SWG, IIT KGP | Placements & Internships Experiences

Student Experiences and Success Stories from Placements and Internships at IIT KGP

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I got a robotics engineer role at Rekise Marine through CDC placements

My OA mixed robotics MCQs, compulsory C++ coding, a puzzle, and practical case studies; I had three technical interviews.

I was offered the American Express Management Trainee role on Day 1

My interviews moved from machine-learning questions and fraud detection to my RAG project and a business question about gold card members upgrading to platinum.

I got eBay's data scientist role from Mining Engineering at IIT Kharagpur

I worked through three Excel workbooks and a SQL problem in the assessment; interviews then centered on projects, analytics, and ML cases.

I was selected for NVIDIA’s Verification Engineer role without specific preparation

My first round was a pen-and-paper test with Olympiad-style questions on number theory, probability and combinatorics.

I focused my PwC AIT preparation on work I had actually done

I came from a non-CS department; the interview covered my backend internship, Python and OOP, and felt conversational rather than like a grilling.

I joined LimeChat after starting placements focused on consulting

I worked on AI-powered chatbots and Voice AI agents for enterprise clients, using AI tools to speed up chatbot development.

I interned in product supply at P&G’s Hyderabad Plant

I went through a gamified assessment, a 45-minute screening, a two-day Spotlight program, and a final leadership interview.

I compared Barclays’ UK mortgage portfolio with major lenders

My role was to assess its growth, resilience, and risk using financial and risk metrics.

I joined Samsung Research Institute Bangalore as a software developer intern

My three-hour online assessment had one medium DSA problem; the technical round added logic puzzles and a discussion of a resume project.

I got Wells Fargo’s Technology Analyst role without specific prep

I faced questions on English, aptitude, charts and tables, basic databases and DSA; Java syntax could come up in the OA.

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