Visteon Corporation Interview Experience

About Visteon:

• Visteon is a global company that designs, engineers and manufactures innovative cockpit electronics products and connected car solutions for most of the world’s major vehicle manufacturers.
• It is a leading provider of instrument clusters, head-up displays, information displays, infotainment, connected audio, and connectivity and telematics; its brands include Lightscape®, OpenAir® and SmartCore™.
• Headquartered in Van Buren Township, Michigan, Visteon has nearly 11,000 employees at 50 facilities in 19 countries.
• The company is a global leader in automotive cockpit electronics aiming to create a more enjoyable and safe driving experience.

Interview Process:

• Online Test
• Group Discussion Round
• Technical Round
• Managerial Round
• HR Round

Online Test:

• Platform – HackerEarth
• Test Duration – 1 hour 45 minutes
• Number of Questions – 38
• (MCQ – 35 and Coding- 3)
• Aptitude – 15 (Boats and streams, Time speed and Distance, Time and Work, Quant math, Averages, Calendars, Finding incorrect sentence)
• Embedded C – 5 (Basics, Data Types, Pointers)
• Linux OS – 5 (Basics, commands)
• Java – 10 (Predict the output and theory)
• Coding – 3 (Languages supported- C,C++, C#, Java, JavaScript)
• (Intermediate level questions)

Group Discussion Round:

• After online test, 85 students were shortlisted.
• We were divided into groups of around 15-17 students for group discussion round.
• This was a non elimination round but our performance was noted down and considered at the end of all rounds.
• Example topics – Covid 19, Impact of social media, E-learning, Smart work vs hard work, Cryptocurrency, Cyber security
• After giving the topic, the interviewer divided us into two groups of pros and cons.
• Each student was given 2 minutes to tell their points and after every person spoke once, we were allowed to add points if we had any.
• We were also given an opportunity to ask questions about company during this round.

Technical Round:

• Introduce yourself.
• Rate yourself in data structures and algorithms.
• Write code to reverse a string.
• Explain the approach of how you will generate a random 3 digit number. (Give various different approaches ).
• Write a code to find the loop in a linked list.
• Explain the approach of setting and clearing a bit in a number. (Try to give the optimized approach).
• For setting the kth bit- n= n | (1<<k-1)
• For clearing the kth bit- n= n & ~(1<<k-1)
• OS questions- (What is OS, Explain kernel, What are device drivers, What happens when you turn on your computer)
• Embedded system questions were asked.
• What comes to your mind when you hear embedded system.
• What are microprocessors and microcontrollers.
• CISC and RISC
• What is ARM and x86.
• Any questions?
• Few of the questions asked to my friends were:
• Thorough discussion and follow up questions on project.
• Difference between C and embedded C.
• Example of a struct variable and memory size used by it.
• OOPS Concepts (OOPS pillars, Code of operator overloading, function overloading)
• Difference between structure and union.
• Recursion basic code.
• Von neuman architecture.
• Compilation process in C (Pre processor, Compiler, Assembler, Linker).
• Stack implementation using Linked List.

Managerial Round:

• Introduce yourself.
• Explanation of one of the projects mentioned. Where and how is it used in real life?
• Details asked regarding the certificates attached.
• Why Visteon?
• Have you heard about Visteon before? What do you know about Visteon?
• What do you think are your strengths and weaknesses? How do you overcome your weakness?
• How will you resolve a conflict if it arises in a team?
• Are you flexible for development and testing role?
• Any questions?

HR Round:

• Introduce yourself.
• Family background.
• Which programming language are you most proficient in?
• What do you know about company and products?
• Are you aware about the internship program being offered to you? Tell me what you know.
• What are your plans in the future for your career?
• Do you have any higher studies plan? If not, then why?
• Are you ready to relocate?
• Any questions?

Suggestions:

• Be confident while answering and always keep a smile.
• There is no harm in accepting it if you are unable to answer any question. And infact be honest if you don’t know anything and don’t try to bluff.
• The interviewer will solely be interested in how well you can apply and convey your knowledge and talents.
• Know your resume well, especially the projects.
• Being able to code well and problem solving skills are must, so try to start the coding practice as soon as possible and geeksforgeeks platform is really good to begin your practice.
• And never be demotivated by the placement process. Luck matters a lot but hard work matters even more. So always give your best and don’t worry about the result.
• All the best!!! Do well. Have faith and don’t worry about anything.