etc. Most of the questions are based on the student’s resume.

In the group discussion round, students are given a topic on which they have to present their views. This round requires excellent communication skills and positive body language. Everyone is given a chance to speak and students must exhibit confidence in whatever they are speaking. The duration of the group discussion round is generally 10-15 minutes.

Common Questions Asked in Jadavpur University Placement Rounds 

1. Software Engineer Interview Questions 

Resume Selection: A crisp resume has a higher chance of making it to Round 2 of the placement process.

Aptitude Test: Students will be required to answer questions on Coding (e.g. Leetcode Easy-Medium) and Aptitude (Quant, Logical Reasoning, Data Interpretation and English). This round can also be a coding round. Whenever writing a code, students should try to deduce the Time and Space Complexity of their code because it is extremely vital for qualifying the rounds of any coding interview process.

Technical Round: Questions about HTTP protocols, MongoDB queries, Sorting algorithms, and 2-pointer approaches are asked. Students may also be asked questions about their internship. For example, you may be asked about HTTP protocols and REST APIs if you have internship experience in those fields.

One-on-one Round: Questions about the preference for hybrid or work-from-home, discussion on cloud technologies and simple discussion on sports.

2. Lighting Designer Interview Questions

Technical Round

Q1: How white light is produced in luminaries?

Q2. What is full moonlight illuminance?

Q3: Construction of street light fixtures

HR Round

Q: How can you convince clients of a different perspective?

3. Engineer Interview Questions

Technical Round

Q1. Questions related to welding, welding symbol

Q2. RAC, Thermodynamics, manufacturing-related questions

Q3. Engineering drawing-related questions (different views)

HR Round

Q1. Why should we hire you?

Q2. Why a job and not higher studies?

Q3. Why not Gate for a government job?

4. Internship Trainee Interview Questions

HR Round

Q1. Why this job has interested you?

Q2. How will the organisation benefit from you?

Other Questions Asked in the Technical Round

• Find an element in a rotated array which was otherwise sorted
• Find the Lowest Common Ancestor of two nodes in a binary tree with some modifications
• Questions based on Pigeonhole sorting
• Find the first petrol pump in a circular series of petrol pumps from where one can complete a total journey back to the first petrol pump. Distances between petrol pumps and petrol available at each pump were given.
• Internship-based questions may be asked. For example, if your internship was in the drainage system area, questions like which cross-section of drainage pipe is preferred, advantages and disadvantages of combined and separate sewer systems etc may be asked.

Sample Topics Given in the Group Discussion Round

• Steps to be taken by the Government to successfully introduce Electric Vehicles in India
• Situation-based topics

To prepare for technical topics, students can refer to power plant engineering-related books and websites and course topics like electrical machines, power systems, fluid mechanics, etc. For the GD round, students can practice different topics which are situation-based, current affairs based etc. For the Technical-HR Interview Round, students should be thorough with their resumes.

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