On-campus · Jun 2026
AI Intern at Covalience India
Hello, I am Rishab Gupta, I am currently a fourth-year student at Chitkara University and have been hired as an intern in a company called Covalience India.
- Outcome
- Selected
- Rounds
- 3
- Format
- Virtual
- Panel
- Technical panel
What was the procedure of the placement that took place? (Shortlisting criteria, coding or aptitude test, number of interviews)
There is a platform called superset, where all the companies according to campuses are listed and we need to apply for them under the criteria of 65% in boards, we receive a test link which is for 2 to 3 hours and based on the rankings in that test you are selected for the internship.
What was the difficulty level of the interview? (1- very easy, 10-very difficult)
I am living with my parents I do not have that many expenses but most of my salary goes into traveling, and around 50% of my stipend goes into traveling charges. And I am living at my home which is 1.5 hours away from the job, so the travelling becomes hectic too.
Tell us about the written/online test. (Aptitude, Coding, Test Platform, etc)
The test was for 2 to 3 hours, where there were some SQL questions and furthermore there were some DSA questions.
Tell us about the interview round 1 including the questions that were asked.
Round 1 was all about SQL questions and I was quite familiar with those questions, so the round was pretty easy for me.
Tell us about the HR interviews, if any, specifying the number of rounds and questions asked.
Actaully there were no HR rounds, I was expecting there will be, but there wasn’t.
What were the key factors of your selection?
Other than coding skills, m communication skills we quite benificial in the interview.
What are the things students should focus on, in order of priority?
For the first years I would say give yourself a period of time and explore different domains as much as you can and once you find a domain that is good for you just stick to that language, master it, and make as many projects as you can. One thing I would also want to mention is that the more you make projects more you understand logic building, various functions, and many more. You need to focus on one thing, if we see in the industry there is Python and tomorrow is any other language do not take of that while learning something.
What would you like to advise juniors for cracking the technical round of this company?
The advice I would is to focus more on concepts and also you should be able to understand how much time should we give to the concept. If we talk about Javascript, there are a lot of concepts, and understanding every concept completely is very difficult and time taking. So just we need to move forward slowly and smartly.
What would you like to advise juniors for cracking the HR round of this company?
I donot have any experience of HR round but still as an advise there are not only coding skills and logic building skills you need for the interview but you also need good soft skills, so just try to develop those skills too.
According to you, what role do extracurricular activities as well as participation in societies play?
Yes, participation in various extra-curricular activities like an event and societies is very beneficial. I was also the head of CodeChef society. I believe that experience in anything accumulates to help you in some or the other way. So I guess this was one of the experiences where I got to know about working with the team and managing a team. Also got to know about in and outs of managing a team. So being the head of a society was quite helpful.
What message would you like to give to your juniors regarding the stress they go through during placement season?
Everyone should understand in any field of life, there is a very low chance that you gonna succeed in the first attempt, so getting depressed about some failure is not the right thing to do. Every growing person should not get depressed about some failure and should get overexcited for any success, despite the work one should keep working and keep growing.
