IIT Madras interview questions
Updated Jun 1, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
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How others got an interview
- 19%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 18%In PersonIn Person
- 3%OtherOther
- 3%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 2%RecruiterRecruiter
Interview search
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IIT Madras interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at IIT Madras as 92.3% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for M S Research Scholar and Researcher, PhD Candidate rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Research Assistant and PhD roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at IIT Madras takes an average of 72 days when considering 15 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for Assistant Professor had the quickest hiring process (on average 14 days), whereas Associate Professor roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 300 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at IIT Madras according to 15 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 23%
Presentation: 17%
Background check: 13%
IQ intelligence test: 10%
Group panel interview: 10%
Skills test: 7%
Phone interview: 7%
Other: 7%
Personality test: 7%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
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- Intern(31) ;
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- Teaching Assistant(29) ;
- Research Intern(21) ;
- Internship(18) ;
- PhD Research Scholar(15) ;
- Project Engineer(13) ;
- JRF - Junior Research Fellow(12) ;
- Postdoctoral Fellow(12) .
