SAMSUNG ON CAMPUS EXPERIENCE - IIIT ALLAHABAD

The written test consisted of 50 questions. It is basically called GSAT - Global Samsung Aptitude Test.

• 25 Data Interpretation
• 20 Reasoning
• 5 Aptitude

Data Interpretation questions were very simple, and speed matters a lot. Reasoning questions were of the seating arrangement type. There were effectively 6 questions (paragraphs), and 4-5 questions based on each paragraph, making the total 20. Then, at last, there were 5 aptitude questions based on profit and loss, percentages, etc.

The cutoff is usually very high. It is somewhat difficult to get through the exam without any help. I would suggest you sit with a friend and share the questions among yourselves. There won't be any different sets; all will have the same question paper.

Then, there will be a programming aptitude test. 20 questions have to be solved in 30 minutes. Questions are based on pointers, data structures, and basic C programs, asking for the right output. All are MCQ types.

Based on these two tests, shortlisting will be done for interviews. Both test scores will be considered.

Technical Interview

This is also based on C (pointers in particular), data structures (linked lists and binary search trees are enough), and OS (sometimes).

For me, it went like this:

1. What is a self-referential structure? Give an example with code.
2. What is a static variable? Where is the memory allocation done for it?
3. What is quicksort? Complexity? Pros and cons?
4. What is a J-K flip flop? (As I am an ECE guy, he asked me this.)
5. Then, about my project.

It won't be that easy for everyone. I was quite lucky; he didn't drill much on the concepts. But generally, the level will be a bit higher than these questions.

Then the HR Round

Only 2 questions were asked to me in this round:

1. Tell me about yourself.
2. Why do you want to join Samsung?

That's it.

Out of 44 students shortlisted for interviews, 15 got the final offers.

Tell me about yourself.