A.

Questions related to 1st Sem:

1. Which subject would be difficult to tackle or might require more effort?

2. Will you please tell us a name of a senior who took German in 1 st sem?
3. Will you please recommend a particular books from all book you sent us which will be helpful in
examination?
4. I am from electrical background having no further knowledge of VLSI domain. Just for the sake of bright
career opportunities I entered into this can you please tell whether all the languages I mean verilog, sV,
UVm are covered in college lectures or weather we need to join external classes in coaching!!
5. How will they conduct the lab classes online? And can you tell me what software we need to install?
6. What are L T P J in syllabus? Does entire syllabus completed in time?
7. What is contemporary issue (module 8) at the end of syllabus of each program core and program elective?
8. The syllabus is so vast, how to complete it. What's that student learning outcome (SLO) is there?
9. Do you recommend any online sources/courses to learn scripting languages (python, tcl, perl)?
10. Is CAD for VLSI subject related to physical Design?
11. Which subjects of this semester act as a pre-requisite for upcoming semesters?
12. Which subjects of this semester are most important for placements?
13. How to manage subjects like French, Business etiquette, Computer Arithmetic to focus more on core?
14. Is this syllabus sufficient to prepare for internship or placement or should we learn some more other than
this?
15. Any ideas of what all documents should be kept ready to submit online?
16. I'm interested in analog design and VIT has taken analog design from 1st sem to 2nd sem. What can I do
in the 1st sem in order to go with my analog career or should I wait till 2nd semester ?
17. Can you please tell us that only lecture s are sufficient for computer arithme tic or need to refer any other
books that I heard this subject is little bit tough?

B. Questions related to subsequent Sem:-

1. If they give options to choose program elective in Sem 2 nd then, which is better to choose in terms of job
and placement?
2. Since we'll have campus placements at end of 2nd sem, any suggestions for getting good company
internships?
3. How to complete 2nd sem syllabus along with Internship placement?
4. As Analog IC design is in 2nd semester can I take mixed signal design paper in the same sem or that can
be taken only in 3rd semester?
5. What are the tools we use for analog design?
6. For the other semester subjects please let me know the textbooks recommended as well .
C. Questions related to Internship:-

1. Can you please share the sources that you people followed for your placement preparation?
2. What was the level of Aptitude and reasoning asked?
3. How much pointer was required last year by Intel and QUALCOMM?
4. I am a gate stipend student if I get opportunity in internship whether my gate stipend will continue or it is
not provided.
5. When will the internships begin? And what are the requirements for getting a good internship?
6. Whether internship is compulsory?
7. Which job role RTL Engineer, DFT Engineer, Verification Engineer, Physical Design Engineer offers get more
Intern and convert to full -time?
8. How to prepare for internships? Does mtech syllabus sufficient? Or any other extra thing required?
9. Do I need to do thesis under faculty if I got internship and what is its flow.
10. I have done Btech in EE. Will I face any issue while getting internship/placement?
11. How many student get internships opportunity in Intel, Qualcomm, ST microelectronics and Mediatek in
VIT Vellore only?
12. I have heard that the conversion rate of jobs in intel are less, is it true? Which company having higher
conversion rate?
13. What are the mandatory requirements during interview process for internships?
14. Suggest how we should involve in internships to convert it into fixed time job in same company.
15. Can we attend more than one company under same scale or package if we are alread y placed?
16. What do core companies expect from internship aspirants?
17. Will the internship considered as final project? Or master thesis? Is it mandatory to publish paper?
18. Is there any flexibility in company to move from one domain to another domain? Ex: Moving from Physical
design to Digital designer.
19. Which all core companies will be taking interns from VLSI design, and by when should we be ready for it?
20. What are the additional skills than technical should we work upon from now so that we can able to do well
during our internship interview.
21. When we have to register for the internship, how many core companies visit in our college, and what is the
most asked subject for the same?
22. As intel is recruiting mass students, was Intel come first or other companies like Qualcomm, Samsung
come first.
23. Can our seniors share videos related to their interview experience with different companies fo r internship
and also placement?
24. What's the conversion rate in core semiconductor companies in general as per the past statist ics after
getting the internship from clg?
25. If the individual doesn't get the PPO then how tough it become to get a permanent job in VLSI domain
26. Does Nvidia & Texas instruments come for internships?
27. What is the scope of getting into EV based companies after VLSI?
28. If internship not converted then what are the options?
29. How much pointer is good for getting internship?
30. How a student is assigned a role in an internship offer? Is it based in the student's interest or it is the
company's preference?
31. When does internship starts?
32. Do we need start it in first sem or some days before companies started?
33. Can you please tell us whether syllabus we have during both sems is sufficient to clear interview or is
there any need of other materials?
34. Whether small company apart from MNC come for placement?
D. Questions related to Placement:-

1. Which topics are asked most frequently in the aptitude exam or in the interview?
2. Is company come for internship opportunities only ? In VIT there is no full time opportunity companies
visiting for campus placement?
3. Will they provide necessary training for us to get placed?
4. How to prepare from Day 1 of M.Tech for Placement?
5. How much does project work matters?
6. Briefly explain about the placement process and how to build a great resume
7. What is the rate of conversion of internship opportunities to jobs?
8. Is it possible to ask HR for providing an opportunity in some domain which we are interested in while they
have planned not to hire for that role from VIT ?
9. If at all we are appointed as interns in a company, can we opt to participate in a placement drive of another
core company?
10. How many companies visited this year to recruit VLSI student ?
11. since have heard from some seniors that companies put barriers over btech cgpa(above 7 mostly) and
year gap( few companies ), then what all are the companies which allow the students below 7 cgpa in btech
to seat in placements drive except intel ,qualcomm .
12. Package (Total CTC) offered by every company this year.
13. Intel doesn't offer joining bonus & Relocation to vit students after conversion? Is it true??(Because in nit
/iit students get these one time compensation).
14. I am slightly interested towards physical design. Is it good to target a specific domain from the start and
prepare for it? Or should we just prepare everything and take whatever domain we get?
15. Should one prepare for Analog domain or just completely focus on Digital domain?(keeping the number of
analog roles in perspective)
16. Are C and C++ also needed to clear written tests and interviews?
17. Is there any placement training before our placements start?
18. As you have experience so can you please tell us necessary things we need to be clear like any mistakes
which people generally do so that we can avoid that during placement period?
19. If we get placed in Intership can we again attend for the placements in 2nd year?
20. Which type of projects will be assigned in company for a vlsi engineer? I mean chip design for robotics or
for medical equipment or army equipment etc....
21. What is expected from us during placements apart from knowledge in our subject? Like coding skills or
anything

E. Questions related to Faculty:-

1. How helpful are the faculty during the course if we have no or very information in the field prerequisite like
matlab linux etc ?
2. Does faculty help students to select the good project during the course?
3. Does faculty help students to select and pursue research work?
4. Which faculty we should not chose as a guide for verilog related project? Who is better for vlsi verilog
related project?
5. Will faculties complete syllabus or should we have to do self-study?
6. Faculties which we have to utilise more – Please tell there name?
7. Do we get to choose the faculty under whom one wish to do the course? Atleast from next semester?
F. Question related to CAT and FAT exam:-

1. Can you please share previous year question paper of both the examination?
2. What is the pattern of the examination? CAT and FAT both
3. How they are conducting exam online? Please explain in Details? We have to give answer in PDF?
4. How they are conducting lab exam online?
5. MCQ's or descriptive type? CAT and FAT both
6. How to prepare for so many subjects in like one month before CAT?
7. Are CAT 1 and CAT 2 marks averaged (or) taken best of two (or) both are combined for final results?
8. Is FAT and CAT both are open book exam? Please give some useful book names
9. Are class lectures enough for exams or we need to search for other resources?
10. How cat and fat are proctored!!
11. What is the duration of FAT exam?
12. All the exams are of open book type, I would like to know which type of books are allowed (like ebooks or
classnotes alone)?
13. What will be the difficulty level of exams since they are open book? Is Faculty notes is sufficient for
preparation?
14. Will the questions will be related to theory or problem solving? And we will have fat for scripting
languages as well?

G. Questions related to Quizzes, Assignment and Presentation:-

1. When Quizzes, presentation etc been conducted? What is its pattern?

2. Do Faculty give us topic or we have to select?
3. As we know quiz and assignments are very important, how to study for them separately? Is it better to do
assignments on own?

H. Questions related to SET project1 and 2:-

1. Sources of those topics and is there any faculty to review about its implementation feasibility.
2. Can you please share some information on how to select a project? Or project will be assigned by faculty?
3. Should we publish journals in group or in single?
4. In total, how many journals should be mandatorily published during the course? And during which
semesters? How strictly is plagiarism checked?
5. What happens if we miss the deadline for publishing in a journal? Or if our journal gets rejected after
submitting?
6. Do we get enough time to invest in projects?
7. What will be the group strength for doing project and how we select the group partner?
8. How projects are done. Individually or in group. And how professors are assigned? Is it random are do we
get to choose based on our interest?
9. Will projects be hardware or software during online mode? How it'll be evaluated?
I. Some Miscellaneous Questions:-

1. I have Btech in EE. Will I face issue to cover syllabus or the curriculum? Do I need to something extra?
2. For gate qualified do we get any other stipend apart from MHRD 12400 if we do any lab related work?
3. Share your lab experiences, difficulties you batch faced.
4. Is it required/helpful to take any course from VLSI training institutes to sharpen the skills?
5. Is there any e-library available, if yes how to get access
6. If not internship then what are other options
7. Is it compulsory to do project in second year or will internship be also allowed for writing thesis??
8. Any information about hostels? Which is best possible combination to go for (like 2 or 3 or 4 sharing?)
9. Will they provide to time for us to upload our documents, because we are 2021 pass-out and college will
delay providing documents.
10. Can you tell about master thesis that we have to do in final semester?
11. What's the total strength of your batch including all the campus and how many out of them got the
internships?
12. If one need to write GATE exam then can they able to do that after the hectic schedule of college.
13. Which companies prefer front end jobs most and which prefer backend?
14. How I can be a part of IEEE journal?
15. Can u please differentiate the pros and cons (like projects, work life balance, package, other facilities
etc....) of super dream companies of vlsi?